The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is officially scheduled to get underway from July 26 in Paris. The event, which will also be hosted across 16 other cities in France, concludes on August 11. Artistic Gymnastics run from July 27 to August 5, while Rhythmic Gymnastics is scheduled for August 8-10. The Porte de la…
Australia allrounder Marcus Stoinis, who is part of the Texas Super Kings (TSK) squad at the ongoing season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the US, had a special visitor waiting for him after TSK’s match against the Seattle Orcas in Dallas earlier this week.Hailing from Afghanistan and settled in the US, the female fan,…
UEFA ordered seven national football federations to pay fines totalling 230,000 euros ($250,000) on Wednesday for racist and discriminatory abuse by fans at Euro 2024. UEFA did not specify details of the incidents which mostly involved fans from teams in the Balkans at the month-long, 24-nation tournament played in Germany. Croatia must pay the biggest…
Walt Disney’s ESPN, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Amazon.com have clinched the rights to carry National Basketball Association games in an 11-year deal valued at USD 77 billion, the league said on Wednesday. The NBA said it rejected a last-minute offer from Warner Bros Discovery’s TNT Sports division, ending a four-decade relationship with the media company after…
COLOMBO: Indian selectors are considering picking left-arm bowler Arshdeep Singh for the Test team despite him only playing limited-overs cricket so far. He impressed during India’s T20 World Cup win and there are talks that he might be included in the Test squad for the Australia tour later this year.The Punjab and Punjab Kings pacer…
French winger Moussa Diaby has joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad from Aston Villa on a five-year contract, the English Premier League side said late on Wednesday. Diaby, who joined Villa a year ago from Bayer Leverkusen for a reported fee of 52 million pounds ($67 million), made 54 appearances in the 2023-24 season, registering…
On a wild opening day for the Olympic men’s football tournament, the United States came within the width of the crossbar from taking the lead against host nation France. Within moments, Alexandre Lacazette had the ball in the back of the Americans’ net — and when Michael Olise added a second for France, it was…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is officially scheduled to get underway from July 26 in Paris. The event, which will also be hosted across 16 other cities in France, concludes on August 11. Artistic Gymnastics run from July 27 to August 5, while Rhythmic Gymnastics is scheduled for August 8-10. The Porte de la…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Suryakumar Yadav as the new T20I captain for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, sidelining star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. This decision comes despite Pandya’s role as vice-captain during India’s recent T20 World Cup 2024 victory. BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar attributed the…
Before his heart was placed in Olympia and his body was laid to rest in Lausanne, Pierre de Coubertin’s soul belonged to Paris. Known as the father of modern Olympics, Coubertin, who signed off satisfactorily after witnessing the Games being staged in his home city in 1924, would have loved to see the return of…
