The Chiefs will be without All Black Sam Cane for their Super Rugby clash against the Reds in Brisbane on Friday night.
Cane is returning to Hamilton to to be with his wife who is due to give birth to their first child.
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In his absence Kaylum Boshier returns to the starting line-up in the number seven jersey while Luke Jacobson will assume the captaincy.
It's the only change to the starting lineup which beat the Waratahs 51-27 last round.
Friday's game is significant for both the Reds and Chiefs who are fourth and fifth respectively.
A win for the Chiefs would see them move into the top four, a position the team would need to hold to secure a home quarter-final in June.
Federer set to return
20 time major champion Roger Federer has signed up to play at his home tournament in Basel in October.
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The former world number one, who will be 41 in August, has not played since July last year, when he was knocked out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals against Hubert Hurkacz.
Federer underwent two knee operations in 2020 and returned to the tour last year, but had another knee surgery after Wimbledon that forced him to miss the second half of the season.
Djokovic cleared to play
The All England Lawn Tennis Club has confirmed that there will be no Covid-19 measures in place at the 2022 tournament and vaccination will not be mandatory for players to participate, which will allow Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic to defend his title.
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Players will also be allowed to stay in their own private accommodation, unlike the last edition when they had to all stay in a central London hotel to minimise the risks of Covid-19 infections.
Djokovic, a 20-time major champion, was denied a chance to defend his Australian Open title in January due to his unvaccinated status.
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Attendance records set to break for the 150th Open Championship
Organisers expect The Open Championship will draw a record attendance of 290,000 people at St Andrews in Scotland this year.
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The attendance will break the previous record set in 2000 when Tiger Woods won the tournament in front of 239,000 spectators.
"The news that this will be the largest Championship ever staged is a phenomenal feat and reminds us of the enduring appeal of golf," said Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland.
Organisers said they received more than 1.3 million applications in the ticket ballot which led to the highest number of tickets being issued to fans.
The 150th edition of The Open, one of golf's major championships, will take place from July 10-17 at the Old Course.
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Formula One teams losing paint to gain speed
Formula One teams seeking to go faster have been stripping paint from their cars.
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McLaren, Aston Martin and Williams were among those at last weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola with notable expanses of raw, black carbon fibre replacing previously liveried areas.
New rules for 2022 have forced teams get creative to comply to a new minimum weight limit of 798kg, particularly with the introduction of larger wheels.
Every excess 10kg is calculated to cost 0.3 seconds of lost time per lap.
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Celtics sweep Nets, Raptors hang on, Mavericks move ahead
Celtics 116, Nets 112
The Boston Celtics have completed a four-game sweep of the Brooklyn Nets in their Eastern Conference first-round series by holding on for a tight victory in New York.
Kevin Durant scored 39 for his best game of the series but missed two 3-pointers in the final minute as Brooklyn ended a season it had entered as an NBA title favorite.
The second-seeded Celtics await the winner of the Milwaukee-Chicago series, where the Bucks lead the Bulls three games to one.
Raptors 103, 76ers 88
Pascal Siakam scored 23 points to help visiting Toronto stave off elimination against Philadelphia in Game 5 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
Siakam added 10 rebounds and seven assists for the fifth-seeded Raptors, who have won two in a row after losing the first three games in the best-of-seven set.
Mavericks 102, Jazz 77
Luka Doncic scored 33 and grabbed 13 rebounds to ignite host Dallas to a 3-2 Western Conference first-round playoff series lead with a dominant win over Utah.
The Mavericks, who never trailed and led by as many as 33, have a chance to close out the series in Salt Lake City in Game 6 on Thursday.
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