Reigning Women’s Super League champions Chelsea got its campaign off to a winning start, beating Aston Villa 1-0 at home as a goal from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd gave new coach Sonia Bompastor all three points in her first league game in charge. The 44-year-old Frenchwoman, who took over the reins from Emma Hayes, saw her…
Ravichandran Ashwin (BCCI Photo) CHENNAI: Ravichandran Ashwin may be at the fag end of his glorious Test career but the veteran all-rounder is still operating at the top of his game.The 38-year-old has become a bigger force than the one he was a few years ago, not only with his off-spinning guile but his much-improved…
Alaves fans ramped up their protest against inconvenient night-time games in Spain when they boycotted the first few minutes of Friday’s La Liga match against Sevilla. One of the club’s biggest organised fan groups is angry at what it says are excessive Friday and Monday night games that make it hard for supporters to attend….
Shakib Al Hasan (Photo: Video grabs) Former Bangladesh captain and veteran allrounder is using an interesting technique to get his stance and head position right while batting in the first Test against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.Images of a thin black band clenched between his teeth while facing up to a bowler…
Superstar Lionel Messi and Inter Miami FC will continue the team’s pursuit of the Supporters’ Shield on Saturday afternoon when it visits struggling New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. Messi’s second match in his return to action from injury was not as productive as his first. The eight-time Ballon d’Or recipient followed up a…
Afghanistan secured their first one-day international (ODI) series win against South Africa on Friday with a massive 177-run victory, their biggest winning margin by runs in 50-over internationals. The Afghans had won the first ODI of the three-match series by six wickets. Rahmanullah Gurbaz led Afghanistan’s batting with a score of 105, making him the…
Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak is an injury doubt for their trip to Fulham on Saturday, but midfielder Sandro Tonali is pushing for his first Premier League start of the season after a 10-month ban for betting breaches, manager Eddie Howe said. Sweden’s Isak was forced off at halftime during Sunday’s 2-1 win at Wolverhampton…
Rishabh Pant marked his Test comeback with India’s first match of the series against Bangladesh in Chennai, which is the first red-ball international for the wicketkeeper-batsman since his horrific car accident in December 2022.Pant, who returned to competitive cricket with the Indian Premier League earlier this year, spent more than a year in rehab following…
The push for a more favourable match schedule must come from the players, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday, three days after his midfielder Rodri warned that players could be close to strike action over their increased workload. Guardiola’s comments on Friday came ahead of his side’s clash with Arsenal on Sunday and…
Rohit Sharma talking to Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) Rohit Sharma isn’t having the best of days as a batsman in the ongoing first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, and he got more frustrated on Day 2 of the match when one of the fielders wasn’t noticing while the India captain was trying to get his…
