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Chennai Super Kings: Will They Rise Again in the 2023 IPL Season?

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had a difficult season in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), finishing in ninth place in the league table. However, in the previous seasons, they have been a strong team, having won the IPL championship four times. For the upcoming IPL season, CSK has made some changes to their squad, […]

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5 Key Factors That Will Help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Crush the Competition in IPL This Year

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is one of the most popular and successful teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Below are 5 reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will dominate IPL 2023: 1. Strong batting lineup: The team has a strong batting lineup with some of the most dynamic and consistent batsmen in the world. […]

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India faces football ban over ‘deviations’ from FIFA ‘roadmap’

FIFA has reminded India’s football association that it risks losing the upcoming Under-17 Women’s World Cup and faces a ban due to “deviations” from an agreed road map aimed at sorting out governance issues. In May, India’s highest court disbanded the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and appointed a three-member committee to govern the sport, […]

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Euro 2022: England script history by winning major women’s tournament against 8 time champions Germany

England created history by winning their first major women’s tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley. Substitute Chloe Kelly poked home a loose ball from a corner to send the raucous record crowd of 87,192 into a frenzy with ten minutes of extra time remaining. On […]

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Huge crash at Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes leaves rider needing hospital treatment

A huge crash during Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday left one rider needing hospital treatment. With 50km left of the longest stage of the race, an incident on a straight bit of road between Bar-le-Luc to Saint-die-des-Vosges quickly escalated into an enormous crash which saw half the field off their […]

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World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen will not defend his championship title against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi

GM Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship title against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi next year. Carlsen announced his decision on a podcast on Tuesday. According to current regulations, FIDE Candidates tournament winner Nepomniachtchi will now play the world championship against Candidates runner-up GM Ding Liren. “I’ve spoken to people in my team, I’ve spoken […]

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Elena Rybakina wins women’s Wimbledon singles title

Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur to win the Wimbledon singles title Saturday, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, giving the native Russian the sport’s most prestigious championship a little more than two months after tournament organizers barred players representing Russia from participating. Rybakina, who began representing Kazakhstan four years ago after the former Soviet republic agreed to fund […]

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Novak Djokovic wins fourth consecutive men’s singles Wimbledon title

Novak Djokovic underlined his recent dominance at Wimbledon with a composed and controlled fightback against Australia’s Nick Kyrgios to win a fourth consecutive men’s singles title. Serbia’s Djokovic, 35, lost the first set after some incredible serving from Kyrgios, but ended up winning 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) on Centre Court. It is Djokovic’s seventh […]

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Cyclist breaks neck in high speed crash with spectators

Cyclist Daniel Oss has been forced to retire from this year’s Tour de France with a broken neck after he collided with spectators. The Team TotalEnergies rider crashed into fans at high speed while they were lined up along a cobbled street during Stage 5 between Lille and Arenberg. Footage shows Oss getting knocked off […]

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International Skating Union raises minimum age for senior competitors from 15 to 17

The International Skating Union will raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters’ “physical and mental health, and emotional well-being”. The decision comes after the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva at the Beijing Olympic Games. Russian Valieva, then 15, was provisionally banned in Beijing for a failed drugs […]

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Rafael Nadal suffers stress fracture in one of his ribs, ruled out for up to six weeks

Rafael Nadal, the 21-time grand slam champion, has suffered a stress fracture in one of his ribs and will be out for four to six weeks, the Spaniard announced on Twitter Tuesday. Nadal’s perfect start to 2022 was ended on Sunday by American Taylor Fritz who secured a surprise victory in the final at Indian […]

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Pakistan, Australia cricket matches moved from Rawalpindi to Lahore amid political turmoil

Three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 match between Pakistan and the visiting Australians later this month have been moved from Rawalpindi to Lahore because of domestic politics, the interior minister said. The Australian side is currently on its first tour of the country in nearly a quarter of a century, having previously declined to […]