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A 1-0 home victory over Sporting in the second leg of a Champions League quarterfinal was a huge swing for Arsenal at the end of their week — an English club recovering from back-to-back elimination rounds in both domestic cups — said attacker Kai Havertz. Havertz scored the winning goal against Sporting in the tie, again as a substitute, which gave Arsenal an edge going into next week’s return leg in London. “A big turnaround for us for sure because we lost the

Picking one of the greatest displays in this season's inaugural EuroLeague campaign, Dubai Basketball made a jaw dropping fourth quarter comeback to defeat Žalgiris Kaunas 65:77 in Round 36 and their play-in hopes remarkably well and truly alive. Against arguably the toughest team in the competition, Dubai went into the final quarter down 14 points (53:39), their chances of a Top 10 finish on the line. The team responded with an incredible turnaround, outscoring their opponents by 38–12 in the last 10 minutes

Fueled by the cheering of Filipino fans, Alexandra Eala made a sensational start at the Linz Open in Austria on Tuesday, defeating its home bet Julia Grabher, 6-4, 6-3. Jabir’s straight sets win in her opening match here on clay this season puts her through to the last 16, where she is ranked world number 46. The Filipina sensation will next face the former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, whom she defeated a year ago when she gained notoriety with her run to

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored blistering knocks each, leading Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable 27-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL match here on Tuesday that was interrupted by rain. Jaiswal, who finished on 77 not out, and fellow left-hander Sooryavanshi hit a quick-fire 39 off just 14 balls to propel Rajasthan to 150-3 in the match shortened to 11 overs per side in Guwahati. Rajasthan then restricted five-time champions Mumbai to 123-9 in their 10-team pool, securing their

Carlos Alcaraz said he would welcome the chance to soil his socks on clay again as the world number one re-acquainted himself with his favoured surface in Monaco this week to try and generate some momentum for his French Open title defence. Alcaraz secured his fifth Grand Slam title by defeating Jannik Sinner in an epic final at Roland Garros last June, with victories on the clay courts of Monte Carlo and Rome and a second-place finish in Barcelona to bring his 2025

It was only to be expected that Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s landmark Indian Premier League title victory last year would be a roller-coaster of emotions followed by an utterly tragic stampede. A passionate team finally ended the titleless run, with Virat Kohli in a sense of fulfilment — as the master batsman was able to lay his hands on the only trophy not in his cabinet. Last season, the RCB held firm until the end, finishing second in the league stage then winning both

Al Ain, on Sunday, returned to the top spot in the ADNOC Pro League following a 2-0 win over Ajman at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The victory lifts Al Ain to 53 points and returns them to the top, one point clear of second-placed Shabab Al Ahli on 52 points. Ajman stayed in seventh place on 24 points. Al Ain made an explosive start and took just six minutes to go in front. Soufian Rahimi touched home a cross from Amadu Niang to

By now, a timid man would have quit. But there is no surrender in the vocabulary of Mohammed Shami, a veteran fast bowler who still roars like a lion. Cruelly ignored by the selectors despite his consistent habit of taking wickets in domestic cricket, Shami tore up the field on Sunday with a blistering spell of fast bowling. With unrelenting accuracy, he sent two players back to the pavilion as the right-armer laid down the foundation for Lucknow Super Giants’ first victory of

Explosive knocks by openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first victory of the IPL season with a commanding 65-run thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. Australia's Head made 46 off 21 balls and together with Abhishek, who smashed a 48 off just 21 balls, set the platform for Hyderabad's total of 226-8 at Kolkata's Eden Gardens. Hyderabad then dismissed the three-time winners Kolkata for 161 in 16 overs to earn their first points after losing their opener

Manny Pacquiao’s slated September fight with Floyd Mayweather won’t be an exhibition, the Philippine boxing star said on Thursday, days after his fellow hall of famer claimed their match would be purely entertainment. Netflix announced the long-rumored rematch of boxing’s highest-grossing bout last month, with Pacquiao and Mayweather — whose current ages are in their late forties — to meet at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 19. But Mayweather stunned the boxing world this week by proposing that the rivals, whose

The Pakistan Super League technical committee on Thursday rejected an appeal by batter Fakhar Zaman and upheld a two-match ban imposed on him for ball tampering, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said. Earlier in the week, the PCB had suspended the 35-year-old for two PSL matches after Beirut was proven guilty of the offence during Lahore Qalandars’ four-wicket loss to Karachi Kings on Sunday — a decision that Fakhar later challenged. Any decision by the PSL technical committee, according to the Code of

It would set up a blockbuster showdown, with Moscow potentially serving as the venue for the third fight between Russian stars Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev. Global governing body IBA's president Umar Kremlev said they are prepared to host the highly anticipated fight. In October 2024, Beterbiev handed Bivol the first loss of his career when he won a majority decision at 41. The victory in Riyadh also made Beterbiev the first four-belt holder at 175lb. But Bivol proved his worth in April,

Music, fireworks and a few rounds of gunfire broke out across Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Wednesday after the national team qualified for its first World Cup in decades. The “Lions of Mesopotamia” cemented its first World Cup appearance since 1986, when the tournament took place in Mexico, with a 2-1 victory over Bolivia on Tuesday night. The lead up to the match had been marred however by the outbreak of the Middle East war since late February, when US and Israel launched attacks

Pakistan international Fakhar Zaman was banned for two matches on Tuesday after being found guilty of ball tampering in the country’s showpiece T20 league, cricket bosses said. Video footage showed the 35-year-old opener changing the condition of the ball during his team Lahore Qalandars’ game against Karachi Kings in Lahore late Sunday. “Zaman has been banned from playing in two Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches after being found guilty of a Level 3 offence due to ball tampering,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Cooper Connolly had an Indian Premier League debut to remember as he withstood a torrent of wickets falling around him and helped steer Punjab Kings to a nail-biting three-wicket win over the Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. A tidy bowling effort, led by Vijaykumar Vyshak, had seen Punjab limit Gujarat to 162-6 at the New Chandigarh Stadium after Shreyas Iyer chose to chase. Last year’s finalists Punjab seemed on course for a routine win as opener Prabhsimran Singh and Connolly went after the bowling,

Italy will not be at a third consecutive World Cup after crashing in Tuesday’s (March 31, 2026) frenzied qualification play-off final to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Azzurri fumbling their opportunity of moving on to this summer’s tournament in North America with a miserable 4-1 penalty shoot-out loss. The Bosnians secured a place in Group B, and matches against co-hosts Canada, Switzerland and Qatar, by winning the shootout when Esmir Bajraktarevic delivered the decisive spot-kick in Zenica that sent Italy withering toward yet another

When England’s national football team announced their squad, much debate was sparked again over the inclusion of a man who nearly always raises more questions than answers — Trent Alexander-Arnold. Thomas Tuchel's decision to drop the right-back was unexpected, especially given that he had overcome recent fitness concerns and hit form at Real Madrid. “It’s a sporting decision,” Tuchel said, making it clear that despite his quality other players are ahead of him at the moment. Yet the absence has resurrected divided views

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane fired a shot at Cricket Australia after its $2.7 million all-rounder Cameron Green was unable to bowl as they kicked off their IPL season with defeat. Green was snapped up by three-time champions Kolkata in December's auction for 252 million rupees to become the most expensive overseas buy in Indian Premier League history. Mumbai Indians chased down the 220 that Kolkata scored at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday but Green hit a four and a six while batting

The Premier League may be the world's most popular but it's also one of the most expensive places to watch soccer, and as the arms race for talent escalates, fans are being squeezed. According to a recent UEFA report, English football’s ‘Big Six’ — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham — pulled in close to 20 per cent more selling tickets for home games in the 2024-25 season as they did a year earlier. Bumper broadcasting deals and commercial sponsorship

Lahore Qalandars batsman ‌Fakhar Zaman has been charged with ball-tampering in ⁠Sunday’s Pakistan Super ⁠League (PSL) fixture against Karachi Kings, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement. The incident happened in the ⁠final over, when Karachi required 14 runs to win. Fakhar was engaged in a short conversation with Lahore captain Shaheen Afridi and fast bowler Haris Rauf where he and Rauf threw the ball between them. The umpire then came to Rauf and requested the ball. After consultations with the