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US Revokes Iran's World Cup Fan Tickets Days Before Kickoff

LOS ANGELES, June 9 -- Iran's footballers will open their World Cup in a stadium with no place set aside for the people who came to cheer them. Days before the tournament begins, the United States, on... Read More


Somalia's Top Referee Held a Valid US Visa. He Was Still Turned Back at Miami Airport.

New Delhi, June 9 -- He had dodged explosions on the roads to his training ground in Mogadishu. He had become the first Somali to referee a continental final, the first to work an Africa Cup of Nation... Read More


J.T. Poston Survives Collapse and 33-Hole Marathon to Win Memorial Tournament in Playoff

DUBLIN, June 9 -- The par putt on the 17th hole Sunday was maybe seven feet. It was also, at that precise moment, J.T. Poston's entire season. Ryan Gerard had just rolled in 40 feet of birdie to take... Read More


Jodar's Blueprint: Nadal's Mentality, Federer's Touch, Alcaraz's Power - The Perfect Player, According to Spain's Next Star

New Delhi, June 9 -- The question arrives at some point for every young Spanish tennis player of sufficient promise: name the pieces. Isner's serve, Federer's forehand, Djokovic's backhand, Alcaraz's ... Read More


Gary Ablett Jr, John Worsfold and Dustin Fletcher Inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame

New Delhi, June 9 -- that no midfielder has dominated this competition quite the same way. He was joined by West Coast Eagles icon John Worsfold, Essendon's 400-game full-back Dustin Fletcher, South ... Read More


Gaikwad's Unfinished Argument: A Century at Dambulla When It Mattered Most

DAMBULLA, June 9 -- There was a very specific category of cricket watcher tuned in at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday: the Indian selector. Not every member of the panel, perhaps... Read More


Siraj Pulled from India's T20I Tour of Ireland and England as BCCI Cites Packed Season Ahead

NEW DELHI, June 9 -- Mohammed Siraj walked off the field in New Chandigarh on Monday after India's one-off Test against Afghanistan ended inside three days. By Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricke... Read More


Stokes Nightclub Scandal Exposes England's Deeper Cricketing Crisis

LONDON, June 9 -- The question England's cricket establishment has spent months avoiding finally arrived not from a batting collapse in Sydney or a board review in a windowless room, but from a nightc... Read More


Five Moments That Defined Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup Legacy

LISBON, June 9 -- The number that frames everything is five. Five World Cups, 14 goals, one record that Lionel Messi himself has never matched: the distinction of being the only male player to score i... Read More


Bronson Reed Watched Rhea Ripley Grow Up Ringside Before Either Was a WWE Star

ADELAIDE, June 9 -- The first time Rhea Ripley saw professional wrestling up close, she was a teenager watching a big Australian called Bronson Reed throw people around at local shows in South Austral... Read More