Tennis star Novak Djokovic has announced that he will not be able to travel to New York City for the US Open, missing another Grand Slam amid his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Djokovic said on Thursday he will
Tehran, Iran – A limited number of Iranian women have been allowed into a stadium in Tehran to watch a league football match for the first time after pressure from international bodies.
Videos and images from the Azadi stadium in
Pakistan’s cabinet has approved a draft agreement that allows the government to provide troops for security at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year.
A summary outlining the agreement, to be signed between Doha and Islamabad, was approved
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On a sloped, worn-out road in Bento Ribeiro, a lower-middle-class northern suburb of Rio de Janeiro, an outside wall of a house bears the mural of Brazilian footballer Ronaldo.
Wearing the famous number nine yellow
Dennis Rodman, a former professional basketball player and self-styled “basketball ambassador”, has said he will travel to Russia in an attempt to help imprisoned professional women’s player Brittney Griner.
Rodman, whose post-National Basketball Association (NBA) career has been defined by
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk has beaten Britain’s Anthony Joshua in a surprise split points decision and retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight boxing belts.
The fight in Saudi Arabia’s Jedda on Sunday was a rematch of one in
Hoshiarpur, India: Manisha Kalyan’s sparse home and village give no indication that it would one day produce one of India’s top female footballers.
But Kalyan is a tough girl and, on Thursday, the 20-year-old player with Cyprus’s champions Apollon Ladies
Portuguese football captain Cristiano Ronaldo launched his professional career at Sporting Lisbon in 2002.
Within a year, he was signed up by Manchester United on his way to becoming on the best footballers that world has seen.
Following stints with
Nigerian Taiwo Awoniyi began repaying the £17.5m ($21m) he cost Nottingham Forest with the goal that beat West Ham 1-0 in the English Premier League at the weekend.
Joe Aribo was another Nigerian international to score in the most-watched domestic
FIFA has moved the start of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar forward by one day to allow the host nation to play after an opening ceremony on Sunday, November 20.
The football governing body confirmed the decision on Thursday,
