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Naby Keita has been handed a ‘substantial fine’ and banned from Werder Bremen’s first team until the end of the season.The former Liverpool midfielder took to social media to reject claims he went home after being omitted from his side’s starting line-up for the game against now-Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen.2Keita’s season is overCredit: GettyThat claim was made club director Clemens Fritz, who stated Werder Bremen would be speaking to the Guinea international and his adviser.Now, following the club’s 5-0 defeat to Leverkusen, Werder Bremen have confirmed Keita has been handed a punishment.A club statement read: “Werder Bremen have suspended Naby…
Hours ahead of Monday night’s 2024 WNBA Draft, Serena Williams says she’d be “super interested” in expanding her portfolio to include a team in the American women’s basketball league. “I think with the right market, I think would definitely be super interested in that,” the 23-time Grand Slam champion, who retired from tennis in 2022, told CNN in an exclusive interview to discuss the current climate surrounding women’s sports. Williams developed keen business acumen during her career that spanned three decades on the Hologic WTA Tour. She launched a venture capital company — Serena Ventures — while still on tour…
NFL general managers like to see talent fall to their spot in Round 1, but these five teams need to trade up to get an impact player this season. The time honored phrase that fortune favors the bold is absolutely true when it comes to the NFL Draft. Teams interested in moving up in Round 1 of this year’s event have the chance to outsmart their competition. Of course, moving up in the draft can be a costly proposition. That’s why it only makes sense for specific teams with specific needs. Moving up for a franchise quarterback makes a ton…
WWE An AC joint injury is what forced Rhea Ripley to vacate the Women’s World Championship.With her arm in a sling, Ripley appeared on Monday’s Raw and announced that she had to vacate the title due to a shoulder injury. She had been champion for 380 days before being forced to relinquish the title.Ripley said she’ll be out of action for “quite a few months.”On Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez said that Ripley’s injury is a sprained AC joint. It happened during Ripley and Liv Morgan’s brawl on the post-WrestleMania episode of Raw.Alvarez wrote in his subscriber-exclusive Raw report:She suffered a sprained AC…
You are flat-out at over 200mph along the long back straight at the Shanghai International Circuit, and approaching the heavy-braking zone into Turn 14. The last thing you would want to happen, and would expect, is for your front-wheels to fly off just as you touch the brakes. But on April 14th, 2010 that is exactly what happened to poor Sebastien Buemi in his Toro Rosso. The Swiss racer threw out the anchors as his front wheels made a bid for freedom by breaking loose, with Buemi incredibly still trying to apply the brakes as he headed into the gravel.…
The WBC’s commemorative belt for the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undisputed fight has been blessed by Pope Francis.WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman unveiled the special strap, which is emblazoned with the colours of the British and Ukrainian flags, on Monday at the launch press conference for the Matchroom vs Queensbury 5v5 event.3Pope Francis blessed the WBC commemorative beltCredit: Sky SportsThe iconic green and gold world title is already on the line as one of the four major sanctioning body belts up for grabs on May 18, but the WBC has also made this new belt to pay homage to the…
WWE With two Royal Rumble appearances and a WWE Raw match under her belt, Roxanne Perez has spoken about the benefit of being in NXT. Perez made her second WWE Royal Rumble appearance in the titular women’s match on January 27, 2024, and would compete against Indi Hartwell on the Raw After WrestleMania 40. In a recent interview with Adrian Hernandez, she revealed her thoughts on being in NXT, saying: “It’s [being in NXT] been fun. So, so fun. I think that’s one of the things that I struggled with when I got signed to NXT, is like… I feel…
At the last Chinese Grand Prix in 2019, Lewis Hamilton scored his 75th win as Max Verstappen only had a meagre five. Five years later, Hamilton is stuck on 103 whilst Verstappen has stormed up the leaderboard and is now third all-time with 57 career wins. But he has never won the Chinese Grand Prix. On his previous visits to Shanghai, Verstappen has a DNF, eighth, third, fifth and fourth to his name, compared to Hamilton’s six wins at the track. Should Verstappen take win number 58 on Sunday, it will be the 26th different track he has won at…
The Golden State Warriors go on the road to play against the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference 9 vs. 10 contest on Tuesday in the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament. The Warriors have won four of their last five games. They beat the Utah Jazz 123-116 on Sunday. Meanwhile, Sacramento snapped its three-game skid in the season finale. The Kings topped the Portland Trail Blazers 121-82. The loser of this matchup goes home, while the winner will face the loser of Lakers vs. Pelicans. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Golden State is the…
There are only 100 days to go until the best athletes in the world will begin representing their country in the 2024 Paris Olympics.The Olympic Games are being held in the French capital for the first time in exactly 100 years and stars will arrive in Europe aiming for gold.6The 2024 Olympics will take place in Paris, FranceCredit: GettyAt the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Team GB came away with 64 medals in total and finished fourth in the overall leaderboards.Tom Daley and Adam Peaty were among the gold medal winners for Britain who will be hoping they can excel once…