Seeded number 12, China's Qinwen Zheng defeated Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Australian Open and will appear in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Her opponent on Saturday will be the second-ranked tennis player from Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka.more

Real Madrid has overtaken Manchester City to top Deloitte's Football Money League ranking as the football club in the world generating the most revenue in 2022/23 - €831m. "The Citizens have won the previous two editions.more

Jan Zielinski will compete in a Grand Slam final tomorrow for the second time in his career. He will fight for his first title of this rank at the Australian Open in the mixed doubles. His partner is Su-Wei Hsieh from Taiwan and his rivals will be British Neal Skupski and American Deasire Krawczyk.more

Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona lost 2:4 away after extra time against Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals of the Spanish (King's) Cup. The Polish striker scored the first goal for the visitors in this match and was substituted in the 78th minute.more

Bayern Munich won in front of their home crowd against Union Berlin 1:0 in an overdue match of the German Premier League. The defending champions reduced their loss to leading Bayer Leverkusen to four points.more

Liverpool's players drew 1:1 away against Fulham and advanced to the final of the League Cup in England. "The Reds" won the first game at home 2:1 and will meet another London team, Chelsea, in the final at Wembley Stadium.more

Jan Zieliński and Su-Wei Hsieh, a tennis player from Taiwan, advanced to the mixed doubles final at the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. In the semifinals, they defeated the host pair Jaimee Fourlis and Andrew Harris 7-6 (10-8), 6-2.more

Saudi club Al-Nassr, where Cristiano Ronaldo plays, has announced the cancellation of its two friendly matches in China due to an injury to the famous Portuguese footballer.more

Chelsea London's players at Stamford Bridge defeated second-tier Middlesbrough 6:1 in the return match of the semi-final of the League Cup in England. The Blues had succumbed 0:1 in the first clash and will face either Liverpool or Fulham London in the final at Wembley, which they will play today.more

Real Sociedad San Sebastian's footballers were the first to advance to the semi-finals of the Spanish (King's) Cup. They beat Celta Vigo 2:1 away yesterday evening. Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona will play Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals away today.more

Udinese have been punished by playing one match without a spectator for racist behaviour by fans towards AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan during Saturday's Serie A match, the Italian football league's disciplinary committee has decided.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev 6:7 (4-7), 6:2, 3:6, 7:5, 4:6 in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam Australian Open. The match lasted four hours without a minute.more

The famous Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah is to return to England to recover from the injury he suffered during the African Cup of Nations, his agent Ramy Abbas confirmed. The Liverpool striker may not play in this tournament again.more

Coco Gauff, the defeater of Magdalena Fręch in the 1/8 final, has advanced to the semi-finals of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. The number four seeded American tennis player defeated Ukraine's Marta Kostiuk today. In the men's section of the tournament, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the semi-finals. Today, he defeated American Taylor Fritz, seeded number 12.more

Inter Milan defended the Italian Super Cup by beating Napoli 1:0 in Riyadh, with Argentine Lautaro Martinez scoring the goal in the first minute of added time. Piotr Zielinski and Hubert Idasiak watched the match from the Napoli team's substitutes' bench.more

By scoring three goals in the match against Monza, Szymon Zurkowski became Empoli's first foreign player and the first Pole to record a hat-trick in Serie A. Not even Zbigniew Boniek, Arkadiusz Milik or Krzysztof Piatek have managed it.more

Udinese representatives announced that fans responsible for racist behavior towards AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan during Saturday's match of the Italian top football league will be punished with a lifetime stadium ban.more

Juventus Turin, with Wojciech Szczesny in goal, defeated Lecce 3:0 away in the 21st round of Serie A and moved into first place. The visitors' striker Arkadiusz Milik played in the end of the match. more

Hubert Hurkacz won in the 1/8 finals against French tennis player Arthur Cazaux 7:6 (8-6), 7:6 (7-3), 6:4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne for the first time in his career. He will fight for the semi-finals against the higher-ranked Russian Daniil Medvedev.more

Girona's players beat crisis-hit Sevilla 5:1 at home in the 21st round of the Spanish Premier League and are once again in first place. Three goals in just six minutes were scored by Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk, who is co-leader of the scoring charts with 14 goals. Ferran Torres scored three goals for Barcelona and scored an assist in the 4:2 win over Betis in Sevilla.more

English Premier League leaders Liverpool beat AFC Bournemouth 4:0 away in the 21st round and consolidated their lead in the table. In Sheffield United's encounter with West Ham United (2:2), Scotsman Oliver McBurnie scored the latest goal ever scored in the competition.more

Szymon Żurkowski scored three goals for Empoli in a 3-0 win over Monza in the 21st round of the Italian Premier League. The Pole, recently on loan from Spezia, has already scored four goals in two games. Bartosz Bereszynski and Sebastian Walukiewicz also played for the home team.more

Aleksander Zniszczoł finished 11th in the ski jumping World Cup competition in Zakopane. The overall leader was won by Austrian Stefan Kraft. Second place went to Germany's Andreas Wellinger and third place to Slovenia's Anze Lanisek.more

Norwegian Erling Haaland received the Globe Soccer Awards' best player of 2023. The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo won the fans' vote. The names of the winners were announced during the gala in Dubai.more

Magdalena Frech lost to the fourth seeded American Coco Gauff 1:6, 2:6 in the 1/8 finals of the Grand Slam tennis tournament Australian Open in Melbourne. In turn, Aryna Sabalenka, seeded number two, advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-2.more