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Cricket-Healy named Australia captain across all three formats

(Reuters) - Alyssa Healy has been appointed captain of Australia's women's cricket team across all three formats, replacing Meg Lanning following her retirement last month. The 33-year-old has been

Soccer-Ronaldo marks his 1,200th game in style as Al-Nassr bounce back

(Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 1,200th professional match with a goal and an assist as he helped his Saudi League side Al-Nassr to get a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh on Friday. “Cristiano

Soccer-Juventus back on top after clinical win against wasteful Napoli

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Juventus delivered an efficient performance as they moved back to provisional top spot in Serie A on Friday, securing a 1-0 home win against a wasteful Napoli thanks to a

Olympics-Athletes risk becoming “Russian propaganda” after IOC decision on Paris Games, Ukrainian sportsman says

By Sophie Penney LA PLAGNE, France (Reuters) - Olympic competitors risk being used as "Russian propaganda" after the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to allow Russian and Belarusian

Doping-Russian athletes back in doping spotlight after Paris green light

By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The doping spotlight is once again on Russia after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cleared the way on Friday for the country's athletes to compete at next year's

Soccer-U.S. and Mexico submit bid to co-host 2027 women’s World Cup

(Reuters) -The United States and Mexico submitted a joint bid on Friday to co-host the 2027 women's World Cup that, if successful, would see the North American neighbours stage global soccer's two

Cricket-Former NZ batter Vincent has life ban for match fixing relaxed by ECB

(Reuters) - Ex-New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent said he was grateful to have his life ban for match fixing relaxed by England's cricket board (ECB) on Friday, which will allow him to be involved in

Motor racing-Verstappen says he and Red Bull can still do better

(Reuters) - Max Verstappen and Red Bull have just finished Formula One's most dominant season but the triple world champion said on Friday they could still improve. Runaway champions Red Bull won 21

Rugby-Springboks play Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal at home in 2024

(Reuters) - World champions South Africa will host Ireland and New Zealand for two tests each next year and also welcome Portugal for a historic first meeting between the sides in July as officials

Golf-Jarvis leads at Leopard Creek but amateur Lamprecht in contention

(Reuters) - Rookie South African Casey Jarvis carded his second successive 67 to take a one shot lead after the second round of the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek

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Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?