(FILES) Delhi Capitals' captain Rishabh Pant plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on May 14, 2024. Saudi Arabia hosts this year's Indian Premier League player auction in a partnership between a money-spinning cricket tournament expanding its global reach and a kingdom using sports to improve its image. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE -- (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Indian triathlete Pragnya Mohan, speaks during a session on sports and climate action at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Katie Rood, New Zealand soccer player, attends a session on sports for climate action during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Indian triathlete Pragnya Mohan, from left, David Rudisha, former Kenyan runner, and Katie Rood, New Zealand soccer player, attend a session on sports for climate action during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Italy's Jannik Sinner, top, and Matteo Berrettini celebrate a point against Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni during their doubles tennis quarterfinal Davis Cup match at the Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)