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File image of Mohammed Shami batting.© PTI While his fitness may be a concern, star India pacer Mohammed Shami continues to ensure that performance won’t be a factor in his selection in India’s 2025 ICC Champions Trophy squad. After recovering from his heel injury, Shami has played domestic cricket for two months now,…
Beau Webster had a debut to remember in the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney. Replacing Mitchell Marsh in the Australian squad, Webster made an instant impact with both bat and ball, playing a crucial role in Australia’s 3-1 series victory, reclaiming the trophy after a 10-year wait. The…
D Gukesh climbed dizzying heights in the past one month, a World Championship triumph getting garnished by the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award recently, but the chess prodigy now wants to reset his focus and goals to tackle a “challenging” 2025. Gukesh will be seen in action in the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk…
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File image of Lovlina Borgohain.© AFP Lovlina Borgohain is eyeing her third straight summer Olympics but will take it one step at a time from here on. Lovlina, who won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics but returned empty-handed from Paris 2024, said Los Angeles 2028 was very much in her plans. “Tokyo…
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A poster of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. File | Photo Credit: AP Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday (January 5, 2025) disclosed by a senior Hezbollah official. A series of Israeli airstrikes flattened several buildings…
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File image of Barbora Krejcikova.© AFP Reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova said Sunday she was pulling out of this month’s Australian Open over a back injury. “Unfortunately, my back injury, which troubled me at the end of last season, is still not fully healed,” the world number ten said on X. “It’s really…
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Vienna: Austria’s ruling conservatives picked Secretary-General Christian Stocker as interim successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian media reported on Sunday, after Nehammer quit as his attempts to form a coalition government without the far right fell apart. There was no immediate comment from the People’s Party (OVP), and Nehammer only told reporters after the party’s…
Coco Gauff roared past Iga Swiatek to inspire team USA Sunday before Taylor Fritz sealed the United Cup title with victory over Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in Sydney. Gauff opened with a statement 6-4, 6-4 win over Swiatek in 1hr 51min of hard-hitting tennis to fire a warning shot ahead of the Australian Open….
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Cairo: Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the weekend death toll to 97, Palestinian medics said, as US and Arab mediators stepped up efforts to conclude a ceasefire deal. Health officials said an Israeli airstrike killed five people in a house in the…
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Jasprit Bumrah was nominated the ‘Player of the Series’© AFP Despite India ending up losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-3, ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting believes that pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s exploits are not only the best he’s seen of a visiting bowler in Australia but probably also the best fast-bowling display of…
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