The Toronto Raptors will be without both Khem Birch (illness) and Gary Trent Jr. (quad) when they take on the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, the team announced. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Trent Jr. will miss his fourth-consecutive contest with his quadriceps injury, last suiting up on Dec. 14 in the Raptors’ 124-123 loss to the Sacramento Kings. Birch was a late addition to the inactive list after coming down with an illness, as he did play 23 minutes in Monday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The shorthanded Raptors will have their work cut out for…
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The French national, also known as ‘The Bikini Killer’, has been accused of murdering more than 20 backpackers in Asia.Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer known as “The Serpent”, who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, is to be released from prison in Nepal, the Himalayan country’s Supreme Court has ruled. The 78-year-old French national has served 19 years in prison for the murders of an American and a Canadian backpacker. Life sentences in Nepal are 20 years. He has admitted killing at least 20 young Western backpackers across Asia, usually by drugging…
England pace bowler Tymal Mills revealed his withdrawal from the Big Bash League was due to his two-year-old daughter suffering a stroke just before a flight to Australia.The left-arm seamer, an unused squad member as England won the T20 World Cup in Australia last month, pulled out of a planned stint at Perth Scorchers with a “family emergency” cited as the reason.Mills elaborated on Wednesday that he and his family were at the airport when his daughter fell ill earlier this month but the 30-year-old posted a photo on Instagram of them leaving hospital.Alongside the image, he wrote: “Home for…
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks will lose a draft pick for getting started too soon with their Jalen Brunson pursuit. The NBA penalized the Knicks a second-round selection in the 2025 draft on Wednesday after finding that the Knicks began free-agency discussions involving Brunson before the date when they were allowed. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Brunson was the Knicks’ big acquisition in the summer and the point guard has been terrific, leading them to an eight-game winning streak that is the longest current one in the league. They were the favorites to land the…
The US Department of the Treasury has announced new sanctions targeting officials including Iran’s prosecutor general.The United States has announced another round of sanctions against Iranian officials, targeting organisations and government figures involved in the government’s crackdown on protesters. The US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday that it was slapping sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri for his involvement in a protest-related execution, alongside several other figures and organisations the US accused of complicity in human rights abuses. “The case of the first executed protestor, a young man named Mohsen Shekari, proceeded with…
Fresh off of capturing the World Cup for Argentina, Lionel Messi has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Paris Saint-Germain on a contract extension, according to soccer insider Fabrizio Romano. Terms of the new deal are unknown at the moment, Romano said. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Messi captained Argentina to the World Cup title Sunday, scoring twice during regulation and finding the back of the net again during the shootout in the final against France. He joined PSG on a two-year deal in August 2021, en route to capturing a record seventh Ballon d’Or award. The 35-year-old…
Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that Modi government has zero-tolerance policy towards drugs, the result of which was that drug seizures and cases against traffickers went up in recent years. During a debate in the Lok Sabha, Shah said: “Our government has a zero-tolerance policy towards drugs. Those countries promoting terrorism in our country are using drug money… presence of this dirty money also hollows our economy,” he said. The minister said the government has mapped possible routes and drug trafficking networks in 472 districts across the country. “No matter how big the culprit is, in the next…
Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain began a one-day strike on Wednesday, a day after nurses walked out, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk. The government advised people not to play contact sports or take unnecessary car trips in order to reduce their risk of needing an ambulance, as paramedics, call-handlers and technicians across England and Wales staged their biggest walkout in three decades. Three ambulance unions were striking for either 12 or 24 hours. They have pledged to respond to life-threatening calls, but officials said they could not guarantee everyone who…
The treatment is the first non-pill option against HIV and studies show that it outperforms the efficacy of oral pills.Since Gerald Muwonge tested positive for HIV eight years ago, keeping his viral load in check has meant carrying around vials of pills for his daily treatment regimen while dodging the stigma this could mean for a gay man in Uganda. But he hoped that could soon change thanks to an injectable treatment that only needs to be taken once every two months. Last October, about 200 patients in the East African country began a trial of a World Health Organization-approved…
The full fixture list for the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, with all matches live on Sky Sports.Women’s T20 World Cup – full fixture list (all times UK and Ireland)February 10 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Cape Town (5pm) February 11 – West Indies vs England, Paarl (1pm)February 11 – Australia vs New Zealand, Paarl (5pm)February 12 – India vs Pakistan, Cape Town (1pm) February 12 – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Cape Town (5pm) February 13 – Ireland vs England, Paarl (11am) February 13 – South Africa vs New Zealand, Paarl (5pm)February 14 – Australia…