Sports News from Thursday, November 28th, 2024

Kamran Ghulam’s maiden One Day International century for Pakistan led them to a 99-run win over Zimbabwe on Thursday and victory in the three-match series.

World number two and five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Thursday.

Double Major champion Jon Rahm will be headlining the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in January next year.

Belinda Bencic and Paula Badosa are the latest players confirmed for the 2025 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, with the third edition of the WTA-500 event set to take place from February 1-8 at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City.

Spinner Shoaib Bashir took four for 69 as England recovered from a poor start to reduce New Zealand to 319 for eight at the close of play on the opening day of an evenly poised first test on Thursday.

Liverpool regained top spot in the Champions League table and registered a first victory over Real Madrid in 15 years on Wednesday with a dominant 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Alexis MacAllister and Cody Gakpo.