British teenager Oliver Bearman will replace suspended Dane Kevin Magnussen in the Haas lineup for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix next weekend, the US team announced on Friday. Bearman will step in alongside Nico Hulkenberg after Magnussen was given a one-race suspension. The 19-year-old previously stepped in for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia this…
The Duleep Trophy encounter between India-A and India-B was delicately poised at stumps on day two at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday. After India-B folded for 321, half an hour into the post-lunch session, India-A reached 134 for two by close, with Riyan Parag (27 batting, 49b, 4×4) and K.L. Rahul (23 batting,…
Gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh and sprinter Preethi Pal, who made history by becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win two medals at the Paralympics, will be the country’s flag bearers during the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday. Harvinder, 33, who had also scripted history by becoming the first Indian archer to…
Steven Bergwijn has hit out at Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman for shutting the door on his international career because of a move to Saudi Arabia. The 26-year-old forward was accused by Koeman of lacking “sporting ambition” after leaving Ajax for Al-Ittihad on Monday, and won’t be considered for selection. Bergwijn, who has played for the…
British teenager Oliver Bearman is returning to Formula 1 ahead of schedule after the Haas team said on Friday he will replace the suspended Kevin Magnussen for next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Bearman signed in July to race for Haas in 2025 but he’ll make an early appearance with his new team in Baku next…
The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) is set to launch the qualifiers for the inaugural WAVES Esports Championship (WESC 2025) which will run from September to January next year, culminating in a grand finale here in February. The championship, a key feature of the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), will feature India’s top…
India’s Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila bowed out of the Taipei Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought loss in the mixed doubles quarterfinals here on Friday. The Indian duo lost 20-22, 12-21 to Thailand’s fourth-seeded pair Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Phataimas Muenwong in a match lasting just over half an hour. Tanisha and Dhruv,…
India B’s Musheer Khan and Navdeep Saini recorded highest eighth-wicket partnership in Duleep Trophy history after crossing 197 runs during the first round of the tournament played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. The duo, still unbeaten, broke the 14-year record of Ramesh Powar and Abhishek Nayar, who recorded 197 runs for the…
Swimming Australia (SA) has sacked coach Michael Palfrey after he triggered a media storm at the Paris 2024 Olympics by saying he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian rivals at the Games. Palfrey, one of the Australian swim team’s Olympic coaches, told media days before the Games that he hoped world champion Kim…
Real Madrid centre back Eder Militao has left Brazil’s training camp ahead of their South America World Cup qualification fixtures against Ecuador and Paraguay due to a leg injury, the Brazilian FA (CBF) said on Thursday. “Defender Eder Militao complained of muscle pain in his right thigh after training on Wednesday and after medical exams…
