Sinner advances to 3rd Miami semifinal in 4 years By: AP on March 29, 2024Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday. Sinner, seeded second, will take on No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev in a rematch of last year’s Miami Open […]
Nicoll relishes her shot at double Olympic stardom By: AFP on March 29, 2024Adele Nicoll has travelled a long way from the person who was “sad” and “rather lost” in 2020, to the extent she has a live chance of achieving the rare feat of competing in both a Summer and Winter Olympics. In that relatively short space of time, the multi-talented 27-year-old has twice been crowned British […]
LeBron James has triple-double to help Lakers beat Grizzlies, 136-124 By: AP on March 29, 2024LeBron James had a triple-double with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, Rui Hachimura scored 32 points as the Los Angeles Lakers built a big lead in the third quarter and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 136-124 on Wednesday night. Coming off a 128-124 double-overtime victory in Milwaukee without James on Tuesday night, the Lakers […]
Hooper in line for Australia rugby sevens debut with eye on Paris By: Reuters on March 29, 2024Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is in line for his international rugby sevens debut as he looks to push for a place on Australia’s squad for the Olympic tournament in Paris. Flanker Hooper was included in Australia’s 13-man squad for the sixth round of the global SVNS series in Hong Kong on April 5-7. “Hoops […]
Stoinis, Agar lose Australia contracts By: Reuters on March 29, 2024All-rounder Marcus Stoinis and spin bowler Ashton Agar have been dropped from Australia’s contracts list for the 2024/25 season after falling out of favour with selectors. Stoinis lost his spot in Australia’s ODI team to Marnus Labuschagne during the World Cup in India and has not been seen in the team since, while left-arm spinner […]
Bellingham set to return for Real Madrid By: AP on March 29, 2024Jude Bellingham is set to return for Real Madrid against Athletic Bilbao this weekend after the England midfielder missed his club´s last two games with a red-card suspension. That combined with an ankle sprain has kept Bellingham out of four of Madrid´s last six games. Even though he last scored for Madrid six weeks ago, […]
Ohtani’s LA mural celebrates larger-than-life ballplayer By: Reuters on March 29, 2024‘Ohtani-mania’ officially kicked off in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday with the unveiling of a 15-story mural of new Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. It took almost a month to create the mural on the side of the Japanese Miyako Hotel in LA’s Little Tokyo and artist Robert Vargas said it represents the cultural bridge between […]
Lyon power past Benfica to reach Women’s Champions League semis By: AFP on March 29, 2024Lyon progressed to the semi-finals of the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday after brushing aside Benfica 4-1 courtesy of braces from Delphine Cascarino and Kadidiatou Diani. Leading 2-1 on aggregate after the first-leg, eight-times titleholders Lyon bettered that score at the Groupama Stadium to claim the tie 6-2. “There was a lot to be pleased […]
Sharfuddoula becomes first Bangladeshi on ICC elite umpire panel By: AFP on March 29, 2024Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid said on Thursday it was a “great honour” to be named the first Bangladeshi to join the International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of umpires. Sharfuddoula, 47, who last year became the first umpire from Bangladesh to take charge of a World Cup match, had been on the international panel since 2006. “It […]
Would the ‘Sex & the City’ cast be able to afford their lifestyles today? By: News Desk on March 29, 2024With Sex and the City due to hit Netflix in the next few days, a new study has revealed whether the characters would be able to afford their extravagant lifestyles today. Online casino company, Nieuwe-Casinos, collected data from Expatistan and Numbeo to determine how much each character’s lifestyle would cost in 2024, including the price […]