Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori claimed a 7-6(0), 7-5 victory on Thursday to win the mixed doubles title at the US Open 2024 and end unseeded all-American pair Taylor Townsend and Donald Young’s storybook run. The victory gave five-times women’s doubles Grand Slam champion Errani and Vavassori their maiden Grand Slam mixed doubles title…
Euro 2024 champion Spain was held to a dour goalless away draw with Serbia in Nations League Group Four on Thursday, ending a nine-game winning streak and dropping its first points since March. Playing its first match after a stunning European Championship campaign in which it won all seven games en route to lifting the…
India’s Simran finished fourth in the women’s 100 T12 final at the Paralympics here on Thursday. Simran, accompanied by her guide Abhay Singh, finished fourth and last in the sprint race, clocking 12.31 seconds. Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias (guide Yuniol Kindelan) comfortably won the gold with a timing of 11.81 seconds. The silver went to…
The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics began on August 28 and concludes on September 8. On the ninth day, medal events will be held across para road cycling, para athletics, para table tennis, para powerlifting, wheelchair fencing, para swimming, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, para judo and para equestrian. Here are the medal events on…
Sri Lanka’s in-form Kamindu Mendis is set to stay at number seven in the batting order as his side tries to avoid a 3-0 series whitewash by England. The visitor heads into the third Test at The Oval starting Friday already 2-0 down in the series after last week’s 190-run loss to England at Lord’s,…
World Cup and Copa America holder Argentina will take on Chile in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers on Friday at the Estadio Mâs Monumental in Buenos Aires. Argentina is currently top of the qualifying table standings with 15 points after winning five of the six matches it has played so far. Chile on…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 900th career goal helped Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia in their first Nations League game on Thursday as Diogo Dalot opened the scoring for the hosts and netted an own goal. Dalot put Portugal ahead in the seventh minute when Bruno Fernandes played a clever chipped pass into his path and…
The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics began in Paris on August 28 and will conclude on September 8. The Paris Paralympics feature 549 events across 22 sports. On the ninth day, Indian athletes will be in action in para canoe, para athletics and para powerlifting. INDIANS IN ACTION – SEPTEMBER 6 (Timings in IST)…
At present, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the title of the player with most international goals, having netted 131 times for Portugal.
As the Athlead Goa Challengers cruised to its second successive Ultimate Table Tennis final, besting the league topper PBG Bengaluru Smashers 8-4, it leaves one to wonder whether Alvaro Robles and Co. lost the match before even taking to the table on Thursday. Ahead of semifinal 1 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai,…
