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Former college basketball star Jarred Shaw was recently arrested in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges, and he is now facing a potential death penalty sentence.
Neeraj Chopra finally breached the elusive 90m frontier with a 90.23m throw but the trailblazing Indian had to settle for a second place behind Germany's Julian Weber in a dramatic men's javelin contest at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meeting series on Friday. The 27-year-old double Olympic medallist Indian sent his spear to 90.23m in his third attempt to join a list of javelin throwers, led by his current coach Jan Zelezny of Czechia, who had recorded 90m-plus efforts. He became the third Asian and 25th overall to achieve the feat. However, Weber turned the tables and took the top spot with his sixth and final throw, measuring 91.06m. Chopra was leading before Weber's final attempt.
The BCCI is "keen on adopting two to three Olympic disciplines" in the sports ministry's ambitious plan to have corporate-backed individual Centres of Excellence, the work for which will begin this year. This was conveyed by the cash-rich cricket body in a meeting with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday. The gathering also featured "representatives from 58 corporate houses". "Mr Rajeev Shukla, who represented the BCCI in this meeting, said that the Board is willing to adopt two to three Olympic disciplines and would leave it on the ministry to decide what those disciplines would be," a source in the sports ministry said.
Rohit Sharma received a massive honour from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) as a stand with his name was unveiled at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. The Rohit Sharma Stand was officially unveiled in an event at the iconic venue in the process of Rohit's parents and wife Ritika Sajdeh. Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, ,Vinoo Mankad, and Dilip Vengsarkar are other cricket stars to have a stand named after them at the venue. During the event, Rohit delivered an emotional speech and expressed his wish to play an ODI encounter for India at the Wankhede Stadium in the near future.
Leading tyre maker Apollo Tyres will bring the current Manchester United stars Harry Maguire, Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot for their maiden visit to India, to launch United We Play 2025, the fifth season of its flagship grassroots football initiative. This is the second time that Apollo Tyres has got current team players to the country, with David De Gea, Anthony Elanga and Donny van de Beek visiting Goa in December 2022. The three Manchester United current team players will be in Mumbai on May 29 to officially launch and kickstart activities for the fifth season of the United We Play programme.
PARIS :France captain Antoine Dupont, widely regarded as the best rugby player of his generation, has taken an ownership stake in Rugby Football Club Los Angeles, the Major League Rugby franchise said on Thursday.
India's dismal run in elite international badminton tournaments continued, as all remaining shuttlers, including world number 10 women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand exited early, ending the country's campaign at the Thailand Open Super 500 in Bangkok on Thursday. Treesa and Gayatri, returned to action following an injury layoff but fell 20-22, 14-21 to Japan's Rui Hirokami and Sayaka Hobara in the second round. With Lakshya Sen having bowed out in the men's singles opening round on Wednesday, Treesa and Gayatri were the last elite Indian players in the fray.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina : New Zealand's Ryan Fox would have been fishing this week had he not secured a last-minute spot in the PGA Championship four days ago, but after making the most of the opening round on Thursday he could still reel in a major catch.