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The World Anti-Doping Agency has said that it will not appeal against the sanctions imposed on Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, who tested positive for a prohibited substance in August 2024. Last year, on November 28, Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August 2024.
Red Bull have promoted their junior driver Isack Hadjar to partner Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull's feeder team RB next season. The 20-year-old French rookie takes the seat vacated by Liam Lawson after the New Zealander was promoted to replace Sergio Perez alongside Red Bull's four-time world champion Max Verstappen for the 2025 campaign. "This is huge for myself, my family and all the people who have believed in me from the beginning," said Hadjar.
The heady combination of youth experience that helped Karnataka end their five-year title drought with the Vijay Hazare Trophy triumph will add strength to the state side's quest for more trophies in the future, reckons head coach Yere Goud. Karnataka had parted ways with veteran batter and former skipper Manish Pandey mid-season. But newcomers such as Ravichandran Smaran, KV Aneesh, KL Shrijith and Abhilash Shetty stepped in seamlessly and chipped in alongside experienced players like Mayank Agarwal and Vasuki Koushik.
Kolkata Knight Riders were crowned Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 champions under the captaincy of Indian cricket team batter Shreyas Iyer. However, the franchise decided to not retain him ahead of the mega auction and instead, they went with Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy along with Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Shreyas was eventually bought for Punjab Kings for Rs. 26.75 crores and he will be captaining them in IPL 2025. In a recent interaction, Shreyas opened up about the retention snub and how disappointed he felt about it.
While the concerts of popular British rock band Coldplay have taken Mumbai by storm, there has also been a saga involving the band's lead singer Chris Martin and India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. In the first concert at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium, Chris Martin had stated that Jasprit Bumrah was present backstage, and had asked Martin to stop the concert so that he could bowl to him. However, in the second concert the following day, Martin admitted that he had "lied" and that Bumrah had sent him a serious message.
Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton shared his excitement on social media after visiting Ferrari's headquarters in Maranello for the first time on Monday. Hamilton is gearing up for his inaugural season with the legendary team, Ferrari, having made the switch from Mercedes to replace Carlos Sainz and partner Charles Leclerc. Hamilton posted another update, featuring a photo of him standing outside the factory in a sharp all-black suit, alongside a Ferrari F40 sports car. The British driver expressed gratitude for achieving his dream of racing for Ferrari.
In an encouraging update ahead of the Sri Lanka Test series, Cricket Australia revealed that star batter Steve Smith's elbow injury is not as bad as it seemed and has been cleared to join the Test squad. The Australian squad are preparing for a two-match Test series in Sri Lanka starting from January 29, which will be swiftly followed by the ICC Champions Trophy. The 35-year-old, who was named Test captain for the Sri Lanka series in the absence of Pat Cummins, picked up a right elbow injury whilst attempting a throw during a Big Bash League fixture on Friday.
A family that took an oath of secrecy, a national federation which kept mum despite claiming to know everything and his closest friends in dark -- one of India's most iconic athletes, Neeraj Chopra, got married in complete secrecy at a time when even mildly popular celebrities struggle to keep things private. The amiable youngster, a bonafide giant of Indian sports with two individual Olympic medals against his name, left the country wonder-struck on Sunday night and this time his sporting prowess had nothing to do with it.