Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand on Sunday led the country’s sporting fraternity in hailing the Indian men and women’s teams for their historic gold medal winning feat at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. India made history as both its men’s and women’s teams clinched first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad. The […]
McLaren’s Lando Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position Saturday for the Singapore Grand Prix in a dramatic qualifying session red-flagged when Carlos Sainz crashed. Norris’s lap of 1min 30.002sec was 0.155sec quicker than Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton was third ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell. “It was good enough for pole […]
Arsenal have to show they are ready to topple Premier League champions Manchester City in Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash between the title favourites, according to Gunners’ boss Mikel Arteta. City have claimed an unprecedented four consecutive English top-flight titles, beating Arsenal into second place in each of the past two seasons. Arteta’s men took four points from […]
File photo of Anwar Ali.© X (formerly Twitter) India defender Anwar Ali was on Thursday cleared to play for East Bengal after the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Players Status Committee issued him a No Objection Certificate (NOC). The decision came after the Delhi High Court ordered a rehearing of his case, overturning […]
Afghanistan vs South Africa 1st ODI Highlights© AFP AFG vs SA, 1st ODI Highlights: South Africa avoided their lowest ever score in a one-day international but were still bowled out for a meagre 106 in the first ODI against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Wednesday. With Temba Bavuma out sick, stand-in captain Aiden Markram elected […]
Rohit Sharma (L) and Jasprit Bumrah© X (formerly Twitter) Pakistan-born fast bowler Zahoor Khan, who plays for the UAE cricket team, was part of the Mumbai Indians set-up as a net bowler back in 2014. Although he did not play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the fast bowler had the opportunity to […]
All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday appointed Santosh Kashyap as the new head coach of the national senior women’s team, replacing former international player Chaoba Devi at the helm of affairs. Kashyap’s first assignment will be the SAFF Women’s Championships to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from October 17 to 30. A […]
Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Premier League 2024-25 Highlights© AFP Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Highlights: Gabriel Magalhaes scored the only goal in the second half from a Bukayo Saka corner, Arsenal won 1-0 in the second-half against Tottenham in the North London Derby in the Premier League. This made it three successive away wins against […]
Bengaluru FC started their Indian Super League campaign with a 1-0 win over East Bengal with 19-year-old Vinith Venkatesh scoring in his debut match on Saturday. Venkatesh’s 25th-minute strike was the difference between the two teams. It was a fairytale ISL debut for Bengaluru FC academy graduate Venkatesh. He showed glimpses of his […]
Mohun Bagan’s defensive frailties haunted them once again within a fortnight, as they squandered a two-goal lead to play out a 2-2 draw with Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League opening match in Kolkata on Friday. One of the longest serving foreigners of the league, Mumbai City’s Tiri gave his former […]