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La Liga: Match between Espanyol & Athletic Bilbao halted due to alleged racist abuse

Cornella, Feb 17 (UNI) A La Liga match between Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao was briefly halted on Sunday afternoon after an Athletic player was allegedly subjected to racist abuse by fans.
During the first half, Athletic forward Iñaki Williams informed referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández that supporters of the home team had abused his teammate Maroan Sannadi, whose parents are Moroccan, according to a CNN report.
The referee responded by activating the league’s anti-racism protocol, whereby the game was stopped, and a message was played to supporters warning them that it would be abandoned if the abuse did not stop. A message condemning racist, xenophobic and homophobic abuse was also displayed on the large screen inside Stage Front Stadium.
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Italy confirm next year's T20 World Cup debut under Madsen’s captaincy

17 Dec 2025 | 2:34 PM

Rome, Dec 17 (UNI) The Italian Cricket Federation (Federazione Cricket Italia) have confirmed Wayne Madsen will lead the side for their historic ICC Men's T20 World Cup tilt next year, replacing Joe Burns who will be omitted from the squad for the tournament. .

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Records fall as South Africa clinch Ireland series in style

17 Dec 2025 | 2:09 PM

Gqeberha, Dec 17 (UNI) South Africa and Ireland each broke scoring records as the Proteas clinched their three-game ODI series at home with an impressive 74-run triumph here.

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World Athletics to introduce new distances to race walk events in 2026

17 Dec 2025 | 1:59 PM

Beijing, Dec 17 (UNI) World Athletics will introduce half-marathon and marathon distances to race walk events in 2026 in an effort to help fans better grasp the speed of the sport, President Sebastian Coe said.
Under the schedule for the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships on April 12, 2026, the traditional 20-kilometer race walk will be replaced by a half-marathon race walk, while the 35km event will shift to a marathon race walk. It will be the first time the new distances appear at major international competitions.

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Varun Chakravarthy, Tilak Varma prosper in ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings

17 Dec 2025 | 1:52 PM

Dubai, Dec 17 (UNI) India’s hard-hitting batter Tilak Varma has surged up two places to fourth in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings even as spinner Varun Chakravarthy has consolidated his position at the top of the bowling rankings.
Varma followed up his score of 26 in the opening match against South Africa in Cuttack with 62 in New Chandigarh and 26 not out in Dharamsala this past week to overtake Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan and England’s Jos Buttler in the list led by India’s Abhishek Sharma.

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Steve Smith ruled out of Adelaide Test

17 Dec 2025 | 1:24 PM

Adelaide, Dec 17 (UNI) Steve Smith has been sensationally ruled out of the third Ashes Test with a recurrence of the superstar batter's inner ear issues sidelining him on Wednesday morning.

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