MUMBAI: “Mumbai never disappoints”. Those words of Rohit Sharma aptly summed up the reception Mumbaikars dished out to his T20 World Cup winning squad – at the Marine Drive and then at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Seven months ago, the man from Mumbai was distraught as he left the field, teary eyed, after India…
Argentina beat Ecuador 4-2 on penalties on Thursday at the NRG Stadium in the Copa America 2024 quarterfinal. This win booked the defending champion’s berth in the semifinals for the fifth consecutive time in the competition. Lionel Messi opened Argentina’s penalty shootout with a miss when his attempt hit the crossbar. It was Emiliano Martinez’s…
A routine 3-0 win for Netherlands over Romania at Euro 2024 was overshadowed hours later by a tenacious Turkish victory over Austria to set up an enthralling quarterfinal in Berlin on Saturday. With the Dutch dominating possession against Romania and Turkey happy to let Austria have the ball and hit it on the counter, Berlin’s…
Fans wait over 4 hours for homecoming World Cup heroesThe sea looked bluer on the reclaimed-land side on Thursday evening. After their delayed departure from Barbados due to a hurricane, Rohit Sharma‘s T20 World Cup winning Team India returned home to a different kind of storm with cricket-crazy Mumbaikars filling the stretch from Nariman Point…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal will be up against Kylian Mbappe’s France in the quarterfinal of Euro 2024 on Saturday at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. The clash will pit, the idol and his disciple as both would like to showcase their true pedigree and win it for their respective teams. Both, Ronaldo and Mbappe are still searching…
The 17th edition of the European Championship started with a bang as the host, Germany, thrashed Scotland 5-1 in the opening match on June 14, at the Allianz Arena in Munich. The Euro 2024 is living up to its promise of high-quality football. Following are the quarterfinal matches that are scheduled to be played on…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid, who served as the head coach of India during their T20 World Cup triumph, revealed that a phone call from captain Rohit Sharma following the ODI World Cup defeat last year was one of the most memorable moments of his life.India’s long wait for an ICC World Cup trophy finally ended…
PREVIEW Germany faces rival championship challenger Spain in the mouth-watering Euro 2024 quarterfinal clash on Friday. The Germans are enjoying their finest international tournament in eight years, with home fans hoping for their first trophy in a decade, but their match against Spain is also viewed as a premature final between two of the competition’s…
PREVIEW Hosts Germany will take on the the high-flying Spain in a tantalizing encounter in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal on Friday, June 5. Under coach Luis de la Fuente, Spain has been a perfect record in the ongoing European Championship. The 2008-winners looked to have found its groove back on the pitch. La Roja has…
NEW DELHI: A massive crowd of enthusiastic fans gathered at Marine Drive in South Mumbai to celebrate the Indian team’s victory in the T20 World Cup. The parade, which started from Nariman Point and ended at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, brought traffic to a standstill as thousands of people lined the streets to catch a…
