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Football
Soccer-Floundering Chelsea sack Rosenior amid worst scoring drought in 114 years
April 22 (Reuters) - â Chelsea sacked manager â Liam Rosenior on âWednesday following a string of defeats that dropped âthe London side â to seventh â in the Premier League, â with the âEnglishman lasting less â than four months in the ârole âsince his January â appointment.
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Football
Soccer-World Cup last-minute ticket sales phase re-opens 50 days from kick-off
April 22 (Reuters) - With 50 days â remaining until the start of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA's last-minute â sales phase re-opens on Wednesday with tickets for all 104 âmatches available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Athletics
Athletics-London Marathon still in talks to stage 2027 race over two days
April 22 (Reuters) - London Marathon chief â executive Hugh Brasher said discussions are ongoing over a proposal to stage a one-off two-day marathon â in 2027, with elite women racing on the Saturday and men on the Sunday, but stressed âno final approval has yet been secured.
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Golf
Golf-Europe Ryder Cup organisers defend steep rise in ticket prices for 2027 clash
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Ryder Cup â organisers have defended daily admission prices for next year's Europe v United States â duel in Ireland after a steep rise from the 2023 edition held âin Rome.
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Football
Soccer-Rebrov leaves role as Ukraine coach
April 22 (Reuters) - â Serhiy Rebrov has stepped down â as coach of the âUkraine national football team, the Ukrainian Association of Football announced on Wednesday.
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Football
Soccer-US women's soccer league joins global project to cut ACL injuries
April 22 (Reuters) - The National â Women's Soccer League and its players' union have joined Project ACL, a global initiative â aimed at reducing the number of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in professional women's football.
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Cycling
Beasley hopes a better-rested Azizul can upstage younger superstars at home Track World Cup
NILAI: Cycling technical director John Beasley is hoping Azizulhasni Awang's decision to sit out the Hong Kong leg of the Track World Cup last week will pay dividends in Nilai this weekend.
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Badminton
Jonassen believes team effort will make difference in Thomas Cup, not superstars
PETALING JAYA: To win the Thomas Cup, players cannot afford to have a superstar mentality as the tournament is all about teamwork.
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Football
Soccer-Rosenior's tough words raise stakes as Chelsea misery deepens
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Managers are usually â reluctant to eviscerate their players in public so Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior's stinging rebuke to his team after â Tuesday's humbling 3-0 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion smacked of the words of a man at the âend of his tether.
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Tennis
Tennis-Sinner's mastery mindset makes him man to beat as clay swing intensifies
BENGALURU, April 22 (Reuters) - Jannik Sinner was once â viewed as an explosive talent custom-built for hardcourt tennis but the four-times Grand Slam champion's assiduous work on his patience and â control has made him the man to beat on clay heading into the French Open.
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Tennis
Tennis-Venus hopes to play French Open after clay comeback in Madrid
April 22 (Reuters) - Venus Williams â said she hopes to play this year's French Open â after returning to compete on clay for the first âtime in five years and losing in the opening round of the Madrid Open.
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Football
Soccer-Bellingham buys minority stakes in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix
April 22 (Reuters) - â England international Jude Bellingham has acquired â a minority stake in The âHundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix, co-owners Warwickshire County Cricket Club said on Wednesday.
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Other Sports
Mexico pledges World Cup safety after shooting at ancient pyramids
MEXICO CITY, April â 21 (Reuters) - Top Mexican officials on Tuesday vowed to ensure safety ahead of the World Cup soccer matches following a shooting at â the famed Teotihuacan pyramids that killed a Canadian tourist, and said the gunman appeared to have been influenced by violent âincidents abroad.
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Cricket
Cricket-Sharma the entertainer helps Hyderabad to win over Capitals
April 22 (Reuters) - Abhishek â Sharma was scoring runs for fun on Tuesday â as the Sunrisers Hyderabad batter blasted an âexplosive century and kept the crowd entertained in a 47-run win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
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Rugby
Rugby-Wallabies 'Iceman' Foley hangs up boots
MELBOURNE, April 22 (Reuters) - Former â Australia flyhalf Bernard Foley, who earned the nickname 'Iceman' for â nailing crucial kicks, will retire from professional rugby at âthe end of the Japanese season, his team Kubota Spears said.
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Rugby
Rugby-Lions tour drives record $50 million surplus for Rugby Australia
MELBOURNE, April 22 (Reuters) - Rugby â Australia reported a record A$70.6 million ($50.56 million) surplus in â its 2025 financial accounts on Wednesday, driven largely by âthe lucrative British and Irish Lions tour.
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Cricket
Cricket-Marsh seeks IPL redemption after disappointing T20 World Cup
April 22 (Reuters) - Mitchell Marsh â is trying to put a disappointing Twenty20 World Cup campaign behind him but the Australian â all-rounder concedes he has yet to hit his stride in the Indian Premier League âwith the Lucknow Super Giants in urgent need of some inspiration.
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Football
Cardiff City back in the Championship
PETALING JAYA: Cardiff City have earned promotion back to the English Championship after just one season in League One with a 1-3 away win against Reading on Saturday (April 18).
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Football
Mendez hopes to mend CL loss by helping JDT win two more trophies
PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta'zim midfielder Nacho Mendez is rallying the team to complete the season with two more trophies â the Malaysia Cup and the Shopee Asean Club Championship â after their exit from the AFC Champions League Elite last Friday.
