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Pitted against France’s Fiona Ferro, the Pole came back strongly after going a set and down and looking on the verge of tears. Swiatek eventually prevailed over her opponent in a grueling three-set affair, winning 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-0 after 2 hours and 2 minutes of play. At her post-match press conference, Iga Swiatek spoke about feeling “tight” in the early stages of the encounter. Drawing parallels to her match against Barbora Krejckiova at Rome earlier this year where she scored a similar comeback win, the youngster claimed she was happy to have been able to “change tactics” and walk away with a win....

Former Arsenal and Barcelona star Fabregas has often found himself on the bench at Stamford Bridge this season – the odd man out as Antonio Conte’s 3-4-3 formation has underpinned Chelsea’s surge into a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Unlike fellow creative midfielder Oscar, Fabregas has stuck around to make his case to the Italian and started each of the Blues’ last two top-flight games – scoring and providing an assist in the 3-1 win over Swansea City....

The Australian lost the opening set 5-7 but took charge in the second set, breaking Tsitsipas’ serve for a 2-0 lead. That was when he was handed a warning by the chair umpire. Upset by the decision, Kyrgios approached the umpire in anger and said it was unfair for him to receive a warning. The 27-year-old even referenced past occasions where he waited for Rafael Nadal in similar situations....

Max Verstappen is 24 years old and on the verge of becoming a 2-time world champion. Having said that, there are drivers on the grid like Lewis Hamilton (almost 40 years of age) and Fernando Alonso that are racing late into their 30s and beyond. The difference though between those drivers and Verstappen is that the Red Bull driver made his debut in the sport as a teenager. If he races in F1 at the age of 40, he will be apart of the sport for 23-24 years, which is a bit of a stretch for anyone....

Simmons was having an outstanding run with the Philadelphia 76ers, and many thought his partnership with Joel Embiid would yield a championship. However, the Aussie blew up an easy chance late in the 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals in Game 7 and lost all favor with fans. With Simmons not feeling welcome in Philly anymore, he decided to force his way out by refusing to play. He got his wish on trade deadline day and was part of a package the Sixers used to trade for James Harden....

The University of Central Florida Police Department arrested Jaime Polanco, 21, on July 11, about a month after the alleged assault took place, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The student’s arrest came after the victim, whose gender was redacted from the arrest affidavit, reported being raped to the police. On the night of the alleged assault, Polanco and the victim were watching a basketball game in Polanco’s apartment at Knights Circle, a student apartment complex, located about a mile from Orlando, Florida, campus....

ESPN rolled out a trailer on Monday for the documentary, which is set to air after the network’s Selection Sunday show on March 15. MORE: 10 most exciting tourney moments | Final Four records that will never be broken | Vegas seeds the tourney Some of basketball’s greats weighed in on the most polarizing figure in college basketball, trying to explain the moment that led to “The Shot” and his legacy in the moment’s wake....

Known as a bowler who can bat, the Afghanistan bowler showed great temperament in the pressure-cooker situation to take his team home. Speaking after the game, Man of the Match Rashid said that the coaching staff give him a lot of confidence and that has helped him improve his batting. He also added that he looks to remain positive and back his own skills. “I am working on my batting....

Rabbi has paved his way to the national side playing in the domestic circuit for a long period of 14 years. Bangladeshi selectors took a rare attempt to call a player who just entered into his thirties. Bangladesh is perhaps the only cricketing country where players aged above 30 are thought to be too old to play cricket. The scenario has been changing since the players like Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudllah doing well entering into their thirties....

In case you didn’t know… Pujara hit 14 fours and a six and batted with a strike rate of 163.93. Pujara looked in good touch, after all, he amassed runs in Australia and then belted his colleagues in domestic cricket. He carried his bat through the innings as Saurashtra got to 188/3 in their 20 overs. While he scored the first fifty in 32 balls, Pujara achieved the next half of the runs in three fewer deliveries....

Der FCB 2/5 to win Bundesliga Italian boss Ancelotti paid the price for Bayern’s underwhelming start to the season, axed following last week’s 3-0 Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain. Ancelotti was instrumental in luring the Colombian to Bayern on an initial two-year loan deal from Real Madrid, having signed the attacker during his time in charge of the Spanish giants. However, Pekerman insisted James’ future in Bavaria does not depend on the departed Ancelotti ahead of Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Paraguay....

Kohli, who last played for India on the England tour, hasn’t been in the best of form with the bat. The fact that the right-handed batter hasn’t scored a hundred since November 2019 has put him under intense pressure. Speaking to India Today, Ganguly said that the former Indian skipper carries a massive reputation and is hopeful of the veteran scoring runs in the Asia Cup. He said: The Delhi batter’s decision not to play in the recently-concluded India’s West Indies tour and the upcoming ODI series in Zimbabwe came under fire....

Lana Gazhenko has worked for Oak Hill Elementary for 21 years, WSB-TV Channel 2 reported, though her home nation is Ukraine. According to 2019 Census data, there are more than 1 million people living in the United States with Ukrainian ancestry. Roughly 10 percent of the population is expected to leave Ukraine in coming weeks and months, Newsweek previously reported after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of the country on February 24....

Ramadan is the month in which able-bodied Muslims observe fasting from sunrise to sunset—abstaining from all food and beverages. I currently live with my immediate family, but I was looking forward to spending the month for the first time in a while with extended family here in Minneapolis. When it was clear that it would be impossible to practice the usual traditions of attending nightly prayers at the mosque and breaking fast with others due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I began to wonder in what ways I and other Muslims would shift our normal routines....

The Argentine sharpshooter has now 374 victories registered to his name and would be willing to surpass former rival, Iker Casillas, as the Catalans face 17th placed Villareal in their next fixture. In case you didn’t know.. Coming through the ranks of Real Madrid, Iker Casillas broke out into the first team in 1999. In the 510 league appearances, he made for the Los Blancos before joining FC Porto in 2015, the Spaniard registered a total of 374 victories - record highest in the history of the Spanish league....

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Patricio Freire has claimed that he would like a go at the fighters who people think he isn’t capable of beating or the ones people believe would beat Freire easily. While signing for the UFC is not on Pibtull’s radar, he would instead prefer to create history with something new in the sport with a big cross-promotion fight. The current Bellator featherweight champion added that UFC’s Max Holloway could choose to come to Bellator to set up a huge fight....

In a recent interview, he not only tells me that but also that the Player of Indian origin would like to play in the I-League one day and coach in India in the future once he retires. Here are the excerpts: Please tell us a little about yourself? How did you get into football? Born in the Netherlands, I started playing football when I was about eight years old at a local amateur club FC Amtelland and after two years, Ajax Amsterdam scouted me at the age of 10 to play in the Ajax School of Excellence....

Nobody had actually believed that this Russian invasion would happen, so the situation at the hospital where I work as an obstetrics and gynecology resident—Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center— escalated quickly. Underground cellars in the hospital were organized for expectant mothers and it began to operate as a mini-hospital with limited space and no windows. Unfortunately, the women don’t have as much room to walk around there and the underground rooms only have a temporary restroom, which isn’t the most comfortable for expectant mothers....

A 3-3 draw at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan saw Madrid complete a 6-3 aggregate triumph to book their spot in the quarter-finals. Ramos celebrated in front of Sevilla fans after his ‘Panenka’ from the penalty spot late on, while Karim Benzema struck in additional time to extend his team’s unbeaten run to 40 matches. Angry Zidane: Fans hurt Ramos The 30-year-old Ramos, who came through the club’s youth system before leaving for Madrid in 2005, was unimpressed by his former supporters....

The Barcelona superstar has been linked with a move to PSG in the summer and the French club have made intentions to sign Lionel Messi public. This has not gone down well with the Barcelona hierarchy, who see PSG’s pursuit of Messi as dirty and disrespectful. Earlier this month, Angel Di Maria spoke about his compatriot Lionel Messi’s potential move to Paris. He told TyC Sports, He continued; These comments infuriated Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman....