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ZAGREB: Dinamo Zagreb pulled off the season's biggest shock in the Europa League after Mislav Orsic scored a sublime hat-trick to give the Croatian champions a 3-2 aggregate win over Tottenham Hotspur in their last-16 tie on Thursday. Dinamo won 3-0 on the night after extra time to reach the quarter-finals on coach Damir Krznar's debut after he took over on Monday from Zoran Mamic, who stepped down upon learning he faces a prison sentence for fraud. The defeat was a second bitter

Brady posted an 8-bit version of himself on his Instagram story tossing the trophy while on the boat Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady commented for the first time on his legendary Lombardi Trophy toss to tight end Cameron Brate during the team’s Super Bowl LV boat parade. Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion, posted an 8-bit version of himself on his Instagram story. Brady was shown tossing the trophy while on the boat, and he had some fun with his comment on the photo. "Riskiest

David Irving spent the first four seasons of his professional career with the Dallas Cowboys Defensive tackle David Irving, who played for the Las Vegas Raiders last year after being reinstated into the league, spent the first four seasons of his professional career with the Dallas Cowboys. In a recent interview, Irving told The Athletic that he didn’t enjoy his time with Dallas at all. "I hated going to work for the Cowboys," Irving said.  "A Cowboy is all hardy har har and all this America's Team stuff.

Sky Sports will also broadcast India's home tours against South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka, which will follow in the next 12 months, plus the IPL in 2021 and 2022; Sky is the home of England, India, Pakistan and South Africa home internationals and ICC competitions Sky Sports will show exclusive live coverage of England's ODI and T20 series against India in March with seamer Stuart Broad part of the commentary team. Broad will join Dinesh Karthik, David Lloyd, Nasser

Juventus close gap on leaders Inter Milan to eight points and second-placed AC Milan to four points, but reigning Serie A champions have a game in hand on top two; Sevilla move up to third in La Liga Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus returned to winning ways with a 3-0 home victory over bottom club Crotone to keep Andrea Pirlo's team in the Serie A title race. Juventus were under scrutiny after defeat to Napoli had been followed by a Champions League

Crowds of up to 10,000 could be allowed back into British soccer stadiums from the middle of May after the government outlined its four-step plan to ease the lockdown on Monday. The third stage of the plan would, from May 17, would conditionally allow 10,000 fans back into the biggest grounds. Stadiums in some parts of the country did briefly open their doors to a very limited number of fans in December, but a new wave of COVID-19 infections across the country prompted

Doha: Following one of the two races in Round 2 of the Qatar Superstock Championship 600, famous Qatari rider Saeed Al Sulaiti has maintained his place at the top of the rankings (QTSK). In a time of 25 minutes and 12.849 seconds, Al Sulaiti won the first race spanning the 12-lap contest, just 0.100 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor, Abdullah Al Qubaisi, who placed second at 25.12.949. After recording a time of 25.43.119, veteran rider Meshaal Al Nuaimi classified third, while Youssef

Doha: A total of 32 golfers survived freezing conditions to take part last weekend at the Doha Golf Club in the 199th edition of the Qatar Golf Lovers' (QGL) Individual Strokeplay Tournament. With a net score of 31, Andrew Robinson was proclaimed Flight A (0-9 HCP) winner, facing tough competition from Sanjeev Gupta. Meanwhile, with a net score of 32, Clark White won Flight B (10+ HCP), prodding PK Viswanath, the January tournament champion, into the second position with a net score of

Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Hafeez struck half-centuries as Lahore Qalandars on Monday thrashed Quetta Gladiators by nine wickets in the Pakistan Super League Twenty-20 Internationals. In Lahore's efficient run-chase of 179-1 with 10 balls to spare, left-handed opener Fakhar scored 82 out of 52 balls and 41-year-old Hafeez struck a stinging 73 out of just 33 balls. Both batsmen were dismissed, but just 58 balls raised a 115-run, a match-winning stand-off. Hafeez blasted six sixes and five fours through the covers to hand

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of next month’s men’s basketball tournament in Indiana. The governing body said Friday it is permitting 25% capacity at the venues to allow for social distancing. That figure will include all participants and essential staff along with the family members of team players and coaches. Attendees must wear face coverings, and cleaning and disinfecting efforts will be emphasized at venues in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. The NCAA said in its

The family of former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson has donated his brain to researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center, as new details surrounding his death emerged on Thursday.  A spokesperson for Jackson’s family told The New York Times that they made the decision in order to better understand what led to his sudden death earlier this week.  "Vincent being who he was would have wanted to help as many people as possible," Allison Gorrell told the Times on Wednesday. "It’s something his family wanted to do

Doha: Yesterday, veteran Qatari rider Saeed Nasser Al Qadi led Andreas SPB Z to win in the Major Tour class as he warmed-up in style for the feature event of the Amir Sword Equestrian Festival. Saeed and his 12-year-old stallion Andreas SPB Z were in brilliant form at the outdoor arena of the Qatar Equestrian Federation as the pair secured the victory in the 145cm division with a time of 84.79 seconds after admitting one mistake. During the three-day Amir Sword Equestrian Competition,

Doha: Bowerman, the only overseas runner in the region, won the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup (QA Gr 2) yesterday, on the second day of the Amir Sword Festival in Al Rayyan Park. The Adrian McGuiness-schooled gelding had Ronan Whelan in the Max Recall Racing Club colours in the saddle, starting big from Gate 13, and the pair had to deal with traffic early on. They continued going up the order, before racing for the end on the home stretch, as Whelan settled his

Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun was selected "purely on the skill" and he will have to prove himself at this year's Indian Premier League, the IPL franchise has stated. With his $2.24 million shift to Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, South African Chris Morris smashed IPL auction records, but all eyes were on the fate of the 21-year-old with the most prominent surname in Indian cricket. Arjun joined Mumbai at his base price of two million Indian rupees ($27,522), having been their net bowler in

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday that The finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, the redesigned Fed Cup which was scheduled to be held from April 13-18 in Budapest, has been deferred once more due to COVID-19 guidelines in Hungary. The opening ceremony 12-nation finals was at first scheduled to take place in March last year before the COVID-19 outbreak obligated authorities to put it back a year. The ITF and the Hungarian National Sports Agency (NSA) said that the