Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.26 metres at the second attempt at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Sunday. Duplantis broke the world record for the 10th time, beating the 6.25 metres he cleared when retaining his Olympic gold medal in Paris earlier this month, and this…
NEW DELHI: After England’s five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, captain Ollie Pope praised batters Joe Root and Jamie Smith for their match-winning performances, calling Root a “greedy Yorkshire man” for his insatiable hunger for runs.Root played a crucial role with a composed half-century during a tense run-chase, while Smith’s maiden Test century in the first…
Levis Zangminlun’s second-half strike was not enough as a fighting India went down to Indonesia 1-3 in the first of their two away Under-17 friendlies in Gianyar on Sunday. The host scored through Evandra Florasta (14th minute), Fandi Ahmad (50th) and Mierza Firjatullah (62nd). Both the teams will meet again at the same venue on…
India’s top 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable finished a disappointing 14th in the Silesia Diamond League as he failed to impress in a world class field here on Sunday. The 29-year-old reigning Asian Games champion clocked 8 minute 29.96 second to finish near the bottom. Seventeen runners completed the race while three did not finish. Reigning…
In January 2022, Virat Kohli surprised his fans by stepping down as India’s Test captain, and the team’s former batting coach Sanjay Bangar believes that he should have continued to lead India in red-ball cricket at that time. Speaking on ‘The Rao Podcast’, Bangar said: “I personally feel that he (Kohli) should have continued slightly…
Welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of Real Madrid’s La Liga match against Real Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. STARTING XIs Real Madrid: Courtois, Fran Garcia, Rudiger, Militao, Carvajal, Tchouameni, Valverde, Arda Guler, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Mbappe Real Valladolid: Hein, Perez, Comert, Boyomo, Rosa, Sanchez, Juric, Kike Perez, Machis, Meseguer, Marcos Andre
Signing peace may have been the trend on the top boards on Sunday, but Aronyak Ghosh bucked it. And his win against Arjun Adireddy has made the closing stage of the National chess championship a bit more interesting, as he brought down the lead of fellow-city mate Surya Shekhar Ganguly to just half-a-point. The top…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh achieved a momentous victory in the first Test against Pakistan, securing a 10-wicket triumph on the final day. The win came despite political turmoil in their home country.Pakistan’s batting lineup crumbled, managing only 146 runs before being dismissed. The Bangladeshi pace attack effectively dismantled Pakistan’s top order, setting the stage for the…
German veteran Thomas Müller has set a Bayern Munich club record for Bundesliga appearances. The 34-year-old Müller made his 474th league appearance for Bayern on Sunday, going on as a substitute in the second half of Bayern’s 3-2 win at Wolfsburg. He was involved straight away as Bayern equalised through an own goal, then helped…
Mercedes will give Andrea Kimi Antonelli his Formula One practice debut at the Italian’s home grand prix at Monza next Friday, team boss Toto Wolff said. Antonelli, who celebrated his 18th birthday on Sunday, is expected to replace Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes race seat when the seven-times world champion moves to Ferrari at the…
