NEW DELHI: After leaving the Delhi Capitals, Ricky Ponting is still eager to pursue coaching chances in the Indian Premier League, and he has revealed that the team plans to appoint an Indian coach to succeed him.Despite acknowledging that his departure from the IPL team was a result of his lack of awards, Ponting, who…
RB Leipzig’s Spain international Dani Olmo is leaving after more than four years at the Bundesliga club, the midfielder said on Friday and is now expected to join Barcelona. Olmo, 26, signed for Leipzig in 2020, extending his contract until 2027 last year. He has played 148 times for the team in all competitions, scoring…
American teenage sprinter Quincy Wilson’s first run at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday was a learning lesson. The 16-year-old, who became the youngest American male to compete in track at the Olympics, left the U.S. in a distant seventh place after his opening lap in the first round of the 4×400 relay. The Americans,…
Bayern Munich winger Bryan Zaragoza signed on loan for Spanish side Osasuna on Friday until the end of the season. The 22-year-old joined Bayern in January from Granada for a reported 15 million euros ($16.5 million) but has not managed to break into the German giants’ side, making just seven appearances. “We’re convinced that this…
PR Sreejesh and Manu Bhaker will be India’s flagbearers during the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympics on August 11. While Manu’s name had been announced, the confirmation regarding Sreejesh came on Thursday. 🚨- Sreejesh named India flagbearer with Manu Bhaker for Paris 204 Closing Ceremony Paris, August 9: The Indian Olympic Association is delighted…
Disturbed by a video in which he’s struggling to walk, Couto brothers paid a visit to former India batsmanMUMBAI: A video which went viral recently, in which former India cricket star Vinod Kambli is struggling to walk, left many cricket fans disturbed. Deeply concerned by Kambli’s condition, which hasn’t been great for a few years…
Issa Hayatou, the long-time leader of African football who was made interim president of FIFA during its corruption crisis in 2015, died on Thursday. He was 77. FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in an Instagram post, “Saddened to hear of the passing of former CAF president, former FIFA president and interim, FIFA vice-president and FIFA…
Indonesia’s Rizki Juniansyah won the men’s 73kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 354kg, setting the Olympic record in the clean and jerk as China’s reigning champion Shi Zhiyong failed to finish. Juniansyah lifted 155kg in the snatch to put himself in a good position and then strained…
Matias Rojas scored twice and 10-man defending champion Inter Miami edged Toronto FC 4-3 in a Leagues Cup knockout stage opener on Thursday. The host advanced to the last 16 against the winner of a Friday match between Sporting Kansas City and reigning MLS champion Columbus Crew. Paraguayan midfielder Rojas opened the scoring in the…
Japanese wrestling juggernaut Akari Fujinami extended her outrageous winning streak to claim the women’s 53kg freestyle gold of the Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Thursday. The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and capped her campaign with ridiculous ease winning the gold medal contest against Ecuador’s Lucia Yepez Guzman by technical…
