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This image showcases a flare being thrown next to a player during a match between Brazil and Chile in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. This player feigned injury alleging that the flare had hit him. Evidence quickly showed that the allegation was false and he received a lifetime ban from football. File Published – July 17,…
Pakistan’s All Rounder Mohammad Nawaz. File | Photo Credit: AP Mohammad Nawaz has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after testing positive for a cannabis-related substance, the governing body said on Friday (July 17, 2026), with the Pakistan all-rounder being handed a three-month ban that can be reduced upon completion of a rehabilitation…
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Pakistan’s All Rounder Mohammad Nawaz. File | Photo Credit: AP Mohammad Nawaz has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after testing positive for a cannabis-related substance, the governing body said on Friday (July 17, 2026), with the Pakistan all-rounder being handed a three-month ban that can be reduced upon completion of a rehabilitation…
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Veteran batsman Root, compiling his second fifty of the series, demonstrated his enduring class with a chanceless 99 not out as England beat India by four wickets in the second ODI. File | Photo Credit: ANI Joe Root said his younger England team-mates were having to “learn on the job” in one-day international cricket because…
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates after the match as they advance to the World Cup final | Photo Credit: Reuters Lionel Messi has a message for Argentina’s detractors: “Nothing was handed to us.” The Argentina superstar responded to critics who have been bashing the reigning World Cup champions over perceptions of beneficial officiating and favouritism by…
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U.S. President Donald Trump will also attend a reception for football’s world governing body, FIFA, at Trump Tower in New York on July 17, 2026. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, the White House said, saving his first appearance at the tournament…
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Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the 2nd ODI against England, at Sophia Gardens stadium in Cardiff | Photo Credit: ANI The third ODI between India and England at Lord’s on Sunday (July 19, 2026) could be Rohit Sharma’s final game in international cricket with the national selection committee unlikely to pick the white-ball great…
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Leading into the second ODI between India and England here in Cardiff, history at the Sophia Gardens — both recent and distant — had favoured the chasing team. Eight of the previous 12 ODIs, including four of the last four, were won by sides batting second. For a brief while on Thursday (July 16, 2026),…
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It feels like it was only the other night that co-hosts Mexico and South Africa kicked off the 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, and here we are with only two of the gargantuan 104 matches left to play in the tournament. One of them, the third-place playoff, is a match no team wants…
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