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Cabrera-Bello takes Spanish Open lead as Rahm falters

Madrid, Oct 9 (AFP/APP):Home hope Rafael Cabrera-Bello will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Spanish Open after firing a seven-under-par 64 on Saturday, as world number one Jon Rahm slipped six strokes off the pace. Spaniard Cabrera-Bello, who has fallen to […]

Kenyans favored as Chicago Marathon returns Sunday

Washington, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Kenyans Reuben Kipyego and Ruth Chepngetich will carry favored roles into Sunday’s 43rd Chicago Marathon, which returns to the Windy City streets after Covid-19 scrapped last year’s race. Sara Hall, chasing a 15-year-old American women’s marathon record, and Galen Rupp, the 2017 […]

Newcastle put football-loving Saudi prince in Gulf owners’ club

Riyadh, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Football-loving Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is intent on burnishing the image of conservative Muslim Saudi Arabia and he has taken a big step forward with the purchase of Newcastle United, experts say. ‘MBS’, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, joins fellow Gulf […]

FIFA World Cup CONCACAF qualifying standings

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/APP):Following are the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying standings in the North and Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) region after Thursday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn lost, goals for, against, points): United States 4 2 2 0 7 2 […]

Fury, Wilder ready for trilogy showdown

Las Vegas, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Tyson Fury defends his WBC heavyweight boxing crown on Saturday when he faces Deontay Wilder for the third — and probably final — installment of an acrimonious three-year ring rivalry. A tortuous build-up marked by bitter legal wrangling, a Covid-19 outbreak […]

Arozarena fuels Rays in 5-0 playoff win over Red Sox

Los Angeles, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Randy Arozarena belted his 11th career playoff home run and produced a rare straight steal of home Thursday as the Tampa Bay Rays launched their post-season with a 5-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Rays, who fell to the […]

Premier League approves Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United

London, Oct 7 (AFP/APP):The Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United has been approved, the Premier League announced on Thursday. “The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of […]

Ex-NBA players charged in $4 mn health fraud scheme

New York, Oct 7 (AFP/APP):Eighteen former NBA players have been charged with allegedly defrauding the league’s health insurance scheme of almost $4 million, New York prosecutors said Thursday. The prosecutors accuse Terrence Williams, who played for the New Jersey Nets and Houston Rockets, of orchestrating […]

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare charged with doping

Paris, Oct 7 (AFP/APP):Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been charged after testing positive for human growth hormone and EPO, offences that forced her to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. Okagbare, a former Commonwealth Games gold medallist, won her […]

England all-rounder Stokes has finger operation

London, Oct 7 (AFP/APP):England all-rounder Ben Stokes has had a second operation after experiencing new problems with a finger that he injured playing in the Indian Premier League in April, the ECB said Thursday. Stokes, 30, had two screws and scar tissue removed from the […]

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