Croatia’s Donna Vekic had so many misadventures on her way to the Olympics, including “pain everywhere”, a plane delay and illness, that she said walking away with the Olympic tennis women’s singles silver medal on Saturday was “incredible”. The 21st-ranked Vekic, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals, lost 6-2, 6-3 to China’s Zheng Qinwen in a…
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir‘s tenure as Team India’s head coach started on a high note as the Men in Blue, under new skipper Suryakumar Yadav, swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the three-match Twenty20 International series. Gambhir was appointed as Rahul Dravid‘s successor and has been given a long-term contract, leading the team until the end…
West Ham United have signed Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville from Leeds United on a five-year deal with an option to extend for another year, the Premier League club said on Saturday. The 22-year-old, who joined Leeds in 2020, was named the English Championship’s player of the season in 2023-24 after scoring 19 goals and providing…
The first match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka ended in a tie, but the ‘Super Over‘ rule was not used as a tiebreaker to decide a winner despite the ICC rules stating that it “shall be played”.While it’s unclear if the rule was amended for the ODI series after mutual agreement…
Punjab FC scripted history as it rode on Usham Singh’s winner to beat Everton’s under-18 side 2-1 in the Next Generation Cup 2024, at the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground here on Saturday. The team wrapped up full points in the game with a 4-2 win in the penalty shootout, becoming the first Indian side to…
Reigning Olympic champions the United States will face Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament after beating Puerto Rico 104-83 in Lille on Saturday to seal top spot in Group C with three wins out of three. Hosts France will face Canada in the last eight, while Serbia take on Australia and…
In a candid chat during an interview, the clip of which has gone viral on social media, India’s batting legend Virat Kohli is heard telling the interviewer “mai kabhi ladai nahi karta kisi se (I never fight with anyone)”. The comment understandably is followed by Kohli bursting into laughter, probably because he knew the follow-up…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics began in Paris on July 26 and concludes on August 11. On Sunday, medal events will be held across golf, equestrian, tennis, boxing, table tennis, cycling, archery, artistic gymnastics, badminton, shooting, swimming, fencing and athletics. Here are the medal events for Day Nine of Paris 2024 Olympics (timings…
The United States broke the world record in winning the Olympic 4x100m mixed medley relay gold on Saturday, outgunning China and Australia. The team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske touched in 3min 37.43sec to narrowly better the mark set by Britain at the Tokyo Games, when the event was first…
Hosts Sri Lanka received a setback ahead of the second ODI against India, with their star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga getting ruled out of the remainder of the three-match series with a left hamstring injury. “He experienced pain in his left hamstring while delivering the last ball of his 10th over during the first ODI. An…
