The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics began on August 28 and concludes on September 8. On the eighth day, medal events will be held across para road cycling, para athletics, boccia, goalball, para table tennis, para powerlifting, wheelchair fencing, para swimming, wheelchair tennis, para shooting and para archery. Here are the medal events on…
Yuvraj Singh has been a mentor to Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma — two Punjab batsmen who have already made their India debuts, with Gill quickly establishing himself as the next big thing in world of cricket and Abhishek coming up as a T20 entertainer and a six-hitting machine.On Thursday, as Abhishek celebrated his 24th…
Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug said Wednesday he hoped the retirement of several experienced players could be an advantage for the new-look side. Germany faces Hungary in Duesseldorf on Saturday, having said goodbye to 2014 World Cup winners Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos, while captain Ilkay Gundogan has also retired since the home Euros…
PREVIEW Portugal is set to host Croatia in its Nations League opener on Thursday before welcoming Scotland in League A Group One on Sunday, Martinez said that he took positives from their penalty shootout defeat to France in the quarterfinals at the Euros and that his side will be stronger for the experience. “Criticism is…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto recently followed in the footsteps of Indian captain Rohit Sharma by sleeping beside his trophy after a historic Test series sweep. Bangladesh achieved a remarkable 2-0 victory over Pakistan, their first-ever Test series win against their South Asian rivals. This triumph, secured with a six-wicket win in Rawalpindi,…
Terming his India managerial debut as “a boring match”, Manolo Marquez did not have too much to be excited about his team’s goalless draw against Mauritius at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here on Tuesday. However, the Spaniard did not forget to mention the positives and praised the centre-back pairing of Chinglensana Singh and Rahul…
Dharambir set a new Asian Record on his way to gold medal while Pranav Soorma clinched silver to make it an Indian one-two in men’s club throw F51 event at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Wednesday. Dharambir, the 2022 Asian Games silver medallist, had four fouls before he finally managed to execute what turned out to…
NEW DELHI: Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, both former Indian captains and head coaches, participated in a seminar at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru on Wednesday.The seminar focused on various aspects of managing a game on the field, and the two veterans shared their insights with the match referees in attendance, PTI reported.The seminar…
FIFA is preparing a more complicated draw for the European World Cup qualifying groups, giving greater weight to the upcoming UEFA Nations League rather than relying solely on world rankings — but also making most teams wait months to find out their full slate of opponents. The new system will see the list of top-seeded…
Palestine remains hopeful of a positive result despite its disrupted preparation to face one of the best teams in Asia, coach Makram Daboub said ahead of Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against South Korea. Palestine is playing in the third stage of the 18-nation World Cup qualifiers for the first time and has a chance to…
