Fri 14 July 2023: London, United Kingdom – In the end, Ons Jabeur had to “dig deep”. The sixth-seeded Tunisian came back from a set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka and reach the women’s singles final at Wimbledon for a second straight year. The 28-year-old faced her toughest battle yet as Belarus’s second-seeded Sabalenka dominated the first half of the […]
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Tue 27 June 2023: The 2023 Club World Cup will take place in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, football’s world governing body FIFA said on Monday. Reuters reported that the decision was announced following a FIFA delegation visit to Jeddah last week to assess ongoing preparations for the tournament. “We are delighted that Jeddah, with its […]
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Mon 26 June 2023: New Delhi: Top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia who had led the protest demanding action against the Wrestling Federation of India chief and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the light of severe sexual harassment allegations against him, have posted identical tweets saying that their fight […]
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Sun 25 June 2023: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is buying a roughly 5 percent stake in the parent company of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals and WNBA’s Washington Mystics as part of a $4bn deal, news reports say. Bloomberg News and The Associated Press quoted sources speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement […]
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Thu 22 June 2023: Football legend and former Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, gave a very emotional statement after being named an ambassador for Le Point Rose, a project that helps children at the final stages of cancer. His eyes red with emotion, Zidane said: “For me it’s a bit hard because I have children […]
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Wed 21 June 2023: Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal, scored the game-winning goal in last-minute to defeat Iceland and make history by becoming the first male player to reach 200 caps. Ronaldo scored the only goal in the game on Tuesday against Iceland, who played with 10 men after Willum Willumsson was sent off […]
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Sun 18 June 2023: If Bali loses hosting rights for the Olympic-recognised event, it could hurt the country’s standing, analysts warn. Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia – While the people of Bali are famed for their tolerance and hospitality, a foreign policy impasse between Indonesia and Israel dating back to the 1940s is threatening to derail a little-known […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: A group of international parliamentarians and academics have said the Union government’s reaction to the wrestlers’ protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh “sends a clear message” that “rebellious women will be punished, the ruling class will be protected at all costs and dissent will not be tolerated”. In the […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: Lionel Messi, the Argentine great, has announced that he wants to join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami after leaving French champions Paris Saint-Germain, despite a lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia. “I made the decision that I’m going to go to Miami. I still haven’t closed it 100 percent,” Messi said […]
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Liang Wenbo is a former finalist in the UK Championship. Wed 07 June 2023: The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has issued lifetime bans from the sport to Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang for their involvement in a match-fixing incident involving eight further members of their country. An independent disciplinary […]
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