Reuters Sports News Summary

Kirkby ‌has taken to Instagram to declare herself a contender for the "Games' ⁠Most Eligible Bachelorette' and ready to shed light on the dating scene in the Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic village. Tennis-Alcaraz denies Djokovic at Melbourne Park fortress to complete career Grand Slam Carlos Alcaraz denied Novak Djokovic again as he floored the record-chasing Serb in his Melbourne Park stronghold to claim a first ‍Australian Open title on Sunday and become the youngest man to win all four majors.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Former NFL coach Bruce Arians to have open-heart surgery

Former NFL head coach Bruce Arians announced on the "Today" show that he will undergo open-heart surgery on Friday in Philadelphia. Arians, 73, made the announcement while appearing on the show this week to promote an upcoming prostate cancer screening Super Bowl ‌commercial with tight end Rob Gronkowski. Arians had prostate cancer in 2007.

Olympics-LA 2028 Games chief Wasserman apologises for Maxwell emails, denies Epstein ties

Los Angeles 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman has apologised for communicating with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago, after the publication of a series of personal emails between the two. New files related to ⁠late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell's former boyfriend, published by the U.S. justice department on Friday, included flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman, who was married at the time, and Maxwell dating from 2003.

Reports: Ex-Maryland coach Mark Turgeon to take over at Kansas City

Former Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon will take over as the coach of Kansas City of the Summit League, multiple outlets reported. It's a homecoming for Turgeon, who was raised in Topeka, Kan., and was a point guard at ​Kansas in the mid-1980s. He turns 61 on Thursday.

Olympics-IOC confident Milano-Cortina Games will be ready despite last-gasp push

The Milano-Cortina Olympics will live up to their billing as the greatest winter sports show on earth despite last-minute efforts to ‍get venues, including the much-delayed Santagiulia ice hockey stadium, ready for next week's start, the IOC said on Sunday. Organisers are rushing to complete venues in Milan and the mountain clusters. On Saturday Reuters reported that a cable car in Cortina designed to carry spectators to women's alpine skiing events, would not be ready for the Games' February 6 start.

Olympics-Single off the ice, U.S. doubles luger Kirkby is looking for love

U.S. women's doubles luger Sophia Kirkby is single and looking for love as she prepares for the biggest date in her sporting career with her discipline's debut at this month's Milano ⁠Cortina Olympics. Kirkby ‌has taken to Instagram to declare herself a contender for the "Games' ⁠Most Eligible Bachelorette' and ready to shed light on the dating scene in the Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic village.

Tennis-Alcaraz denies Djokovic at Melbourne Park fortress to complete career Grand Slam

Carlos Alcaraz denied Novak Djokovic again as he floored the record-chasing Serb in his Melbourne Park stronghold to claim a first ‍Australian Open title on Sunday and become the youngest man to win all four majors. Thwarting Djokovic's bid for an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title, the 22-year-old Spaniard claimed his seventh with a 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 win at Rod Laver Arena a year after losing ​to the Serb in the quarter-finals.

Lou Holtz, in hospice care, still 'fighting the fight'

Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, who entered hospice care recently, is spending time with family, his son said in an update posted ⁠Sunday morning to social media. "Appreciate everyone's text and prayers. Dad is 89 and he is STILL fighting the fight! Only the man upstairs knows how much time is left on the clock," Skip Holtz wrote on X. "Cherishing the time we still have together in Orlando."

Tennis-Djokovic vows to push on despite 'bitter' ⁠Australian Open final loss

Novak Djokovic took encouragement from his run to the Australian Open final and pledged to keep fighting at the Grand Slams after Carlos Alcaraz again denied his bid for a record 25th major title. Djokovic's 10-match unbeaten run in Melbourne Park finals was broken in the 11th on Sunday as Alcaraz claimed a 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 win at Rod Laver Arena.

Boxing-Stevenson outpoints Lopez to become a four-division world champion

Undefeated Shakur Stevenson captured a world championship in a ⁠fourth division after shutting out fellow American Teofimo Lopez Jr to win the WBO junior welterweight title at New York's Madison Square Garden. Stevenson, who won Olympic silver in 2016, frustrated his opponent with straight rights to the body, ⁠and held off Lopez's late counter-offensive with accurate shots from his ‌left hand.

Tennis-Career Slam winner Alcaraz tempers expectations on 2026 majors sweep

Australian Open champion Carlos Alcaraz said capturing all four Grand Slam titles at 22 had not diminished his desire and while plenty remains on his to-do list, he will not pile pressure on himself to chase a clean sweep of the majors this year. Alcaraz celebrated becoming the youngest man ⁠to complete the career Grand Slam by overhauling Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 at a floodlit Rod Laver Arena on Sunday and will look to return ‍to the finals of the other majors this year.

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