Toronto Raptors vs Oklahoma City Thunder (Image via Getty)

The Oklahoma City Thunder play the Toronto Raptors on February 24, 2026. Oklahoma City leads the Western Conference with a 44-14 record. Toronto is 33-23 and holding a playoff spot in the East.Both teams are dealing with injuries. Oklahoma City is missing key starters, while Toronto has several players listed as questionable. Even so, both sides still have enough depth to keep the game close.

Oklahoma City Thunder injury report and expected rotation changes vs Toronto Raptors (February 24, 2026)

The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is out with an abdominal strain. Jalen Williams is also out with a hamstring injury. Ajay Mitchell remains sidelined with abdominal and ankle issues.Chet Holmgren is questionable with back spasms. Alex Caruso (left ankle) and Aaron Wiggins (right hip) are also listed as questionable. Thomas Sorber is out with a torn ACL.

Oklahoma City Thunder Key Players

The roster remains mostly unchanged from last season, with the team continuing to rely on its young core.

Toronto Raptors injury report and available options vs Oklahoma City Thunder (February 24, 2026)

Jakob Poeltl is out with a lower back strain. Chucky Hepburn is also out with a knee issue and is currently on a G League assignment.Immanuel Quickley (ankle), Ja’Kobe Walter (hip), and Collin Murray-Boyles (thumb) are all questionable. That leaves Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett as the main available options.

Toronto Raptors Key Players

Toronto continues to build around Barnes, with added scoring support from younger players like Gradey Dick and Jonathan Mogbo.

Oklahoma City Thunders vs Toronto Raptors Team stats comparison

Oklahoma City has been one of the most efficient teams this season. The team scores 119.5 points per game and allows 107.7. It also ranks among the top teams in steals and blocks.Toronto averages 113.7 points per game. The team relies more on ball movement and rebounding, with 29.2 assists per game.

Oklahoma City has a slight edge in rebounding. Toronto ranks higher in assists.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Raptors injury Head-to-head and recent results

Recent meetings have gone in Oklahoma City’s favor. The team has stayed consistent with its lineup and performance.This game will be played at Scotiabank Arena.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Raptors Game outlook (February 24, 2026)

Oklahoma City will need to adjust without Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams. Holmgren’s availability could affect their defense inside. Caruso could take on a larger role if he plays.Toronto will look to use Barnes and Barrett to carry the offense. If Quickley is available, it will help with ball handling and playmaking.The game may come down to execution. Oklahoma City’s defense has been steady all season. Toronto will try to control the game through passing and rebounding.

US President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday (US local time), delivering his State of the Union speech at a politically sensitive moment marked by a Supreme Court ruling striking down his global tariff regime and growing tensions with Iran.The prime-time televised address comes days after the Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s sweeping tariffs, a centrepiece of his economic agenda. The president is expected to respond directly to the ruling and outline alternative legal pathways to restore most of the levies.According to Reuters, two White House officials said Trump will also discuss Iran, as Washington moves additional military assets to the Middle East amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The speech could mark his most detailed public case yet regarding possible military action.Trump is also expected to focus heavily on the economy, an issue central to his 2024 election victory. According to White House officials, he will “claim victory on the economy” and argue that he inherited economic challenges from his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden. He is likely to cite stock market gains, private-sector investments and his tax legislation as evidence of progress, despite opinion polls showing continued voter concerns over the cost of living.The address comes as new data indicate slower economic growth and rising inflation. The Department of Homeland Security remains largely shut amid a dispute in Congress over immigration policy, further complicating the domestic backdrop.White House aides and Republican strategists have urged Trump to stay focused on economic messaging ahead of the November midterm elections, when control of Congress will be at stake. “This is the one opportunity the president has where the whole world is looking at what he has to say, and this is his opportunity to summarize everything that he’s done and not go off script,” said Amanda Makki, a Republican strategist and former Florida congressional candidate.Trump indicated on Monday that his address would be lengthy. His comparable speech last year ran nearly 100 minutes, the longest presidential address to Congress in modern history. One White House official said the speech was crafted with flexibility, adding, “We are planning around it.”Some Democrats plan to boycott the address. More than 20 lawmakers are expected to skip the speech in favour of an outdoor rally. Senator Jeff Merkley said the event would offer a more “honest description” of Trump’s record, rather than the “propaganda push” of the speech.Virginia Governor Abby Spanberger will deliver the official Democratic response, while Senator Alex Padilla will present the Spanish-language rebuttal.The speech will unfold against the backdrop of foreign policy uncertainty and domestic political pressure, with the midterm elections looming and scrutiny mounting over the administration’s economic and security policies.

LONDON: The great-grandson of British architect Edwin Lutyens, Matt Ridley, has criticised the removal of the bust of his ancestor from Rashtrapati Bhavan.President Droupadi Murmu unveiled its replacement — a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and last Indian governor-general of independent India — on Monday.Ridley, a science writer, posted a photo of himself on X next to Lutyens’ bust and wrote: “Sad to read that the bust of Lutyens (my great grandfather) is to be removed from the presidential palace he designed in Delhi. Here I am with it last year. I wondered at the time why his name had been removed from the plinth.”He posted a second photo of a replica of the bust on top of his bookshelf, saying: “For those suggesting I offer a home for Lutyens’s bust from Delhi, I already have a copy of it. It looks down on my desk as I write this. It was sculpted by Sir William Reid-Dick. I understand India’s wish to remove colonial statues but he was an architect, not a viceroy.”X user Oliver Lewis wrote: “This is genuinely appalling by the Govt of India. Lutyens designed the building and built for India probably the most fantastic Head of State ‘HQ’ anywhere in the world.” To which Ridley replied: “Agreed. Rashtrapati Bhavan is a more elegant, ingenious and imaginative building than Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Quai d’Orsay, the Kremlin or the presidential palace in Beijing. It carefully incorporates Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Muslim architectural themes.”Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi agreed on X, writing: “Many countries preserve the heritage and legacy of their nation’s lived history for generations to remember — the good, the bad and the ugly included to learn from — but in new India we are hell-bent on replacing it with shiny new glass domes or convention centres with no soul or cultural context.”X user Palash wrote: “Lee Kuan Yew chose NOT to remove Sir Stamford Raffles’ statue from Singapore despite pressure from many leaders in 1965. His rationale was simple — “Singapore cannot enter a new future with anger towards the past.”Former CBI director Mannem Nageswara Rao wrote an apology to Ridley on X, saying: “This zero-sum act is not decolonisation; it is petty vandalism of history.”But X user SagasofBharat wrote: “Your grandfather Edwin Lutyens wasn’t just an ‘architect’, he was a nasty racist. You should be happy Indians didn’t knock that bust of your grandfather off with a hammer.”

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NEW DELHI: Tickets for the T20 World Cup semi-finals and final went on sale on Tuesday, but the ICC announced special conditions that could affect the match venues depending on which teams qualify, especially Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Fans can purchase tickets for the first semi-final on March 4, the second semi-final on March 5, and the final on March 8.

The first semi-final has been kept as a “floating venue”, meaning it could be held either in Colombo or Kolkata. The final venue will depend on the teams that make it to the knockout stage. The second semi-final, however, is fixed and will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The final is currently scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, but that could also change.If Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals, they will play the first semi-final in Colombo on March 4. In that case, any tickets bought for the Kolkata match will be refunded. Similarly, if Sri Lanka qualify and are drawn to play a team other than India in the first semi-final, that match will also be moved to Colombo, and Kolkata ticket holders will get their money back. If neither Pakistan nor Sri Lanka qualify for that slot, or if India are drawn against Sri Lanka, the first semi-final will go ahead in Kolkata as planned.For the final, Ahmedabad will host the match unless Pakistan reach the final. If Pakistan do qualify for the summit clash, the final will be shifted to Colombo, and fans who bought tickets for Ahmedabad will receive refunds.The ICC has assured fans that any tickets purchased for venues that do not end up hosting the matches will be fully refunded, ensuring buyers are not left at a loss due to venue changes.

NEW DELHI: Refusing to marry due to a ‘kundali’ (horoscope) mismatch after establishing physical relationship based on an assurance of marriage can attract Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which criminalises sexual intercourse through deceitful means, the Delhi High Court has said.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while declining bail to a man accused of engaging in physical relations with a woman and subsequently refusing to marry her, citing a mismatch in their birth charts. The judge observed that physical relations were established over a period of time on the basis of the accused’s repeated assurance to the prosecutrix there was no impediment to their marriage, including ‘kundali’ matching, and therefore, at this stage, his conduct would attract the offence under Section 69 of the BNS.The accused, who has been in judicial custody since January 4, sought bail contending that the relationship was consensual and that the two had known each other for eight years.His counsel argued that the offence of rape on the false promise of marriage was not made out and that he should be granted regular bail.In its order dated February 17, the court observed that the prosecutrix had initially filed a complaint in November 2025, which she later withdrew based on an assurance of marriage allegedly given by the accused and his family. However, the accused subsequently refused to marry her, citing a mismatch of ‘kundalis’. The present FIR was lodged in January 2026 for offences under Section 376 (rape) of IPC and Section 69 of BNS. The court opined that the sequence of events showed that it was not a mere case of “relationship turning sour” but of repeated assurances of marriage despite the applicant being aware of the insistence of his family on ‘kundali’-matching.In its order dated February 17, the court observed that the prosecutrix had initially filed a complaint in November 2025, which she later withdrew based on an assurance of marriage allegedly given by the accused and his family. However, the accused subsequently refused to marry her, citing a mismatch of ‘kundalis’. “There can be no quarrel with the proposition that criminal law cannot be invoked merely because a relationship fails or marriage does not materialise. However, the present case, at this stage, stands on a different footing,” the court stated. “The subsequent refusal to marry on the ground of non-matching of kundalis, despite earlier assurances to the contrary, prima facie raises a question as to the nature and genuineness of the promise extended by the applicant. Such conduct, at this stage, would attract the offence under Section 69 of the BNS,” it said. The court dismissed the bail application, saying it was not inclined to give relief on account of the nature of allegations, the material collected during investigation, and the fact that chargesheet in the case was yet to be filed. (With agency inputs)