Israel Adesanya has pulled off a stunning knockout win over Alex Pereira to reclaim the middleweight crown at UFC 287 in Miami, downing the Brazilian in the second round to avenge his only UFC defeat at middleweight. Adesanya wanted a quick rematch after a November loss to Pereira stripped him of the 185-pound (84kg) championship…
Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Augusta Masters due to injury after completing seven holes of his third round, the five-time Masters champion said. Woods, who was the last of 54 players to make the cut, was limping down the 17th fairway on six over par through seven holes when play was called off on…
Cricketer Rinku Singh’s match-winning performance in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) has left the country’s cricket fans and experts in awe. With KKR needing 29 from the final over to win, Singh scored five consecutive sixes in Ahmedabad on Sunday to seal a thrilling victory for his side and…
French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has denied reports that it launched an investigation into manager Christophe Galtier’s alleged racist remarks during his time in charge at Nice last season. The reports emerged after news outlets quoted a leaked email from Nice’s former director of football, Julien Fournier, in which he accused Galtier of saying…
Eager fans line the sides of the simple sand pitch in the Rafah refugee camp, the southernmost point of the Gaza Strip, for the Ramadan Popular League final. Defying hunger and thirst, the amateur football players of the besieged Gaza Strip have put on a display of their skills all month as they battled it out…
Premier League clubs have collectively agreed to withdraw gambling sponsorship from the front of match-day shirts, but the move will only come into effect at the end of the 2025-26 season. Eight of the 20 clubs in the league currently have betting companies as shirt sponsors. Premier League clubs will be allowed to secure new…
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) will bring its events back to China later this year, ending a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. The WTA, in a statement on Thursday, said it would lift its suspension of…
