At the start of the decade, Jay Gupta was an unknown name in Indian football. Leaving his country at the age of 15 after playing his youth football in Pune City, Jay spent the early part of the decade plying his trade in the lower divisions of Portugal and Spain, featuring for clubs like G.D….
Spain’s Fabian Ruiz scored twice as his 10-man side defeated Switzerland 4-1 in the pouring rain in Geneva to earn its first victory in Nations League A Group Four on Sunday and inflict a second successive defeat on its host. Euro 2024 winner Spain had been held to a dour 0-0 draw by Serbia in…
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant has been named in India’s 16-man squad for the first Test against Bangladesh, marking his return to the Test side after nearly 20 months. Virat Kohli, who had missed the earlier home series against England due to the birth of his second child, and Jasprit Bumrah, absent since the T20 World…
Spanish oil company Repsol will no longer sponsor the Honda MotoGP team from next season, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer said on Sunday, bringing the curtains down on the iconic partnership that lasted three decades. Repsol began sponsoring Honda when they entered Grand Prix racing in 1995 and have since had immense success with several constructor…
Fast bowler Akash Deep continued to knock the wind out of India B’s batting as he followed his four-wicket effort in the first innings with a five-wicket haul in the second, which has given India A a chance to win the first-round match in the Duleep Trophy on the final day.From 140 for 4, India…
“Everything is the same, nothing has changed,” Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan’s captain, said with a wry smile when asked about his thoughts on returning to the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium after a four-year hiatus. Shahidi did not mince his words, adding, “The facility is the same as it was four years ago…” As he spoke…
NEW DELHI: When the England cricket team toured India in 1982, had lost in both Tests and ODIs. But a few months later, they were presented with a chance to take revenge straightaway with a return series.Despite Dilip Vengsarkar‘s century, England rode on the pace mastery of captain Bob Willis and Ian Botham to post…
Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the USA on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. It had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49 and…
NEW DELHI: On Sunday, the fourth and final day of their Duleep Trophy match in Bengaluru, India B pacers headed by Yash Dayal forced India A to a 76-run defeat. KL Rahul‘s gumption, which allowed him pile up a patient fifty, had no resonance among his colleagues. In their second innings, India A, chasing 275,…
Sri Lanka was on course for a series-closing victory over England after reaching 94-1 in its chase of 219 to win the third test at The Oval on Sunday. After skittling England for 156, Sri Lanka seized control late on Day 3 as Pathum Nissanka played beautifully for 53 not out and was enjoying a…
