World champion Francesco Bagnaia avoids Marquez mayhem to win MotoGP opener
PORTIMAO, Portugal: World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.
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Miami Open 2023: Bianca Andreescu marches on with win over Sofia Kenin, Belinda Bencic becomes latest big name to fall
Bianca Andreescu defeated fellow former Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4 to continue her Miami Open run and set up a last-16 clash with Ekaterina Alexandrova, who beat Belinda Bencic as another big name fell. Ninth seed Bencic might have fancied her chances of claiming her third title of the year after seeing several big names go out in the early rounds, including Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari.
Piquet fined for racist comments about Hamilton
RIO DE JANEIRO: Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old Brazilian had referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as “neguinho,” a racially offensive term which means “little Black guy,” in 2021.
Novak Djokovic hails Dubai’s ‘champion mentality’
DUBAI: World No. 1 men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic described Dubai as his “second home” and hailed its winning mentality at Dubai Future District Fund’s annual general meeting yesterday.
IPL 2023: 3 Players Who Can Replace Injured Shreyas Iyer As Kolkata Knight Riders Skipper
Kolkata Knight Riders were dealt a massive blow ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as sources told NDTV that skipper Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to injury. Shreyas suffered a back injury during the Test series against Australia and he is scheduled to undergo back surgery that will sideline him for 2-3 months. The absence of Iyer – who was bought for Rs 12.25 crore in 2022 – will be huge for KKR as they will be missing a prominent batter. In the absence of Shreyas, here are the three cricketers who can replace him as KKR skipper -
Italy manager Mancini says Man City stint was 'above board'
Roberto Mancini said he does not expect to receive a call from investigators about Manchester City's alleged breaches of finance rules and that his spell as manager of the Premier League club was "all above board".
Mancini Bantah Terlibat dalam Pelanggaran Finansial Man City
Roberto Mancini membantah dirinya terlibat dalam kasus penggelapan pajak yang diduga terjadi saat ia masih melatih Manchester City. Ia mengaku telah menuruti semua peraturan.
Roshn Saudi League stars square off in international arena
Six foreign stars from the Roshn Saudi League are expected to line out against each other in two internatinal matches at the end of March.