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Natasha Ward, a rising Australian track-and-field athlete, died at the age of 21, the New South Wales Athletics and the Sutherland District Athletics Club said in a joint statement on Thursday.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith issued an on-air apology to Kyrie Irving for blasting the much-maligned NBA superstar’s refusal to comply with mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

Former Rangers star Ron Duguay was hospitalized after being found unconscious at his home last Friday, according to his daughter, Shay Thomas.

At the Diamond League meet in London on Saturday, Scottish runner Josh Kerr posted a blazing 3:42.66 mile to break a 27-year-record.

Just minutes after Angel City defeated the Orlando Pride 2-0 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, the club’s Independence Day weekend pyrotechnics display reportedly went haywire.

Ryan Mendes, 36, was accused of sexually assaulting a Brazilian woman hired to be the team’s translator during a trip to New Zealand to play a game in March, reported Brazil’s Globo news outlet.

ABC7 Los Angeles’ award-winning journalist Abigail Velez, who has been with the station since November 2025, was at a viewing party on the streets of Long Beach, Calif., covering the US national team’s match when she updated viewers on America’s next opponent after the 3-2 loss to Turkey.

Police video obtained by The California Post on Wednesday shows Joey Chestnut admitted to cops during a battery investigation that he was “pretty drunk” at the time of the incident.

An X-rated brawl erupted along the Canyon of Heroes when two women battled for the prime Knicks viewing area.