Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a boy. “I wanted to put on the blue (Italy) shirt,…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s opening Test against New Zealand at Galle next month has been allocated six days with a rest day included to accommodate country’s presidential election. The first Test will begin on September 18, and a rest day is planned for September 21. The decision is aligned with the “Presidential Election of the…
Ilkay Gundogan is back with Manchester City after the Premier League champion resigned its former captain on Friday on a one-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. The 33-year-old German left City for Barcelona in 2023 on a free transfer after leading Pep Guardiola’s team to the treble. Gundogan could be available…
Catch Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 3 of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka being played at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Greater Manchester. Playing XIs England playing XI: Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook (vice-captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood,…
Drinks break! England have breached the 300-run mark and they currently hold a narrow lead of 69 runs. Sure, the first 45 minutes or so, belonged to England as the Sri Lankan bowlers looked very unsettled and we saw too many bowling changes. The ball drifted degrees due to that gusty wind blowing across Old…
Unbeaten Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters will be keen to outdo one another when they clash in the Durand Cup quarterfinal at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday. The Blues, who entered the final-eight stage with wins over Inter Kashi (3-0), Mohammedan Sporting (3-2) and Indian Navy FT (4-0) in Group B are up against…
The Dutch Grand Prix has generally been a party for Max Verstappen and his legions of orange-clad fans. This year could be very different. Verstappen has won all three races at the beach-side Zandvoort track since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 schedule in 2021. For once though, home star Verstappen is…
NEW DELHI: Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik shared his thoughts on the possibility of Jasprit Bumrah becoming the captain of the Indian national cricket team. There had been discussions about making Bumrah the captain following Rohit Sharma‘s retirement from the T20 format after India’s victorious T20 World Cup campaign. However, the T20I captaincy was ultimately…
Arne Slot will make his first appearance at Anfield as Liverpool manager on Sunday when his team host Brentford, and one game into the Premier League campaign the Dutchman knows he still has plenty to learn about his players. Liverpool kicked off the Slot era in style with a 2-0 win at Ipswich Town last…
The Mariners were supposed to finish its group stage with the Kolkata derby, against arch-rival East Bengal, on August 18 but the match was abandoned, owing to lack of adequate security. As a result, the both teams were given a point each, with Mohun Bagan qualifying as the Group A topper. Punjab FC, on the…
