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[ad_1] Venus Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at the 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open, which will start on July 19.  The tournament will be the 45-year-old’s first in over a year. Williams’ last official match was the Miami Open back in March 2024. This will be Williams’ first appearance in the

[ad_1] Getty Images While Charles Barkley’s golf game has often been the subject of ridicule, the basketball Hall of Famer had some sweet revenge during the first round of the American Century Championship.  On the par-4 second hole, Barkley eagled with an incredible shot from the fairway. Barkley’s shot — which was 88 yards from

[ad_1] Less than two months before the start of the season, a notable quarterback is now a free agent. BYU standout quarterback Jake Retzlaff plans to withdraw from school and will now go through the process of joining a new team, the ex-Cougars QB announced on Friday. The original belief was that the Cougars would

[ad_1] BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff is withdrawing from BYU and intends to enroll in another school to play football for the 2025 football season, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz confirms.  Retzlaff was accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit that was dismissed on June 30. Still, he faces a potential lengthy suspension for violating the BYU honor

[ad_1] Quarterback Jake Retzlaff is taking an unusual route after deciding to withdraw from BYU to avoid a seven-game suspension tied to a violation of the university’s honor code, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reports. Instead of entering the traditional NCAA transfer portal, Retzlaff simply plans to enroll elsewhere, join a new team and bypass typical transfer

[ad_1] WWE is bringing back the all-women’s Evolution premium live event for the first time since its 2018 debut. Evolution takes place on Sunday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. There are seven matches set for the event, with every bout holding significant implications as SummerSlam draws near. Five of those matches are for championships,

[ad_1] If done right, Toronto’s turn hosting the World Cup has the potential to create a community legacy for the city. That’s according to one of the architects of the Pan Am Games, which the city hosted a decade ago. “I’m certain in the moment, the World Cup will captivate Canadians and the world,” David

[ad_1] FRISCO, Texas — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has a history of speaking things into existence during his tenure with the league. And at his annual address at Big 12 Media Days, he did not shy away from setting big expectations.  Last season, the Big 12 was the only power league to send only

[ad_1] A 61 moved Chris Gotterup into the lead, but he has some heavy hitters chasing him in Scotland [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Iga Swiatek will try to cap off a career-best grass season with a major title when she faces American Amanda Anisimova in the 2025 Wimbledon women’s final on Saturday morning. Swiatek has not dropped a set since the second round, cruising to a 2-0 win over Belinda Bencic in the semifinals. Anisimova erased an

[ad_1] Mathematically speaking, some things just aren’t adding up when it comes to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and the team’s mixed results this season. The first puzzling equation lies in the fact that the Fever are 5-5 with Clark in the lineup and 5-5 without her despite their official record of 9-10 heading into

[ad_1] Not playing Test cricket for the last four-and-a-half years, it took Jofra Archer just two deliveries to come up with an unplayable ball. That smooth as Rolls Royce run-up hadn’t changed, the easy approach to the crease was in place and he could also perfectly pitch a 90 mph out-swinger on the legs of

[ad_1] On his best days, Carlos Alcaraz treats his opponents like how a child handles a newly acquired toy. There is a testing phase, then there is a teasing and toying phase, before the whole thing is tossed out in search of a fresh, exciting challenge. Friday on Centre Court was one such day as the two-time

[ad_1] Joe Root and Ben Stokes (AFP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in London: The Dukes ball has come under heavy scrutiny from players and media alike throughout the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The debate resurfaced during the third Test at Lord’s when Shubman Gill was repeatedly seen approaching the umpire to have the ball checked. The umpires were frequently

[ad_1] Sports often elicit feelings bigger than we can express with words. The love of the game can take shape in so many ways, and in the new Museum of Toronto exhibition, Home Game: Toronto Loves Basketball, the show explores how basketball is woven into the city through culture, fashion and art.    Located at

[ad_1] In his Diamond League season debut, American star Noah Lyles captured the 200-metre event after beating Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana Friday in Monaco. Lyles, the Olympic 100m champion, crossed the line in a time of 19.88 seconds. Tebogo finished in 19.97 to take second, while Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba placed third in 19.99. Tebogo ran

[ad_1] Friday was special for Jasprit Bumrah. The seasoned Indian pacer led his side off the field to appreciation from the crowd after claiming his 15th Test fifer — 13th away from home, the most by an Indian — as he made his way onto the Lord’s honours board. Shortly after Joe Root (104, 199b,

[ad_1] Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles final will take place on Day 13, the penultimate day, of The Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London.  Eighth-seeded Pole Iga Swiatek will be up against 13th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova in the battle of two first-time finalists at the grass Major. In the men’s doubles

[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner (Images via Getty Images) Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will face off in a blockbuster Wimbledon final on Sunday after both pulled off thrilling wins in their respective semi-finals in dominant fashion. Defending champion Alcaraz reached his third consecutive final at the All England Club with a hard-fought 6-4,

[ad_1] Jamie Smith (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England’s Jamie Smith etched his name into the record books on Day 2 of the Lord’s Test against India, matching Quinton de Kock’s record for the fastest 1,000 runs in Test cricket by a wicketkeeper. Smith reached the milestone in just 21 innings — the same number it

[ad_1] It was a gold medal for Manitoba’s Indigenous High-Performance Team at the 2025 Indigenous Football Canada U18 Men’s National Championships in Winnipeg last week. A tight, competitive championship game between Team Alberta and Team Manitoba led to the home team picking up the victory 42-34, the first time Manitoba has won gold in a national tackle football tournament

[ad_1] Jasprit Bumrah (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in London:Jasprit Bumrah etched his name into cricketing folklore with a maiden five-wicket haul at Lord’s on Friday, but there was one thing missing – a celebration. The Indian pace spearhead, who ran through England’s middle and lower order on Day 2 of the third Test, admitted

[ad_1] Remember when all it took to win a national championship in college football was an elite roster, a hot-shot coach and a favorable schedule? The haves and have-nots were clearly defined, and success hinged on player development and maintaining depth — especially for blue bloods looking to keep the train on the tracks. The

[ad_1] Getty Images The matchup everyone predicted for the men’s Wimbledon final will become a reality on Sunday, as No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz will meet in a second straight grand slam final.  After Alcaraz dispatched of No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz in the first semifinal on Friday, Sinner

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic’s defeat at the hands of top seed Jannik Sinner in Friday’s semifinal clash marked a rare occasion when the seven-time champion has been turned over in straight sets at Wimbledon. Djokovic has only been defeated in straight sets four times at Wimbledon. The latest of these came in the 2024 final against

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic was handed a heartbreaking three-set defeat by world no 1 Jannik Sinner in the semi-final of the Wimbledon as the Serbian was forced to put his dream of winning a record 25th major title on hold. Sinner will take on Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon men’s final, after the Spaniard defeated Taylor

[ad_1] Top seed Jannik Sinner ensured Novak Djokovic will be absent from a Wimbledon men’s singles final for the first time in eight years after handing the Serbian great a brutal Centre Court battering on Friday. Italian Sinner lost both his previous Wimbledon duels with Djokovic but a devastating display of power and precision proved

[ad_1] India’s Animesh Kujur finished fourth in the men’s Under-23 200m event at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday with a timing of 20.55s, while Avinash Sable got a DNF (Did Not Finish) in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. Australia’s Gout Gout won the event with a timing of 20.10s, followed by Botswana’s Collen Kebinatshipi (20.28s)

[ad_1] After multiple years of circling one another at the top of the 135-pound division, WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson will finally have his day on Saturday against unbeaten mandatory challenger William Zepeda.  The fight, which serves as the co-main event to Turki Alalshikh’s “Ring III” card, will emanate from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens,

[ad_1] Italy have qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (Image via X/@SunRisers) The final day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifiers was full of drama, with all four teams still in the race to qualify. In the end, both Netherlands and Italy booked their tickets for the 2026 T20

[ad_1] Able to replicate in competition the technique changes honed during practice, as suggested by his coach Jan Zelezny, is the key to consistent bigger throws, World Champion Neeraj Chopra said on Friday. Neeraj, 27, the current world champion, is fresh after winning the NC Classic, an event he hosted in Bengaluru. With Zelezny coming

[ad_1] Imagn Images Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles will stand trial for capital murder the week of Dec. 1, a date set by Tuscaloosa-based Judge Daniel F. Pruet. This decision comes more than two years after police arrested Miles, who has been held without bail Tuscaloosa County Jail, in connection with a shooting that

[ad_1] The Azzurri are heading to the World Cup. Not the OGs. But, Italy men’s cricket team. Just six years after playing their maiden T20 International against Germany in 2019, Italy made history on Friday at the Hague. Going into the final fixture, they either needed a win or a narrow loss to book their

[ad_1] Mike Gundy is finally coming around on NIL and revenue-sharing after years of hesitation, but the longtime Oklahoma State football coach didn’t have much choice. Schools are now forced to adapt to the rapidly evolving college football landscape or risk being left behind. Initially, Gundy, like many of his peers, hoped these changes were

[ad_1] Saturday’s final between Poland’s Iga Swiatek and 13th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova will be momentous in more ways than one. A ninth different woman will lift the Venus Rosewater dish in nine years at SW19, and – after Serena Williams back-to-back in 2015 and 2016 – it will be an eighth consecutive time a first-time

[ad_1] Vantika Agrawal joined four other Indians in the third round of the prestigious FIDE Women’s World Cup after vanquishing Anna Ushenina, a former women’s world champion, in an edge-of-the-seat encounter that played out for eight games over three days at Georgia’s Batumi. After Vantika won the first of the two-game classical encounter on Wednesday,

[ad_1] Netherlands and Italy have qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 set to be held in India and Sri Lanka. The Dutch finished the at the top of the Europe Regional Final with three wins out of four games. Itay, though, booked its tickets by the barest of margins, keeping Jersey at bay with

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic currently trails world number one Jannik Sinner by two sets in the duo’s meeting in the semifinals of the 2025 Wimbledon men’s singles. Djokovic must now come from two sets behind in order to progress to the next round. This is a feat the Serb has achieved eight times previously in Grand

[ad_1] No 11 batsman Jake Dunford, a Durham University bowler, ran for his life for the final single, as UK protectorate Jersey stunned Scotland notching a one-wicket victory on the last ball to get into contention for a place at the T20 World Cup for the first time. However, it wasn’t to be for the

[ad_1] Over 20 rounds, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have put together a rivalry unlike anything previously seen in women’s boxing. Their blood and guts brawls in front of massive audiences have raised not only their own profiles, but that of the sport as a whole, and on Friday night, they run it back one

[ad_1] The 22-year drought for American men in the grand slams will continue. No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz could not topple the defending two-time champion on Friday, as No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz took down the top man from the United States in four sets, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(6), to advance to his third straight

[ad_1] Getty Images Crystal Palace have been demoted to the Conference League following breaches of multi-club ownership regulations, a UEFA panel has ruled. Nottingham Forest could take the FA Cup winners’ place in next season’s Europa League though Palace are expected to appeal the decision by the first chamber of the club financial control body

[ad_1] Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, a ATP-WTA 500 level event, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year. Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website. She hasn’t competed in an

[ad_1] Grigor Dimitrov said being forced to retire from Wimbledon when leading world number one Jannik Sinner by two sets is among “the most painful moments of my career”. The 34-year-old was on course for a massive fourth-round upset on Monday until suffering a pectoral muscle injury early in the third set at the All

[ad_1] Italy has secured a spot for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be held next year in India and Sri Lanka. In the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 event, Italy has registered wins over Guernsey and Scotland. With Italy becoming the 13th country to confirm qualification – and

[ad_1] Happy Friday! The Club World Cup is officially down to two teams, with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain booking their spot in Sunday’s final after their dominant showings in the semifinals, but each with a different point to prove at MetLife Stadium. I’m Pardeep Cattry with a preview of what’s to come this weekend. 📺

[ad_1] The 2025/26 season of the Indian Super League (ISL) has been put on hold amid uncertainty over the renewal of the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) between event organisers Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The FSDL informed all ISL clubs of the development in a letter on Friday.

[ad_1] When revisiting the supersonic 160.4 kph yorker from Mitchell Starc on the fastest pitch in the world from 10 summers ago, it is not just the frenetic sequence of a delivery in the 88th over of the New Zealand innings that imbues one with bewilderment of a fast-bowling superhuman. On either side of ‘that’

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: On Day 2 of the third Test at Lord’s, Joe Root produced a moment of brilliance to dismiss Karun Nair and etch his name further into cricketing history. Positioned at first slip, Root took a sharp one-handed catch diving to his right after Nair edged a short-of-a-length delivery from Ben Stokes. It

[ad_1] After a month-long IL stint due to a hamstring, Kodai Senga is slated to return to the mound during Friday’s MLB schedule. He was dealing before the injury and rewarding MLB prop bettors who took the unders related to his earned runs, hits and walks allowed, as his 1.47 ERA is the best in

[ad_1] Let everyone else ponder what Carlos Alcaraz already has accomplished at Wimbledon and elsewhere — and what might come next for a guy who is unbeatable right now. Alcaraz himself just wanted to enjoy his latest victory for a bit. Moving within one victory of a third consecutive championship at the All England Club

[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz moved within one victory of a third consecutive Wimbledon championship and sixth Grand Slam title overall at age 22 by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Friday. The No. 2-seeded Alcaraz takes a 24-match winning streak into the final Sunday, when he will face either No. 1 Jannik Sinner

[ad_1] Beau Pribula did not want to leave Penn State. At least not before the Nittany Lions made their run through the College Football Playoff following an appearance in the Big Ten Championship Game against Oregon. He dreamed about playing a postseason game in front of a packed Beaver Stadium. He wanted to help the

[ad_1] On Friday morning, WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was arrested on a charge of battery and taken into custody in Miami Beach about a month after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, according to police. The police report states that the incident occurred outside the victim’s home on Father’s Day, June 15. Davis and the victim

[ad_1] Sachin Tendulkar, waves in the Royal Box prior to the Gentlemen’s Singles semi-final match between Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Wimbledon 2025 has not only delivered thrilling tennis action but has also drawn several global sporting icons. On Friday, it was the turn of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar

[ad_1] Andre Agassi is one of the all-time greats to have played the sport and entertained over a decorated career, but on Friday, the tennis world got to listen to him on commentary during the Wimbledon men’s singles semifinal. And the former Wimbledon champion didn’t disappoint with his insights and quick wit. Eight-time Major champion

[ad_1] Shubman Gill (c) and Akash Deep have words with umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat over the condition of the ball (Image by Stu Forster/Getty Images) With England bowled out for 387 on Day 2, India took to the crease with momentum on their side. After a standout performance from Nitish Kumar Reddy on Day 1 and

[ad_1] KL Rahul and Shubman Gill NEW DELHI: KL Rahul‘s costly drop of Jamie Smith proved to be a major turning point on Day 2 of the third Test at Lord’s. With England wobbling at 260/5, Smith walked in and offered an early chance—one that India couldn’t afford to miss. On just 5, Smith edged

[ad_1] Jasprit Bumrah had once shared the secret of how he regularly came up with those magic balls of his. The world’s best pacer said he isn’t someone who would be sitting at home, before a tour, visualising those dream deliveries that result in those cinematic strikes of his—stumps shattered, bails flying. “You are not

[ad_1] Play was stopped twice during the Wimbledon semifinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz because two fans felt unwell in the heat on Friday. The temperature reached 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) at Centre Court when both delays took place — during the eighth game of the second set. Similar stoppages occurred

[ad_1] Imagn Images The top two teams in the National League West square off when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants begin a three-game series on Friday at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Dodgers (56-38) lead the division by five games over the rival Giants (51-43). Dustin May (5-5, 4.52 ERA) is

[ad_1] Ireland allrounder Curtis Campher created history when he became the first player in men’s professional cricketer to take five wickets in as many balls during his side Munster Reds’ win over North-West Warriors in an Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy match on Thursday. However, he is not the only player to achieve this feat with Zimbabwe

[ad_1] Getty Images Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have developed the greatest rivalry in the history of women’s boxing with two fantastic fights. The women are set to face off one more time, headlining a card from New York’s Madison Square Garden this Friday night with Taylor’s four junior welterweight championships on the line. The