Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo added another feather to his cap when he received a special award from UEFA for his stellar legacy in the elite continental competition, in Monaco on Thursday. The former Sporting Clube de Portugal, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward is 11 goals clear of Lionel Messi and 46 ahead of…
Joe Root scored a record-equalling 33rd Test hundred as England established a strong position against Sri Lanka on the first day of the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday. England, 42 for two when Root came in to bat, reached stumps on 358 for seven, with the star batter having made 143- his sixth Test…
NEW DELHI: Few sporting rivalries are fiercer than the Ashes, with battered bodies and bloodied faces all part of more than a century of feuding between England and Australia.Standing at little more than 10 centimetres (four inches) tall, the original Ashes urn resides in the Marylebone Cricket Club museum at the famous Lord’s ground in…
Manchester City will play a repeat of the UEFA Champions League final of the 2022-23 season when it hosts Inter Milan got to know its opponents in the league as the draw for the revamped UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday. Pep Guardiola’s side was the first team to be…
Sheetal Devi recorded a new personal best score of 703 in the women’s individual compound open ranking round at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday. Later, Rakesh Kumar finished fifth in the men’s category with a score of 696. The duo’s combined total of 1399 set a new world record for the mixed team ranking round. Here is…
India’s batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has thanked the Maharashtra Government‘s decision to build a statue of his childhood coach, the Late Ramakant Achrekar, at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai. “Achrekar Sir has had an immense impact on my life and several other lives. I am speaking on behalf of all his students. His life revolved…
Defending champion Real Madrid got to know its opponents in the league as the draw for the revamped UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday. Los Blancos will play Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart and Brest with four home and away games in the league phase. Every…
Cricket West Indies announced its 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in October. The tournament was moved from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates and will go on from October 3-20. West Indies are placed in Group B along with Bangladesh, England, Scotland and South Africa. The squad has a mix…
The Champions Trophy is set to make a comeback to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) calendar after a gap of seven years, and Pakistan will host the event from February 19 to March 9 next year. However, India’s participation in the tournament remains a question mark, owing to the tense political relations between the two…
Barcelona is set to face historic rival Bayern Munich as its opponents in the league were revealed in the draw of the revamped UEFA Champions League took place at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday. Barca will play Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Young Boys, Brest, Dortmund, Benfica, Crvena Zvezda, Monaca with four home and away games in…
