PREVIEW Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti expects to have several players back from injury ahead of its Champions League opener against German side VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday. Midfielders Jude Bellingham, Aurelien Tchouameni and defender Eder Militao are set to be available for the match at the Santiago Bernabeu despite Militao missing training as he required…
NEW DELHI: The 2015 tour to Bangladesh didn’t go as planned for MS Dhoni-led Team India. The tour featured one Test match and three ODIs. After the solitary Test ended in a draw, attention shifted to the ODI series, held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.Bangladesh stunned India in the first ODI on June…
Tom Sermanni will take charge of the Australian women’s football team for a third time after being appointed interim coach in the wake of Tony Gustavsson’s departure. Sermanni, the Matildas’ longest serving coach, previously guided the team from 1994-1997 and from 2005-12, helping them reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time…
CHENNAI: There’s still a couple of days to go before the ball rolls. India are fighting for a spot in the World Test Championship Final in June 2025 and the first stop is Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. As India plan their assault on the neighbours, who are coming here on the back of…
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson said on Monday players are being ignored as more matches are played during seasons, ahead of the start of the extended Champions League this week. Liverpool head to AC Milan on Tuesday in the revamped competition, which includes an eight-game league phase and a possible two-legged play-off before the last 16. Earlier…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai-born Saurabh Netravalkar, who played for the India U-19 team and was part of the squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup, moved to the United States for higher education, and pursued a career in computer science and continued playing cricket at a high level.Netravalkar eventually became the captain of the United…
Atletico Madrid cruised to a convincing 3-0 home win over bottom side Valencia on Sunday in La Liga thanks to goals from Conor Gallagher, Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez. Marcos Llorente and Samuel Lino went close in the first half before Atletico took the lead in the 39th minute when new signing Gallagher finished into…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened up about the mood in the dressing room after their appalling 36 all out in the first Test match against Australia in Adelaide in 2020.During the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21 in Adelaide, Team India was skittled for their lowest over score in Tests,…
Paris Saint-Germain defender Nuno Mendes was the target of abusive and racist comments on social media after a French league game. The club condemned the abuse and expressed its “full support” Sunday for the Portugal left back, who was targeted following PSG’s 3-1 win against Brest on Saturday. Mendes shared on his Instagram account a…
The Indian machinery for the first Test against Bangladesh, beginning September 19, looked much well oiled in their practice session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday.Led by captain Rohit Sharma, the squad had an intensive training session at the Chepauk stadium, with every member of the 16-man squad present for the practice.Virat…
