Indian men’s singles shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kiran George, on Wednesday, advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the 2024 Arctic Open Super 500 in Vantaa, Finland.

Sen, who was marking his return two months after a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was given a walkover to the second round. His opponent Rasmus Gemke of Denmark pulled out of the contest at the last minute, handing the Indian a spot in the Round of 16.

Kiran, meanwhile, beat Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei 23-21, 21-18 in straight games to earn his spot in the pre-quarters.

The 25-year-old Kiran overcame a stiff challenge against the world No 25 in a contest which lasted 53 minutes. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The Indian shuttler did not have the best of starts, trailing 2-7 but fought to level up at 15-15. He took a 19-16 lead before Wang neutralised it and threatened to run away with the opening game. Kiran, however, maintained his composure under pressure to win it 23-21.

Kiran once again came down from an early 4-9 deficit in the second game to equalise at 13-13. There were no last moment hiccups this time around as he took the second game 21-18 and send the higher ranked shuttler packing.

Kiran will next take on the reigning Asian Champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the Round of 16, while Sen will be up against Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen.

Rafael Nadal saying goodbye Source: SITA/AP/Manu Fernaandez

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MANACOR – Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal has announced that he will end his professional career after the 2024 Davis Cup final tournament. He announced the decision in a nearly five-minute video, recorded in Spanish.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion will have a farewell at the Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain, where the home team will meet the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. The match will take place from November 19 to 21. The native of Mallorca won a total of 92 tournaments and was world number one for 209 weeks. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“Everything in life has a beginning and an end. I think the time has come to end a career that has been long and much more successful than I ever imagined. I am excited that my last tournament will be the Davis Cup final, representing my country. I think that I have come full circle, as one of my joys was the Davis Cup final in 2004,” Nadal said in the posted video.

The mentioned final was won by the Spaniards over the USA with a ratio of 3:2, Nadal won the second singles match 3:1 in sets over the bomber Andy Roddick. Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo were in the Spanish team at the time.

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Karaarslan and Erdemir denied that the video was real and they accused that dissemination with “malicious intentions”besides that it was created with Artificial Intelligenceso they will begin a legal process to clean up their image.

“A edited video was published on social networks, which was not the original and was created entirely by artificial intelligence from someone else’s account on social media and has no relationship with the client in any way… When you examine the video it is very clear that the image is not clear and that the parts of the relationship were completely computer edited,” stated the attorney for the referee

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The whistler, who began her career as a Besiktas player until she suffered an injury, noted that is part of a network of people harmed by the dissemination of the sex video together with the referee supervisor.

“I will have a long road ahead legally, but I will get through it. I will defend my cause until the end. I am just one of the many who are being harmed. I hope to be the last,” he declared through a statement shared on his social networks where he already has nearly 400 thousand followers, on Instagram alone.

For its part, Orhan Erdemirwho was a professional referee in the Turkish Super League with a FIFA badge between 1999 and 2002, and who later held the position of referee supervisor, accused of suffering financial losses, but also a irreparable emotional damage due to the dissemination of the material.

“My career as a referee and observer, which I have proudly maintained for more than 30 years without a single blemish, has taken a turn. My reputation in the eyes of my family, my circle of friends and the refereeing community has been destroyed. In addition to my financial losses, the emotional damage I have suffered is indescribable,” Erdemir said.

As for the Turkish Football Federation, the organization resolved not give rise to the objections presented by both affected parties and unanimously suspend its ties with both Karaarslan and Erdemir.