Pat Williams, Orlando Magic co-founder and basketball Hall of Famer, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Williams died of complications from viral pneumonia, the Magic said in a release. Along with businessman Jimmy Hewitt, Williams started to work toward getting Orlando an NBA franchise back in 1986. A year later, the NBA Board of Governors…
BCCI, PCB may collide at ICC meet in Colombo over Champions TrophyMUMBAI: With India likely to express its inability to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in February next year citing no government clearance for the tour, there could be interesting things in store at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) series of meetings from July…
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to appear in an MLS match, Tai Baribo had his first career hat-trick and Kai Wagner added three assists to help the Philadelphia Union end a 10-match winless streak with a 5-1 romp over the New England Revolution on Wednesday night. Sullivan — at 14 years, 293 days —…
Athletes across the world dedicate years of their lives hoping they will get a place on an Olympic podium. Three medals are up for grabs at the quadrennial event- gold, silver and bronze. What goes into making them? ALSO READ: Paris Olympics: Why do Olympians bite their medals? Take the Olympic gold medal for instance…
The decision around who will be India’s next T20I captain is the hottest topic on cricket’s discussion boards across platforms and possibly the reason behind the delay in announcement of the white-ball squads for the tour of Sri Lanka beginning July 27.As per various reports, the BCCI was scheduled to announce the squads on Wednesday…
Federico Redondo scored his first and second MLS goals and assisted on another as short-handed Inter Miami posted an impressive 3-1 victory over Toronto FC on Wednesday night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Diego Gomez also had a goal and an assist and Julian Gressel contributed two helpers to sit at 12 for the season. Drake…
Stephen Curry was relatively quiet offensively during the US Olympic team’s first two exhibitions before the Paris Games. He got a lot more assertive on Wednesday with his official Olympic debut less than two weeks away. Curry scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 17 and the US beat Serbia 105-79 to improve to 3-0 in…
NEW DELHI: It was on July 13, 2002 when Sourav Ganguly and his young team won the NatWest Trophy final against England, chasing down a steep target of 326 with three balls to spare at the famed Lord’s cricket ground. Chasing 325, Virender Sehwag smashed a 49-ball 45, while Ganguly hit a 43-ball 60 in…
M. Boopathi Vaishna Kumar produced a fine counter-attacking unbeaten half-century (51 n.o., 25b, 1×4, 5×6) to guide Dindigul Dragons to a comfortable eight-wicket win over IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans in rain-curtailed (13 overs) TNPL match at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground on Wednesday. Chasing 109 for victory, the Dragons were in a spot of bother at…
After a plea filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over unpaid dues related to sponsorship rights, India’s edtech firm Byju’s parent company, Think and Learn Pvt Ltd, will challenge the insolvency proceedings against it in an attempt to block the process this week, two sources said on Wednesday. The National…
