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- Banned former Australia vice-captain David Warner was on Wednesday named captain of Canadian Twenty20 franchise Winnipeg Hawks.
- A day after Aaron Finch broke his own individual record for the highest T20 International score, the Australia T20I skipper's contract with Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Renegades was extended for two more years.
- Brazil football great Ronaldo has leapt to the defense of his compatriot Neymar, refuting claims the Selecao forward has been play-acting during the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
- England striker Jamie Vardy is now a serious injury doubt as the side turns their attention to preparing Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal clash against Sweden in Samara.
- Record European football champions Real Madrid released a statement Wednesday to categorically deny they are interested in signing emerging France star Kylian Mbappé.
- The sale of tickets has begun for the 18th Asian Games, a regional multi-sport event to be held later this year.
- World No.11 Madison Keys of the United States defeated World No. 91 Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday in the second round of Wimbledon.
- The national racing championship will be shifting gears here this weekend when the second round gets underway at the Madras Motor Racing Track (MMRT) which will witness a total of 16 races across various categories.
- Russia's national team trained on Wednesday at their base camp near Moscow, just days away from their highly-anticipated clash with Croatia in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- Formula One team McLaren on Wednesday announced the resignation of racing director Eric Boullier and named Gil de Ferran as his replacement, following a poor start to the team's 2018 season.
- Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson feels his native Sweden will knock their quarterfinal rivals out from the FIFA World Cup on Saturday.
- Refuting all claims of softening of bans on former skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner for their involvement in ball tampering in the Cape Town Test, Cricket Australia on Wednesday dismissed the reports as "purely speculative".
- India Under-16 football coach Bibiano Fernandes believes the boys have been "consistently creating chances" in every match and are improving both mentally and physically.
- Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City on Wednesday announced it was retaining Austrian midfielder Marko Stankovic and Brazilian forward Diego Carlos for the 2018-19 season.
- South Korea's football governing body KFA on Wednesday denied media reports that it had contacted Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to coach the national team coaching job.
- Atletico Madrid's long-serving captain Gabi has confirmed his departure to Qatari football club Al Sadd, bringing an end to his stint with the Spanish football club which he joined as a kid.
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- The US Navy has been ‘gutted’ by a sequestration process that has left it unable to properly plan for the future as it tries to ...
- Irish-based company XOcean displayed its XO-450 unmanned vessel for the first time at the Sea Work International event in Southampton. This is the second USV ...
- General Sir Nick Carter has now formally taken on the role of Chief of the Defence Staff for the British Armed Forces. Carter comes to ...
- The Hong Kong Garrison of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) opened three of its camps to the public on 30 June and 1 July, allowing ...
- China’s advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are closely entangled in obtaining talent and dual-use technologies in both Australia and the US, according to a new ...
Thursday, July 5, 2018
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