Thursday, April 25, 2024
MADRID — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Madrid Masters 1000 scheduled to take place from April 24 to May 5. The Madrid draw was due to be made on Monday, but organisers have been made aware that Djokovic will not be competing as h...
20 Apr 2024
CHUNGJU — Indian rowers Nitin Deol and Salman Khan won the gold medal in the Men’s Open Doubles competition in the 2024 Asian Cup here on Saturday. The final race of this category concluded on Saturday morning and in a keenly contested race, Niti...
20 Apr 2024
TOKYO (JAPAN) — Indian para-canoeist Jaideep secured the gold medal in the VL3 Men’s 200m event as the Indian contingent asserted their dominance at the Asian Canoeing/Para Canoeing Sprint Championships held here on Saturday. Sangeeta Rajput ...
20 Apr 2024
GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) — The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has expressed its concerns and worries about World Athletics’ decision to award prize money to Olympic gold medalists at the Olympic Games. “ASOI...
20 Apr 2024
SHANGHAI (CHINA) — Red Bull’s Max Verstappen rose from fourth on the grid to take victory in Saturday’s entertaining 2024 Formula 1 Sprint race in Shanghai, ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix main race. Verstappen, the defending...
20 Apr 2024
LUCKNOW — K.L. Rahul and Quinton de Kock added 154 runs for the opening wicket as Lucknow Super Giants beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in the highest successful run chase at Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Friday. Chasing a modest target of...
19 Apr 2024
LAUSANNE — In a ground-breaking initiative, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday launched the Olympic AI Agenda, the new initiative that envisions the impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can deliver for sport and to find out way...
19 Apr 2024
MADRID — With the season’s second El Clasico — the marquee clash between archrivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona — on the schedule, Matchday 32 of the La Liga 2023-24 will be a special one. But apart from this interesting clash at...
19 Apr 2024
MULLANPUR — Ashutosh Sharma almost single-handedly won Punjab Kings the game out of nowhere, but Mumbai Indians survived his stunning assault to win by nine runs in a thrilling match at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on ...
19 Apr 2024
BERLIN — Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann has signed a contract extension to remain the national team’s coach until the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, the German Football Association said on Friday. N...
19 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Focused on developing the next line of quality riders and picking the best team for next year’s Asian Continental Championships, the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) announced an extensive calendar of 41 competitions for 2024-25 s...
19 Apr 2024
MARGAO — With a direct qualification to the semifinals hanging in the balance, FC Goa will battle it out with Chennaiyin FC in a high-stakes knockout clash at the iconic Fatorda Stadium on Saturday as the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 playoffs ...
19 Apr 2024
BARCELONA — Casper Ruud of Norway sailed into the quarterfinal of the Barcelona Open after beating Jordan Thompson 6-1, 6-4 for his 26th win of the season. With his victory, the third-seeded Ruud moved clear of Jannik Sinner for the most tour-level...
19 Apr 2024
STUTTGART — Iga Swiatek began her clay-court 2024 season with a win as she defeated Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of Stuttgart Open. World No.1 Swiatek, playing her first match on the dirt since she won last year’s Roland Garros ...
19 Apr 2024
VICTORIA (SPAIN) — Ace para shuttler Sukant Kadam reached the quarterfinals of the Spanish Para-Badminton tournament where he will face compatriot Abhijeet Sakhuja. Sukant kickstarted the tournament positively with an easy win over Germany’s Nils...
19 Apr 2024
LONDON — Former England opener and ICC match referee Raman Subba Row has died at the age of 92. Subba Row, who averaged 46.85 and scored three hundreds in his 13 Test matches for England between 1958 and 1961, quit the game at the age of 29 followi...
18 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan announced his retirement from international badminton on Thursday, marking the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, China as his final tournament on the international circuit. Momota bec...
18 Apr 2024
LONDON — The oldest football competition in the world – the Emirates FA Cup, is back to keep fans on the edge of their seats in what promises to be an enthralling semifinal stage. In the first semifinal fixture, the reigning champions Manches...
18 Apr 2024
BERLIN — Joshua Kimmich’s sole goal helped Bayern Munich progress into the UEFA Champions League last four after beating Arsenal 1-0 (3-2 on aggregate) in the second leg. The German giants caught a bright start in front of the home crowd as H...
18 Apr 2024
MANCHESTER — Holders Manchester City were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium after they had battled back from 1-0 down to draw 4-4 on aggregate, as their hopes of a second successive treble were ended. Real Madrid continued th...
18 Apr 2024
AHMEDABAD — Cameos from Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel and Shai Hope helped Delhi Capitals’ thrash Gujarat Titans by six wickets to register a resounding win at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. After Ishant Sharma took two crucial scalp...
17 Apr 2024
Gokulam Kerala FC Alejandro Sanchez Lopez won the Highest Scorer and the Best Player awards after finishing as the top scorer of the league with 19 goals from 22 appearances. Although his club, Gokulam Kerala FC finished third in the I-League table, ...
17 Apr 2024
MUNICH — Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti pulled off a major upset as they knocked out reigning French Open finalists Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 4-6, 7-6, 10-6 in the opening round of the BMW Open, here on Wednesday. After lo...
17 Apr 2024
BARCELONA — Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the UEFA Champions League semifinal after a thrilling 4-1 second-leg win (6-4 on aggregate) over FC Barcelona on Tuesday night at Estadi Olompic Lluis Companys. PSG recovered...
17 Apr 2024
GENEVA — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the official mobile game for the Paris 2024 Olympics – Olympics Go! Paris 2024 – was launched to provide truly Olympic gaming experience to the fans. Sports like brea...
17 Apr 2024
