When two of the NBLs fiercest rivals meet in a do-or-die Play-In clash, both the Perth Wildcats and Melbourne United will be forced to navigate key absences and game-time injury calls.

After her devastating broken leg at the Winter Olympics, Lindsey Vonn won't compete again in this FIS World Cup season - meaning she's set to lose the 'red bib' as the points leader for the downhill.

President Donald Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly something some sports leaders who joined him Friday at a White House summit agreed could only happen by raising more money to pay players.Trump suggested he would write an all-encompassing executive order within a week in hopes it would spark action from Congress. He said he expected the order to trigger a lawsuit that could put the issue back in front of the court system that approved industry-changing payments to players for their name, image and likeness.That new system has left many schools drowning in red ink, while rules governing their payments to players are only slowly taking hold.The whole educational system is going to go out of business because of this, Trump explained, when asked why he was devoting time to college sports with the war in Iran and other issues dominating the headlines. During the meeting in the East Room which included lawmakers, conference commissioners, the president of the NCAA and CEO of the U.S. Olympic team but none of the NCAA's 550,000 college athletes Trump said, I thought the system of scholarships was great. He was harkening to the recently ended era in which players received little to nothing beyond financial aid.He said the horrible court settlement that led to the current system a settlement that virtually everyone in the room agreed to threw the sports world and the college athletic world into tithers.Everyone at the meeting agreed that the industry needs to be saved from the spiraling costs associated with the onset of NIL payments. They also mostly agreed that a bill called the SCORE Act that would provide the NCAA with a limited antitrust exemption (opposed by many Democrats) and would preempt state laws regarding NIL could be the base of any change. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the bill, which has struggled to get through the lower chamber, could now have enough support to pass.Shortly after meeting, bipartisan Senate bill on TV rights emergesAn essay published earlier this week by the University of Louisville's president and athletic director went through an unflinching list of the way payments to players have recalibrated college sports and sent much of the industry spiraling into the red. It said Louisvilles athletic department is running a $12.5 million deficit and is hardly alone.How to generate more revenue and the wide differences that exist over how to fund the growth received less attention at the White House meeting full of big-picture speeches about the perils facing college sports.Shortly after the meeting, Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, reupped an idea that has been popular over the past several months. They plan to introduce a bill next week that would give conferences the option of pooling their media rights a practice forbidden by the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act.The revenue side is inextricably linked to the success of this, Schmitt said. I do think we can come together.Another key backer of that idea, Texas Tech regent Cody Campbell, was at the meeting and told Trump he would like to be part of a smaller working group that helps him draft his executive order. Campbell has suggested pooling TV rights could raise another $6 billion, which could keep football, basketball and Olympic-sports programs solvent for decades. The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten disagree with that conclusion.Speaking to Trump, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey urged the Senate to act, but he wasn't focused on the broadcasting piece.This is not about revenue, this is about structures and national standards," he said before listing a number of issues the SCORE Act, as currently written, would address.Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, whose committee is key to getting a bill passed in the upper chamber, said lawmakers need to look at both the cost and revenues side in formulating a law. If we wait another year, wait another two years, the programs in your state are going away and the students in your state are losing their scholarships, Cruz said. It would be an absolute travesty if we let that happen.Trump tears into judge who approved a deal that most everyone agreed toTrump repeatedly dogged U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken whom he called a radical left judge for approving the so-called House settlement that put this system into play. He seemed surprised that Wilken's decision which was signed off on by the NCAA, the major conferences and the athletes themselves after a years-long legal process had not been appealed.He was also taken aback when told the Supreme Court in 2021, by a 9-0 ruling in a case called NCAA vs. Alston, had set things in motion to create the system now seen by many as in peril.So, the Supreme Court was responsible for this? Gee, thats surprising, Trump said. Olympic sports are in the most danger if college costs aren't controlledBut the president was crystal clear about the stakes involved in saving college sports.He acknowledged that potentially the biggest losers in all this could be Olympic and women's sports, whose budgets in college athletic departments are funded via revenue generated by football and basketball programs across the country.U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland told Trump the U.S. team has topped the medals table at eight of the last 10 Summer Olympics, largely on the strength of athletes developed in the college system. The economic pressures are unsustainable, she said. We've heard this several times and we know that Olympic-sport budgets inevitably rise to the top as the first to be cut. In some cases, it's women's sports, but also men's sports that could be eliminated. We must keep our eye on both."___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports

President Donald Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly something some sports leaders who joined him Friday at a White House summit agreed could only happen by raising more money to pay players.Trump suggested he would write an all-encompassing executive order within a week in hopes it would spark action from Congress. He said he expected the order to trigger a lawsuit that could put the issue back in front of the court system that approved industry-changing payments to players for their name, image and likeness.That new system has left many schools drowning in red ink, while rules governing their payments to players are only slowly taking hold.The whole educational system is going to go out of business because of this, Trump explained, when asked why he was devoting time to college sports with the war in Iran and other issues dominating the headlines. During the meeting in the East Room which included lawmakers, conference commissioners, the president of the NCAA and CEO of the U.S. Olympic team but none of the NCAA's 550,000 college athletes Trump said, I thought the system of scholarships was great. He was harkening to the recently ended era in which players received little to nothing beyond financial aid.He said the horrible court settlement that led to the current system a settlement that virtually everyone in the room agreed to threw the sports world and the college athletic world into tithers.Everyone at the meeting agreed that the industry needs to be saved from the spiraling costs associated with the onset of NIL payments. They also mostly agreed that a bill called the SCORE Act that would provide the NCAA with a limited antitrust exemption (opposed by many Democrats) and would preempt state laws regarding NIL could be the base of any change. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the bill, which has struggled to get through the lower chamber, could now have enough support to pass.Shortly after meeting, bipartisan Senate bill on TV rights emergesAn essay published earlier this week by the University of Louisville's president and athletic director went through an unflinching list of the way payments to players have recalibrated college sports and sent much of the industry spiraling into the red. It said Louisvilles athletic department is running a $12.5 million deficit and is hardly alone.How to generate more revenue and the wide differences that exist over how to fund the growth received less attention at the White House meeting full of big-picture speeches about the perils facing college sports.Shortly after the meeting, Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, reupped an idea that has been popular over the past several months. They plan to introduce a bill next week that would give conferences the option of pooling their media rights a practice forbidden by the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act.The revenue side is inextricably linked to the success of this, Schmitt said. I do think we can come together.Another key backer of that idea, Texas Tech regent Cody Campbell, was at the meeting and told Trump he would like to be part of a smaller working group that helps him draft his executive order. Campbell has suggested pooling TV rights could raise another $6 billion, which could keep football, basketball and Olympic-sports programs solvent for decades. The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten disagree with that conclusion.Speaking to Trump, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey urged the Senate to act, but he wasn't focused on the broadcasting piece.This is not about revenue, this is about structures and national standards," he said before listing a number of issues the SCORE Act, as currently written, would address.Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, whose committee is key to getting a bill passed in the upper chamber, said lawmakers need to look at both the cost and revenues side in formulating a law. If we wait another year, wait another two years, the programs in your state are going away and the students in your state are losing their scholarships, Cruz said. It would be an absolute travesty if we let that happen.Trump tears into judge who approved a deal that most everyone agreed toTrump repeatedly dogged U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken whom he called a radical left judge for approving the so-called House settlement that put this system into play. He seemed surprised that Wilken's decision which was signed off on by the NCAA, the major conferences and the athletes themselves after a years-long legal process had not been appealed.He was also taken aback when told the Supreme Court in 2021, by a 9-0 ruling in a case called NCAA vs. Alston, had set things in motion to create the system now seen by many as in peril.So, the Supreme Court was responsible for this? Gee, thats surprising, Trump said. Olympic sports are in the most danger if college costs aren't controlledBut the president was crystal clear about the stakes involved in saving college sports.He acknowledged that potentially the biggest losers in all this could be Olympic and women's sports, whose budgets in college athletic departments are funded via revenue generated by football and basketball programs across the country.U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland told Trump the U.S. team has topped the medals table at eight of the last 10 Summer Olympics, largely on the strength of athletes developed in the college system. The economic pressures are unsustainable, she said. We've heard this several times and we know that Olympic-sport budgets inevitably rise to the top as the first to be cut. In some cases, it's women's sports, but also men's sports that could be eliminated. We must keep our eye on both."___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports

The conflict in the Middle East continues to lead today's papers as the US calls for Iran's "unconditional surrender".

Cleanliness may soon come at a price for Southwest travelers and passengers are blasting the proposed policy.The Dallas-based airline is considering bringing in cabin cleaners between flights to clean only the premium extra legroom seat areas of the aircraft, according to reports.Coach cabins will reportedly not receive the same deluxe treatment.PASSENGERS RIP AIRLINE FOR NEW SEATING POLICY: IT IS AS BAD AS EVERYONE IS SAYING'"Southwest Airlines flight attendants tidy every aircraft between every flight today," a Southwest spokesperson told Fox News Digital Friday when asked about the reports. "That will continue, and in addition, we are looking at potentially bringing in additional cleaners when needed, at certain airports to supplement not replace our standard cleaning efforts.""We will continue to make sure our aircraft are ready for every customer, regardless of where their seats are on the plane," the spokesperson added.An airline flight attendants union board member posted a since-deleted video for crew members, saying he was concerned about the experiment the airline was trying, in which premium cabins would be cleaned between every flight but not the whole aircraft.PASSENGERS REFUSING TO WEAR HEADPHONES ON FLIGHTS COULD BE KICKED OFF AIRCRAFT: iTS ABOUT TIME'The individual claimed he got a memo from Southwest on Tuesday about the new cleaning experiment.He reportedly compared the proposed cleaning change to the upper class on the Titanic "having cigars and sipping brandy" while passengers below didn't get their seats cleaned."So up front, youve got these super clean airplanes. In the back, youve got half-hearted, tidied airplanes. The passengers are going to come on board. Theyre going to see it," he said, according to the blog "View from the Wing.""When passengers see whats going on, theyre going to be very upset," he reportedly said.Southwest passengers took to Facebook and X to voice their frustrations about the potential policy."Southwest Airlines [is] only gonna clean your seat if it smells like money,"wrote an angry X user. "The rest of you peasants can sit in the germ-infested filth left behind by the rest of the poor people.""Southwest Airlines has turned into public transit. Dirty and expensive,"another person said, slamming the company.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERFacebook users felt differently."Bring your own wipes if you really want a clean seat," said one person. "People need to stop leaving a mess for the flight attendants to clean up."Another Facebook user agreed, saying, "I dont ever trust anyone to clean my seat the way I want anyway. I always carry wipes to wipe everything down right as I sit down so I can try to keep germs at bay."Said yet another Facebook user, "They pick up loose trash and lay the seat belts in the seats. I've sat down plenty of times with snack crumbs all around my feet."CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESEtiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore of Florida said every airline passenger should be courteous."Everyone should clean up after themselves, regardless of whether the cleaning crew comes in or not," she told Fox News Digital. "As a passenger, you should pack your manners and you should clean up your surrounding area."Whitmore, who worked as a flight attendant for years, said it is generally the flight attendants' job to collect garbage throughout the flight not the responsibility of a cleaning crew.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ"I used to see this all the time," she said. "Passengers would change their baby's diaper on the seat. Then they might leave a dirty diaper on the seat."Ultimately, the potential new cleaning policy from Southwest could affect flight attendants more than passengers."After everybody deplanes the flight, attendants will go through the cabin with one final sweep," Whitmore said."Personally, I'd be more upset if I were a flight attendant, not a passenger," she added.This is the second time in a week Southwest has taken some heat from passengers.The airline was slammed after it made a major process change over a month ago. The airline transitioned Jan. 27 from an open seating policy so passengers now must select their seats or be assigned specific spots.Passengers say they have issues reading the seat numbers, run into snags with the boarding flow and are unable to spread out on the plane."Were always looking for ways to improve our customer experience, to continue delivering the seamless and reliable travel journey that customers expect from Southwest," a company spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.Fox News Digital's Ashley J. DiMella contributed reporting.

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Can Team USA and its star-studded lineup and rotation win it all at the 2026 World Baseball Classic? It continues with Saturday's Pool B game against Great Britain at Daiken Park, home of the Houston Astros. The game will be Saturday, March 7, at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. How to Watch the 2026 World Baseball Classic FOX is your exclusive home to the WBC with games spread across the FOX family of networks. FOX is set to air seven games, including three Pool B games featuring the United States team, two quarterfinals games and the World Baseball Classic Championship Game on Tuesday, March 17 from Miamis loanDepot Park. The remaining matchups will air across FS1, FS2, the FOX Sports app, FOX One and Tubi. All 47 games will be available for streaming. Catch the action on the following streaming options: Team USA Starting Pitcher vs. Great Britain USA manager Mark DeRosa said that two-time defending AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is expected to start Saturday against Great Britain, followed by NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes versus Mexico on Monday. It will be Skubal's lone appearance before he returns to Tigers for spring training. New York Mets right-hander Nolan McLean is tentatively scheduled to start on Tuesday in the final pool-play game against Italy, even though he's dealing with an illness and wasn't with Team USA for Monday's practice. Team USA Starting Lineup vs. Great Britain Expect a potent lineup for Team USA. While DeRosa has yet to officially announce his lineup, this was the USA's order when it played Brazil in Friday's opener, which included three-time AL MVP and Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, Mariners catcher Cal "Big Dumper" Raleigh (who knocked 60 HRs last season), and a pair of Phillies superstars in first baseman Bryce Harper and designated hitter Kyle Schwarber.

In Ahmedabad, the BCCI has changed India's team hotel ahead of the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand.