On June 26, as Slovenian players celebrated inside the Cologne Stadium after qualifying for the Euro 2024 knockout stages for the first time, in another part of the country, Luka Modric and Croatia realised that their fate had been sealed. By holding Euro 2020 runner-up England to a 0-0 draw, Slovenia secured the last spot…
Slowing her breath and focusing on a bullseye in her pistol’s sights, Kishmala Talat is aiming to become the first woman from Pakistan to win an Olympic medal. At the Paris Games starting on July 26, Talat will compete in the 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events, going for glory abroad and defying stereotypes…
After ousting Pakistan and Australia, India showed the exit door to defending champions England with a crushing 68-run defeat in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup, which made it three former title holders sent back home by a rampaging Indian team that will now take on South Africa in the final on Saturday…
Tim Weah and other members of the U.S. national team were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the Americans were beaten 2-1 by Panama in the Copa America on Thursday night. U.S. Soccer Federation issued a statement saying it was “deeply disturbed with the racist comments made online.” READ MORE | Copa America…
Sha’Carri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 metres at the last Olympic trials. At these trials, even in the opening round of what’s really her second-best race, she flashed another glimpse of the kind of sprinter who has emerged from all that trouble three years ago. Bursting…
Darwin Núñez scored in his seventh straight international match, and Uruguay routed Bolivia 5-0 on Thursday night to move to verge of a quarterfinal berth in the Copa America. Facundo Pellistri put the Uruguayans ahead in the eighth minute and Núñez doubled the lead in the 21st with his 10th goal in his last seven…
It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons. And it’s a step closer to reality now. Bronny James, the oldest son of the NBA’s all-time scoring leader and four-time champion, was drafted on Thursday by the Los Angeles…
Vaughan says event ‘set up for India’, pleads for ICC to be fairerGEORGETOWN: The wait kept getting longer. The world’s eyes were on the weather radar and as the clouds seemed to keep moving away, the smiles were back on the faces of the fans who have been trooping into Guyana from across the United…
Before their Group E finale, the head coaches of Romania and Slovakia had said that neither would be playing for a draw, with the phrase “Biscotto” used on social media. “Biscotto” is the Italian word for biscuit in football parlance, which means a game where two teams can contrive an outcome that suits them both….
