Spain midfielder Pedri is set to miss the rest of Euro 2024 after suffering a knee ligament sprain in Friday’s quarterfinal victory over Germany. The Barcelona playmaker had to be substituted after just eight minutes in the clash in Stuttgart, which Spain won 2-1 after extra-time. In a statement on Saturday, the Spanish football federation…
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina reached the quarter-finals after ailing Russian 17th seed Anna Kalinskaya retired from their clash with a suspected right forearm injury while trailing 6-3 3-0 on Monday. Big-hitting Rybakina, who came into the match as the only woman remaining in the decimated draw to have lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish, found…
NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma‘s act of installing the Indian tricolour flag on the field in Barbados became an iconic moment following India’s thrilling seven-run triumph over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final. This gesture by the Indian skipper captured the essence of the team’s historic achievement.As a tribute to this momentous occasion, Rohit…
Defenders Miles Robinson and Walker Zimmerman along with forward Djordje Mihailovic will be the three overage players on the 18-man U.S. Olympic men’s football roster after failing to get used by the senior national team at the Copa America. Olympic football is limited to players under 23, with each team allowed three over the age…
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable, said Mark Twain. But not even the most astute statistician can manoeuvre the numbers to protect this French football team from the fact that it hasn’t scored an open-play goal in the last 575 minutes it has played – 480 of those coming in Euro 2024. For…
NEW DELHI: The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) hosted a symposium on Sunday where various perspectives were shared regarding the future of Test cricket and the potential use of the 20-overs format to expand the sport’s reach. One suggestion was to limit Test cricket to only six or seven teams.The appeal of Test cricket has been…
New Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca is looking to bring more aggression into the team to turn around the fortunes of last season’s Premier League under-achiever. Two-time Champions League winner, Chelsea languished mid-table for the majority of the campaign before a late charge under former manager Mauricio Pochettino secured sixth place and a place in the…
Afghanistan’s Taliban government does not recognise the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this month, a spokesman for their sports department said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited a squad of six Afghan athletes — three women and three men — in consultation with Afghanistan’s largely-exiled national…
NEW DELHI: James Anderson, who will turn 42 at the end of July, expressed his pride in his longevity as a Test bowler as he readies himself for his final international match. The first game of the series between England and the West Indies at Lord’s, commencing on Wednesday, will mark his retirement from international…
The Indian men’s hockey team has left for the Paris 2024 Olympics, travelling to Mike Horn’s base in Switzerland on Monday. Following a three-day period designed to instil mental toughness, the team will move to the Netherlands to play practice matches. After the final block of training, the team is scheduled to arrive in the…
