The IBSF World under-17 (boys) and under-21 (boys and girls) snooker championship commences at the KSBA here on Saturday. The field is depleted, given that there are no players from traditional powerhouses, England and China. Youngsters from these two nations skipped this tournament to pursue their goal of making it on the professional snooker circuit….
Manglenthang Kipgen’s last-gasp strike earned India a thrilling 1-0 win over the Maldives as it entered the semifinal of the SAFF U20 Championship here on Friday. Playing its final Group ‘B’ game, India had to toil for 95 minutes before Kipgen produced a sensational goal to help the Blue Colts finish atop the table. India…
Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a boy. “I wanted to put on the blue (Italy) shirt,…
Catch Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 3 of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka being played at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Greater Manchester. Playing XIs England playing XI: Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook (vice-captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood,…
The Dutch Grand Prix has generally been a party for Max Verstappen and his legions of orange-clad fans. This year could be very different. Verstappen has won all three races at the beach-side Zandvoort track since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 schedule in 2021. For once though, home star Verstappen is…
The Mariners were supposed to finish its group stage with the Kolkata derby, against arch-rival East Bengal, on August 18 but the match was abandoned, owing to lack of adequate security. As a result, the both teams were given a point each, with Mohun Bagan qualifying as the Group A topper. Punjab FC, on the…
Buoyed by his batting performance against New Zealand, Australia’s Cameron Green hopes to make an impact not just by bowling those ‘graveyard overs’, but also by contributing with the bat in the high-profile India series beginning at his home ground in Perth on November 22. The hosts will look to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for…
Making the right decisions in the final third has been a problem for Mykhailo Mudryk since he joined Chelsea last year but the club are working with the winger to improve his consistency, manager Enzo Maresca said. Chelsea beat Swiss side Servette 2-0 at home in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League playoff…
Nick Mileti, who helped found the Cleveland Cavaliers and became a prominent figure in the city’s sports landscape in the 1970s, has died. He was 93. Mileti died in his sleep Wednesday in Rocky River, Ohio, according to a spokesman for the Cleveland Guardians, one of several teams Mileti once owned. The son of Sicilian…
Yes, Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion. Yes, she’s been ranked No. 1 in doubles and No. 2 in singles. Yes, she’s already a big star who transcends her sport and was a flag bearer alongside LeBron James at the Paris 2024 Olympics … and has a signature shoe … and is featured on…
