Adam Zampa took four wickets as Australia beat India by 21 runs in the final ODI to clinch a 2-1 series win and replace their opponents at the top of the world rankings, with home batter Suryakumar Yadav recording his third golden duck in a row.Australia were bowled out for 269 in 49 overs on a slow surface in Chennai but hosts India could only reply with 248 in 49.1 as Zampa (4-45) and fellow spinner Ashton Agar (2-41) claimed a combined six wickets. India’s ODI series defeat is their first at home in four years.Agar’s wickets of Virat Kohli…
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Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos is considering a bid for the NFL’s Washington Commanders, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The Toronto native is the managing partner of Triple Group of Companies, a Toronto-based real estate firm. He’s also the founder of Six Ventures Inc., a private equity venture fund. It’s not the first time the Apostolopoulos family has been linked to the NFL. Steve’s late father, Andreas, purchased the Pontiac Silverdome outside Detroit in 2009 after the Lions moved downtown. A plan to attract an MLS team never came to fruition. Concerts and monster truck…
Latest storm across California come after months of heavy rain and snowfall that battered the western US state.Falling trees have killed two people in California as storms, damaging winds, rain and snowfall continue to batter the western US state. High-wind warnings and advisories were in effect from the Mexico border through Los Angeles and up into the San Francisco Bay area, where gusts of up to 97 kilometres per hour (60 mph) were forecast for some spots. Much of the region along with parts of Arizona and Nevada were under flood watches and advisories on Wednesday caused by the continued…
Mesut Ozil made the first of his 92 appearances for Germany in 2009Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has retired from football at the age of 34. Ozil won nine trophies during his club career including four FA Cups and the Spanish La Liga title in 2012.He also won 92 caps for Germany and was part of the team that lifted the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.”It has been an amazing journey filled with unforgettable moments and emotions,” Ozil said in a statement on social media.external-link”I’ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost…
Security forces fire tear gas at protesting crowds rallying in Beirut against worsening economic conditions.Lebanese officers have fired tear gas at hundreds of people, mostly retired members of the security forces, who had gathered near government buildings in the capital to protests against deteriorating economic conditions. Crowds on Wednesday gathered in the streets of central Beirut carrying Lebanon’s tricolour or flags bearing the logos of security forces. The protest was called for by retired soldiers and depositors who have had limited access to their savings after local banks imposed informal capital controls amid Lebanon’s financial crisis, the worst in the…
Agadez, Niger – The sun is just beginning its afternoon descent, and the desert heat has barely started to roll off the field. Undeterred, a team of footballers takes to the pitch for Tuesday afternoon practice behind the sand-coloured walls and seafoam-green metal doors of a football stadium in the Sahara Desert. Like players across Niger – and the world – many of these young men, especially from West Africa, have dreams of playing in Europe someday. Some of them have already travelled more than 3,000km (1,864 miles) to get to Agadez, the desert outpost that is home to the…
Japan are just the second team to go unbeaten through a WBC tournament, after Dominican Republic in 2013Japan earned a thrilling 3-2 victory over defending champions USA to win the World Baseball Classic for a third time.Japanese star Shohei Ohtani clinched the win in Miami by striking out US captain Mike Trout, his Los Angeles Angels team-mate, in the ninth inning.Japan won the first two editions of the tournament in 2006 and 2009.”This is the best moment in my life,” said Ohtani, 28, who was named the tournament’s most valuable player.”I’ve seen Japan winning and just wanted to be part…
Millions of vulnerable Yemenis are unlikely to get any aid at all this year.As a veteran humanitarian aid worker, I have seen some of the worst conflicts and disasters in the world. But I have rarely witnessed a situation as dire as Yemen, where two-thirds of the population needs aid. The recent pledging conference for Yemen’s humanitarian crisis was a sobering reminder of how far we are from being able to adequately support the Yemeni people, who have been brought to their knees by eight years of conflict. It also sends a signal that some lives are less valuable than…
Ranil Wickremesinghe says his government will kick off the next round of talks with creditors in the third week of April.Sri Lanka has received the first tranche of its bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament. “This sets the stage for Sri Lanka to have better fiscal discipline and improved governance,” Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday. The first tranche of $330m comes after the IMF on Monday approved a $3bn rescue package for the crisis-stricken island nation. Wickremesinghe said his government officials will kick off the next round of talks with bondholders and bilateral creditors…
Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights WatchUganda’s parliament has passed sweeping antigay legislation that proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships and criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ. While more than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relationships, the new law passed on Tuesday appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ), Human Rights Watch said. “The ayes have it,” Parliamentary Speaker Anita Annet Among said after the final vote, adding that the “bill passed in record time”. Legislators…