NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras was given a six-game suspension by Major League Baseball on Tuesday after being ejected in a heated seventh-inning confrontation Monday with an umpire. The 33-year-old Venezuelan was also fined an undisclosed sum for his actions after taking a called third strike in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 7-6 St. Louis victory over visiting Pittsburgh. The suspension of Contreras had been set to begin on Tuesday when the Cardinals again face the Pirates, but he has chosen to appeal so any discipline involved will be delayed until that process is complete. Contreras walked off unhappy at taking a pitch on the lower border of...
HOUSTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, will miss the first four games of the...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS)- Sauravi Akanda Prity slammed a brilliant hat-trickas Bangladesh beat Nepal by 4-1 goals in their return match of the SAFF...
DAMASCUS, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian soldiers outside Damascus, state television reported Wednesday, updating the toll for attacks the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Indian spin great Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League and plans to...
NEW DELHI, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - India could be banned from world football for the second time in three years after FIFA and the...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that Russia's army has entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a central...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh U-17 women's football team is looking forward to continuing their winning run as they face Nepal in the...
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward Max Strus will miss the next three to four months after undergoing successful left foot surgery...
NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Former champion Coco Gauff stumbled into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday, squeezing past Australia's...
SEOUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Brazil will play October friendlies in South Korea and Japan as all three teams step up their preparations for...
NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Twice former champion Naomi Osaka advanced to the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a...
DHAKA, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS) - The Netherlands have made three changes to their squad for the three-match T20I series in Bangladesh. Uncapped 17-year-old batter...