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The AP Top 25 preseason men’s college basketball rankings are here for 2024-2025. Kansas leads the preseason poll for the second year in a row. Here is the AP Top 25, along with some initial reactions and takeaways from the rankings: RANKING TEAM POINTS 1 Kansas (30) 1,449 2 Alabama (14) 1,428 3 UConn (11) 1,345 […]
HOCKEY Indian junior men’s hockey team suffers heart-breaking loss to Germany The Indian junior men’s hockey team went down 2-3 to Germany in a match that went down to the final minute on its Europe tour. Yogember Rawat and Gurjot Singh scored for the India on Tuesday. The first quarter had plenty of action with […]
Men’s Basketball Oct. 14, 2024 AP poll breakdown: Andy Katz Q&A, reactions to preseason college basketball rankings Oct. 14, 2024 March Madness correspondent Andy Katz went live on Bleacher Report to break down the men’s basketball preseason AP poll released on October 14. source
A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Steven van de Velde and partner Matthew Immers were one of two men’s teams from the Netherlands that qualified for the beach volleyball competition at the Paris Games, which open on […]
Formula One’s newest driver looked forward on Wednesday to racing the oldest, with Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto set to join his age-defying manager Fernando Alonso on the grid next season. Brazilian Bortoleto, 20, is one of the top talents on the books of the A14 management company founded by double world champion Alonso, who drives […]
India’s table tennis star Manika Batra produced a dominant performance to defeat America’s Lily Zhang 3-0 to advance into the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Champions here on Wednesday. Manika, who made history in Paris Olympics to become the first-ever Indian to reach the singles pre-quarterfinals, took less than 22 minutes to cruise to […]
SQUASH Abhay-Velavan pair gets top billing in Asian Doubles Squash The Indian pair of Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar has been given top billing in the men’s doubles event of the Asian Doubles Squash Championship, which begins here on Thursday. Abhay also features in the mixed doubles with stalwart Joshna Chinappa. The duo is seeded […]
Andy Katz has unveiled his top 10 Final Four dark horses for the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season. Here’s a breakdown of the teams that could make surprising runs in March Madness. These teams were ranked outside Katz’s top 10 from his preseason Power 37. 1. Indiana Indiana enters the season with high expectations after […]
Volleyball Australia issued a public apology on Thursday for creating an “environment of fear” that led to some players indulging in self-harm while some turned to substance abuse, the impacts of which are still felt after so many years. Former athletes of the Australian indoor women’s team, some as young as 14, had to undergo […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett announced his retirement after 15 seasons at the University of Virginia today (Oct. 18). Bennett posted a 364-136 record at UVA, guiding the Cavaliers to the 2019 NCAA championship, two ACC tournament titles, six ACC regular-season championships and 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Bennett […]