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The 26-year-old Kazakh dismantled world number one Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the final on Rod Laver Arena to add another major trophy to her cabinet following her breakthrough Wimbledon triumph in 2022. Reports: Bills hiring Broncos' Jim Leonhard as DC The Buffalo Bills are hiring Denver Broncos assistant head coach and defensive pass game coordinator Jim Leonhard to be their new defensive coordinator, multiple ​outlets reported on Saturday.

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Soccer-Snoop Dogg targets Premier League future for Swansea

American rapper and producer Snoop Dogg said he wanted to be hands-on in helping to drive Swansea City back to the Premier League after investing in the Championship club. Snoop Dogg became an investor with the Welsh side ‌in July, along with Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, while businesswoman and television personality Martha Stewart joined as a minority co-owner in December.

Tennis-New Melbourne queen Rybakina happy to find highest level again

Elena Rybakina said she was delighted to reach the level shown by rivals Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek again, having beaten the dominant duo of women's tennis ⁠on the way to claiming her second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday. The 26-year-old Kazakh dismantled world number one Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the final on Rod Laver Arena to add another major trophy to her cabinet following her breakthrough Wimbledon triumph in 2022.

Reports: Bills hiring Broncos' Jim Leonhard as DC

The Buffalo Bills are hiring Denver Broncos assistant head coach and defensive pass game coordinator Jim Leonhard to be their new defensive coordinator, multiple ​outlets reported on Saturday. Leonhard, 43, spent the past two seasons in Denver after one season as a senior football analyst at Illinois (2023) and seven seasons at his alma mater Wisconsin (2016-22). He was the Badgers' defensive coordinator ‍for six seasons and served as their interim coach after Paul Chryst was fired in October 2022.

Alpine skiing-Vonn misses final super-G before Olympics after downhill crash

U.S. Alpine ski great Lindsey Vonn has ruled herself out of the final women's World Cup super-G before the Milano Cortina Olympics on Saturday after injuring her knee in a downhill crash. The 41-year-old was taken to hospital on Friday after falling in a race that was then cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Reports: White Sox, OF Austin Hays reach 1-year deal

The Chicago White Sox reached agreement with ⁠All-Star outfielder Austin Hays ‌on a one-year deal, multiple outlets reported Saturday. The deal ⁠is worth $6 million plus incentives pending the result of a physical, according to MLB Network.

Tennis-History awaits as Djokovic and Alcaraz meet in Australian Open final

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet in Sunday's Australian Open final with history in the balance, as the Serbian great chases a ‍record 25th Grand Slam title and the Spanish dynamo bids to become the youngest man to win all four majors. Modern men's tennis has not lacked for champions pushing for the next frontier of greatness but the stakes have rarely been higher in a ​single match.

Diego Pavia could be NFL's shortest QB since 1960s

Quarterback Diego Pavia measured 5-foot-9 and 7/8 inches tall at the Senior Bowl, falling far short of the generous 6-foot height listed this season ⁠by Vanderbilt. If the 2025 Heisman Trophy runner-up and 2026 draft prospect makes it to the NFL, he would become the league's shortest signal-caller since the 1960s.

Tennis-Sabalenka rues another Melbourne Park miss as hardcourt aura fades

Following two years of triumph at the Australian Open, Aryna Sabalenka is now processing two ⁠years of pain. A year on from losing the final in three sets to American Madison Keys, Sabalenka fell 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Elena Rybakina on Saturday, the Russia-born Kazakh turning the tables on the Belarusian who beat her for the 2023 title.

Tennis-Red-hot Rybakina resists Sabalenka to reign at Australian Open

Elena Rybakina delivered a thunderous display to dismantle firm favourite Aryna Sabalenka and win a maiden Australian Open title on Saturday, turning the tables on the world ⁠number one in their Melbourne Park final rematch from three years ago. Rybakina returned to the site of her 2023 defeat to complete an impressive 6-4 4-6 6-4 win and capture her second major trophy after Wimbledon ⁠2022, underlining her credentials as the player best equipped to further ‌puncture Sabalenka's hardcourt aura.

Olympics-Fast times on road to Olympic success for Canada curler Jacobs

Canada's Olympic curling champion Brad Jacobs knows exactly what it takes for him to reach the top: almost five days of fasting just before the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Few Olympic fans would associate curling with gruelling preparation and fasting that seems more fitting ⁠to skaters, skiers or ice hockey players, but for 40-year-old Jacobs, who won curling gold at the 2014 Games, it is just what he needed ahead of ‍next week's start of the Games in Italy.

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