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India see off New Zealand to complete clinical Champions Trophy triumph
Final: India, 254-6, bt N Zealand, 251-7, by four wickets Rohit smashes 76 after Kiwis unable to set big target And so ends an impressively fatuous experiment: what happens when the best side ...The Guardian - Mar. 9 -
UFC 313 results: Ankalaev dethrones Pereira, wins by unanimous decision
The UFC's light heavyweight division has a new champion, following Magomed Ankalaev's win over Alex Pereira.ESPN - Mar. 9 -
Rooney and Fury to manage England at Soccer Aid
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will join Wayne Rooney as two of England's co-managers for Soccer Aid 2025.BBC News - Mar. 11 -
Dubois in talks over Usyk title fight
Daniel Dubois begins talks with rival heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk over a rematch.BBC News - Mar. 12 -
Ex-UFC champ Velasquez sentenced for shooting
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to prison time Monday for a shooting that took place in 2022.ESPN - 4d -
Deontay Wilder’s to fight Tyrrell Herndon as ‘idols become rivals’
The former heavyweight champion will aim to bounce back from his knockout by Zhilei ZhangYahoo Sports - 15h -
Deontay Wilder’s to fight Tyrrell Herndon as ‘idols become rivals’
The former heavyweight champion will aim to bounce back from his knockout by Zhilei ZhangYahoo Sports - 15h -
Morgantown falls to George Washington 49-47 in Class AAAA semifinals
Mar. 22—CHARLESTON — For the first time in three seasons, there will be a new team to take home the title in Class AAAA boys' basketball as the three-time defending state champions Morgantown fell ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Prince William pays tribute to last Battle of Britain pilot who has died at 105
Mr Hemingway, who is originally from Dublin, joined the RAF as a teenager before World War Two.BBC News - Mar. 18 -
What we still don't know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
Five years after the WHO declared COVID to be a pandemic, questions remain including how many people have died.ABC News - Mar. 11 -
Junior Bridgeman, N.B.A. Player Turned Mogul, Dies at 71
He became an entrepreneur during a solid career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He later bought hundreds of fast-food outlets, a Coca-Cola bottling business and Ebony and Jet magazines.The New York Times - Mar. 15 -
Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Dissected Apartheid, Dies at 92
In works that included “Blood Knot,” “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and “The Island,” he exposed the realities of racial separatism in his homeland.The New York Times - Mar. 9 -
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, colorful compositions.The New York Times - Mar. 13 -
Herman Graf, Who Helped Sell ‘Tropic of Cancer,’ Dies at 91
A major figure in independent publishing, he promoted Henry Miller’s once-banned book and helped make “A Confederacy of Dunces” a best seller after the author’s death.The New York Times - Mar. 14 -
Carl Lundstrom, Who Financed the Pirate Bay, Dies in Plane Crash
Mr. Lundstrom was a supporter of far-right causes and, at one point, an unsuccessful candidate for office. He was convicted of aiding copyright infringement in 2009.The New York Times - Mar. 14 -
Émilie Dequenne, Belgian Actress Who Starred in ‘Rosetta,’ Dies at 43
She won the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress award for her debut performance in 1999. She was later diagnosed with a rare adrenal gland cancer.The New York Times - Mar. 18 -
Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Who Exposed Gaps in Health Care, Dies at 86
The author of numerous studies, he urged patients to question their physicians and expressed concern about cancer treatment for older adults.The New York Times - Mar. 19 -
Hugues Oyarzabal, Surfing Star Who Rode With a Camera, Dies at 39
With a video recorder affixed to his board or clamped to his teeth, he took viewers along for the ride, often inside the curling “barrel” of a wave.The New York Times - Mar. 21 -
Robert Denham, Lawyer Who Steered Companies Through Crises, Dies at 79
Among his rescues was teaming up with Warren Buffett to keep the investment bank Salomon Brothers afloat amid a bid-rigging scandal in the 1990s.The New York Times - Mar. 21 -
Ming Fay, Who Made Magical Sculptures of the Natural World, Dies at 82
His artwork paid tribute to its surroundings, in New York City and elsewhere, rendering nature at an oversized scale that made it unmissable.The New York Times - 5d -
Lou Nasti, Who Brought Christmas Displays to Extravagant Life, Dies at 79
A robotics specialist, he animated puppets and dolls for displays worldwide. His “Toyland,” with a two-story-high Santa, drew sightseers to a Brooklyn home for years.The New York Times - 3d -
Leonard Polonsky, Philanthropist Who Supported the Arts, Dies at 97
After making a fortune in financial services, he funded the arts and made historical artifacts and documents widely available to the public.The New York Times - 1d -
Leonard Polonsky, Philanthropist Who Supported the Arts, Dies at 97
After making a fortune in financial services, he funded the arts and made historical artifacts and documents widely available to the public.The New York Times - 1d -
MotoGP champion Martin hopes to return from injury in Qatar
Defending MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin, who suffered two pre-season crashes, said he hopes to be back for the fourth round of this year's championship.Martin missed almost all of pre-season ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20 -
Olympic champions win big with gold medals at freestyle ski and snowboard worlds
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was among five Olympic champions who won events at the world freestyle skiing and snowboard championships on Friday, less than a year out from the Winter Games. On a busy day ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21 -
Defending champion is among those who missed the cut at the 2025 Valspar Championship
The 2025 Valspar Championship is finale of the four-tournament Florida Swing. It's also one of the last three events before the Masters.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 22 -
From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were already accomplished athletes, Ovechkin was given every chance to succeed and ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every chance to succeed at hockey and along the way showed he didn’t need special ...ABC News - 2d -
D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, dies after private cancer battle
D'Wayne Wiggins, who founded soul trio Tony! Toni! Toné! with Raphael Saadiq and Timothy Christian Riley, died after a private battle with bladder cancer. He was 64.Los Angeles Times - Mar. 7 -
Texas high school football legend known as 'The Sugar Land Express' dies at 89
Legendary Texas high school football player "The Sugar Land Express," who held national rushing record from 1953-2012, has died. Kenneth Hall was 89.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
NATO clarifies comments that four missing US soldiers had died during training in Lithuania
NATO is clarifying comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, even though the U.S. Army said ...ABC News - 1d -
Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident
Days after an Atlanta man died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii, authorities said they found the skeletal remains of his of his son who had gone missing four years prior in a tree house in his ...NBC News - 1d -
Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident
Days after an Atlanta man died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii, authorities said they found the skeletal remains of his son who had gone missing four years prior in a tree house in his backyard.NBC News - 1d -
Murphy, beloved bald eagle who incubated a rock, dies after violent storms in Missouri
A beloved bald eagle who gained popularity for incubating a rock and later nurturing an injured eaglet back to health was being mourned after dying following intense storms in Missouri.NBC News - 6d -
Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows
Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infant. The US-born woman who was the world’s oldest living person before she died in ...The Guardian - Mar. 13 -
Fred Couples says he will play in the 2025 Masters but will it be his last trip to Augusta?
After limping to rounds of 80-76 at the 2024 Masters, the 1992 champion questioned internally if Augusta National wished he'd step aside.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17 -
Art Schallock, oldest living MLB player and World Series champion with Yankees, dies at 100
Schallock was also a World War II veteranCBS Sports - Mar. 9 -
ICE arrests activist who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University
ICE has arrested a Palestinian activist who helped lead last year's student encampment protests at Columbia University in New York City. CBS News correspondent Michael George reports.CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Kenya-based content moderators mourn Nigerian colleague who 'was desperate to go home'
Technology workers in Kenya have held a vigil for a colleague who died in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two yearsABC News - Mar. 12 -
Kent State defeats Eastern Michigan 76-70
Led by Jalen Sullinger's 18 points, the Kent State Golden Flashes defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 76-70ABC News - Mar. 8
