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By Sam Worthington with AP Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has offered a bizarre defence for the successful timed out appeal at the Cricket World Cup. Shakib is now cricket’s ultimate villain as Sri Lanka star Angelo Mathews became the first batsman to be timed out in an international match. …

Gold medallist Jess Fox will return to the Olympics arena to defend her crown after she was selected as Australia’s representative in the canoe slalom for Paris 2024. Fox won gold in the inaugural C1 event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and claimed bronze in the K1 classification. The …

Melbourne CEO Gary Pert has launched a fierce defence of the club’s culture labelling incidents involving Clayton Oliver and Joel Smith “isolated behaviour issues”. The Demons have endured a tumultuous off-season so far, with Oliver spoken to by the club amid “complex personal challenges” before being briefly hospitalised, while Smith …

The bodies were recovered from under bombed buildings, most of them women and children, civil defence in Gaza said. Thirty bodies, most of them women and children, have been recovered from underneath the ruins of bombed buildings in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, the civil defence unit there told Al Jazeera. …

The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has tasked the troops of the Nigerian Army to find and kill Boko Haram terrorists as no soldier is complete without killing the insurgents.    The military chief said this when he spoke to troops of Operation Hadin Kai at the Maimalari cantonment, …

Paul Pogba’s agent Rafaela Pimenta defends him after he was suspended over a failed drug test. Paul Pogba’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, has come to his defence after he was suspended by Juventus after he failed a drug test on August 20th in the Old Ladies’ season opener against Udinese.   Pogba …

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, saying the ministry needs “new approaches” as the war with Russia enters its 19th month. Reznikov’s removal comes in the wake of a number of corruption scandals involving Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. While Reznikov has not been implicated in any …

With the backdrop of their newly unfurled 2022 premiership flag, Melbourne was quick to remind the competition of exactly why they’re reigning champions. The Demons defeated Collingwood by 42 points at Ikon Park in the opening match of the 2023 AFLWeason — their tall forwards unstoppable, booting 10 goals and …

The Matildas‘ inspiring World Cup campaign came to a disappointing end with a 2-0 loss to Sweden in the third-place playoff. Fatigue clearly played a role in the result after a gruelling tournament, with some players struggling while others continued to put their best foot forward.  Wide World of …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed on an undisclosed date for possible military intervention in Niger.   ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, made an announcement at the end of the meeting of West African army chiefs in Accra on Friday, August …