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Newcastle defender Botman out for eight weeks with knee injury

Newcastle defender Botman out for eight weeks with knee injury

Newcastle United will be without centre-back Sven Botman for about eight weeks due to a knee injury, manager Eddie Howe confirms. Botman, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in March 2024 and returned in January after a 10-month absence, has sustained an injury to his other knee. The 25-year-old has played just five times for Newcastle this season since returning from injury, including three in...

Tennis: Venus Williams & three others handed wildcard entry for Indian Wells

Tennis: Venus Williams & three others handed wildcard entry for Indian Wells

Seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams on Wednesday was given a wildcard entry for next month’s Indian Wells tournament, Afrosport reports. Williams, who is set to play for the first time in almost a year, will be making her 10th career appearance at Indian Wells. The 44-year-old, currently ranked 974th in the world, has not featured in a WTA Tour-level match since a first-round defeat to...

Botswana’s Tebogo, Hassan named World Athletics ‘Athletes of the Year’

Botswana’s Tebogo, Hassan named World Athletics ‘Athletes of the Year’

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Hassan, who also won the out-of-stadium award, was rewarded for her incredible performance in the French capital which stretched beyond the marathon and on to the track. Sifan Hassan 🇳🇱 is your World Athletics...