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“Vinicius Jr's Real Madrid contract runs until 2027”
“India's comprehensive 3-0 T20I series victory over Zimbabwe ended with mutual appreciation between captain Shreyas Iyer and stand-in head coach VVS Laxman, as both credited each other's leadership for the team's commanding performances. ..…”
“Wood, who was a first-round pick (26th overall) by the Phillies last year, has a 3.51 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in 17 starts across two levels and is the organization’s top pitching prospect and 50th in baseball”
“He said the World Cup "celebrated humanity at its best", adding that the 2026 tournament had "100% safety and security, only joy and happiness"... Doubling down on the tournament's safety, Infantino said there were "zero incidents, zero vi…”
“Iyer, who registered his first series win as India's T20I captain, returned the compliment by thanking Laxman...”
“And after starting for the National League in the All-Star Futures Game, he’s ready to be back at Citizens Bank Park.”
“However, Fifa is investigating Argentina's actions after players and backroom staff were involved in altercations with Spain's players after losing the World Cup final. It is also investigating allegations of racist abuse towards American …”
“It's a new group of players. We know that only four or five of those who were there in England joined us on this tour.”
““Oh, he’s going to push you, man,” said rookie running back Emmett Johnson, who signed a four-year, $4.9 million contract with the Chiefs.”
“Uefa said the decision had "crossed a red line", labelling it "unprecedented, incomprehensible, and unjustifiable"...”
“A relatively inexperienced Indian squad, missing several first-choice players including Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, completed the clean sweep...”
“Tubular Labs data cited by The Measure found that World Cup content generated more than 259 billion social video views across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, with creators responsible for over 70 percent of that engagement.”
“Of the 191 other red cards shown at a men's World Cup, only one other player has escaped a suspension.”
“Singh, 20, from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, and 18-year-old Abhishek Moond from Rajasthan's Sikar district trained alongside Australia's Test squad for two weeks as part of the long-running partnership between the MRF Pace Foundation and…”
“The total prize money for last year’s event was $2,360,000, with the winning team of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori taking home $1,000,000.”
“Morgan Rogers scored 10 goals and registered seven assists in 37 Premier League matches last season for Aston Villa”
“The MRF Pace Foundation and Cricket Australia have worked together since 1992, building on Australian pace legend Dennis Lillee's association with the Foundation after it was established in Chennai in 1987.”
“The initial entry list for the highly anticipated return of the elevated Championship—which won Sports Business Journal’s ‘Sports Breakthrough of the Year’ award for its 2025 reimagination—includes the following teams”
“The midfielder became the most expensive British player of all-time when he moved from Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge last week”
“The partnership has helped shape several leading fast bowlers. Australian greats Glenn McGrath, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee have all been associated with the Foundation, while Indian stars such as Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan are amo…”
“The entry window will close at noon on Monday, Aug. 17, at which time the top six teams with the best combined singles ranking at the time will officially be directly accepted into the main draw field.”
“Rogers has signed a six-year contract with Chelsea, with an option for a further year”
“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dominating the headlines after the 15-year-old became the youngest player ever to win the Player of the Series award in men's international cricket.”
“Eight teams will be determined via wild card and announced on a date to follow. Two teams will earn a main draw spot by advancing through the eight-team qualifying draw played on Monday, Aug. 24.”
“The Blues are also expected to announce the £52m signing of France international defender Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace”
“Abhishek Sharma... managing scores of 1, 8 and 2.”
“Our goal every year is for the Travelers Championship to be one of the best tournaments on the PGA Tour, so being part of the upcoming PGA Tour Championship Series is validation of the collective effort that Travelers, the tournament team,…”
“The 26-year-old would be Chelsea's oldest signing since 2022”
“In his last six T20Is for India, he has registered scores of 10, 16, 3, 1, 8 and 2, highlighting a worrying dip in form.”
“To become a Championship Series host, the naming rights organization must fund the $20 million prize pool, cover event build-out expenses, share a portion of hospitality revenue with the PGA Tour and staff the event.”
“That will leave Chelsea with nearly 40 players in their squad and needing to sell a substantial number of them”
“The 15-year-old capped off an outstanding series with a brilliant 81 off 49 balls in the third T20I in Harare, guiding India to a 35-run victory and a 3-0 clean sweep.”
“In 2025, the Travelers Championship ranked ninth in total television viewership”
“World number one Littler finished the week with an average of 111.04, beating Taylor's record of 106.31 in 2010.”
“His 151 runs across three matches made him the leading run-scorer of the series and earned him his first Player of the Series award.”
“Estimates for the Travelers Championship conservatively place 2025 ticket sales at approximately 125,000, while attendance during the tournament's busiest years has approached 200,000.”
“He averaged 111.53 in the final, setting a new record as he bettered Taylor's 111.23 against Adrian Lewis in 2013.”
“The youngster flourished under his guidance during India's victorious ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign earlier this year, finishing as the tournament's highest run-scorer with 439 runs and being named Player of the Tournament.”
“The 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, saw an estimated 30% increase in ticket sales following the announcement that world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler would compete.”
“Littler claimed £225,000 in prize money for winning the event and now has £3,143,500 over the PDC's two-year order of merit. That is £2.13m more than Luke Humphries in second spot.”
“He also highlighted Abhishek's recent numbers, saying, "In the UK series, apart from one fifty, there were no scores at all. Not even 20s and 30s, no significant score. One fifty in the last eight matches. If you include the World Cup, thr…”
“The 3M Open ranked 27th in television viewership in 2025, but with the successful recruitment of Scheffler, the tournament may begin attracting more of the world’s top golfers. Since the event’s debut in 2019, this marked only the second t…”
“The back-to-back world champion also hit 12 180s in the final to set a new tournament record of 66, surpassing the total he set last year.”
“In the UK series, apart from one fifty, there were no scores at all. Not even 20s and 30s, no significant score. One fifty in the last eight matches. If you include the World Cup, three half-centuries in the last 18 matches.”
“A well-attended 3M Open has historically drawn around 125,000 spectators, but the golf-centric Twin Cities may have surpassed 165,000 in total attendance this year. Minnesota claims to have the highest number of golfers per capita in the U…”
“The run is also continuing his sublime form in longer-format matches - this win extending the streak to 29 successive wins in games with 20 or more legs. His last defeat over a match of that duration was when he burst on to the scene in th…”
“How many matches Samson played in the World Cup? Three. And fifties in all three.”
“Price also averaged 104.97 in the final and has enjoyed a successful week, climbing to fourth in the order of merit and reclaiming the Welsh number one spot from Jonny Clayton.”
“Abhishek's highest score in the five matches is 16.”
“McLaren's Lando Norris won his first grand prix of the year in Hungary”
“He earned four Pro Bowl selections and finished his career with 88.5 sacks, including 85.5 with Minnesota.”
“The fact I could keep up with Oscar on this kind of track, where it's impossible to follow and impossible to overtake, I was within 0.8 seconds or something for, I don't know, almost 40 laps, the fact I could do this is what gave me confid…”
“On Saturday, the 18-year-old added the achievement that may end up defining her junior career, having become the first Indian ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship, beating Egypt's Ruqayya Salem 3-0 in the final in Niagara-on-th…”
“McLaren's Lando Norris is fifth in the drivers' standings while Oscar Piastri is seventh”
“Anahat debuted for India at 14 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, won Asian Games medals at 16, and climbed inside the world's top 20 as she transitioned onto the senior circuit.”
“while Ferrari, the pre-race favourites, floundered and made, in the words of their team boss Frederic Vasseur 'too many mistakes'”
“She'd beaten two other Egyptian players en route, a country that had held this exact title for sixteen consecutive years running.”
“Lando is much more confident. He's much more aware of his tools that he has in his driving, how to deploy these tools. And I think he's also, let me say, more in control of his emotions”
“Baker has made $131.8 million already in his career & he’ll make $40 million this season.”
“Craig Overton won an entertaining contest against twin brother Jamie as Trent Rockets edged a thriller by four wickets against London Spirit in the men's Hundred.”
“While Mayfield would prefer a long-term deal, he’s not afraid of the franchise tag, which would cost Tampa Bay at least $47M in 2027.”
“Rockets' chase was set up by Ben Duckett's 75 from 47 balls at the top of the order, an innings which included 12 fours and two sixes...”
“Tampa Bay finished 8-9, missed the playoffs for the first time since 2019”
“Jos Buttler produced a masterful 90 from 50 balls as Manchester Super Giants demolished Birmingham Phoenix by 87 runs to maintain their perfect start to The Hundred.”
“ESPN's annual survey of NFL executives, coaches and scouts reflected that shift. After previously being viewed among the league's top quarterbacks, Mayfield dropped out of the Top 10 and landed in the honourable mention category.”
“...Liam Dawson, who finished with 3-15...”
“Mayfield is a winner, one anonymous NFL coordinator told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. He can make every throw. Fearless. Teammates seem to love to play for him.”
“Spirit have lost their opening two games and are second from bottom in the table, above Southern Brave.”
“Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu headlined India's Day 4 performances by winning her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal... finishing with a combined lift of 190kg. She set a new Commonwealth Games record of 85kg in the s…”
“Australia started strongly, racing into an 18-11 lead after the first quarter and extending their advantage to 56-35 by the end of the third. ... Sophie Garbin scored 41 goals from 42 attempts for Australia, while Olivia Tchine was England…”
“Rishikanta Singh Chanambam delivered an outstanding performance to secure silver in the men's 60kg event... successfully cleared 116kg, 119kg and 121kg in the snatch, with his best effort equalling the Commonwealth Games record. He then ma…”
“The Roses opened their campaign in Pool A with a 83-34 victory over Northern Ireland on Saturday.”
“Raja Muthupandi ensured India finished the day with three weightlifting medals by taking silver in the men's 65kg category... recording 126kg in the snatch before adding 160kg in the clean and jerk to finish with a combined total of 286kg.…”
“Eleanor Cardwell scored 10 goals from 13 attempts after coming on for the final quarter”
“India's men's 4x200m freestyle relay quartet of Srihari Nataraj, Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda and Dhakshan Shashikumar successfully qualified for the final after finishing third in Heat 2. The Indian team clocked 7:39.48 to finish behind Aust…”
“Only two of the 12 players in the squad - Eleanor Cardwell and Imogen Allison - have experience in the Commonwealth Games after injuries to gold medallists Helen Housby and Natalie Metcalf, who withdrew with a calf injury on Monday.”
“India concluded Day 4 with four medals overall at the Games; one gold, two silvers and one bronze, with the boxing contingent continuing to build momentum heading into the quarter-final stage.”
“Earlier on Sunday, Scotland picked up their first win in Pool B with a 56-47 victory over Wales.”
“India concluded Day 4 with four medals overall at the Games; one gold, two silvers and one bronze...”
“Joshua, 36, improved his record to 30-4, but he was almost on the end of one of the biggest shocks in his sport's history when he was knocked down twice by little-known Albanian Kristian Prenga inside the first round.”
“India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Zimbabwe with a 35-run win in the third and final T20I in Harare on Sunday... The series victory also marked a turnaround for India after losing their previous two T20I series against England (0-4) a…”
“Prenga was left trying to pick himself up between the ropes after becoming Joshua's 27th beaten opponent by knockout.”
“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 81 and a disciplined bowling effort led by Mayank Yadav... He hit Sikandar Raza for a 102-metre six... He also played a reverse sweep for four against Wesley Madhevere.”
“Earlier, Mayank Yadav (3/29) gave India the perfect start by dismissing Brian Bennett with the first ball of the innings.”
“Abhishek's last six scores now read: 10, 16, 3, 1, 8 and 2, dating back to the third T20I against England in Nottingham last month.”
“Defending 193 on a slow pitch, India restricted Zimbabwe to 157/7 despite an unbeaten 54 from Ryan Burl.”
“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued to rewrite records as the 15-year-old became only the first player in men's international cricket to register multiple scores of 50 or more before turning 16.”
“Only Nepal's Kushal Malla had previously recorded a 50-plus score in men's internationals before turning 16.”
“He later launched off-spinner Sikandar Raza for a 102-metre six.”
“off-spinning allrounder Washington Sundar is unavailable for the first Test due to a right hamstring injury. His availability for the second Test subject to fitness. Sundar had been ruled out of the third and final ODI at Lord's in England…”
“In another big worry, ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who too was ruled out of the third ODI in England after he sustained an impact injury to his left knee while fielding during the second ODI against England in Cardiff, is likely to be p…”
“Pace bowling allrounders Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy are unavailable for the tour after having failed to recover from their injuries so far. Rana had been ruled out of the ODI series against England due to a Grade 1 biceps femoris …”
“India's Test No 3 Sai Sudharsan too is likely to be picked under the 'Subject to fitness' clause, though he is learnt to be 'recovering well.' The Tamil Nadu & Gujarat Titans left-hander scored centuries (132 & 168) in both the four-day ga…”
“If you look at the first squad we had announced [for the England ODI series], from that minimum five players did not play this match. If one player is injured you look at playing another combination, two players are injured you look at pla…”
“India sealed their first series victory in three attempts with a dominant 90-run win in the second T20I in Harare on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.”
“Tilak played a match-winning unbeaten knock of 60 off 29 balls and added a crucial 94-run partnership with Ishan Kishan, who top-scored with a blistering 81 off 44 balls after India were reduced to 29/2.”
“Apart from starring with the bat, Tilak also made an impact with the ball. He dismissed Ryan Burl and finished with figures of 1/9 from two overs.”
“Before arriving in Zimbabwe, India suffered a 0-2 defeat against Ireland in a two-match T20I series and then endured a humiliating 0-4 loss to England in a five-match series.”
“Prabhsimran is yet to make his international debut. The Punjab Kings wicketkeeper-batter has scored 3,665 runs in 127 T20 innings at a strike rate of 151.50.”
“Abhished scored 1 run in the first T20I and then fell for 8 in the second T20I.”
