Girona suffered another setback in a poor start to the season when it was held to a 0-0 home draw by Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Wednesday, with the visitors almost claiming all three points in the dying moments. Winless in four consecutive games in all competitions, last year’s surprise challenger Girona is 12th…
New IPL 2025 player retention rules likely soon NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to announce new player retention rules ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction soon. There are also reports that the much-awaited IPL auction is likely to be held outside India in November.According…
Content with his decade-long international career, SV Sunil just wants to extract every ounce of hockey left in him as a player on the domestic circuit. “ Jab tak jaan hai, khelenge. Uske baad next level pe jaayenge (I will play till I can. After that, I will move on to the next level),” said…
Omar Campos and Kei Kamara scored in extra time and Los Angeles FC won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup for the first time with a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City. French striker Olivier Giroud also scored for LAFC, which captured its fourth trophy since starting play in 2018. The club captured Major League…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli‘s recent difficulties with the bat have become a focal point ahead of the second Test against Bangladesh, starting on Friday. In the first Test in Chennai, Kohli only scored 6 and 17 runs, sparking concerns about his current form. This match was Kohli’s first Test outing of the year at home,…
Germany’s two-time women’s Champions League winners VfL Wolfsburg hammered Italian side Fiorentina 5-0 on Wednesday to book its spot in the group stage of this year’s competition, while Swedish side Hammarby knocked out Portugal’s Benfica thanks to a stoppage-time goal. Wolfsburg followed up last week’s 7-0 away win with another blistering display of attacking football…
NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh shared a personal story from the 2007/08 Border-Gavaskar series, providing a unique perspective on the series infamous for the ‘Monkeygate‘ scandal.Speaking on the Club Prairie Fire podcast, Yuvraj revealed he was dating an actress who was in Australia for work during that time. “I was dating an actress,…
Next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup will not have any sites on the U.S. East Coast, a sign that FIFA may place games along the Eastern Seaboard in its expanded 32-team Club World Cup. CONCACAF said on Wednesday that BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, PayPal Park in San Jose, California, and U.S. Bank Stadium in…
Interesting discussion between Russell Arnold and Mitchell McClenaghan on air. Normally, with the new ball, one sees fast bowlers keep the seam upright, to aid conventional swing. But Tim Southee and Will O’Rourke are holding the seam a bit differently. It is not cross seam either. Arnold decides to delve deeper into this and asks,…
Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar became the first teams to claim victories in the revamped Europa League on Wednesday. Jens Petter Hauge’s two goals guided 10-man Bodø/Glimt from a goal down to a 3-2 win over Porto while Troy Parrott netted the winner from the penalty spot for Alkmaar to beat Sweden’s…
