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London CNN — Portuguese tennis player Francisco Cabral was given permission to stray from Wimbledon’s strict all-white dress code to honor the late Liverpool and Portugal soccer star Diogo Jota, he told reporters, including CNN, on Friday. Jota died in a car crash in Spain early Thursday morning. He was 28. His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional soccer player – also died in the accident at the age of 25. Cabral, who competed in men’s doubles, told CNN he initially wanted to wear a black armband, but he said he was told that would not be…
MLC 2025 The top-of-the-table clash comes with the context of one of them taking a big step towards playing in the qualifier © MLC The bottom half of the MLC 2025 table has been occupied by three underperforming teams clawing at a potential fourth spot, while the top three have been uber competitive in their quest for a qualifier spot. San Francisco Unicorns, Texas Super Kings, and Washington Freedom are all on the lookout to feature in the first playoffs fixture that offers a safety net in the event of a defeat. Unicorns and Super Kings have a shot at…
London, United Kingdom CNN — It’s a unique position to be in. How do you work alongside a colleague for the greater good of your team and simultaneously vie with them to win the ultimate prize in motorsport? That unenviable dilemma is one that McLaren’s Lando Norris is trying to navigate as one of the most tantalizing Formula One title races in recent memory plays out against teammate Oscar Piastri. With both drivers seeking their maiden world titles and just 15 points separating the two ahead of the midpoint of the 2025 season at this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Norris’…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL India’s Test captain Shubman Gill made history on Thursday with a brilliant double century in the second Test against England at Edgbaston, setting multiple records and cementing his place among India’s modern greats. Gill, who had already scored a century in the first Test at Leeds, continued his form by posting a remarkable 269 in Birmingham. This was his maiden double hundred in Tests. His 269 is now the highest score by an Indian Test captain, surpassing Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 254 against South Africa in 2019. It is also the highest score by an Indian in…
CNN — Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday. The alleged assaults are reported to have taken place between 2021 and 2022, according to the police. Partey, 32, is charged with two counts of rape to one woman, three to a second and one count of sexual assault to a third. Partey’s lawyer, Jenny Wiltshire, told CNN that Partey “denies all the charges against him” and “welcomes the opportunity to finally clear his name.” “Our priority remains providing support to the women…
MLC 2025 Can Orcas topple Freedom for a fourth straight win? © MLC Seattle Orcas have found form at the perfect time. After five straight losses, they’ve bounced back with three wins in a row, each navigated by a match-winning knock from Shimron Hetmyer. His latest came against the San Francisco Unicorns, a team that had already qualified for the playoffs. It was the first of three tough final league games for the Orcas and that victory has set them up nicely for the next two, both against sides that have also booked their playoff spots. With Washington Freedom up…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL India’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh, which was scheduled for next month, has reportedly been postponed indefinitely, according to Indian media reports on Friday. The tour, which was supposed to take place from August 17 to 31, included three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). However, it is believed that the Indian government advised the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to delay the tour due to growing political tensions between the two countries. Despite these reports, neither the BCCI nor the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially confirmed the postponement. The…
The bodies of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva arrived in northern Portugal on Friday for a wake in their hometown, as tributes continued to pour in after they died in a car accident in Spain. A convoy of hearses left for Gondomar near Porto on Thursday evening from the morgue of Puebla de Sanabria, near where the Lamborghini the brothers were travelling in had veered off the road and burst into flames after midnight early on Thursday. Police said they suspected a tyre had burst. Jota’s wife Rute Cardoso, who had married the footballer just weeks…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Simmons is heading to London for a medical appointment © AFP Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons is leaving Sri Lanka on Friday to meet physicians in London. There were speculations that the head coach was being summoned by the BCB president Aminul Islam for a performance review of the coaches but that’s not the case with Simmons, who had a scheduled appointment with doctors in the UK. Simmons is expected to be available for the third ODI of the series as the former West Indian opener is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka on…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Shadab Khan is set to undergo shoulder surgery today (Friday) in London. The all-rounder will miss the upcoming series against Bangladesh and the West Indies, and his participation in the Asia Cup also appears doubtful. It is expected that he will need 6 to 12 weeks to fully recover. According to details, Shadab Khan was named vice-captain under skipper Salman Ali Agha for the tour of New Zealand and the subsequent home series against Bangladesh. During the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he led Islamabad United, but the team failed to defend their title. In the three-match…