Hangzhou win has Medvedev eyeing return to Turin

PerthNow - Sep 29, 2026

Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina have lifted ATP titles in China, winning finals in Hangzhou and Chengdu respectively.

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[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea loses to Japan in men's handball bronze medal game

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[ASIAN GAMES] Asian Games organizers apologize for volleyball team's bus mix-up

NAGOYA, Japan — The organizing committee of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday apologized to the South Korean men's volleyball team for a transportation mix-up that disrupted its training schedule. On Monday, the South Korean men's volleyball team was to hold a training session in the morning before its second group stage match against Chinese Taipei in the evening. The official bus took the team to the wrong location, forcing it to cancel the training session. "We caused great inconvenience, and the organizing committee takes this seriously," Ayumi Sakamoto, spokesperson for the organizing committee, said during a press conference. According to the committee, there was an error in assigning buses to the South Korean and Pakistani volleyball teams at their hotel. The bus assigned to the South Korean team transported the Pakistani team, while another bus reserved for Pakistan picked up the South Korean players. Due to the bus mix-up, the Pakistani team arrived late at the venue, delaying its preliminary-round match. The South Korean team canceled its morning training session. "We