Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will return to the pool at a major domestic meet next week following the expiry of his four-year ban for doping, state media reported. Sun, China’s first Olympic gold medallist in men’s swimming, will represent his home Zhejiang province at the National Summer Swimming Championships which start on Sunday in Hefei….
NEW DELHI: Mayank Yadav, the promising 22-year-old fast bowler for Lucknow Super Giants, emerged as one of the standout players in IPL 2024, impressing with his sheer pace and taking seven wickets in just four games. However, his season was abruptly halted due to injury, leading to uncertainty about his return to competitive cricket. BCCI…
Manchester City’s England midfielder Phil Foden won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year award on Tuesday after helping his club win a record fourth successive Premier League title. The 24-year-old scored 27 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions last season as Pep Guardiola’s City also lifted the UEFA Super Cup and…
Gabby Williams, who helped France win a silver medal at the Olympics earlier this month, signed a rest-of-season contract with Seattle Storm on Tuesday. She will start play next week when the Storm returns from its current road trip. It’s her third season with Seattle after being acquired in a trade with Los Angeles prior…
Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s impressive start to his international career is yet to earn him an ODI cap, and according to Dinesh Karthik, the 22-year-old youngster will remain a “back-up opener” for India as far as the 2025 Champions Trophy is concerned, where Shubman Gill is likely to continue opening with skipper Rohit Sharma. “Why?” said Karthik…
The ICC match referees have gone soft on the much-maligned pitches used for the New York leg of the T20 World Cup with six of the eight games, including the India versus Pakistan contest, getting a “satisfactory” rating. Two games at the makeshift Nassau County Cricket Stadium, including India’s opening fixture against Ireland, have got…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has made a preliminary determination that the proposed $8.5 billion merger between Reliance and Walt Disney‘s media assets in India could adversely affect competition, according to four sources who spoke to Reuters. The main concern revolves around the combined entity’s control over cricket broadcasting rights.This marks the most significant…
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has jumped one spot to third in the latest ICC ODI rankings for women released on Tuesday. Mandhana, who has 738 rating points, is the top-ranked Indian batter in the 50-over format while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur retained her ninth position. Sri Lanka’s star batter Chamari Athapaththu has slipped behind Mandhana to…
The Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled for October has been moved to the United Arab Emirates from Bangladesh, which has been rocked by political turmoil and violence in recent weeks. World cricket’s governing body the ICC said on Tuesday that a number of participating countries had issued travel advisories for Bangladesh, effectively preventing the country…
The Indian boxing team is likely to have another foreign coach sooner than later. After the Indian boxers – trained by foreign coach Dmitry Dmitruk and chief coach C.A. Kuttappa – exited the Paris Olympics without a medal, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) placed an advertisement to recruit a foreign coach for a period of…
