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Bengaluru: Well-established Indian distance-running coach Yunus Khan, who has trained some of the country’s leading endurance athletes including Gulveer Singh and marathon national record holder Sawan Barwal, has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on a charge of complicity. DH has learnt that the action concerns a reference letter purportedly issued by … Read more

FC Barcelona are set to face Galatasaray away from home on Tuesday in their second Champions League fixture. However, the Blaugrana will be without their captain, Raphinha, who scored twice against Feyenoord on Matchday 1. Why is Raphinha not playing today? The Brazilian winger picked up a thigh injury while representing Seleção during the international … Read more

The Los Angeles Rams are releasing kicker Harrison Mevis and signing Blake Grupe off the New York Jets’ practice squad. The change comes one day after Mevis’ struggles helped send the Rams to a 37-34 overtime loss against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Harrison Mevis struggles in high-stakes Monday Night loss Harrison Mevis missed … Read more

Montez Sweat, Chicago Bears defensive end, has been suspended for the next two games without pay after violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy, the league announced on Tuesday. The NFL provided no additional details about the specific substance involved or the circumstances surrounding the violation. The suspension removes one of the Bears’ primary edge rushers … Read more

England will face Ukraine in the final round of the Women’s World Cup play-offs after overwhelming Greece 5-0 at the King Power Stadium to complete an 8-1 aggregate win. Four goals inside the first half settled the tie in Leicester, with Sarina Wiegman’s side booking a meeting with Ukraine for a place at next year’s … Read more

Sediqullah Atal produced a remarkable fourth-innings hundred while Afghanistan’s lower-order batters displayed immense resilience to deny Bangladesh victory in their one-off Test. Qais Ahmad provided a dramatic finish, smashing a six from the final delivery to secure a hard-earned draw for the visitors. What were the key individual contributions in Afghanistan’s second innings? Atal made … Read more

The chaos continues, and so will the scrutiny on Michael Carrick. In a match where Manchester United needed a win to stop the rot, a goal within 47 seconds and a  set up a bruising loss to Atletico Madrid. If the  brought a sense of disbelief at full-time, this was a game that will leave … Read more

India’s marauding batters would be eyeing another run feast against a West Indian attack that would have to do more than just be defensive when the two sides clash in the potentially series-deciding fourth T20 International here on Wednesday. India need a win to seal the five-match rubber by going 3-1 up, while the West … Read more

 Josh Hazlewood’s career-best 6-49 helped Australia win the first cricket test by 214 runs at Kingsmead and finish off South Africa on the final day Tuesday. Hazlewood took four of the six wickets Australia was hunting for on day five. A target of 421 was always improbable for South Africa and the world champion Proteas … Read more

Newly-appointed India captain Smriti Mandhana retained the top spot in the ICC women’s ODI batting rankings, while Australia’s Ellyse Perry returned to the top 10 in the latest charts released on Tuesday. Mandhana, who took over the captaincy from Harmanpreet Kaur recently, leads the ODI batting rankings with 790 points. Harmanpreet is the only other … Read more