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News Hour: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out for the rest of Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League with a hamstring injury, his Melbourne Renegades club said Friday. Bravo suffered the setback during a...

News Hour: Migrant workers building soccer stadiums in Qatar’s desert heat are to be given ‘cooling’ hard hats to reduce their body temperature and risk of suffering heat stroke, tournament organizers said. Scientists at Qatar University...

News Hour: Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and former NBA player Michael Jordan are among the 20 wealthiest American celebrities, Forbes reported on Wednesday. Woods, 40, is the youngest person on the Forbes top-20 list,...

News Hour: Poor batting display by the Tigers allowed New Zealand to take 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series as they beat Bangladesh by 67 runs in the second ODI held on Thursday at Saxton...

News Hour: After five runner-up finishes at the Australian Open, world number one Andy Murray is taking a different approach to the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park next month. The Briton is preparing for the...

News Hour: Britain’s most decorated cyclist Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement on Wednesday after a stellar career during which he won most of the sport’s biggest prizes. The wise-cracking Londoner with a Mod haircut played a...

News Hour: Football federations are “overwhelmingly in favor” of expanding the existing 32-nation World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The global football federation boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in...

Russian officials for the first time have admitted to mass doping in the country’s sports system but dismissed suggestions that the “institutional conspiracy” was state-sponsored, the New York Times reported. The final part of the World...

News Hour: Spaniard Pedro scored twice as Chelsea tightened their grip on top spot by sweeping past Bournemouth 3-0 on Monday, a club record 12th successive Premier League win taking them seven points clear. Approaching the...

News Hour: Sri Lanka suffered a top order collapse and slumped to 37 for three at second day’s lunch after Suranga Lakmal claimed career-best figures to help dismiss South Africa for 286 in the first test...