“You only live once, but if you play hockey, once is enough,” reads the bio section on Yuvraj Walmiki’s social media handles. It has been almost a decade since the former India international donned the blue jersey. Still, he continues to grind away in the domestic circuit, playing the game that propelled him from the…
The Friedkin Group has reached an agreement with Blue Heaven Holdings over the terms of the sale of Farhad Moshiri’s majority stake in Everton, the Premier League club said on Monday This comes just two months after Friedkin Group abandoned its plans to buy a majority stake in the Merseyside club after being granted a…
NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer and 1983 ODI World Cup hero Mohinder Amarnath, who turns 74 today (September 24), had once stirred a hornet’s nest when he was dropped from the Indian cricket team.To say that the 1983 World Cup victory was a watershed moment for Indian cricket would be an understatement.It was on June 25,…
The Indian men’s hockey team will host Germany for a two-match series at New Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on October 23-24, Hockey India announced on Tuesday. “This bilateral series against Germany will be a remarkable showcase of world-class hockey. Both India and Germany have a rich history in the sport, and this series…
Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann said news of Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s serious knee injury came as a major shock after the Barcelona goalkeeper underwent an operation that is expected to sideline him for at least eight months. Ter Stegen suffered a rupture of the patella tendon in his right knee, Barcelona said on Monday. The…
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant marked his much-awaited return to the Test arena with a swashbuckling hundred against Bangladesh in the Chennai Test.After a stroke-filled 39 in the first innings, the dynamic wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 109 in the team’s second essay and also featured in a 167-run partnership with Shubman Gill, setting the ground for India’s eventual…
Former Indian women’s national hockey team coach Janneke Schopman will join the German Hockey Association as its Technical Director Youth from October 10, the federation announced last week. “I am very happy to become part of the German Hockey Federation. Germany has a very strong hockey culture and I will do everything I can to…
PREVIEW Defending champion Real Madrid will host Deportivo Alaves in the La Liga 2024-25 match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday. Real is coming into the match after completing a 4-1 comeback win against RCD Espanyol on Sunday while Alaves beat Sevilla in its previous match. After six games, Carlo Ancelotti’s side is second in…
MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Faced with an ‘impossible’ imaginary scenario in the Indian Premier League, two former international cricketers were asked: If MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma played for the same team, who would you play, sell, and bench?This tricky situation was recently tackled by former England captain…
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has undergone a successful surgery on Monday after suffering a complete rupture of the patella tendon in his right knee, the La Liga club said. The 32-year-old Germany international picked up the injury during Barcelona’s 5-1 win at Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday. “Ter Stegen has undergone a successful…
