Tottenham Hotspur has suspended midfielder Yves Bissouma for its Premier League opener against Leicester City on August 20 after he was filmed inhaling Nitrous Oxide. “We’ve suspended Bissouma from Monday’s game. He needs to build that trust back with both me and the group. The door is open for him but behaviour is crucial,” Tottenham’s…
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting reckoned that Joe Root could surpass batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of runs in Test cricket, provided the England batting mainstay stays ‘hungry’ and keeps scoring at a consistent rate for the next four years. Root became only the seventh batter in the history of the conventional format to cross…
Puneri Paltan’s maiden title conquest in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 10 is testament to the value of academy systems in a franchise-based league for a sport as traditionally rooted as kabaddi. Puneri didn’t just win PKL 10; it obliterated the competition. With a dominance hitherto unseen, it clinched the title, amassing more points and…
From Sreejesh’s No. 16 to Maradona’s No. 10, instances of teams retiring jerseys to honour legends
Real Madrid kicked off its season on a positive note after beating Atalanta 2-0 in the UEFA Super Cup tie at the National Stadium Warsaw on Wednesday. Midfielder Federico Valverde gave Real the lead while star signing Kylian Mbappe fired the ball into the top corner on his debut to guide his side to a…
Two Andhra athletes – cyclist Arshad Shaikh and rower K. Narayana – will be representing India in the Paris Paralympics later this month. Arshad will make his Paralympic debut in para cycling, having secured his quota by winning a silver in the men’s elite individual time trial C2 category in the Asian Road Para cycling…
Football will reach saturation point if more matches are added to the calendar, Premier League CEO Richard Masters said Wednesday. England’s top league is part of a legal challenge against FIFA, alongside other domestic competitions in Europe and player unions. They argue the game’s global governing body has not consulted with them in any meaningful…
Sreeja Akula has had a rollercoaster ride over the last month and is thrilled to have made it to the singles pre-quarterfinals — that too on her birthday — and stretching top seed and the eventual silver medallist before bowing out of the Paris Games. She is equally disappointed at letting go of a chance to make it to…
Mounir Nasraoui, the father of Barcelona and Spain star winger Lamine Yamal, was stabbed late on Wednesday at a parking lot in the northeastern Spanish town of Mataro, La Vanguardia newspaper reported, citing official sources familiar with the matter. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the report. The regional Mossos d’Esquadra police force and…
Rome’s mayor and a chorus of others have denounced the defacing of a street art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball in Paris and who has faced years of racist abuse at home. Egonu, who was born in Italy to parents of Nigerian origin,…
