Bundesliga runner-up Stuttgart started the new season with a 3-1 loss at Freiburg, while Leipzig survived a sending off to beat VfL Bochum 1-0 on Saturday. Ermedin Demirović fired Stuttgart into an early lead at his former club with a scissors-kick in the second minute, but that was as good as it good for Sebastian…
Indian men’s freestyle wrestlers will return empty-handed from the U17 World Championships as Jaspooran Singh, the lone Indian wrestler in the medal contention, lost his bronze play-off here Saturday. Jaspooran had lost his first round but bounced back in medal race after winning his 110kg repechage round by fall against Japan’s Yuki Yamamoto. Later he…
NEW DELHI: Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who announced his retirement from international and domestic cricket on Saturday, had the knack of scoring big in ICC tournaments.Dhawan made his debut under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and blossomed under the leadership of Virat Kohli, who also hails from Delhi and both played domestic cricket together for quite…
West Ham United players Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen topped off their goal-scoring performances in their side’s 2-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace on Saturday by rescuing a young ball boy at risk of being crushed in the celebrations. Czech midfielder Soucek opened the scoring in the 67th minute of a tense game against…
Tottenham Hotspur has banished any self-doubt it may have had going into the season after a dominant 4-0 home Premier League victory over Everton on Saturday, said manager Ange Postecoglou, who believes there is more to come from his side. Tottenham were held to a 1-1 draw by Leicester City in its season opener on…
Having announced his retirement on Saturday after an international career of over a decade, former India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan relived the memories he made during his successful stint in the India jersey, including a six-year period where he, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma together scored a century of centuries. “We were part of a…
Manchester City scored three goals in less than four minutes to beat promoted Ipswich Town 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, roaring back from a shock start at Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland netted a hat-trick and Kevin De Bruyne also scored as City stayed perfect in its quest for a fifth consecutive league title…
Diptayan Ghosh on Saturday did what nobody else could do at the 61st National chess championship: he took half-a-point off Surya Sekhar Ganguly. Diptayan thus stopped the remarkable winning streak of the top seed at the RPS International School. After seven back-to-back victories, this was the first draw for Ganguly. He, however, has maintained his…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian men’s cricket team opener, Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, drawing curtains upon his career spanning over a decade and 269 matches, where he scored 10,867 runs at an average close to 40. He last appeared for India in an ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram in December…
NEROCA FC (North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association) and TRAU (Tiddim Road Athletic Union) FC, both from Manipur, have told the Delhi High Court that the ethnic conflict in the state affected their performance and mental strength, while pleading for quashing of the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF’s) decision to relegate them from the I-League. “Counsel…
