England predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Pickford, Walker, Konsa, Stones, Saka, Alexander Arnold, Rice, Mainoo, Bellingham, Foden, Kane Switzerland predicted XI (3-4-3): Sommer, Schar, Rodriguez, Akanji, Widmer, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer, Ndoye, Vargas, Embolo
F3’s Arvid Lindblad completed a clean sweep of the weekend despite wet weather playing spoilsport at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone. Conditions were similar at NASCAR’s Chicago street circuit but Alex Bowman stuck it out to take his first win of the season. MotoGP saw a new championship leader in Francesco Bagnaia after the…
England will face off against Switzerland for a spot in the semifinal in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal match at the Dusseldorf Arena on Saturday. FOLLOW THE MATCH LIVE | ENGLAND VS SWITZERLAND LIVE SCORE, EURO 2024 Centre-back Marc Guehi was not included in the starting lineup named by Gareth Southgate after he was suspended for…
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become a co-owner of the American Gambits, a new team which will feature in the second edition of the Global Chess League, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The League on Monday unveiled the six franchises for the second edition to be played in…
Restricting test cricket to six or seven teams and using the 20-overs format as the vehicle to spread the game were some of the views aired at a symposium organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Sunday. Test cricket’s dwindling appeal outside India, England and Australia has coincided with the proliferation of lucrative T20…
Rain gods teased the 13,000-odd spectators in attendance aplenty with mild showers through the course of the second T20I between India and South Africa at the MAC Stadium here on Sunday. The game’s submission to the elements washed out the fixture. This makes Tuesday’s fixture a make-or-break affair for the host which needs a win…
India’s win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I on Sunday in Harare came as relief for Shubman Gill, who is leading a young team on the tour of the African nation, after the visitors had suffered a defeat in the opening game of the series.Led by blistering knocks from the top order and some disciplined…
Goal-shy France will be looking to silence the critics when it takes on Spain in their Euro 2024 semifinal clash on Tuesday in Munich, while its opponents hopes to keep its impressive campaign going even without key players. With Kylian Mbappe leading its talented squad, France was well among the favourites when it arrived in…
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra optimistically visualised the country’s athletes bagging medals in double digits in the Paris Games. Exchanging ideas in a panel discussion organised by the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI), Abhinav expressed his admiration for the current generation of athletes and their enormous self-belief. “There are some similarities to my generation…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Rs 125 crore as the prize money for India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad led by skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid. Out of that cash-rich purse, the 15 players, which includes the trio of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson who didn’t…
