PREVIEW The Indian men’s hockey team registered an emphatic 4-1 win over South Korea in the semifinal of Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2024 at the Moqi Hockey Training Base on Monday. Uttam Singh (13’) gave India the lead in the first quarter, followed by goals from Harmanpreet Singh (19’, 45’) and Jarmanpreet Singh (32’). Jihun…
Borussia Dortmund, surprise finalists last season, has undergone a summer of upheaval on and off the pitch ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League opener at Club Brugge. Dortmund’s unlikely run to last season’s final, where it dominated for much of the match but lost 2-0 to Real Madrid, masked a poor domestic season. Dortmund finished fifth,…
Former India captain MS Dhoni is vacationing in the US with friends and has been spotted watching American football at a stadium. The images were shared by Dhoni’s friend Hitesh Sanghvi on Instagram in a video, where he made a collage of photographs from the trip. It shows Dhoni and his close friends travelling in…
PREVIEW Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti expects to have several players back from injury ahead of its Champions League opener against German side VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday. Midfielders Jude Bellingham, Aurelien Tchouameni and defender Eder Militao are set to be available for the match at the Santiago Bernabeu despite Militao missing training as he required…
NEW DELHI: The 2015 tour to Bangladesh didn’t go as planned for MS Dhoni-led Team India. The tour featured one Test match and three ODIs. After the solitary Test ended in a draw, attention shifted to the ODI series, held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.Bangladesh stunned India in the first ODI on June…
Tom Sermanni will take charge of the Australian women’s football team for a third time after being appointed interim coach in the wake of Tony Gustavsson’s departure. Sermanni, the Matildas’ longest serving coach, previously guided the team from 1994-1997 and from 2005-12, helping them reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time…
CHENNAI: There’s still a couple of days to go before the ball rolls. India are fighting for a spot in the World Test Championship Final in June 2025 and the first stop is Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. As India plan their assault on the neighbours, who are coming here on the back of…
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson said on Monday players are being ignored as more matches are played during seasons, ahead of the start of the extended Champions League this week. Liverpool head to AC Milan on Tuesday in the revamped competition, which includes an eight-game league phase and a possible two-legged play-off before the last 16. Earlier…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai-born Saurabh Netravalkar, who played for the India U-19 team and was part of the squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup, moved to the United States for higher education, and pursued a career in computer science and continued playing cricket at a high level.Netravalkar eventually became the captain of the United…
Atletico Madrid cruised to a convincing 3-0 home win over bottom side Valencia on Sunday in La Liga thanks to goals from Conor Gallagher, Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez. Marcos Llorente and Samuel Lino went close in the first half before Atletico took the lead in the 39th minute when new signing Gallagher finished into…
