Brazil faces Paraguay in its Copa America Group D match in Las Vegas on Friday after a disappointing goalless draw against lowly Costa Rica in its opener. Paraguay, which lost 2-1 to Colombia in its first game, is expected to use a similar defensive game plan to Costa Rica. Attacking midfielder Lucas Paqueta will be…
Starting XIs: Colombia: Vargas, Munoz, Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica, Lerma, Rios, Arias, Rodriguez, Diaz, Cordoba Costa Rica: Sequeira, Mitchell, Vargas, Calvo, Quiros, Galo, Aguilera, Lassiter, Madrigal, Zamora, Ugalde. PREVIEW Colombia faces Costa Rica in a Group D fixture on Friday in the ongoing Copa America 2024 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Colombia…
NEW DELHI: Former England captain Michael Vaughan raised questions about the scheduling of the T20 World Cup that favoured India heavily. He pointed out that India’s semifinal venue was predetermined even before they secured their spot in the last-four stage of the tournament.After India exacted a sweet revenge of their 2022 T20 World Cup semifinal…
Georgia’s football team is in line for an unexpected payday at Euro 2024 after a billionaire former prime minister promised to pay out more than $10 million following its surprise win over Portugal. The Georgian team can double its money with another win over Spain on Sunday in the round of 16. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who…
South Africa has had several accomplished captains over the years – Kepler Wessels, Shaun Pollock and Graeme Smith, to name a few. But none of these stalwarts have been able to guide the team to a World Cup trophy, or even to a final. If things go to plan for South Africa on Saturday, Aiden…
NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Sarandeep Singh believes that India’s spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will prove to be too much for the South Africans to handle in the T20 World Cup final in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday. According to Sarandeep, Kuldeep and Axar, who have had a formidable run in the…
Croatia was fined 105,000 euros ($112,500) by UEFA for fan misconduct at a European Championship elimination game against Italy, the federation said on Friday. The financial penalty is the biggest by UEFA announced at the tournament, and the second for Croatia. A separate investigation by UEFA is ongoing into alleged racism involving both sets of…
Double world champion Francesco Bagnaia stuck his marker in the sand at the start of the Dutch MotoGP weekend, setting a new lap record in qualifying on Friday. Looking for a hat-trick win after claiming top podium spots at Catalunya and Mugello, Bagnaia broke the lap record clocked by fellow Italian rider Marco Bezzecchi in…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli‘s run of low scores at the T20 World Cup continued on Thursday as the star India batter fell for just nine in a semi-final against defending champions England in Guyana on Thursday. Registering his fifth single digit score of the tournament, Kohli got out in the third over itself, looking to…
Four Austria defenders missed team training on Friday ahead of their last 16 clash with Turkey next Tuesday, leaving the rest of the squad to wrestle with how to prepare for one eventuality the country has never faced at a major finals – a penalty shoot-out. “Sure, you can practice it, but this pressure situation,…
