India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his wife, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma, announced on Monday the arrival of their first child. “We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon,” Kohli said in a statement on Twitter. “We thank you all for your love, prayers and…… MORE
Tiger Woods always wanted us to believe that he was just like the rest of us. “We’re all the same; we’re all human,” Woods told CNN Sport in 2006. And yet, in the same breath, he understood just how different he really was. Asked in the same interview where he could go in the world…… MORE
Tennis star Ana Konjuh kept alive hopes of competing at her first grand slam in more than two years after outlasting Anna-Lena Friedsam in Australian Open qualifying in Dubai. Konjuh, a former world No. 20, has endured 18 months away from the game and undergone four elbow surgeries over the course of her young career.…… MORE
Danish freediver Stig Severinsen has broken the world distance record for swimming with fins on just one breath — making it 202 meters (662 ft 8.7 in) underwater, Guinness World Records has confirmed. Guinness said Severinsen, 47, completed the swim on November 26 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The previous record of 177…… MORE
Six people were ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday as the third Test between Australia and India was overshadowed by allegations of racist abuse. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the boundary rope on Saturday, the third…… MORE
All the signs are looking good that leading Italian football club AC Milan could secure its first Serie A title in 10 years. Milan defeated Torino 2-0 on Saturday to extend the Rossoneri’s lead at the top of Serie A as second-place Internazionale drew at Roma on Sunday. After its 17 games — nearly half…… MORE
World No. 3 golfer Justin Thomas has apologized for using a homophobic slur that was caught by television microphones at a PGA Tour tournament in Hawaii on Saturday. The incident occurred after Thomas missed a par putt during the Sentry Tournament of Champions’ third round in Hawaii. “There’s no excuse,” Thomas told the Golf Channel…… MORE
Having last won a German Bundesliga game just under a year ago, Schalke ended that dismal record in some style on Saturday — comfortably beating Hoffenheim 4-0 on Saturday. Matthew Hoppe was the star of the Schalke show as he became the first-ever American player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga. Armine Harit, assisted…… MORE
Footballers don’t usually smile after losing a game 4-1, but all is forgiven in the case of teenager Louie Barry. The 17-year-old was part of a youthful Aston Villa team — with an average age of 18 years — that was beaten by Liverpool in the English FA Cup third round on Friday. The FA…… MORE
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green says those involved in the insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday were not “protesters” but “terrorists.” The 30-year-old was speaking to reporters after his side lost to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday and gave an impassioned response when asked about the DC riots. “Stop describing those people…… MORE
