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Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus drive

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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans, Agence France-Presse reported Friday. 

As with all his trips to the UK since he moved to the United States in 2020, his visit prompted fresh


Manchester United top the 50 most valuable clubs in the world

  • FIFA

Manchester United tops the list, despite their poor performances in the Champions League and Premier

Manchester United are not having a great time in football, either in the Premier League, where they are

world's most valuable team, the Premier League continues to lead Europe with nine clubs: Manchester United

(27th), Newcastle United (32nd) and Aston Villa (44th).Italy's Serie A is represented by six clubs:

States.

Atlanta United, Inter Miami, LA Galaxy, New York City FC and Austin FC.


WBSC Player Summit at IOC: 350 players attend Olympic House meeting

  • Baseball and Softball

The two institutions organised the first virtual meeting of officials and players ahead of the return of baseball and softball to the Olympic programme in Los Angeles in 2028. Experiences were shared and possible reforms were discussed. Baseball5 will also make its debut at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games.

She led the United States to silver medals at the Beijing and Tokyo Olympics.


Players' unions clash with FIFA over hectic schedule

  • FIFA

The association representing professional footballers, the global players' union FIFPRO, has warned FIFA about the extensive and damaging nature of the calendar adopted by Infantino and his cohorts at world football's governing body.

competitive associations in order to compensate for historical inequalities.The FIFA World Cup in the United

States (with 3 venues in Mexico and 2 in Canada) will feature a total of 48 teams in 16 venues, double

Messi and Co in the Persian Gulf.The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will also make its debut next year in the United

States, starting on 15 June 2025, in a 32-team format and will be played every four years, adding more

measures requested, FIFA is urged to reschedule the revamped FIFA Club World Cup to be held in the United


FIFA delivers message on hosting the World Cup

  • Football

Yon de Luisa Plazas, a member of both the FIFA Executive Council and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), stressed the importance of each host nation having clear objectives for its participation.

In the case of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the stadiums have already


Nikola Jokic, third-time MVP at NBA

  • Basketball

Serbian centre Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets has been named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the third time in the last four seasons in the world's top basketball league.

from international players, it is not insignificant that the top three players were not born in the United

States, something unthinkable 20 years ago and which should draw attention to those who run the world's

victory also marks the sixth consecutive season that the MVP award has gone to a player born outside the United

States.


Paris 2024 Rugby Sevens match officials announced

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby has announced the squad of 23 match officials who will officiate at the Rugby Sevens competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France from 24-30 July.

-Cisco Lopez (United States).-Tyler Miller (Australia).-Lavenia Rawaca (Fiji).

-Kat Roche (United States).-George Selwood (England, Great Britain).


Woods named among Top 100 in PGA Championship field

  • Golf

Tiger Woods has struggled to walk four rounds in tournaments since suffering severe leg injuries in a 2021 car crash but finished 60th in last month's Masters and will join the world's 103 top-ranked golfers at Valhalla.

Defending champion Brooks Koepka of the United States is among 16 players from the LIV Golf League who


Hamish Kerr "fired up" for Doha clash with Olympic high jump champ Mutaz Barshim

  • Athletics

Fresh from his win at the Suzhou Diamond League, New Zealand's world indoor high jump champion Hamish Kerr will take on Mutaz Barshim again in the What Gravity Challenge on Thursday in Doha.

Sanghyeok Woo of South Korea are other notable absentees from the original line-up.JuVaughn Harrison of the United

States is in Doha, along with Ukraine's 2013 world champion Bohdan Bondarenko and 39-year-old Bahamian


South American footballers reluctant to return home over security concerns

  • Football

A number of South American footballers, who have enjoyed success abroad and planned to return to their home countries, are now reconsidering their decisions due to the risk of kidnapping, extortion and violent robbery.

Benfica winger, who has already announced his international retirement after the Copa America in the United

States in June, had previously expressed his desire to play for Rosario Central and try to win the Copa


Paris Artistic Swimming World Cup: USA and Bill May win team acrobatic bronze

  • Paris 2024

boosted his chances of becoming the first male artistic swimmer in Olympic history when he and the United

States took bronze behind Mexico in the team acrobatic competition at the Paris Artistic Swimming World

scored 251.7867 to beat Saturday's team free winners Japan by just over three and a quarter points.The United

States, with May the only male swimmer in the competition, took third place with 243.9366 ahead of China.Bill

May and the United States won team acrobatic bronze at the Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris.


USA Baseball Unveils 2024 Collegiate National Team Schedule

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USA Baseball has unveiled its 2024 Collegiate National Team schedule, featuring highlights such as the International Friendship Series with Chinese Taipei and the Summer League Tour.

schedule announced by USA Baseball features the return of the International Friendship Series between the United

States and Chinese Taipei, as well as the addition of the Summer League Tour.

Chinese Taipei will take on the United States, continuing a series that began in 1987, in a five-game


Carl Lewis: Don't pile Olympic pressure on Lyles

  • Athletics

US track and field star Carl Lewis has pleaded that Noah Lyles be given some leeway as he heads into the Paris Olympics as a hot sprint favourite with a potential eye on four gold medals, Agence France-Presse reported Monday.  Lyles added another gold to his trophy cabinet by anchoring the US team to victory in the men's 4x100m on Sunday at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau, where American quartets won four of five events raced as Olympic qualifiers.

with allegations of favouritism levelled at Lyles, even from teammate Fred Kerley.Noah Lyles of Team United

States celebrates winning the Men's 200m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023.


World Relays: USA reigns in 4x100, Noah Lyles and Tebogo shine in 4x400m

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Relays concluded this Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas, after two exciting days, and now 14 teams have already qualified for each of the five relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Three-time Budapest 2023 world champion Noah Lyles (100m, 200m and 4x100m) led the United States to victory

States.

-Liberia.Women's 4x100m:-United States.-France.-Great Britain.-Germany.-Australia.-Netherlands.

-United States.-Brazil.-Trinidad and Tobago.-Spain.-Poland.-India.Women's 4x400m:-United States.

-India.Mixed 4x400m:-United States.-Netherlands.-Ireland.-Nigeria.-Dominican Republic.-France.