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In her opening match, Williams takes on 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who, like every other player on the tour, has looked up to Williams in her formative years. It’s always a dream for budding players to share the court with the stars they grew up watching. On the men’s circuit, youngsters look forward to playing against the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Among the women, it’s the Williams sisters, particularly Serena....

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona’s inconsistency over the season had cost them the La Liga title, coach Luis Enrique has said. A second half comeback from two goals down to beat Eibar 4-2 on the final day of the season proved futile as Real beat Malaga 2-0 to end a five-year run without the title. Barca took 14 points from 18 in their six games against Spain’s top four sides Real, Sevilla and Atletico....

The Aussies were up against a team that has been dominant in the format of late. The visitors prevailed in a tight contest by 11 runs to extend their winning streak in T20I cricket to 9. Aaron Finch’s decision to insert India in to bat looked to be paying fine dividends when the Men in Blue were gasping for breath at 92/5. The dismissal of the dangerous Hardik Pandya without him having too much of an impact on proceedings further tilted the scaled towards the Aussies....

When Kohli left, Team India’s morale was at an all-time low, as they had been humiliated in Adelaide, getting bowled out for a meagre 36 runs - their lowest-ever Test total. However, Ajinkya Rahane took over the captaincy and effected a stunning turnaround in the team’s fortunes, leading the injury-ravaged visitors to an unlikely 2-1 series win. That led to a clamour whether Ajinkya Rahane should take over as the team’s full-time captain....

Vaughan noted that the most India can do is perhaps consider bringing in Ishant Sharma because of his imperious record at Lord’s, which has been illuminated by the pacer’s match-winning spell from seven years ago. Speaking to Cricbuzz, Vaughan said: The former cricketer attributed the prospect of changes in the playing eleven on the basis of conditions on offer. He brought up the possibility of a potential toss-up between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur....

Shreyas, Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad are in isolation, having tested COVID-19 positive ahead of the ODI series against West Indies, which is scheduled to begin on February 6. Since the trio will have to undergo a seven-day isolation period and return two negative results, their chances of taking any part in the ODI series are very slim. Agreeing that the COVID-19 development in the Indian camp is a big setback, Chopra said on the Khelneeti podcast:...

Kishan managed 71 runs at a mediocre strike rate of 85.54 in the three T20Is he played against the Windies. He was found slightly wanting against both swing and spin. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra reflected on the Indian players’ performances in the third T20I. He had the following to say about Ishan Kishan: The cricketer-turned-commentator was pleasantly surprised by Venkatesh Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav’s performances with the bat....

India A, comprising of Kamal Chawla, Dharmender Lilly and Faisal Khan, entered the semi-finals of the Asian Team snooker championship defeating Syria 3-2 and setting up a clash with Iran. India B (Ketan Chawla, Varun Madan and Rahul Sachdev), however, went down 1-3 to Pakistan A in the quarter-finals. 0 votes

The opening set saw the Indian win 92% of the first serve points as compared to Venus’s 60 and also have a higher service percentages inside in both his first and second serves as compared to his New Zealand counterpart. Yuki also won 33 points in the set as compared to Venus’s 20. The second set saw the Indian once again take the upper hand as he won 72% of his first service points and also all of his second serves inside....

But, speaking at Cavs media day on Monday, he confessed that he is happy we’re asking. It means that even as those of us in the media pass him over when we make our season-award picks (James went from third in MVP balloting two years ago to fourth last season), we know where the league’s bread is buttered: It’s still James, and even with Russell Westbrook and Paul George set to hit the market next summer, James’ free-agent decision will dominate all speculation....

The Wikipedia phenom currently has more than 5 million entries in multiple languages and draws an estimated 7 billion page views a month. Now Wales—known to Wikipedians worldwide as the “God King”—is embarking on a new venture: a new wiki-inspired search engine than plans to rely on human intelligence “to do what algorithms cannot.” Wales spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Arlene Getz about his work, his Bono connection, the money he hasn’t made from Wikipedia and what Microsoft’s Bill Gates said to him when they met at last week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos ....

The first look at the upcoming season offers not just BTS members, but also the comforting place the members will be staying in. Two villas, a swimming pool, a sports area - everything is built from scratch exclusively for BTS. BTS have villas customized to their needs exclusively for In The SOOP S2 In the SOOP season 2 dropped its first look, and it seems like Big Hit Music made sure it was worth the fans’ wait....

This season, a recent run by NBA favorites against the spread suggests there is a widening gap in effort level between teams fighting for playoff position and those in the tank. Ahead of tonight's action, favorites have covered the spread in 56.7 percent of games since the All-Star Break, including an impressive 34-18-3 ATS (65.38 percent) run over the last eight days. “We’ve been getting crushed this past couple weeks,” Jeff Stoneback, assistant manager at the MGM Mirage, said....

And yet, Ellenson has already learned that the transition to college and the NBA isn’t always smooth, in part because he attended the Big East conference’s inaugural “Freshman Fundamentals” program last month in New York. MORE: Villanova picked to win Big East For two days, Ellenson and the Big East’s other freshmen heard from experts on media training and branding as well as former Big East players Greg Monroe (Georgetown), Randy Foye (Villanova) and Patrick Ewing, Jr....

The forward has signed a three-year deal after joining for an undisclosed fee – confirmed as a club record for Derby – on Tuesday, marking the end of a Rams career that saw him make 115 appearances, scoring 38 goals. Mahrez pairs himself with Messi in five-a-side team Since winning the Championship play-off final on penalties against Reading, Terriers head coach David Wagner has already brought in Laurent Depoitre, Aaron Mooy and Jonas Lossl....

Incredible 3D renders, derived from data captured by JunoCam, the visible-light camera onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, have allowed animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of our solar system’s largest planet. They reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that researchers say resemble the frosting on top of a cupcake. The results were presented by citizen scientist and professional mathematician and software developer, Gerald Eichstädt, at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada....

Similar to Soldier 76’s role for damage players, Mercy is often viewed as an entry point for players that are interested in filling a support role. Her moveset is simple but effective, and she can do consistent healing to single targets. Some Mercy players can even deal some damage with her pistol, though in the case of one player, that was not an option. With their entire team dead, and Reddit user tutubell22 completely outnumbered, they had to get creative to stay alive....

Having conceded a lead of 59 runs on the first innings, India A crumbled to 143 for 9 in their second innings and were in serious danger of losing the three-day match. However, an unbroken 10th wicket partnership of 46 runs between wicket-keeper batsman Saha and last man Kartik Tyagi saved them from major embarrassment. Saha stood out for India amid the ruins, scoring an unbeaten 54 from 100 balls....

With all one-dayers being played at the same venue, both teams would be familiar with the pitch as the Englishmen try and avoid a white-wash in what was supposed to be a closely fought series. India A, on the other hand, would hope for more of the same although the English aren’t ones to give up easily. With the likes of Sam Billings and Ben Duckett in their ranks and World Cup in the horizon, the stakes are quite high for both teams....