Israel Adesanya regained his UFC middleweight title with a brutal knockout of Alex Pereira in the second round of their bout at UFC 287 earlier this month. Per his YouTube channel on Wednesday, Adesanya said he sustained a Grade 1 MCL tear the week prior to the bout in Miami. Adesanya contends that his leg buckled awkwardly under the weight of a training partner while being on the receiving end of a takedown. Adesanya (
New York Knicks center Jericho Sims underwent surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the remainder of the playoffs. The surgery to repair a torn labrum and cuff tendon was performed Wednesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Sims is expected to be recovered for the start of training camp in September, the team announced Thursday. The fifth-seeded Knicks will host the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in Game
Greg McWilliams names an unchanged starting team as Ireland look to avoid a first Six Nations wooden spoon since 2004 against Scotland on Saturday.
Slovakian tennis player Andrej Martin received a 14-month suspension Thursday for failing a doping test, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Thursday. Martin, 33, tested positive for the anabolic agent SARM S-22 at the Bratislava Open in June. The ban initially was reduced from four years after an independent tribunal said that the offense was unintentional. "The player asserted that he had played i
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop and 1960 National League Most Valuable Player Dick Groat died Thursday at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was 92. The Pirates confirmed his death in a press release. Groat was an eight-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner. He batted .286 in 1,929 career games with the Pirates (1952; 1955-62), St. Louis Cardinals (1963-65), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-67) and S
Comparing players from different eras is always a difficult task, not only because of the way the game has changed across the last 115 years, but also because of the significant advances in sports science and the ever-increasing athleticism of players, particularly in the era of fulltime professionalism. The perennial question is whether great players []
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New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha said on Thursday that the wrestlers should have approached the IOA earlier instead of going out in the streets against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, who the wrestlers accused of sexual harassment and mismanagement of athletes. "Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is having a committe
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 27 (ANI): Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bat first against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Thursday. CSK are at the top of the table with five wins, two losses and 10 points. They won their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs. RR are in the third posit
Sunland Derby winner Wild On Ice is out of the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby due to injury, which also eliminates the first ever Derby entry under 60-year-old jockey Ken Tohill. Frank Sumpter's Grade III Sunland winner was removed from the field "due to a left hind leg injury that occurred following workout just before 6 a.m. on Thursday," Churchill Downs public relations announced. Santa Anita Derby third-place f
Isaac Nokes dreams of playing in Australia's elite NRL, and has moved to the other side of the world in a bid to achieve it.
Australia-bound Georgia Roche and Hollie-Mae Dodd are included in Stuart Barrow's first 19-player squad to face France.
England coach Shaun Wane names 15 uncapped players in his 19-man squad to face France in a mid-season Test on Saturday.
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England coach Shaun Wane is confident he has the support of his Super League counterparts, despite withdrawals from his squad to face France.
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Indian boxer Kaur Singh, who took home the gold at the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi, passed away on Thursday in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Singh (74) was suffering from a number of medical conditions for which he was receiving treatment in a hospital. Kaur Singh was from a humble background and began his career as a farmer in Punjab's Malwa region. In 1971, he enlisted in the Indian Army, and in
Dubai [UAE], April 27 (ANI): The Indian mixed doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy moved to the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 after they got walk-over in their round of 16 match on Thursday. The women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand pulled out of the tournament due to injury. "UPDATE XD pair Rohan/Sikki move into the quarter-finals as they get walkover from their oppon
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Manchester [UK], April 27 (ANI): Manchester City's 4-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, which puts them in charge of the title race, dealt a fatal blow to Arsenal's Premier League aspirations. The unstoppable Erling Haaland, who assisted both of Kevin De Bruyne's goals, ultimately scored the goal that his performance deserved by adding the fourth in stoppage time (905 minutes). De Bruyne scored two goals (Seven
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 27 (ANI): Indian Windsurfer Katya Coelho won a gold medal at Sail Goa All India National held at Hawai Beach, Donapaula Goa between April 19-23 in the IGFoil category. The championship was organised by the Goa Yachting Association. The race witnessed wind speeds of 12 knots gusts up to 14 knots were recorded towards the last two days of the competition. There were 4 slalom races conducted and 8
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Indian Army will rehabilitate differently-abled soldiers, who were injured in battlefield, to prepare them for Paralympic events, sources said. Many combat-hardened soldiers have become 'Battle Casualties' in the process of undertaking their duties. Also, there are a number of cases of accidental (non-fatal) causalities leaving out soldiers invalidated for active duties. If given the rig
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 27 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Thursday issued an avalanche warning for the Ganderbal district during the next 24 hours. "Avalanche with a low danger level is likely to occur above 2800 metres above sea level over the Ganderbal district in the next 24 hours," the official statement said. "People living in these areas are advised to take prec