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Garcia was disqualified for committing “serious misconduct” after damaging more than one green in frustration during a one-over 71 in the third round. The 39-year-old later released a statement apologising for his actions and insisting “it will never happen again”. Garcia escaped further sanctions from the European Tour but American Koepka was unimpressed with the 2017 Masters champion. “Obviously I saw him in the locker room. I had no idea [what had happened], I played in front of him, two groups in front of him on Saturday,” he told the ‘Playing Through’ podcast....

Kohli further added that he couldn’t have been happier with the kind of talent and skills that India’s fast bowlers have been putting on show lately. Responding to a question whether India have too many selection headaches considering the number of contenders fighting for the limited spots in the squad, the Indian captain said: Also see – BPL Schedule Shami and Bhuvi have returned to the Indian team for the series against the Windies, but Bumrah is still recuperating from a stress fracture in his lower back....

The best Portuguese coach isn’t even Mourinho If we get another thriller at the Stade Louis II this week, following on from the 5-3 blockbuster back in Manchester, that gung-ho approach may be seen as the reason, but the reality will be somewhat different. City have gradually yet significantly improved since December, and in the last 10 games they have kept seven clean sheets. But due to the make-up of the team, particularly in defence, they are still susceptible to the odd blow-out now and again, and Monaco, as they demonstrated at the Etihad Stadium, are one of the few teams City will face over the remainder of the season who are capable of inflicting severe damage....

It seems that “It’s Just Everyone’s New Years and More” is all about Hitohito Tadano, as he holds the spotlight in every scenario in this New Years’ themed episode of Komi Can’t Communicate. In order to start the year on a good note, Shouko Komi and the gang visit the local shrine and draw their fortunes, and it seems that love is in the cards for Katai. He plans the perfect date and, naturally, everything goes wrong as Katai’s social skills are put to the test....

A suite of 14 non-fungible tokens is to be sold in an auction scheduled to take place from January 12 to January 14. Most of the collection consists of gifs of gameplay snippets from the first three Castlevania games on various home computing machines, with the remainder being renderings of in-game maps and versions of art originally used in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Slated to be sold via the OpenSea NFT marketplace, those who make the initial purchases will have their usernames commemorated on Komani’s website....

Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald recently interviewed Konnan, who was promoting tonight’s WaleMania event at Taste Nightclub in Santa Clara, CA (tickets). Below are some highlights: Rey Mysterio’s WWE departure: “Even though it’s the most well-known company in the world, there is a lot of backstage politics which are finally coming to the forefront in the past few years. You see a lot of people complaining about racism, sexism, favoritism....

Reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion Chun matched the low round of the day with a bogey-free six-under 65, while defending champion Thompson had 66 at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At 15-under 198, they enjoy a one-shot advantage over South Korean Kim Sei-young, who equalled the 65 by Chun and Shanshan Feng of China. “Today my iron shot great,” Chun told reporters. “I like putting very well. I was so good at rolling the ball on the line....

The radical concept, which would require an unprecedented level of cooperation and mutual trust on the long-divided Korean peninsula, was included in a joint statement issued after a September summit between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. “The South and North agreed to…discuss the issue of South-North joint hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics around the end of the month at the joint liaison office,” read a joint statement issued after a high-level meeting Monday....

The KSCA marquee T20 event, powered by Dream11, will see the state’s most talented youngsters rub shoulders with their more senior pros as they vie for the coveted trophy and prize money of Rs 10 lakh over the next 16 days. The KPL will begin with an opening ceremony on Friday, before the first match, and will conclude with the grand finale in Mysuru on August 31. “Like every year, there is a buzz for the KPL and we, the organisers, the players and the spectators can’t wait for the action to begin,” Sudhakar Rao, Hon....

Goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic meant that Chelsea went top of Champions League Group E on goal difference after Sevilla beat Rennes in the other group game on the night. What made the game more exciting apart from the goals was the fact that fans were allowed into the stadium. Russian fans were also seen cheering Chelsea, as the Premier League giants have a significant fan base in Russia....

Though Peskov didn’t deny or confirm that they are Putin’s daughters, he referred to Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova, whose names have been mentioned in the U.S. sanctions package released Wednesday, as “family members.” “Of course we consider these sanctions in themselves to be the extension of an absolutely rabid position on the imposition of restrictions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Reuters. “In any case, the ongoing line on imposing restrictions against family members speaks for itself....

Diana died in a tragic car accident in Paris in August 1997, but her legacy has lived on thanks to the impact she had as a member of the British monarchy during the ’80s and ’90s. As she’s become such a notable figure in British history, she’s been portrayed a number of times in television and film. Here’s a rundown of 10 actresses who’ve played Princess Diana on screen....

The Twilight franchise was originally adapted from the popular book series written by author Stephenie Meyer. Although the first film did have loyal readers of the book series as a strong fanbase, it did still receive mainly negative reviews from critics. Twilight follows Bella (Stewart) who ends up moving to Forks, Washington to live with her father when she meets the dark, mysterious Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). She immediately becomes entranced and enamored by him as they further develop their complicated romance due to the fact that he is a vampire....

Mladenovic reached the final in two of the major claycourt tournaments this season, in Madrid and Stuttgart, and Georges Goven, who coached her last season and in her early years, believes she would start the French Open as one of the top four favourites. “In the absence of Serena (Williams), she is among the four favourites,” Goven told French sports daily L’Equipe on Sunday. “Yes, she can win Roland Garros....

Bryant’s Lakers topped the Spurs in San Antonio 112-110 in overtime Friday night, a day after Bryant ripped his fellow players during practice. MORE: Kupchak thinks Kobe will retire after ‘16 | Top NBA moments of 2014 That allowed Kobe to have the last word on whether he went too far with his profane tirade which included the now-famous phrase “soft like Charmin.” “Look, we can all criticize my style of leadership all day long,” Bryant said, according to The Associated Press....

“That’s true,” Bryant confirmed via the Washington Post. “A long time ago? Yeah.” MORE: Bryant to miss rest of season | Watch Kobe learn severity of injury | Projecting West reserves Bryant, 36, felt the Wizards offered what was important to him at the time: an opportunity to establish his own legacy and turn a downtrodden franchise into a champion. Bryant yearned to prove everyone wrong and show the public that he could not win without O’Neal, and who better to help him grow than Jordan?...

Bryant scored 12 points and hit two cruicial shots in the fourth quarter Wednesday night to lead the Lakers to a 108-104 win over the Wizards. He had 31 points overall on 10-of-24 shooting, including a 5-for-11 fourth quarter. MORE: Classic photos of Kobe | Byron Scott’s job is safe… For now The first clutch shot came with 58 seconds left and the Wizards up 99-98 after a pair of John Wall free throws....

Kohli has become only the second batsman after South Africa’s AB de Villiers to attain the 900-point mark concurrently in both formats and one among only five to have crossed 900 points in both forms of the game. The 29-year-old consolidated his top position with 558 runs in the 5-1 series win over South Africa, during which he slammed three centuries. Kohli thus moved ahead of Brian Lara in the all-timers’ list, having also overtaken him in the all-timers’ Test list last month....

Unseeded Kohlschreiber, who won the tournament in 2008, will have to go through Tennys Sandgren to reach another final in Auckland on his 12th visit. The other semifinal will feature New Zealand-born Englishman Cameron Norrie, a wild card, against Jan-Lennard Struff. Norrie or Struff will reach his first ATP final. Fognini called for the trainer at one point, and in the second set he made little effort to resist Kohlschreiber’s progress to his seventh win over the Italian in nine meetings....