Taylor Townsend booked her place in the fourth round of the US Open for the first time since 2019. (AP) Taylor Townsend had been in the spotlight in the first week of the US Open for her heated exchange with Jelena Ostapenko. Things were said at the net, racial undertones were attached, the locker room…
India will play three ODIs and five T20Is against Australia in October-November. Cricket Australia has announced that Indian fan zones at all eight venues for the upcoming white-ball series against India have sold out, with public tickets for Sydney and Canberra matches also fully booked for the series starting October 19 in Perth.The series includes…
Abhishesk Sharma, Sanju Samson and Shubman Gill (Agency Image) As India prepares for the 2026 T20 World Cup, the team is in the middle of a generational shift. With senior players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma no longer in the picture, the focus has turned to the next crop of young match-winners. Former India…
Indian shooters Naamya Kapoor, Payal Khatri and Tejaswani swept the Junior Women’s Sports Pistol medals in the Asian Shooting Championship (PTI Photo) India achieved a historic milestone at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, securing 50 gold medals to lead the medal tally for the first time in the championship’s history.In the Olympic…
Taskin Ahmed gets Player of The Match award (Photo: @BCBtigers on X) Bangladesh secured a commanding eight-wicket victory over the Netherlands in the opening T20 international match in Sylhet on Saturday, with Taskin Ahmed delivering an outstanding performance.Taskin Ahmed’s impressive bowling figures of 4-28 helped Bangladesh restrict the Netherlands to 136-8. The Bangladesh batting lineup…
Bruno Fernandes (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) Bruno Fernandes secured a crucial victory for Manchester United with a last-minute penalty, defeating Burnley 3-2. The win provided relief for manager Ruben Amorim, while Thomas Frank experienced his first Premier League loss as Tottenham’s manager on Saturday.The victory came shortly after United’s disappointing League Cup elimination by…
Lalit Modi and Yuvraj Singh NEW DELHI: Lalit Modi, the architect of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has revealed that he once pledged to reward Indian cricketers with a Porsche if they managed the rare feat of hitting six sixes or taking six wickets in a single over during the 2007 T20 World Cup. Not…
Injured Liam Delap (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) Chelsea secured a 2-0 victory over Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday in a match marked by controversial VAR decisions.Fulham faced disappointment when Josh King’s potential opening goal was disallowed after VAR review determined Rodrigo Muniz’s accidental collision with Trevoh Chalobah constituted a foul.The situation became more…
Chinese chess player spends 4 hours in heavy rain after loss (screengrabs) A video from northern China has gone viral, showing a man refusing to leave a chessboard after his defeat in Xiangqi (Chinese chess). Despite pouring rain in Hebei province, he sat for nearly four hours replaying and analysing his moves, even as his…
Neeraj Chopra in action in the Zurich Diamond League (via Getty Images) World Athletics vice president Adille Sumariwalla has backed Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra to perform well at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, despite his recent second-place finish at the Diamond League Finals in Zurich.Neeraj Chopra, the 27-year-old two-time Olympic medalist, secured…
