Category: Sports

Pakistan’s players celebrate after the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Shadman Islam during the third day of the first Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on August 23, 2024. — AFP  The cricket fans have been allowed free entry at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for the remainder of the…

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Oklahoma State’s football helmets will look a little bit different this season. The players will wear QR codes on their helmets this season that will link to the general team fund to increase the program’s NIL money pool. The QR codes will be about 1.5-inch decals that feature each player’s name and number. They are…

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Aug 17, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Eddie Nunez has agreed to a five-year deal to become athletic director at the University of Houston, the school announced Saturday. Nunez will leave the University of New Mexico for the Cougars and the Big 12 Conference. He was named the Lobos’ athletic director in 2017, and his title…

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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 17, 2024, 07:09 AM ET Ilkay Gündoğan has been ruled out of Barcelona‘s LaLiga opener at Valencia on Saturday (ABC, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes) to add to the Catalan side’s injury problems ahead of the new season. Gündoğan, 33, took a knock to his head in Monday’s 3-0 Joan Gamper…

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RULES ESPN’s Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi uses the same data points favored by the committee, including strength of schedule and other season-long indicators, including the NET and team-sheet data…

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Aug 13, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Manchester City‘s title-winning trio Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Rodri lead the PFA men’s Player of the Year shortlist which was announced on Tuesday, with Arsenal‘s Martin Ødegaard and Chelsea‘s Cole Palmer also in contention for the honour. Aston Villa and England striker Ollie Watkins, who helped the club…

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Algeria’s Imane Khelif (in red) punches Italy’s Angela Carini in the women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. — AFP The International Boxing Association (IBA) has announced that Angela Carini, who withdrew from her bout against Algeria’s…

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