Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
RIYADH: The Asian Football Confederation has officially awarded Al-Ittihad a 3-0 win over Sepahan after their AFC Champions League match on Oct. 2 was abandoned when the Saudi club’s players refused to take to the pitch due to the presence of a statue of the late head of Iran’s Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, inside the stadium.
DUBAI: Dubai-based Baseball United, the region’s first-ever professional baseball league, announced today a partnership with Dubai Little League, the region’s preeminent youth baseball organization.
ABU DHABI: Italian sailor Mattia Di Martino remained on course for the gold medal at the 2023 Optimist Asian and Oceanian Championship in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, despite losing his impressive 100 percent winning record on a day of four races.
PARIS: The Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Lyon, canceled after the visiting team’s bus was attacked, has been rescheduled for December 6 at a venue to be decided, the French League (LFP) announced on Thursday. Lyon coach Fabio Grosso suffered cuts to his face when the bus was pelted with stones near Marseille’s Stade Velodrome on Sunday. Grosso’s face was left bloodied and his assistant Raffaele Longo was also injured after the incidents which led to the game being called off. The LFP said Wednesday, December 6 was “the first available date” for the two teams. It said it would “determine the venue for this match at a later date, pending further information from the public authorities enabling it to be held under optimum safety and security conditions for all its players and the public,” the LFP said in a statement. Lyon’s directors on Tuesday called for punishments and said that they wanted to play the match at a neutral venue because “the safety conditions for playing in Marseille have not been met.” Grosso required 12 stitches to the wounds on his face. The Marseille public prosecutor has opened three investigations. The first two concern the stoning of the bus and a similar incident involving a Lyon supporters’ bus.
BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s understaffed defense has been dealt another setback, with the club confirming on Thursday center-back Matthijs de Ligt will be missing “for the time being” with a knee injury. The club did not specify how long de Ligt would spend on the sidelines, saying he was “out for the time being” and “will be missing from FC Bayern in the next games.” Bayern travel to rivals Borussia Dortmund on Saturday. The Netherlands central defender injured his right knee as Bayern were eliminated 2-1 to third-division Saarbruecken in the German Cup on Wednesday night. De Ligt, who has just returned from an injury to the same knee, grabbed his leg and signalled immediately to the bench 19 minutes into the match, before being subbed out. Midfielder Joshua Kimmich moved to center-back, with Bayern having only one fit central defender in the squad. Bayern’s French center-back Dayot Upamecano has missed the club’s last four matches with a hamstring injury. Manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed after the match de Ligt’s injury was to the “same knee” and “was extremely painful.” Bayern took the lead through Thomas Mueller after just 16 minutes, but their third division opponents equalized in first-half injury time. With the scores locked at 1-1 and the game looking set to go to extra time, Saarbruecken’s Marcel Gaus scored in the sixth minute of injury time to win. The loss means 20-time German Cup winners Bayern have been eliminated in the second round in three of the past four years. Bayern sit second on the Bundesliga, two points ahead of Dortmund, and have not lost a clash between the two sides since 2018.
Pakistan's horrendous ODI World Cup 2023 campaign came slightly back on track as they defeated Bangladesh on Tuesday. After facing four consecutive defeats, the Babar Azam-led side took a sigh of relief and thrashed Bangladesh by seven wickets in Kolkata. Pakistan chased down the below-par target of 205 runs in just 32.3 overs. After this loss, Bangladesh became the first team to get officially knocked out of the race to semi-finals. Pakistan, on the other hand, still have a chance to finish in the top four of the points table.
Indian cricket stalwart Virat Kohli is only days away from turning 35. While Kohli's birthday plans are aligned with Team India's ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign, his fans and well-wishers are hopeful of seeing the iconic batter equal Sachin Tendulkar's record for most ODI tons (49) on his special day. When Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan was informed of Kohli's birthday on November 05, he too hoped to see the batting stalwart get his ODI century No. 49.
NEW DELHI: Toxic haze blanketed New Delhi on Thursday (Nov 2), raising fears of another public health emergency in the Indian capital, as government agencies warned that pollution levels could worsen over the next few days despite efforts to reduce them.