Barbora Krejcikova produced a superb comeback to reach her first Wimbledon final, showing stubborn resilience in the face of a relentless attacking barrage from former champion Elena Rybakina to triumph 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday. Kazakhstan’s Rybakina had threatened to run away with the contest in the first set, racing to a 5-1 lead with…
The curtains closed on the first leg of the eighth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League with a photo finish at the picturesque Salem Cricket Foundation Ground as Nellai Royal Kings pipped SKM Salem Spartans by three wickets here on Thursday. Pursuing a modest target of 142, Royal Kings threw caution to the wind…
Primoz Roglic lost more than two minutes to his rival Tour de France contenders after crashing near the finish where Biniam Girmay won a third stage on Thursday. Roglic hit the tarmac with some 12 kilometers left after a rider in front of him hit road furniture and lost control of his bike. Roglic could…
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini reached her first Wimbledon final with a stirring fightback to beat tearful Croatian Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) on Thursday. Paolini had never won a main draw match at Wimbledon before this year, but the world number seven tenaciously saw off Vekic on Centre Court to secure a second successive Grand…
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday backed the World Anti-Doping Agency following an independent report that said the global anti-doping body had not mishandled the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for doping. A report on Tuesday by Swiss prosecutor and lead investigator Eric Cottier found there was nothing in the file…
TENNIS Aarav ousts Rian in quaterfinals of AITA National junior Aarav Chawla bounced back from a slow start to oust top seed Rian Sharma 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the HPCL Mittal AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Thursday. In the girls section, Sherry Sharma got past third…
The domestic season of Indian football will begin with the Durand Cup 2024, later this month, with Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan Super Giant drawn in the same group.
He has no plans to retire anytime soon but former Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh very well knows that the Paris Games will be his fourth and last Olympics, and wants to give his best one last time at the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza. Manpreet, 32, was the captain of the Indian team…
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has come down heavily on embattled skipper Babar Azam for the team’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup, saying that he had been given enough opportunities to lead the side, and it was time for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to take a call on his captaincy. Former champion…
England can’t keep getting away with this, surely? Is Gareth Southgate, who has been on fraud watch, a genius? Is Harry Kane finished? Do any of these questions matter? Yes, they do, but England is in the final of the European Championship for a second successive edition. For the third knockout game in a row,…
