Australia’s “Raygun” has apologised for the backlash that her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance brought to the broader breakdancing community. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, whose routine featured a move that mimicked a kangaroo hopping, made the comments in an interview with Australia’s Channel 10 to be broadcast on Wednesday. In a snippet of the exchange, Gunn…
Australian football is littered with players who have failed to live up to the hype but teenager Nestory Irankunda should be able to cope with great expectations, according to Socceroos coach Graham Arnold. The 18-year-old winger’s progress is being keenly watched in Australia following his transfer to German powerhouse Bayern Munich from Adelaide United. A…
Captain Wataru Endo has urged Japan to shake off its recent struggles against Asian opposition and take a step towards World Cup qualification against China on Thursday. Japan is one of the continent’s top sides but it crashed and burned at the Asian Cup in Qatar at the start of the year, losing to Iran…
Sarah Storey extended her record as the most successful British Paralympian on Thursday, winning the women’s C5 time trial at the Paris 2024 Paralympics to claim her 18th gold medal. It was 46-year-old Storey’s 13th Paralympic gold medal in cycling, with the other five won in swimming. She overtook swimmer Mike Kenny’s record of 16…
A self-proclaimed accidental chess player, Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi says he thought of sports as a more “stable” career option after watching his doctor parents being called to work at odd hours, an “error of judgement” that has ultimately “worked out well” for him. The 29-year-old from Nashik will be turning up for Mumba Masters…
The 2024-25 Indian domestic cricket season will begin with the Duleep Trophy, set to begin from Thursday, September 05. The tournament will be held in a new avatar, with the zonal system being replaced with India A, B, C, and D, who will compete in a round-robin format that will not include any knockout games….
Just like the workhorse Boxer in George Orwell’s Animal Farm loves working harder, Ajith Ram loves bowling long spells. On a wicket that offered little to no help for the spinners, he’s hammered away for 42 overs in two days for his four wickets (four for 109) for TNCA XI so far in the Buchi…
One would assume that it was not the perfect evening for Manolo Marquez after he termed his managerial debut for India as a “boring game”, saying that the team practically created no chances throughout the 90 minutes. Manolo is not known for shying behind excuses, laying it straight that the clean sheet was the only…
Cole Palmer, Ollie Watkins and Phil Foden have been ruled out of England’s upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Ireland and Finland. England plays in Dublin on Saturday before hosting Finland at Wembley three days later as the Euro 2024 runner-up competes under interim manager Lee Carsley for the first time. England was relegated from…
American Taylor Fritz prevailed 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in a gripping slugfest against fourth seed Alexander Zverev at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday to move into the US Open 2024 semifinals for the first time. The United States has not had a men’s champion on home turf since Andy Roddick 21 years ago and Fritz’s…
