Real Madrid will count on extra dedicated support when it faces Atalanta for the Super Cup on Wednesday as 86-year-old Juan Antonio Cobos will cheer on them from the stands, just the way he has for the past seven decades. In February, Cobos, a retired pharmacist, received a gold and diamond insignia of Real Madrid…
Players of East Bengal FC and Altyn Asyr FC vie for the ball during their AFC Champions League 2 preliminary round match at VYBK Stadium, in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: PTI Players of East Bengal FC and Altyn Asyr FC vie for the ball during their AFC Champions League 2 preliminary round match at VYBK…
Former India and Karnataka pacer Dodda Ganesh on Wednesday confirmed that he’s been appointed as the head coach of the Kenya men’s cricket team for a one-year term. Ganesh thanked Cricket Kenya Chairman Manoj Patel, former Kenya team analyst Thota Srinivas, and former Kenya captain Steve Tikolo for his appointment. “It goes back to the…
Yuzvendra Chahal picked up a five-wicket haul in his debut game for Northamptonshire during the match against Kent in One-Day Cup in Canterbury on Wednesday. Chahal finished with the figures of 10-5-14-5 as Kent got bowled out for mere 82 runs in the first innings. The 34-year-old leg spinner came to bowl in the 13th…
Paris Paralympics 2024 will take place in the French capital from August 28 to September 8. India will send its largest contingent for the Games with 84 athletes. In Tokyo, India sent 54 athletes, including just 14 women. For Paris, the team has expanded to 84 athletes, with women making up 32 participants. RELATED |…
Netherlands beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, a convicted rapist, says he will consider quitting the sport if his participation in international tournaments continues to meet objections. Van de Velde, who competes this week in the European Beach Volleyball Championships in the Netherlands, faced extensive criticism for taking part in the Paris Olympics and…
Former South Africa fast bowling great Morne Morkel has been appointed as the new bowling coach of the Indian team, BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed on Wednesday. “Yes, Morne Morkel has been appointed bowling coach of the senior India men’s team,” Shah told PTI. The 39-year-old Morkel was new chief coach Gautam Gambhir’s primary choice,…
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), on Wednesday, announced its plans to organise two charity football matches in aid of relief work in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. As proposed by the AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey, the board is working towards scheduling its first benefit match in Manjeri (Malappuram), Kerala, on August 30 with Kolkata outfit Mohammedan…
Former Indian all-rounder Dodda Ganesh has been appointed head coach of Kenya’s men’s cricket team ahead of the Africa Qualifiers for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Ganesh, 51, who played four Tests and an ODI without much success but did alright in first-class cricket scoring over 2000 runs and taking 365 wickets for Karnataka, will…
Former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor won’t make his anticipated return to the Octagon for at least four more months, UFC president Dana White said on Tuesday. McGregor (22-6), who has been sidelined for more than three years, was to take on lightweight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 earlier this summer, but McGregor sustained a broken…
