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Latest champions in the sporting world

brown registers huge shock in newport

Posted on 11:00pm Sunday 21st Feb 2021

World number 81 Jordan Brown became the lowest-ranked player since 1993 to win a snooker ranking title with a 9-8 victory over world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of the Welsh Open in Newport.

The Northern Irishman held his nerve in the deciding frame, after England's O'Sullivan had levelled at 8-8 with a 119 break.

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Djokovic makes it 9 in Australia

Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 21st Feb 2021

Serbia's Novak Djokovic won the Australian tennis Open for a ninth time, beating Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-2 6-2 to claim his 18th Grand Slam, leaving him two behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on that list.

Djokovic has never lost a final at Melbourne Park and this was his third triumph there in a row.

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