The current IBA women’s world boxing champion will go for gold at the Paris Olympics.
Two-time world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen is ready to step out of fellow Indian MC Mary Kom’s shadow with a medal at the Paris Olympics, coach Blas Iglesias Fernandez has said.
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has been the face of women’s boxing in India and her illustrious career inspired a Bollywood biopic in 2014.
She won the flyweight bronze at the 2012 London Olympics to cement her legacy and announced her retirement earlier this year.
Zareen will make her Olympic debut in the 50kg event in Paris and Fernandez expects the 27-year-old to return with a medal around her neck.
“This is Nikhat’s time to prove herself,” the Cuban said in a Sports Authority of India (SAI) media release on Tuesday.
“It’s true that she had lived in the shadows of Mary Kom but now it’s her chance to prove herself and make India proud.”
Since 1990, Fernandez has worked with India’s top boxers, including Mary Kom, and is the only foreigner to have won India’s highest award for a coach.
Currently India’s high-performance coach, the 68-year-old was particularly pleased by Zareen’s ring awareness.
“I love the boxing (style) of Nikhat. She is very intelligent. She has good ring tactics,” he said.
India could expect a second boxing medal in the women’s event if Lovlina Borgohain, who won the welterweight bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, could find her “killer instinct”, Fernandez said.
“Lovlina has to show more killer instinct,” he said of the boxer, who had to move from 69kg to 75kg after the Olympic categories were revised.
“I have seen some of her bouts and I think she lost them because Lovlina was not aggressive and proactive enough.
“If she can box to her potential, she can finish among the medals in Paris.”
India has bagged four women’s quota places for Paris.
Fernandez was hopeful the male boxers would give a good account of themselves at the world qualifiers in Bangkok where India can potentially clinch nine Paris spots.
“I reckon Nishant Dev and Amit Panghal can bag Paris quotas. They both have the potential to do this,” he said.
“Men’s boxing is very tough and should not be compared with women’s where the competition is relatively easier.”
Cristiano Ronaldo’s wait for a Saudi Arabian football trophy will continue after Super Cup exit.
Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off late on as his side lost 2-1 to city rivals Al Hilal in their Saudi Super Cup semifinal after a heated clash in Abu Dhabi.
Portugal’s record scorer was shown a straight red card four minutes from time for elbowing an opponent when his side were 2-0 down before they scored a late consolation on Monday night.
Jorge Jesus’s Al Hilal opened the scoring in the 62nd minute when Salem al-Dawsari slotted the ball into the bottom right corner from a Sergej Milinkovic-Savic flick after a quick break.
Brazilian forward Malcolm doubled the lead in the 72nd minute with a fine header after Michael’s long cross from the right found his compatriot unmarked in the centre of the box.
Former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane got Al Nassr on the scoresheet in stoppage time off Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s pass.
Al Hilal will seek a record-extending fourth title in Thursday’s final when they face Karim Benzema’s Al Ittihad, who beat Al Wehda 2-1 in the earlier semifinal on Monday.
Ronaldo joined Al Nassr on a free transfer on December 31, 2022, securing the highest salary for a professional footballer after signing a two-and-a-half-year, $213m deal.
The Portuguese striker, who began playing for Al Nassr in January 2023, is yet to win a trophy in Saudi Arabia.
Barely over a week into the regular season, MLB and the Players Association are battling over player injuries.
Amid a rash of significant arm injuries among pitchers, the MLBPA released a statement on Saturday night claiming the use of the pitch clock instituted in 2023 and altered this season was at fault.
“Despite unanimous player opposition and significant concerns regarding health and safety, the commissioner’s office reduced the length of the pitch clock last December, just one season removed from imposing the most significant rule change in decades,” union executive director Tony Clark said in a statement.
“Since then, our concerns about the health impacts of reduced recovery time have only intensified. The league’s unwillingness thus far to acknowledge or study the effects of these profound changes is an unprecedented threat to our game and its most valuable asset — the players.”
Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber is out for the season as he needs Tommy John surgery. AP
The league quickly stated its disagreement in a separate message.
“This statement ignores the empirical evidence and much more significant long-term trend, over multiple decades, of velocity and spin increases that are highly correlated with arm injuries,” MLB’s statement read, pointing to studies that have been done on the subject.
“Nobody wants to see pitchers get hurt in this game, which is why MLB is currently undergoing a significant comprehensive research study into the causes of this long-term increase, interviewing prominent medical experts across baseball which to date has been consistent with an independent analysis by Johns Hopkins University that found no evidence to support that the introduction of the pitch clock has increased injuries,’’ the statement continued.
“In fact, JHU found no evidence that pitchers who worked quickly in 2023 were more likely to sustain an injury than those who worked less quickly on average. JHU also found no evidence that pitchers who sped up their pace were more likely to sustain an injury than those who did not.”
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider was diagnosed with a UCL injury. Getty Images
Instead, the league pointed to how hard pitchers are throwing as the cause for the spike, as opposed to the pace.
MLB instituted a pitch clock for the 2023 season set at 15 seconds with no runners on base and 20 seconds with a baserunner.
The change resulted in a 24-minute reduction in the average time of a game.
The high-octane, high-upside and high-risk righty bounced back from a poor Mets debut — after a disastrous 2023 with the Yankees — in a solid second start of the season.
Severino allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks in five innings in which he punched out seven, typically on four-seamers that he repeatedly turned to as he challenged Reds batters.
Luis Severino allowed two runs in five innings in the Mets’ 9-6 loss to the Reds. Getty Images
Severino retired nine straight Reds from the second through the fifth and did not allow mistakes made behind him to swell in what became a 9-6 loss at Great American Ball Park.
“He was more aggressive, fastball had life and he was a lot better,” manager Carlos Mendoza said of Severino, who had allowed six runs in five innings in a debut loss to the Brewers. “They ran his pitch count up. Gave us five innings, gave us an opportunity to win the game.”
Cincinnati only scored against Severino in the second inning, when first Severino’s defense then his control let him down.
Jeimer Candelario hit what would have been a deep fly out to left, but Tyrone Taylor slipped on the warning track, turning it into a double.
With one out and Candelario on third, Elly De La Cruz smacked a grounder to second, and Jeff McNeil tried to charge the ball and throw home — but the ball skipped past him, a run scoring on a slip and a slip-up.
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Severino then couldn’t find the strike zone, eventually issuing a bases-loaded walk to Jonathan India.
But he met with catcher Omar Narvaez on the mound before facing Will Benson with the bases loaded.
“Let’s use that pitch,” Severino told Narvaez of his four-seamer.
Benson swung at four fastballs and missed three times for an inning-ending strikeout.
That served as a turning point for Severino, kept turning to heat that maxed out at 98.4 mph.
The Reds couldn’t catch up, which was an early sign of progress from a pitcher who contains a higher ceiling than any other Mets starter.
Perhaps he found a way to become the Severino who was so dominant years ago in pinstripes.
“I think last [start] it was not that true fastball, it was not hopping at the end,” Severino said.
A somewhat-forgotten Mets pitcher is getting closer to becoming an option.
Max Kranick was on the outskirts of the competition for fifth starter once Kodai Senga went down, only to be sidelined himself by a Grade 2 left hamstring strain in late February that knocked him out for the rest of camp.
Max Kranick throws a pitch during a Mets’ spring training game. Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports
Kranick, a 26-year-old who was claimed from the Pirates this offseason, has been facing hitters in live batting practices in Port St. Lucie and is close to beginning a rehab assignment, likely this week.
“He’s progressing well,” Mendoza said.
Kranick made 11 starts with Pittsburgh in 2021-22 before he needed Tommy John surgery in June 2022, forcing him to miss much of last season, too.
The Mets saw something in the righty, who made one Grapefruit League start (throwing two scoreless innings) before his hamstring became a problem.
The Mets, who just signed Julio Teheran to be their fifth starter because not just Senga but Tylor Megill have gone down, will welcome any depth options they can find.
Brandon Nimmo, who sat Friday with a tight hamstring, returned to the lineup but as designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with a walk. Mendoza said Nimmo could play the outfield if needed, though it was not needed.
Sean Reid-Foley, who was placed on the 15-day injured list just before the season started with a right shoulder impingement, received a shot “a few days ago,” Mendoza said, and had been shut down for three days.
“He should be ramping up here pretty soon,” Mendoza said of the righty reliever.
Francisco Alvarez, who started in one end of Thursday’s doubleheader, caught the final few innings of the other and played Friday, was out of the starting lineup Saturday.
The Mets are in a stretch of 15 games in 14 days and do not want to overwork Alvarez.
Omar Narvaez got the start and had a strong offensive game.
Mendoza said Alvarez will play Sunday afternoon in a better matchup for the righty slugger against lefty Andrew Abbott.
J.D. Martinez was expected to serve as DH for a second straight day with Low-A St. Lucie.
Mendoza said Martinez “came out fine” following his 0-for-4-with-a-walk day Friday.
World number one Novak Djokovic is hoping for one last matchup with the 14-time French Open champion at Roland Garros.
Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from the Monte Carlo Masters has cast doubt over the 22-times Grand Slam champion’s participation at the French Open, but Novak Djokovic said he was still hoping for a final chapter in their storied rivalry.
The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expected to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January, after almost a year sidelined with a hip flexor injury, but has not played an ATP event since.
“As a tennis fan I want him to play at least one more tournament before he retires,” world number one Djokovic told Eurosport in an interview published on Saturday.
“We all know what he’s done on clay in his career, particularly Roland Garros.
“That’s his goal, we all know that, he’s been saying it. For the sake of all tennis and Roland Garros in particular, we hope that he can play there. It would be great to have another great encounter.”
Djokovic will begin his quest for a third title in Monte Carlo on Tuesday without coach Goran Ivanisevic in his box, after ending his highly successful partnership with the Croatian last month.
The Serbian has been working with former doubles world number one Nenad Zimonjic in recent weeks.
“We have known each other really well for more than 20 years. He’s been always like an older brother to me. A mentor, a friend, who always tried to help me as a person and as a player,” Djokovic said.
“When I stopped with Goran, I was starting my clay-court preparation in Belgrade and he was there. He came to the court, and we really enjoyed our collaboration, and I asked him to come here for a few weeks.
“We are trying to make the most of it. He’s been giving me really useful advice to find the proper position when I’m approaching the net, and it’s something I’m not best at because I don’t play as many doubles matches.”
Among the terraced olive groves of northern Lebanon, a young man with sharp features and a shaved head ties a rope onto a harness around his hips. Nareg is quiet, pensive, rehearsing in his mind the movements his body is about to grapple with under stress.
A couple of local boys from the largely Maronite Christian town of Tannourine watch silently among the spring wildflowers and rocky contours below the cliff. Nareg checks the knot on his harness one last time, his girlfriend Tracy securing the other end of the rope, and then begins to climb.
Rock climbing, a sport rapidly gaining popularity in Lebanon, has its own local heritage associated with the cliffs of Tannourine.
Over half a century ago, Georges Massoud, from the town itself, gripped the sharp slate grey limestone with his hands and bare feet. He free-soloed the cliffs just to the right of where Nareg is climbing today, without a rope, to set quail traps on thin rock ledges.
Below, his stone home is still nestled between the cliffs and St. Jacob Hermitage. Locals say it’s the oldest continually inhabited house in Lebanon, potentially for over 500 years. Both his wife and son thought he was crazy for traversing the cliffs. But today, a climbing route here bears George’s name, a memorial to an early maverick by a generation of young Lebanese climbers.
Nareg dances upwards, seemingly weightless, while 30 other climbers – Lebanese and foreigners alike – pair off for their own climbs.
For Lebanon’s circle of climbers, the reasons why they climb are multifaceted. But one thing they all share in common is a loving devotion to this tightly-knit and diverse community.
Two games into his return from December ankle surgery, Mitchell Robinson is out of the lineup for the Knicks with an injury to the same ankle.
Robinson suffered a sprained left ankle in Friday’s loss in San Antonio, and he has been ruled out for Sunday night’s game against the Thunder at the Garden.
Mitchell Robinson was out of the Knicks’ lineup again Sunday night. Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports Mitchell Robinson played 12 minutes against the Raptors on Wednesday. Getty Images
Julius Randle (shoulder) and OG Anunoby (elbow) remain out for the Knicks, although Alec Burks (shoulder) and Isaiah Hartenstein (wrist) were available.
All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (quad) was in the lineup for the Thunder.
DETROIT — Purdue big man Zach Edey went for a career-high 40 points along with 16 rebounds and one big block Sunday to muscle the Boilermakers into the program’s first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 victory over Tennessee.
The 7-foot-4 center willed his way to a win in a back-and-forth thriller between the country’s top two players, edging out Tennessee’s All-American, Dalton Knecht, who finished with 37 points.
Fittingly for this showdown, Edey swatted away Knecht’s layup as the Northern Colorado transfer drove to the basket while trailing by five with 33 seconds left, putting an end to the Vols’ desperate comeback hopes.
Zach Edey #15 and Fletcher Loyer #2 of the Purdue Boilermakers celebrates after defeating the Tennessee Volunteers in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Little Caesars Arena. Getty ImagesPurdue Boilermakers center Zach Edey (15) shoots the ball defended by Tennessee Volunteers forward J.P. Estrella (13) in the first half. Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY SportsTennessee guard Dalton Knecht (3) reacts after a three-point basket during the second half of an Elite Eight college basketball game against Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. AP
Top-seeded Purdue (33-4) set aside last year’s grand disappointment — a first-round loss as a No. 1 seed — to book the trip to Glendale, Arizona.
On Saturday, the Boilermakers will play either Duke or North Carolina State in the national semifinals.
This was a scrapfest of a game played in front of an ear-splitting crowd packed with Purdue fans who made their way up from Indiana.
They were looking for history, and they got it — along with the game ball that Fletcher Loyer chucked about 20 rows into the stands when the buzzer went off.
With the school’s 87-year-old former coach, Gene Keady, sitting in the stands, this game at times looked like a dusty ol’ throwback.
Purdue fed the ball into Edey in the post, and though the grabby, swatty UT defense made some inroads — even blocking two of his shots — foul trouble piled up and Edey wore them down, but just barely.
Purdue Boilermakers guard Fletcher Loyer (2) battles Tennessee Volunteers guard Zakai Zeigler (5) for the ball in the first half during the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional at Little Caesars Arena. Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY SportsPurdue guard Fletcher Loyer (2) reacts after a three-point basket during the second half. AP
He finished 13 of 21 from the floor and lived at the foul line, where he went 14 for 22.
Tennessee (27-9) was seeking its first Final Four, and Vols coach Rick Barnes was denied the second trip there of his 38-year career.
Steph Curry looked defeated after Draymond Green was ejected less than four minutes into the Warriors’ win against the Magic on Wednesday.
Green received two technicals for yelling at referee Ray Acosta, which resulted in an automatic ejection for the veteran big man, and Curry appeared emotional while pulling his jersey over his face.
Green lost his cool after Acosta called a foul on Warriors swingman Andrew Wiggins — and Magic forward Paolo Banchero got the and-1 to tie the game 6-6.
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks upset during a game against the Orlando Magic at Kia Center on March 27, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images
Curry was standing next to Green while he was chirping at the official and seemed upset while on the court after Green got tossed.
Some fans thought Curry appeared to wipe tears from his eyes at one point.
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks upset during a game against the Orlando Magic at Kia Center on March 27, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images
The 36-year-old future Hall of Famer just lost his four-time champion center on the second night of a back-to-back — Golden State beat the Heat, 113-92, on the road Tuesday — as the Warriors fight for a spot in the play-in tournament.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) talks to referee Ray Acosta (54) after a foul call in the first quarter at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida on March 27, 2024. Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports
Prior to his ejection, cameras captured Green continuously following Acosta on the court while yelling at him.
Crew chief Mitchell Ervin called it a “prolonged diatribe” with “egregious profane language” in the pool report, according to The Athletic.
It’s unclear what was exactly said as Green did not speak to reporters after the game.
Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors argues with a referee before being ejected during a game against the Orlando Magic at Kia Center on March 27, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Getty ImagesPaolo Banchero #5 of the Orlando Magic drives to the basket on Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors during a game at Kia Center on March 27, 2024 in Orlando. Getty Images
It would make sense if Curry was frustrated because the Warriors are in a desperate position.
Green’s latest ejection came after he missed 16 games this season due to an indefinite suspension by the NBA for hitting Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic in the face on Dec. 12.
The league said Green’s “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts” was considered when determining the suspension.
Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors argues with a referee before being ejected during a game against the Orlando Magic at Kia Center on March 27, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images
Separately, Green was suspended after stepping on the chest of Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis in the 2023 playoffs.
Green’s latest ejection also came after Warriors coach Steve Kerr said they can’t rely on Curry to play excessive minutes.
“He deserved it,” Kerr said of the incident.
Green was seen hugging Curry in the locker room after the game and posted about the Warriors’ win on social media.
“We don’t want to give ourselves self-inflicted wounds,” Curry said after the game. “We need him ‘so whatever it takes to keep him on the floor and be available.”
Great DUB!! Appreciate my dawgs holding it down! On to the next one! BOUNCE BACK!
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – For over six years, Moath Raja Allah was known as one of the top players in Gaza’s Ramadan football tournaments.
The 19-year-old from Nuseirat collected 12 trophies and countless accolades for his skills.
This year, Raja Allah is spending Ramadan at a makeshift refugee camp at Al-Salah Football Club in Deir el-Balah, located in the central Gaza Strip, after his family was displaced during Israel’s war on Gaza.
His only wish is to be able to buy a chicken for his family for iftar and break his fast on the rubble of his home, which was destroyed by Israeli bombardment that also left a shrapnel wound on his head.
“Ramadan tournaments are not the same anymore,” Raja Allah tells Al Jazeera.
“They lack the rivalries, the passion and the celebratory atmosphere of the past years.
“What’s more, we have now been reduced to playing for a pack of food aid package instead of a trophy.”
More than 1,000 people displaced by the war have taken refuge at Al-Salah Football Club, where football matches and training sessions came to a halt five months ago.
However, in order to offer momentary distraction to the families living on its premises, the club has been running a five-a-side football tournament during Ramadan.
“By organising this tournament, we are trying to deceive ourselves and say there’s a life in Gaza,” said Nabeel Abu-Asr, the club’s director of sports activities.
“We will give awards to the top two teams, but it will probably be a very small amount of money or a food aid package,” he said with a despondent shrug.
“It feels wrong, but we want to bring them some joy.”
Two teams gather in the middle of the pitch before the start of a match during a Ramadan football tournament at Al-Salah Football Club in Gaza [Abubaker Abed/Al Jazeera]
‘We are no longer children’
Despite being a far cry from the Ramadan tournaments of old, this event offers brief moments of joy to the players and their family members.
Mothers beam with pride when their sons score a goal. Younger children cheer every move from the sidelines and those on the pitch mimic their football idols’ celebrations.
Barefoot teenagers, or some with ripped boots, showcase their skills on a futsal-sized court surrounded by residential blocks on one side and a street lined with date palm trees on the other.
The sound of Israeli drones hovering in the area is momentarily drowned by the crowd’s cheering.
Once the action is over, the realities of the ongoing war again set in.
For 12-year-old Real Madrid fan Karam Al-Hwajri, football serves as a reminder of his life before the war.
“I find solace on the football pitch,” he said after finishing a game.
He prefers playing as a goalkeeper but doesn’t mind stepping further down the field to be part of the action.
“I know I will be killed, so I want to enjoy the last moments of my childhood.”
Despite his young age, Al-Hwajri is aware of the burdens of the war and says what Gaza’s children have endured is “beyond anyone’s ability”.
“We are no longer children.”
Karam Al-Hwajri (right) reacts to a shot during a Ramadan football tournament at Al-Salah Football Club in Gaza [Abubaker Abed/Al Jazeera]
Khalil Al-Kafarneh, a 16-year-old player, has lived through several displacements since October. The 10 members of his family left their home in Beit Hanoon, located in northern Gaza, soon after the war broke out.
The camp at Al-Salah Football Club has been their home for three months, but they are struggling to survive, with limited supplies of food and clean water.
Al-Kafarneh has been playing football for 10 years; he says the war has taken away his athleticism and skills.
Khalil Al-Kafarneh (centre) in action during a Ramadan football tournament at Al-Salah Football Club in Gaza [Abubaker Abed/Al Jazeera]
“I rarely kick a ball now. I am a high school student but have not been able to continue my studies. My house is a pile of rubble. There’s nothing left.”
The aspiring footballer wanted to represent Ittihad Al-Shujaiyya, one of Gaza’s most prominent clubs. Then the war crushed his dreams and bombs hit the club’s premises.
More than 90 Palestinian footballers in Gaza, including legendary forward Mohammed Barakat, have been killed during the war with Israel.
Some of Gaza’s most famous stadiums, including Al-Yarmouk Stadium and Gaza Sport Club, have been destroyed or taken over by Israeli forces.
The United Nations has termed the Gaza Strip a “graveyard for thousands of children”.
Since October 7, Israeli attacks have killed at least 13,000 children, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Thousands more are missing under the rubble, most of them presumed dead.
A large number of those who have survived have sustained injuries and suffer from malnourishment due to scarcity of food, as well as the trauma of war.
Seven-year-old Nadeen Isa and her family moved to Al-Salah Football Club in January after their house was raided by Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza.
She has been surviving on canned food since the start of the war and says she misses her favourite food: a shawarma sandwich. But Nadeen’s ambition remains unbroken.
“I dream of becoming a nurse and a striker,” she said while watching a football game from the sidelines.
“I wish I were born in a different country, so I could play and learn like any other child. I miss my school friends, my home and sitting under its roof.”
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