US football icon Alex Morgan bade an emotional farewell to football on Sunday as she played the final game of her glittering career before heading into retirement. The 35-year-old striker, who announced her decision to hang up her boots on Thursday after also revealing she was pregnant with her second child, played the first 13…
Spain’s Fabian Ruiz scored twice as his 10-man side defeated Switzerland 4-1 in the pouring rain in Geneva to earn its first victory in Nations League A Group Four on Sunday and inflict a second successive defeat on its host. Euro 2024 winner Spain had been held to a dour 0-0 draw by Serbia in…
Spanish oil company Repsol will no longer sponsor the Honda MotoGP team from next season, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer said on Sunday, bringing the curtains down on the iconic partnership that lasted three decades. Repsol began sponsoring Honda when they entered Grand Prix racing in 1995 and have since had immense success with several constructor…
“Everything is the same, nothing has changed,” Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan’s captain, said with a wry smile when asked about his thoughts on returning to the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium after a four-year hiatus. Shahidi did not mince his words, adding, “The facility is the same as it was four years ago…” As he spoke…
Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the USA on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. It had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49 and…
Sri Lanka was on course for a series-closing victory over England after reaching 94-1 in its chase of 219 to win the third test at The Oval on Sunday. After skittling England for 156, Sri Lanka seized control late on Day 3 as Pathum Nissanka played beautifully for 53 not out and was enjoying a…
One of the slated aims of asking the cream of Indian cricket, barring a select few, to play the Duleep Trophy was to ensure that they were fit and firing for the 10 Tests Rohit Sharma & Co. will play over the next four months. Promisingly, in the first-round match between India-A and India-B at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here, key…
The Paralympic flag is being lowered! End of two months of sporting action! The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, join Andrew Parsons and Tony Estanguet on the centre stage. flag.jpg
Paris Paralympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Highlights – In Pictures
Young boxer Deepali Thapa became the first ever schoolgirl champion as India bagged seven female titles at the Asian Championships in Al Ain, UAE on Sunday. Competing in the 33kg category, Thapa defeated Kazakhstan’s Anelya Ordabek in the semifinals and went on to dominate Ukraine’s Liudmyla Vasylchenko in the final, showcasing superior technique and control…
