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The Duke of Cambridge has called for racist abuse aimed at footballers to stop, calling it "despicable". Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was the latest player subjected to racist abuse this weekend after a series of incidents. On Sunday, Greater Manchester Police began an investigation into the abuse. And writing on Twitter, Prince William, who is also the president of the Football Association, praised those who had spoken out. He said: "Racist abuse - whether on the pitch, in the stands, or on

GIANNI INFANTINO, president of FIFA, announced today (February 1) at a virtual meeting from Geneva that: “Next year, the Qatar 2022 world championship will have an audience, we hope that the COVID pandemic will be a thing of the past and we will all be able to see it in person.” “I’m really, really confident. We will enjoy the same magic that unites the whole world,” he said. “We’re going back to where we need to be.” The FIFA President continued: “We have

It's the kind of footage that wouldn't look out of place in any family's video archive, a toddler taking her first tentative steps at the playground.But for the 14-year-old American Minna Stess, the grainy, early footage signals something more momentous. It shows her cautiously trying to climb onto a skateboard, only for it to squirt out beneath her and roll away down the hill. An adorably clumsy chase ensues, and the cycle is repeated again. And again. Pretty much every day of her

Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and was working closely with the International Olympic Committee to make them happen. "We will hold the Olympics, regardless of how the coronavirus (situation) looks," Mori said, adding that the discussion should focus on how, not whether, the Olympics will happen. "We must consider new ways of hosting the Olympics" as a part of that, he said. Mori added

Serena Williams says she may not have been able to play in the Australian Open had it not been pushed back by three weeks. The first Grand Slam of the year was delayed to allow players to quarantine. Williams, chasing a record-equalling 24th major singles title next week, said she "needed the extra time" to fully recover from an Achilles injury sustained at the US Open in September. She and Britain's Katie Boulter won their openers as warm-up events began. The two are playing

Doha: The eyes of the football world will soon be on the Middle East for the first major tournament of the year. The FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 will be held from 4-11 February after the annual competition was delayed by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The top clubs from five of football’s six continental confederations will join host nation representatives Al Duhail SC in determining who will be crowned the world’s best. Auckland City FC, who were nominated to

Six tennis tournaments played simultaneously at one venue during a pandemic - that is the feat Melbourne Park is aiming to pull off next week. After two weeks of quarantine - and no shortage of controversy - players will be warming up for the Australian Open. Men's world number one Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal lead the field at the ATP Cup, one of three men's events. And top-ranked Ashleigh Barty plays her first match in almost a year in one of the

Frenchman Pierre Gasly has become the sixth Formula 1 driver to contract coronavirus. The Alpha Tauri driver said he was "feeling OK and will continue to follow my training plan from home while I am in isolation". The 24-year-old, who won last year's Italian Grand Prix, added that he had informed all his recent close contacts. His result means that 30% of the F1 grid has tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. World champion Lewis Hamilton and Racing Point

Britain's Katie Boulter beat Anna Kalinskaya in the first round of the Gippsland Trophy as players began their Australian Open preparations. Boulter, playing in just her second WTA main draw match since February 2019, beat the Russian 6-1 6-3 in 59 minutes. The 24-year-old will play world number 48 Coco Gauff next in Melbourne. American Gauff, who reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020, battled past Switzerland's Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5). Gauff squandered a 4-2 lead in

Salah scored for the first time in seven Premier League games with a brilliant double at West Ham United to help Liverpool move up to third in the table. A trademark quick shift and curling finish from the Egypt striker was reward for a bright start to the second half from the Reds after Jurgen Klopp's side had failed to add a cutting edge to their first-half possession. Salah capped a scintillating Liverpool counter-attack to double his side's lead 11 minutes later, instantly

Royal Rumble 2021 Preview: WWE's plans for WrestleMania 2021 will be revealed in the upcoming pay-per view. Royal Rumble 2021 Preview: When the Rumble comes calling there is an excitement in the air that accompanies the pay-per-view. With Wrestlemania on the horizon, Royal Rumble is the ticket to the grandest stage of them all. For fans the question on everybody’s mind is who will emerge from the namesake beating the 29 other contestants? Which Superstars will leave the pay-per-view as champions? What are WWE’s

Venus Williams opened her 2021 season with a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of Arantxa Rus on Sunday, while former top 10 players Jelena Ostapenko and Caroline Garcia also scored wins. Ageless Venus Williams opened her 2021 season with a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of Arantxa Rus on Sunday, while former top 10 players Jelena Ostapenko and Caroline Garcia also scored wins. Williams, 40, showed few signs of having spent 14 days in quarantine in her first-round romp at the Yarra Valley Classic, grinding down her Dutch opponent

Spain’s tennis player was diagnosed with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma and went through chemotherapy. Former world number six female tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro says she dreams of a return to competitive action following cancer treatment and this year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics would be the perfect stage to call time on her career. Spaniard Suarez Navarro said in September she was diagnosed with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and would need to go through six months of chemotherapy.

New normals' are being established in every corner of society as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and cricket is no different. The international game returned to unusually bare backdrops of English stadiums last summer, when the notion of social distancing in bio-bubbles was first put forward and carried out. Nearly seven months on, these sanitary havens popping up all over the world are not only considerably less bizarre than they once sounded, but are also essential to getting any kind of play

Can Maratha Arabians become the first team to win back-to-back Abu Dhabi T10 titles or will we have a new name on the trophy? Will batsmen rule the roost or will bowlers have the upper hand? The time to find an answer to all these questions has finally arrived. 29 matches in 10 days Starting on January 28 and running through February 6, The Abu Dhabi T10 will have eight world-class teams, featuring some of the biggest superstars of sports, fighting it out in 29

Mexico's Tigres UANL, the 2020 Concacaf ( The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Footbal) Champions, arrived in Doha Saturday to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. Upon arrival, players and officials of the club underwent Covid-19 testing at Hamad International Airport before departing for their designated hotel, Qatar News Agency reported. Tigres will take on AFC Champions League winners Ulsan Hyundai FC of South Korea on February 4 at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium.

Strong bowling and powerful batting as Qalanders trounce Pune Devils by nine wickets. Dubai: Qalandars trounced Pune Devils by nine wickets in the fourth match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at Zayed Cricket Stadium, thanks to a clinical display of accurate bowling and powerful hitting, The first match of the second day saw Qalandars exhibiting their enormous bowling strength to restrict Pune Devils to 107-2 despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s fine knock of 53. Qalandars then raced to the target through Tom Banton’s 45 off

Full schedule, squads, match timings. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is taking place in Dubai from January 28. A number of former and present cricketers will be in action during the tournament, which will be played in Abu Dhabi. KEY HIGHLIGHTS The 4th edition of T10 League will kick off on Thursday (January 28) All the matches will be played at one venue in Dubai The likes of Shahid Afridi, Mohammed Amir will be in action during the tournament The 4th season of

England all-rounder Ben Stokes, fast-bowling spearhead Jofra Archer, and batsman Rory Burns will begin their training on Saturday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium for the upcoming first Test against India slated to be played from February 5. While England's touring contingent arrived in Chennai on Wednesday and are undergoing quarantine, Stokes, Archer, and Burns touched down in India a few days before the rest of their teammates, who were wrapping up the 2-0 Test series win over Sri Lanka. The trio will practice

DUBAI: Virat Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at fourth position even as Cheteshwar Pujara rose a rung to sixth in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Saturday. Apart from Kohli (862) and Pujara (760), Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (748) is the other Indian batsman in the top-10, hanging on to the eighth spot. Pujara moved up one place to sixth, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and star opener Rohit Sharma remained static on the 13th and 18th spots respectively.