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Ding Liren has become China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. He won a rapid-play tiebreaker after 14 first-stage games at the World Chess Championship in Kazakhstan and succeeds Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the five-time champion who said he was "not motivated" to defend his title.

Football great Pelé enters dictionary to mean 'unique' as the nickname of the late football legend has officially becomes synonymous with "exceptional, incomparable, unique". The Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary, one of the most popular in Brazil, added "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition.

The inclusion came after a campaign by the Pelé Foundation to honour the football star gathered more than 125,000 signatures. The only player to have won the World Cup three times, he is widely considered to be the best footballer in history.

Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 32 runs and posted the highest runs total by an Indian Premier League team in Jaipur.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and England's Jos Buttler built a partnership of 86 off 50 to help Rajasthan reach 202-5. Adam Zampa claimed 3-22, removing Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway and Moeen Ali to restrict Chennai to 170-6.

Edgbaston came alive with a carnival of colour, music and cricket as the Club celebrated the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi with a fun cricket competition.

Around 80 people took part in the Vaisakhi Cricket Cup at Edgbaston’s indoor centre – including many women and children who are new to the sport – as mixed teams played off in a softball tournament. The action was accompanied by bhangra beats from Birmingham Sikh drumming group Eternal Taal, while a lunch was provided for all entrants.

The Hundred can be the "second-best" franchise competition after the Indian Premier League, says England managing director of men's cricket Rob Key.

Key said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) must ensure The Hundred pays players enough to compete with franchise leagues around the world. The third edition of the 100-ball tournament, launched by the ECB in 2020, takes place from August 1-27.

Sheffield United won promotion back to the Premier League, but there was no sign of prospective new owner Dozy Mmobuosi, who has been in talks to take over at United since December. Tingo Mobile and Tingo Foods CEO and founder, Dozy, has yet to be ratified by the EFL (English Football League), with present owner, Prince Abdullah, remaining in charge.

Airspeeder, a pioneering company in flying car racing technology (eVTOLs), has teamed up with DAZN, a leading global sports streaming platform, to bring exciting content from the Airspeeder EXA series race to audiences worldwide. This one-year non-exclusive content partnership will feature highlights from the first Airspeeder EXA Series Race in South Australia, the “Road to Flying Car Racing” series as well as "Finding Extreme Pilots" and "Building Flying Cars" series.

Many of the world’s greatest sportsmen and women, past and present, will be attending this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards, in Paris on May 8. Led by an elite group of gold medal winning Olympians, it includes Laureus Academy Members Sebastian Coe, Edwin Moses, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Nawal El Moutawakel, Chris Hoy and Paralympic star Tanni Grey-Thompson.  

Paul Mullin was the hero as Wrexham sealed the National League title and a return to the Football League after a 15-year absence in front of 10,000 jubilant fans. Their 3-1 win over Boreham Wood sparked a joyous pitch invasion, with the club's owners - Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney – were tearful as they hugged each other in the stands.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and TEMES today announced a multiyear agreement for TEMES to launch an NBA Basketball School in Costa Navarino. 

The basketball development program for Costa Navarino guests and aspiring basketball players ages six and up will cover on-court training, skill development and basketball education for all skill levels. It will tip off in May 2023 with one, three and five-day packages. 

The BBL (British Basketball League) have announce the appointment of Jose Garnes as its new Chief Content Officer.

Garnes joins the league having most recently spent three and a half years as Head of Content at SailGP, where he led the competitions content team. He was responsible for overseeing all aspects of SailGP’s content, including the production of the ground-breaking documentary series ‘Racing on the Edge’.

UK Athletics can confirm that the Manchester Regional Arena Track will host the UK Athletics Championships and World Trials this summer, with an action packed two days on the weekend of 8 -9 July. More than 800 athletes are expected to compete at the event which will see athletes battle for both UK Championship titles and the potential for selection to the GB & NI team for the World Championships in Budapest later in the Summer.

At nine minutes past eleven on Friday April 5th, 2013, a freezing morning at The Parks, Varun Chopra was late on an inswinger from Oxford MCCU seamer Ben Kemp and out lbw for five.
This apparently anonymous dismissal at the start of the season in fact secured a small footnote in Bears history. It was the first wicket to be recorded by Mel Smith as Warwickshire scorer.

NBA Star Ogugua ‘O.G.’ Anunoby Jr. has become a part-owner of the London Lions Basketball Club. The 25-year-old Toronto Raptors player joins majority owners 777 Partners after purchasing a minority stake in the club. London-born Anunoby has played over 250 games for Toronto and became the first-ever British basketball player to win an NBA Championship with the team in 2019.

Former Crawley Town manager John Yems has had his suspension from football for making racist comments to players extended until 2026 after a successful appeal by the Football Association. He was found guilty of 11 charges of racist abuse, admitted one and given a 17-month ban.

The 63-year-old's extended suspension is the longest ban issued to someone in English football for discrimination. The FA appealed against the sanction on the basis it was "insufficient".

The winners of the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards, the most prestigious honours in sport, are to be presented in Paris on May 8. The event will mark a return to a physical Awards format, following two years of 'virtual' presentations as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

The guest list for this year’s event will be announced in due course and will include many of the sensational sporting figures nominated by the world’s sporting media for the Laureus Award categories.