The dream of every athlete is to win a medal at the Olympics. I also dreamt and lived it in my first appearance at the Olympics in 1964. At 18, I was the squad’s youngest member, and we regained the gold lost to Pakistan in Rome, in 1964. Tokyo was special. The next, in Mexico,…
Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk will consider his future for both club and country over the next few weeks as he processes the disappointment of semi-final elimination at the European Championship on Wednesday, he said. Van Dijk, who turned 33 on Monday, said he would spend the next weeks figuring out his next career steps…
He has no plans to retire anytime soon but former Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh very well knows that the Paris Games will be his fourth and last Olympics, and wants to give his best one last time at the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza. Manpreet, 32, was the captain of the Indian team…
Brian Lara was one of the most feared batsmen of his time and on multiple occasions carried the West Indies team on his shoulders, both with the bat as well as a skipper. Among the mountain of runs he scored in his storied career is the knock that still stands as the world record for…
Gregg Berhalter was relieved of his duties as head coach of the United States men’s team, US Soccer said on Wednesday, after a humiliating early exit on home soil at the Copa America. The United States failed to advance from the group stage of the tournament following a shock 2-1 defeat to Panama and a…
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has come down heavily on embattled skipper Babar Azam for the team’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup, saying that he had been given enough opportunities to lead the side, and it was time for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to take a call on his captaincy. Former champion…
NEW DELHI: India’s Pathan brothers Yusuf and Irfan have always shown tremendous love and respect for each other, both on the field and off it too.Once in an IPL match, Irfan took a skier of a catch to dismiss Yusuf, playing for the opposite team. The catch completed, Irfan did not even celebrate.But human emotions…
England striker Ollie Watkins said he “manifested” his last-gasp winner against the Netherlands which powered his team into the Euro 2024 final on Wednesday. The Aston Villa striker came on in the final stages in Dortmund and clinically slotted home the decisive goal in England’s 2-1 win. Watkins was teed up by another substitute, Chelsea’s…
England can’t keep getting away with this, surely? Is Gareth Southgate, who has been on fraud watch, a genius? Is Harry Kane finished? Do any of these questions matter? Yes, they do, but England is in the final of the European Championship for a second successive edition. For the third knockout game in a row,…
NEW DELHI: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini honored leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who competed for India in the T20 World Cup, on Thursday.The Chief Minister thanked the Indian spinner on their victory and gave Chahal a scarf and an idol.Despite being a member of the 15-man squad, Chahal did not play in any of…
