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2025 World Aquatics Championships moved to Singapore from Russia
Kazan had won the bid to host the 2025 World Championships, but owing to international sanctions against Russia, Singapore will instead host the premier international aquatics event. "World Aquatics could not be happier to know that the hosting of our main event for 2025 is in such good hands, thanks to the team here in Singapore," said World Aquatics president Husain Al-Musallam on Thursday.
SA20: Markram's century powers Sunrisers into Final against Capitals
The Sunrisers skipper embraced the occasion and struck a scintillating 100 off just 58 balls in the second SA20 semifinal against the Joburg Super Kings at Centurion that powered the Eastern Cape side to 213/5. Markram displayed fantastic temperament as the Sunrisers were reduced to 10/2 after losing both openers Temba Bavuma and Adam Rossington early on to Lizaad Williams (4/41).
Riyadh's King Fahd International Stadium to host Santosh Trophy semis and final
The AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran, along with Mr Avijit Paul, Executive Committee Member, AIFF, and Joint Secretary, Football Association of Odisha, made the announcement here on the eve of the launch of the Santosh Trophy. Dr Prabhakaran informed the media that it was decided in a meeting between the AIFF and the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF).
KIYG 2022: Four more national youth records go down in weightlifting, Maharashtra continue on top
Haryana (38 golds) and M.P (28 golds) are in second and third positions. Also in the day, hosts Madhya Pradesh (M.P) made it through to both the hockey finals, scheduled for Friday. Records continue to tumble in Weightlifting. The weightlifting arena created at the Basketball Complex in Indore, has been a happy hunting ground for new national youth records and Thursday, saw as many as four of them tumble.
La Liga: Setien to face former club Barcelona this weekend
Real Madrid's presence in the World Club Cup final on Saturday means their scheduled league game against bottom side Elche won't be played until February 15, which means Barca have the chance to go 11 points clear at the top if they win away to Villarreal. Barca were ruthlessly effective in beating Sevilla 3-0 last weekend.
Football: Shilji Shaji nets four as India U-17 women's team hammers Jordan 6-0
The India U-17s, who are currently preparing for their AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers (to be held later this year), started off on a bright note and got their reward when a header by Pooja off a Shilji corner was turned into her own goal by Jordan defender Mera Atari. As the match neared the half hour mark, Shilji turned scorer, netting off a Manisha Kumari cross to double India's lead.
ISL 2022-23: ATK Mohun Bagan, Jamshedpur FC play out goalless draw
The Mariners attempted a total of 26 shots but could not find a way through the Red Miners' defence. The first half saw plenty of opportunities coming ATK Mohun Bagan's way, but TP Rehenesh was on his toes to keep the deadlock intact at the break. Kiyan Nassiri was lively on the pitch and his pull-back created the first chance of the match, which Carl McHugh could not keep on target.
Mahindra brings Formula E to India with its Gen3 race car
The Mahindra Formula E and the Mahindra Advanced Design Europe (M.A.D.E.) teams collaborated on the livery design of the Gen3 car. Mahindra Racing-- one of the founding teams and the only Indian team to compete in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship -- comes to India for its first home race this Saturday at the Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix.
ILT20: Pooran, Fletcher power MI Emirates to eight-wicket win over Dubai Capitals
Though Dubai Capitals posted a challenging 151 for 5 in 20 overs, MI Emirates raced to the target in 16.4 overs through Pooran's unbeaten 66 off 36 balls with three boundaries and five sixes along with Andre Fletcher, who cracked 68 off 45 balls with four boundaries and four sixes. Together they put on an unbeaten 104 runs partnership off just 61 balls for the third wicket.
'He will forever...most accomplished individuals in history of sports': Ranveer Singh hails Lebron James
On Tuesday, James, playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, broke Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record in the NBA during a match against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the match, he hit 38 points, enough to go past Abdul-Jabbar's mark of 38,387 points, set in 1989, through a fall away shot with 10.2 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the game.
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