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MELBOURNE: Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said on Friday he used his ministerial discretion to revoke the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds three days before the Australian Open is to begin. Djokovic’s lawyers are expected to appeal the cancelation in the Federal Circuit and Family Court as they successfully did after the first cancellation. It is the second time Djokovic’s visa has been cancelled since he arrived in Melbourne last week to defend his Australian Open title. His exemption from a…

SAN JOSE — Braden Schneider scored in his NHL debut for the New York Rangers in a 3-0 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Thursday.Ryan Strome set Schneider up with a pass from behind the net and the defenseman’s wrist shot beat Sharks goalie Adin Hill on his stick side to give New York a 2-0 lead at 1:27 of the third period.Chris Kreider scored twice, including the first shorthanded goal of his NHL career, and Igor Shesterkin had a 37-save shutout after missing three games in COVID-19 protocol for the Rangers (24-10-4), who lead the…

The 2021-22 NFL playoffs begin this weekend, and there are still several NFL injury news and updates to keep an eye on. Will guys like Derrick Henry, Leonard Fournette, and DeAndre Hopkins make their triumphant returns off the IR, or will they miss their teams’ pivotal matchups? NFL Injury IR News and Updates: Will Derrick Henry play for the Titans in the Divisional Round? While there were murmurs that Derrick Henry might return in Week 18 to shake off some of the rust since his injury, ultimately, that was not the case. The Titans did, however, designate him to return…

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Brandon Brown posted a statement on social media Thursday evening with the intention to “clear the air on some things” regarding a controversial sponsor rollout for the 2022 NASCAR season.Brown is the driver at the center of a political and cultural clash playing out in the NASCAR world, as his name inspired the viral right-wing “Let’s Go Brandon” chant that’s covert criticism of President Joe Biden.In a lengthy, four paragraph statement Brown posted on Twitter, he dispelled the notion that sponsors dropped him after his Xfinity win at Talladega last year and subsequent events that thrust him into the national…

PORTLAND Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has had surgery to repair a core injury that has been causing him abdominal pain. Lillard will be evaluated in six weeks but there is no timetable for his return. The six-time All-Star has missed five games since the start of the year and 11 games overall this season because of the injury.INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The NFL has no plans to move the Super Bowl to Arlington, Texas, or anywhere else despite the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the accompanying health precautions in California. Both NFL officials and…

ANDERSON, SC (FOX Carolina) – After seeing our previous story about a Vietnam Veteran’s stolen golf cart, several Fox Carolina viewers are donating funds to get it replaced. Robert Pepper, a disabled veteran in Anderson, says his 2015 Club Car Golf Cart was stolen on December 20th around 3 a.m. Surveillance video shows a person walking onto his property and backing the golf cart down the driveway. The Anderson County Sheriff’s department says they are investigating and whoever is responsible will be charged with grand larceny.Pepper who has COPD says the golf cart enables him and his grandson to interact with…

Aaron Long thought back to the aftermath of May 15, when he landed awkwardly during an aerial challenge in the New York Red Bulls’ game at Philadelphia.Two days later, he had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon and started a rehabilitation odyssey that would see him take two trips to Europe.“I think the hardest part for me was probably the first week, just kind of wrapping my head around it, not really being injured before in that manner. And there’s a lot of what ifs and uncertainty of what’s to come,” he said Thursday.Long played Thursday in the…

English cricket has been shaken by the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal Racism in cricket is “deep-seated” and public money should be withheld from the sport unless it can “clean up its act”, a parliamentary committee has said. In November Azeem Rafiq gave an emotional testimony to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee about the racist abuse he faced during two stints at Yorkshire beginning in 2008 and ending in 2018.In a report published on Friday, the committee found there was “deep-seated” racism within the sport and gave the example of the language used in correspondence with the…

Regis Prograis is surely still one of the best fighters in the world today around the super-lightweight division mark of 140lbs. Only coming up short thus far one time as a professional. To pound for pound-rated Josh Taylor of Scotland. Speaking on who for him — the best six boxers that are still alive are — he said: Interesting type of list. Maybe the likes of Chavez and Thomas Hearns not far off too. So many others boxing fans could put in, or near, such a list too of course. Related This news is republished from another source. You can…