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The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has submitted a final bid to UEFA to host the 2028 or 2032 editions of the European Football Championships.

"UEFA today received three bid dossiers from member national associations interested in hosting the 2028 and 2032 European Championships," the European football's governing body announced on April 12.

A pair of sneakers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan sold for $2.2 million on April 11, setting a record price at auction for game-worn sports footwear, Sotheby's announced.

The basketball great wore the "Bred" Air Jordan 13s during Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals on the way to his sixth and last NBA championship title.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is through to the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters after defeating Russian Ivan Gakhov 7-6, 6-2 on Tuesday.

Djokovic won after an hour and 47 minutes of play.

On Thursday, the Serbian will face the winner of the all-Italian tie between Lorenzo Musetti and Luca Nardi.

U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson won her first solo race of 2023 in sensational style on April 8, clocking a wind-aided 10.57sec to win the Miramar Invitational 100m.

Aleksander Čeferin, a 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, won another term as president of UEFA, the European governing body of football, at the 47th UEFA congress in Lisbon on 5 April.

Čeferin has been at the helm of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2016 and was the only candidate for the job, so the vote, which was unanimous, was a mere formality.

The ski jumping season ended on a high note for the Slovenian team as Timi Zajc led a one-two finish ahead of Anže Lanišek, who also won third place in the overall World Cup standings.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said she opposed the All England Club's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at this year's tournament.

Wimbledon last year banned players from Russia and Moscow-allied Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine and the Lawn Tennis Association also barred players from other events in the United Kingdom.

WASHINGTON - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic will be able to play in the US after the US Senate voted to end a national coronavirus emergency declaration, the CNN reported on Thursday.

According to reports by US media, US President Joe Biden, who has announced he would not veto the decision, will sign the bill into law.

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The head of the military administration of the city of Kyiv, Sergei Popko, reported that Russia had launched 12 drones towards Kyiv, but that Ukrainian air defense forces had identified and destroyed "all enemy targets" in the airspace around the capital, reports Reuters.

The president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), Takis Baltakos, said on Monday that he will ask for UEFA's assistance in bringing in elite and first-class referees for the remaining playoff matches of the Greek Superleague.