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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Twice Formula One champion Fernando Alonso said Aston Martin had their best qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday despite being outshone by rivals Mercedes. Spaniard Alonso will start fourth on the grid at Albert Park, with Max Verstappen on pole and Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton second and third respectively. Alonso was second on the grid in Jeddah after Ferrari’s […]

Jason Robertson scored his 100th career goal, added three assists and broke Dallas’ single-season franchise record for points in the Stars’ 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday in Tempe, Ariz. With the second four-point game of his career, Robertson increased his season total to 95 points, passing the old Dallas single-season mark of 93 points set by Hall of Famer Mike Modano in 1993-94. Roope Hintz had a […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Musk and his electric car company Tesla Inc called the lawsuit by Dogecoin investors a “fanciful work of fiction” over Musk’s “innocuous and often silly […]

Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 48 points and outdueled Donovan Mitchell in a potential postseason preview Friday night, when the visiting New York Knicks pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 130-116 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks (45-33), in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, moved within three games of the fourth-place Cavaliers (48-30) and reduced their magic number for clinching a playoff spot to one. The […]

(Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu promised to boost munitions supplies to Russian forces in Ukraine during a visit to the headquarters of Moscow’s troops fighting in the country, according to footage published by the Defence Ministry on Saturday. In video published by the ministry on Telegram, Shoigu is shown presiding over a meeting with senior military officers, including General Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s most senior soldier. In the footage, […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Max Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Saturday. Mercedes driver George Russell joins Verstappen on the front row for Sunday’s race at Albert Park after making the second-fastest lap, with Lewis Hamilton to start third. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez will start from the back of the grid after skidding off track and beaching himself in gravel in the […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Max Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Saturday. Mercedes driver George Russell joins Verstappen on the front row for Sunday’s race at Albert Park after making the second-fastest lap, with Lewis Hamilton to start third. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez will start from the back of the grid after skidding off track and beaching himself in gravel in the […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Max Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Saturday. Mercedes driver George Russell joins Verstappen on the front row for Sunday’s race at Albert Park after making the second-fastest lap, with Lewis Hamilton to start third. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez will start from the back of the grid after skidding off track and beaching himself in gravel in the […]

By Jayshree P Upadhyay MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s market regulator is investigating possible violation of ‘related party’ transaction rules in the Adani Group’s dealings with at least three offshore entities that have links to the brother of the conglomerate’s founder, two people said. The three entities allegedly entered into several investment transactions with unlisted units of the ports-to-power conglomerate founded by billionaire Gautam Adani over the last 13 years, said […]