Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis secured victory at the Paris Diamond League meet with his first attempt on Sunday and while he failed to break his own world record he said his preparations for the Paris Games are on the right track. The Swede, who broke the world record for the eighth time with…
India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who has been hailed as “once in a generation” bowler by his teammate and batting legend Virat Kohli, said the love that he and the rest of the team have been receiving since winning the T20 World Cup is like “living a dream”. Bumrah’s outstanding performance in the tournament, which…
Chicago Fire FC midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri was not starting in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal clash for Switzerland against England at the Dusseldorf Arena. He was subbed in during the second half of extra-time with the score tied 1-1. The 32-year-old former Bayern Munich and Liverpool player has only started one match in the Euro 2024…
Cricket South Africa on Monday announced a 16-member squad, to be led by Temba Bavuma, for the two-match Test series in West Indies. The first Test will be held from August 7 to 11 at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago, while the second Test will take place at Guyana National Stadium, Guyana, from August…
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya announced on Monday that he will be the new head coach of Sri Lanka’s national cricket team after Chris Silverwood‘s resignation. Silverwood quit citing “personal reasons” following the team’s early exit from the T20 World Cup. Jayasuriya will take over after the T20 Lanka Premier League concludes on July…
Turkey goes against Netherlands in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal knockout clash to book a spot in the semifinal, like the 2008 edition. A number of Turkey players were shown a yellow card in their last group stage match against Czech Republic for a fight which broke out at the end of the match. This has…
Indian women’s cricket team fielding coach Munish Bali lauded Uma Chetry for her fielding skills, and said the young wicket-keeper is a “ truly hard-working cricketer”. Chetry, 21, made her T20 International debut against South Africa in the abandoned second game of the three-match series here on Sunday, and inflicted a stumping off Deepti Sharma’s…
NEW DELHI: India didn’t anticipate that their five-match series against underdogs Zimbabwe would begin as it did. They suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of the African nation in the opening T20I. However, the Shubman Gill-led side bounced back impressively, delivering a dominant performance to secure a 100-run victory in the second match, with…
Two Moroccan players from top-flight football side Ittihad Tanger have been missing at sea since Saturday after strong currents drifted their small yacht, a club official said on Sunday. They were in a group of five players from the club who went cruising off the northern city of Tangier when strong currents and heavy winds…
GOLF Rayhan Thomas logs first Top-10 finish in his second start as pro India’s Rayhan Thomas, playing only his second professional event, got a big boost in his career as he finished in the top 10 at the USD 2 million International Series Morocco golf tournament here. The Indian golfer, based in Dubai but played…
