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Tom Brady, one of the greatest players in NFL history, is coming back for his 23rd season just six weeks after announcing his retirement. The quarterback, 44, said last month he was ending his playing career after winning a record seven Super Bowls. But Brady has now said he has “unfinished business” and will rejoin […]
Former world number one Naomi Osaka was brought to tears by a heckler during her 6-0 6-4 defeat by Veronika Kudermetova at Indian Wells. The four-time Grand Slam winner was taunted in the first set by someone in the crowd yelling “Naomi, you suck”. Osaka was playing her third event since taking a break in […]
Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 52. Warne took 708 Test wickets, the second most of all time, in 145 matches across a stellar 15-year international career. He had been found unresponsive in his villa on the Thai island of Koh […]
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. The International Paralympic Committee was heavily criticised after initially allowing the athletes to compete as neutrals. A statement on Thursday said the “situation in the athlete villages” had become “untenable”. IPC president Andrew Parsons described the athletes […]
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich says he is planning to sell the club. In a statement on the Premier League club’s website, businessman Abramovich said it was an “incredibly difficult decision to make”, which “pains” him. The Russian will not ask “for any loans to be repaid” and proceeds of the sale will be donated to […]
Russia and Belarus have been expelled from team events in tennis but individual players, like the men’s world No 1 Daniil Medvedev, will be allowed to play on in tournaments around the world. The International Tennis Federation board on Tuesday decided the response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. The meeting followed the announcement by […]
Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned “until further notice”. It means the Russian men’s team will not play their World Cup play-off matches next month and the […]
Australia’s cricket team has flown into Pakistan on their first tour of the country in nearly a quarter of a century and into a security bubble that will envelop them throughout their six-week stay. Pakistan have struggled to attract visiting sides since a fatal terror attack on the visiting Sri Lanka team’s bus in 2009. […]
German professional tennis player Alexander Zverev has withdrawn from the Mexican Open for “unsportsmanlike conduct” after striking the umpire’s chair multiple times with his racket following a defeat in the doubles draw. After losing match point to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara alongside playing partner Marcelo Melo, Zverev walked up to the umpire’s chair and […]
Sixteen year old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has become the youngest chess player ever to defeat Magnus Carlsen in his long reign as world champion. The two faced off in an online tournament that had featured 16 elite players. Praggnanandhaa is a grandmaster from India who is commonly referred to simply as Pragg. The chess prodigy said […]
Sadio Mane netted the winning spot-kick as Senegal beat Egypt 4-2 on penalties to clinch their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations, after the final ended goalless following extra time. The Liverpool forward had earlier seen a seventh-minute penalty saved by Pharaohs keeper Gabaski. Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy denied Mohanad Lasheen to give Mane the chance to […]
Rafael Nadal won a record 21st Grand Slam men’s title in the most stunning fashion, fighting back from two sets down to beat Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final. Backed by a loud Melbourne crowd, sixth seed Nadal rallied to win 2-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 7-5 on Rod Laver Arena. US […]