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Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said Malaysia will lose 16 medals after some of the country’s medal potential sports were dropped. — Bernama pic

Hannah Yeoh: Malaysia set to lose 16 medals as key sports dropped from 2026 Commonwealth Games

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) checks into the game with his son, guard Bronny James (9) during the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena. — Reuters pic

LeBron, Bronny James make NBA history as father and son play alongside each other for Lakers

Paris St Germain's Nuno Mendes and Senny Mayulu in action with PSV Eindhoven's Isaac Babadi. — Reuters pic

Lacklustre PSG concede home draw against PSV

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior scores their fourth goal at Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain. — Reuters pic

Real’s Vinicius grabs hat-trick in 5-2 comeback win over Dortmund

Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers in action with Bologna's Dan Ndoye at Villa Park in Birmingham, October 22, 2024. — Action Images via Reuters pic

Villa down Bologna 2-0 to remain perfect in Champions League

The defeat was the third in a row for Malaysia after having lost to New Zealand 2-3 in the first match on Saturday and 1-4 to Japan on Sunday. — Picture via Facebook/Malaysia Hockey Federation

National junior hockey squad suffer third consecutive defeat after 2-4 loss to India

Previously National Youth and Sports Department (JBSN) director-general Azura Abidin said that the Sukma 2024 Games in Sarawak from Aug 17 to 24 saw more than 300 athletes tested and all of them tested negative for the use of banned substances but 13 samples needed further analysis. — Bernama pic

Sukma 2024: Malaysian anti-doping agency declares Sarawak Sukma as doping-free games

The Games, which will run from July 23 to August 2 in 2026, will feature 10 sports across four venues — athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, track cycling, netball, weightlifting, boxing, judo, bowls and 3x3 basketball. Among the sports to be axed from the programme are badminton, cricket, hockey and rugby sevens. — Reuters pic

Glasgow takes helm for streamlined 2026 Commonwealth Games after Australia’s Victoria, Malaysia pull out; badminton to be axed

A giant pin of the Jalur Gemilang is among flags of Commonwealth countries on display in Birmingham during the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in this file picture dated July 27, 2022. OCM secretary-general Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib described the move by Glasgow to drop, among others, badminton, diving, hockey and squash from the schedule, as inevitable. — Bernama pic

Glasgow 2026: OCM accepts decision to drop key medal sports like badminton, diving, hockey and squash 

Nuri Sahin said it will take more than a strong mentality to beat Real Madrid. — Reuters pic

Mentality not enough to beat Real, says Dortmund coach

Crystal Palace's English goalkeeper #01 Dean Henderson checks on Nottingham Forest's English midfielder #22 Ryan Yates after he takes a tumble during the English Premier League football match between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace at The City Ground in Nottingham, central England, on October 21, 2024. — AFP pic

Henderson howler hands Forest victory over Crystal Palace

(Clockwise, from left) Yi Jianlian, Kris Wu, Li Yifeng and Li Yundi. Retired Chinese basketball legend Yi Jianlian is at the centre of a scandal involving the alleged solicitation of a transgender woman for US$1,500, putting the spotlight back on earlier scandals among mainland Chinese celebrities.

Basketball star Yi Jianlian’s fall from grace ignites renewed scrutiny of mainland China’s celebrity sex scandals

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacts during a match against AFC Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, October 19, 2024 — Action Images pic via Reuters

Use Bournemouth ‘pain’ against Shakhtar, Arteta tells Arsenal 

Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz moved to Turin last summer, but now have their home broken into. — Picture from Instagram/Alisha Lehmann

Italian home of Juventus power couple Douglas Luiz, Alisha Lehmann robbed — over RM2m worth of watches, jewellery stolen

Chelsea's Pedro Neto helps up Cole Palmer after being fouled by Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 20, 2024. — AFP pic

Arsenal with 10-man again, and bias favouring Man City? Three talking points from the Premier League

British cyclist Chris Hoy takes takes part in a parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, marking the end of the celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, June 5, 2022. — Reuters pic

Tributes pour in for Olympic champion Chris Hoy as he reveals only has ‘two or four years’ to live from cancer