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Matheesha Pathirana made his IPL debut by taking a wicket on his first ball. The Sri Lankan medium pacer had replaced New Zealand’s Adam Milne in CSK’s playing 11. Currently, he is the ninth player to embark on their IPL journey with a first-ball wicket haul. He took the Shubman Gill’s wicket immediately after bowling the first ball of his first-ever IPL match.

Co-owner Denny Hamlin was brought to tears.

Grant Williams isn't known as a three-point shooter, but he exploded in Game 7 against the Bucks when the Celtics needed him most.

Andrew Symonds, the two-time World Cup winner and one of the most recognisable faces in international cricket, was killed in what police said was a single-car crash on Saturday night outside Townsville, on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Police confirmed that the 46-year-old died at the scene of the mishap.

Viviane Araujo shook off a head kick to win an awesome fight against Andrea Lee, but it was overshadowed by controversial remarks from Lee's coach.

Michael Johnson added another highlight to his reel with a second-round knockout win over Alan Patrick at the UFC Apex on Saturday.

Andre Petroski needed just 76 seconds to defeat Nick Maximov in the first of UFC's 11 fights Saturday, submitting him with an anaconda choke.

Diamond DeShields made her first All-Star game in just her second WNBA season. Six months later, she found herself on an operating room table.

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Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship. But he won't play this year to defend his title.

The WNBA star — who faces up to 10 years in Russian prison — "will not be afforded a fair and equitable legal process," a legal expert told Insider.

The WNBA star's lawyer says her case will likely go to trial soon, given the "relatively short" length of the extension handed down in Russian court.

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Training fees for the Hong Kong center are not yet finalized, but prices at Nadal's Mallorca academy start from $62,000 per year for junior athletes.

The Sixers traded a star who wouldn't shoot in Ben Simmons for James Harden, who appeared to be a shell of himself in the playoffs.

Michael Chandler finished Tony Ferguson with a front kick to the face at the UFC's most recent event Saturday and it left The Rock's jaw hanging.

Stars like Breanna Stewart and Natasha Cloud blasted the league's travel policies after missing games apparently due to COVID-19 exposures on commercial flights.

New Zealander Lisa Wright claims she was attacked by FINA's vice-president Zhou Jihong for allegedly underscoring Chinese divers.

The Bucks stunned the Celtics with a frantic, two-minute comeback that may have opened a path to the Finals.

Michael Jordan is putting his mark on NASCAR, literally.

Sergiy Stakhovsky, who won four career titles and was once ranked as high as 31st in the world, retired from tennis in January.