India achieved its best-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Tuesday. Sharad Kumar’s silver and Mariyappan Thangavelu’s bronze medals in men’s high jump T63 event took the country’s tally to 20, going past the previous best mark of 19 set in Tokyo three years ago. India has won…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood expressed his thoughts following the team’s series loss against Bangladesh. Despite the disappointing outcome, Masood seemed unconcerned about his personal future as the captain. However, he acknowledged that the team was not adequately prepared for the challenges of Test cricket.In a historic first, Bangladesh secured a 2-0 series…
Steven Bergwijn’s move to Saudi Arabia has brought an abrupt end to his international career with the Netherlands. Bergwijn left Dutch club Ajax, where he was captain, to join Al-Ittihad for 21 million euros ($23 million) on Monday. Commenting on Bergwijn’s decision, Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said “sporting ambition is not the main consideration” for…
Australia and Scotland will lock horns in a three-match Twenty20 International series, starting Wednesday at the Grange Cricket Club Ground in Edinburgh. The only time the two teams have met in the shortest format of the game was at the T20 World Cup this year, where Australia clinched a hard-fought five-wicket win after Scotland posted…
NEW DELHI: As the Bangladesh cricket team on Tuesday made history, securing a landmark first-ever Test series win over Pakistan, skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto was found lost for words. As the Tigers won the second and final match by six wickets on the fifth day in Rawalpindi after chasing 185, they sealed a 2-0 series…
Miroslav Pelta, the former head of the Czech Football Association, was convicted of fraud again on Tuesday and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Prague’s Municipal Court also fined Pelta 5 million Czech crowns (221,000 USD) and banned him from any executive position for five years. The court issued the verdict in…
Ajeet Singh won a silver medal while Sundar Singh Gurjar grabbed a bronze in the men’s javelin F46 event in Paris 2024 Paralympics at Stade de France on Tuesday. Ajeet finished second with a best attempt of 65.62m, which came in the fifth round, to bag his first Paralympic medal. Sundar, the world record-holder, finished…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s unexpected loss to Bangladesh in the second Test in Rawalpindi has sparked widespread criticism, with former players and fans expressing disappointment over the team’s performance. The defeat, a first for Pakistan against Bangladesh in Test cricket, has ignited a debate about captaincy, team selection, and the future of Pakistan’s red-ball cricket.The match…
Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood remained unworried about his future despite a demoralising series defeat against Bangladesh, but admitted that the team was not really prepared for the grind of red-ball cricket. Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the second Test here on Tuesday to complete a 2-0 series victory – a first in…
Swiss tennis great Roger Federer said on Tuesday that anti-doping authorities have questions to answer about a perceived double standard applied to world number one Jannik Sinner after he dodged a suspension despite two positive tests earlier this year. The 20-time Grand Slam champion called the drama surrounding Italy’s Sinner “a tricky situation” and “the…
