PREVIEW The 11th season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2024-25) will premier with a contest featuring two of the league’s most proficient sides – Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) and Mumbai City FC (MCFC). There cannot be a better way to start the long season as MBSG, the ISL Shield winner, launches its title…
A win against Bangladesh in the first Test of the upcoming two-match series will bring a historic moment for India. If Rohit Sharma & Co manage to put it across the visitors, India’s wins in Test cricket will outumber the defeats for the first time ever. India have so far played 579 Tests. The wins…
Leicester City’s business in the summer transfer market could have gone differently if the result of its successful appeal against the Premier League in an alleged spending rule breach case had come out earlier, manager Steve Cooper said. The promoted club avoided a possible points deduction when its appeal, on the basis that an independent…
South Korea’s Suwon FC has terminated midfielder Son Ju-ho’s contract by mutual agreement after he was handed a lifetime ban by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) for his alleged involvement in match-fixing and bribery, the club said on Friday. Son has denied the accusations made by Chinese authorities who announced on Tuesday that the South…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) might postpone the announcement of the retention rules, based on information shared by Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners and officials. The delay could extend until the conclusion of September.It would be unsurprising if the BCCI chooses to release the policy around the date…
Germany defender Marina Hegering is retiring from the women’s national football team after winning an Olympic bronze medal last month. The 34-year-old defender, who played 42 games for Germany, is set to continue playing for her club Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and Champions League. Wolfsburg said she has a contract until the end of the…
SNOOKER Reigning National champion and No. 1 Sourav Kothari will spearhead India’s challenge in the snooker World Cup to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from Friday. Kothari has also been given a wild card to the IBSF World 6 red snooker championship that will be held after the World Cup from September 21-25 at the…
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket team members, including Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, began their preparations for a two-Test series against Bangladesh on Friday. The first Test is scheduled to begin on September 19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.Coach Gautam Gambhir, who is overseeing his first home series, led the closed-door training session. He was joined…
The funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to manage England’s national football team, was held on Friday in the small Swedish town where he grew up before embarking on a career that would span many decades, countries and trophies. A soft-spoken but determined coach, Eriksson guided teams in Sweden, Portugal and Italy to major…
The Indian men’s team will take on Hungary in the third round of the open section of the Chess Olympiad 2024 at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary on Friday. In the women’s section, India will face Switzerland in the third round after triumphing over Czech Republic 3.5-0.5 in the second round….
