Sports from Thursday, May 14th, 2026

Dubai Basketball will return to the Coca-Cola Arena for the ABA League semi-final home games of the 2025/26 season, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 20 against Budućnost VOLI.

Third seed Coco Gauff surged into her second consecutive Italian Open final on Thursday, overcoming Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-3.

World number one Jannik Sinner set a record with his 32nd consecutive Masters 1000 victory, brushing aside Russia's Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4 to reach the Italian Open semi-finals on Thursday.

Ticket-holders from specific countries will not be required to pay a bond to attend World Cup matches this summer in the United States, a Trump Administration representative announced on Wednesday.

Pep Guardiola said Phil Foden supplied the kind of inspiration that cannot be drawn up on a tactics board after the England midfielder drove Manchester City to a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday.