Canada appealed against being docked six points by FIFA in a drone-spying scandal at the Paris 2024 Olympics women’s football tournament, and a verdict is expected hours before the team plays its last group-stage game Wednesday. FIFA punished Olympic defending champion Canada on Saturday — and banned coach Bev Priestman and two assistant coaches for…
Rohan Bopanna has announced that he is retiring from Indian tennis after bowing out of the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men’s doubles first round alongside N. Sriram Balaji on Monday. The Indian duo lost 7-5, 6-2 to French duo of Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Bopanna represented India in the Asian Games in Hangzhou,…
NEW DELHI: Batsmen hitting bowlers for long and big sixes is a common occurrence these days. Sometimes the ball lands in the crowd, sometimes out of the stadium.Invariably, the ball is most of the times thrown back if it lands amongst the spectators. The ball, deemed to be lost, is most of the times replaced…
BILLIARDS Advani, Sitwala to feature in Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship Multiple-time world champion Pankaj Advani and the current Asian and national billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala will be among the competitors at the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship starting here on August 3. The competitions will feature three categories: senior billiards, senior snooker…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s pace bowler, Shaheen Shah Afridi, stated that his primary focus is winning matches for Pakistan rather than aspiring for captaincy, during a media interaction in Karachi. Afridi, appointed as Pakistan’s T20I captain after Babar Azam stepped down, emphasized that leadership roles are beyond his control and not his personal ambition.“Pakistan is first…
A’ja Wilson scored 24 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help the U.S. beat Japan 102-76 on Monday night in the Paris 2024 Olympics opener for both teams. The Americans now have a 56-game Olympic winning streak that dates to the 1992 Barcelona Games. The last of those victories before Monday also came against…
NEW DELHI: On Sunday, an extraordinary and rare incident unfolded on Day 4 of the one-off Test between Ireland and Zimbabwe at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast. Ireland batters Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine completed an all-run five during their team’s second innings, sparking widespread excitement on social media.The video of this unusual…
World record holder Thomas Ceccon of Italy made a thrilling late surge to claim the men’s 100-metre backstroke gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. The former world champion touched the wall in exactly 52 seconds, edging China’s silver medallist Xu Jiayu by 0.32 of a second at La Defense Arena. American Ryan Murphy…
NEW DELHI: India’s star batsman Virat Kohli arrived in Colombo on Monday ahead of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan airport staff and fans welcomed him warmly and took the opportunity to snap some photos with the celebrated cricketer.Kohli, who retired from T20Is following India’s victory in the 2024 T20 World…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz defeated Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 7-6(3) on Monday to reach the third round of the Paris 2024 Olympics tennis tournament showing the form that will make him hard to beat but also some sloppiness as he strives for gold. The world number three, who won this year’s French Open and Wimbledon titles…
