Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk shook hands with Daria Kasatkina following their match at the 2025 Italian Open. On Friday, May 9, Kostyuk advanced to the Round of 32 after defeating Kasatkina 6-4, 6-2. She will next face Canada’s Leylah Fernandez. The handshake was notable, as Kostyuk had declined to shake hands with Kasatkina in their previous…
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk shook hands with Daria Kasatkina following her straight-sets victory over the former Russian at the Italian Open on Friday. Kostyuk, ranked 27th in the world, defeated Kasatkina 6-4, 6-2 in the tournament’s second round. But it was the handshake on the net – a gesture she has consistently withheld from…
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia congratulated the hockey player Alex Ovechkin on Monday for breaking the N.H.L.’s goal-scoring record. Mr. Ovechkin, 39, captain of the Washington Capitals, scored his 895th career goal on Sunday evening in a game against the New York Islanders. That broke a record set by Wayne Gretzky that had stood…