Nacional defender Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed on the pitch after suffering an irregular heartbeat last week, has died, his Uruguayan club said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old had been undergoing medical treatment since collapsing during a Copa Libertadores game against Sao Paulo on August 22 in Brazil. “It is with the deepest sorrow and shock in…
In para athletics, the sport class is in the following format- alphabet (T for Track, Marathon and Jumping events and F for Field events) + first digit (class type) + second digit (level of impairment). In general, the lower the second digit, the higher is the level of impairment. JAVELIN THROW The sport involves athletes…
Switzerland’s Young Boys beat Galatasaray 1-0 in the second leg of its Champions League playoff on Tuesday to qualify for the league phase of the refreshed competition following a 4-2 aggregate win. Czech champion Sparta Prague beat Sweden’s Malmo 2-0 for a 4-0 aggregate win as it also reached the Champions League’s new league phase…
Britain’s Dan Evans beat Russian Karen Khachanov 6-7(6), 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 in the longest-ever U.S. Open match of the professional era on Tuesday, moving to the second round after an extraordinary fight back from four games down in the final set. The 184th-ranked Evans, once the British number one, beat world number 22 Khachanov…
Top-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner shrugged off the doping furore surrounding him and overcame a bad start to reach the second round of the U.S. Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald on Tuesday. Sinner became embroiled in controversy in the week before the year’s final Grand Slam after the International…
Bharat Singh Chauhan, Chairman of the FIDE Advisory Board, on Tuesday “categorically” denied any alleged missing documents pertaining to the operations of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) in his reply to the show cause notice served to him on August 5. The AICF issued the show cause notice to Chauhan regarding the missing documents…
In less than a month from now, India will have a first-of-its-kind karting facility capable of hosting world championship karting events when the Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) is inaugurated. The track is coming up at the Madras International Circuit in Irungattukottai (MIC) and will be India’s first FIA-CIK (Commission Internationale de Karting) approved karting…
Reeth Rishya would have made the odd realist believe in miracles on July 30, 2023 when she took the Goa Challengers over the line against Chennai Lions in the Ultimate Table Tennis final. With the tie, then drawn level at 7-all, trickling down to the very last game, Reeth would have sent up a prayer…
Al-Nassr defeated Al-Feiha 4-1 to pick up its first win in the Saudi Pro League 2024-25 season at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraydah. Talisca scored a brace, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo Brozovic finding the back of the net as well. Last year’s runners-up improved on its performance from the 1-1 draw…
Japan’s Naomi Osaka beat 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 at the Louis Armstrong Stadium on Tuesday in a rare first-round US Open clash between former major champions. A laser-focussed Osaka held serve throughout and fired nine aces in a surgical takedown to kick off her return to Flushing Meadows following a maternity leave year…
