Wood returns for England's first T20 against India

Journalist's murder highlights risks of reporting in small-town India

Mukesh Chandrakar, who was found dead last week, told important stories from a violence-prone region in India.

BBC News - Jan. 8

Indoor golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has a loud, swift debut match

Ludvig Aberg will be the answer to a trivia question: He made the first birdie in TGL history

ABC News - Jan. 8

TGL, Tiger Woods' tech-infused indoor golf league, debuts to positive reviews and good vibes

The Bay GC of Shane Lowry, Ludvig Åberg and Wyndham Clark claimed the first match in a runaway.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8

India confirms first HMPV cases amid surge in China

India confirmed its first cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in children, with a total of seven cases reported as of Tuesday. The cases were reported in Bengaluru, Nagpur, Tamil Nadu ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

England have 'power' to boycott Afghanistan match - MP

England's men's players have the "power" to make their own stand and refuse to play Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy, says Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi.

BBC News - Jan. 7

Puma challenges Tiger Woods' Sun Day Red logo

The German sneaker and apparel company says the Sun Day Red logo is too similar to the logo that Puma has been using since 1969.

CNBC - Jan. 7

An economically dynamic India is Manmohan Singh’s greatest legacy

He drove radical reform of an anti-market policy regime that was strangling growth

Financial Times - Jan. 7

Job openings reverse long decline, but the U.S. labor market is still not out of the woods

President-elect Donald Trump is inheriting low unemployment after several years of strong postpandemic hiring, but he’s also confronting a weakening labor market in which fewer jobs are available ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 7

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy Star in a New Indoor Golf League

The T.G.L. is professional golf’s latest science experiment, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Microsoft Plans to Invest $3 Billion on AI, Cloud Infrastructure in India

The company plans to grow the company’s Azure cloud business in India and set up new data centers.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7

India rescuers race to save men stuck in flooded 'rat-hole' mine

Nine men were trapped on Monday morning after water flooded the narrow hole manually dug to extract coal.

BBC News - Jan. 7

At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India's northeastern Assam state

At least nine workers are trapped inside a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state and authorities have summoned the army to help in the rescue operation

ABC News - Jan. 7

Tiger Woods rakes in top payout from 2024 PGA Tour Player Impact Program ahead of Scottie Scheffler

Despite a lighter playing schedule, Woods remains the most popular figure on the PGA Tour

CBS Sports - Jan. 6

TGL 101: Everything you need to know about Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s new indoor golf league

Golf's experimental indoor league begins play Tuesday night.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6

Report: Tiger Woods wins final Player Impact Program, $10 million

Woods finished first for the third time in four years of the program, which was designed to reward the needle-movers but will be replaced by the Player Equity Program this year.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6

Dinosaur Footprints Found in England by Quarry Workers

The prints were made by both long-necked sauropods and a predator, megalosaurus, and were found in one of the largest discoveries in decades.

The New York Times - Jan. 6

Kohli, youngsters & Bumrah - talking points from Australia's win over India

BBC Sport and data analysts CricViz look at five talking points from the Australia and India series and what England can learn about their next two opponents.

BBC News - Jan. 6

Patriots fire Jerod Mayo after first season in New England post-Bill Belichick

Mayo succeeded Bill Belichick

CBS Sports - Jan. 5

Australia race to victory and series win over India

Australia race to victory on day three of the Fifth Test in Sydney with Scott Boland taking 6-45 to help regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

BBC News - Jan. 5

Australia beat India to claim series victory

Watch highlights as Australia beat India by six wickets in Sydney and win the five-match Test series 3-1.

BBC News - Jan. 5

Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened

India reach 141-6 at stumps on day two to lead fifth Test by 145 runs Australia quick takes four wickets while Pant blazes half-century 6th over: Australia 15-1 (Konstas 11, Labuschagne 2) ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

Cummins ends electric innings by India's Pant

Pat Cummins removes Rishabh Pant for an astonishing 61 in the final Test between Australia and India.

BBC News - Jan. 4

Soul singer Brenton Wood, behind the 1967 hit Oogum Boogum Song, dies aged 83

Born Alfred Jesse Smith, his smash title has repeatedly been used in film and television shows. The soul singer Brenton Wood has died at the age of 83, TMZ and Variety reported. Wood’s manager, ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

Brenton Wood, 'Oogum Boogum Song' crooner who captivated Latino listeners, dies at 83

R&B singer Brenton Wood found a loyal following among SoCal's Latinos, who often called in to KRLA-AM 1110 to dedicate his tracks over the airwaves.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 4

Three wins, media missteps and a 'Fire Mayo' chant: Jerod Mayo's rocky first season in New England

Mayo has experienced growing pains in New England's 3-13 season, but optimism for the future remains.

ESPN - Jan. 3

Christian Pulisic returns for AC Milan in Super Cup semifinal against Juventus; Weston McKennie also starts

The match will also be the debut for Sergio Conceicao

CBS Sports - Jan. 3

Smuggled Starlink devices allegedly used to defy India’s internet shutdowns

Civilian and armed groups in conflict-ridden state of Manipur using SpaceX’s satellite internet, sources say. Elon Musk’s satellite-based Starlink – currently unlicensed for use in India – is being ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

'He's under their skin' - Konstas riles India again

Australia opener Sam Konstas has affected Test opponents India by getting "under their skin", according to team-mate Scott Boland.

BBC News - Jan. 3

Before Cephalonia there was a clearing in the Normandy woods, with a spring and a clear, cold stream | Louis de Bernières

I drove my Morris Traveller down a hidden track, and felt I had come to a sacred place where I was completely at home. In our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

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