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Jannik Sinner has been dropped from an exhibition event in Las Vegas next month while the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player is serving a three-month ban connected to a pair of failed doping tests. Instead of Sinner, Casper Ruud is now slated to join Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul on March 2 as…
Jamie Smith will return from injury to keep wicket and bat at number three in England’s Champions Trophy opener against Australia in Lahore on Saturday. The 24-year-old missed England’s recent humbling 3-0 series loss in India because of a calf injury and had been expected to return to the side but not so high in…
San Antonio Spurs All-Star center Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the season with a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, the team announced on Thursday. Thrombosis occurs when blood turns into clumps inside a blood vessel, creating a blood clot. ESPN reported that the Spurs believe it is an isolated…
Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his wife Dhanashree Verma are officially separated. The news of their divorce was doing rounds on social media for months. Both shared cryptic posts on the internet, hinting that they had gone their separate ways. But, none of them firmly spoke on the topic to highlight possible reasons behind the…
The 2024-25 edition of the UEFA Champions League will see the round of 16 fixtures confirmed at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The top-eight from the league phase earned direct qualification into the pre-quarterfinals while the other eight secured their spots through knockout playoffs. Which teams have qualified for the Champions League…
Playing in the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time, Afghanistan will hope to get off to a winning start when it faces South Africa at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on Friday. The sides met in a three-match series in September 2024 in the United Arab Emirates, where the Afghan Atalan claimed a…
The United States Senate has voted to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing a streak of success for President Donald Trump’s government nominees. But Thursday’s confirmation came by slim margins. Only 51 senators, all Republican, voted in favour of Patel in the 100-seat…
Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen has put the jeans that got him disqualified from a chess championship in New York up for sale in an online auction, with the bidding reaching USD 8,000 on Thursday. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) fined Carlsen USD 200 and then banned him from taking part in a round nine…
Afghanistan starts its ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday. Afghanistan will hope it begins its first-ever Champions Trophy campaign with a win but a full-strength South African squad will be a tough task upfront. AFG vs SA – ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 MATCH DETAILS When…
Debutants Afghanistan will aim to continue their impressive rise in white-ball cricket, while South Africa will once again attempt to shed the ‘chokers’ tag when the two sides kick off their Champions Trophy campaign on Friday (February 21, 2025). Also Read | Shami, Gill do the star turn as India trumps Bangladesh with ease The…
