Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar surged ahead on the last climb to win the mountainous 14th stage of the Tour de France and extend his overall lead to nearly two minutes on Saturday. The elite climbers’ duel between Pogacar and two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard finally came when Pogacar peeled away with about five kilometers (three…
India vs Pakistan Live Score, World Championship of Legends Final: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat against India in the final of the World Championship of Legends after the two teams won their respective semi-final on Friday at Northampton. While Pakistan defeated West Indies in the first semifinal by 20 runs, India triumphed…
A 10-man East Bengal prevailed over its traditional rival Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2-1 in the new season’s first meeting, in the Calcutta Football League’s top division fixture, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday. Despite getting the derby tag, this was a match with a difference as both the teams fielded their reserve…
Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only…
NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s dynamic batting and Shubman Gill‘s steady leadership propelled India to a dominating 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth T20 International in Harare on Saturday, clinching an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. Opting to bowl first, India effectively limited Zimbabwe to 152 for seven. Part-time bowlers Shivam Dube and…
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals announced on Saturday that it was parting ways with head coach Ricky Ponting. Ponting, a two-time World Cup winning captain of Australia, came on board in 2018 and helped the team reach its maiden final in 2021. However, in subsequent years, the side could not perform to potential….
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals have chosen to end their association with head coach Ricky Ponting following a seven-year tenure, as the franchise was unable to secure the coveted IPL trophy, according to sources familiar with the situation.Ponting, who led Australia to two World Cup victories, joined the team in 2019. Although Delhi Capitals reached their…
USA men’s basketball team head coach Steve Kerr has downplayed Kevin Durant’s calf injury that has kept the three-time Olympic gold medallist from training with the group ahead of the Paris Games. Team USA touched down in Abu Dhabi on Friday ahead of two scheduled exhibition games against Australia (July 15) and Serbia (July 17)…
On June 5, when Novak Djokovic had a surgery on his right knee to mend a torn meniscus, Wimbledon seemed as distant as the moon. The Olympic Games, which starts on July 26 in Paris, seemed a realistic target, for he has long coveted singles gold which his famed rivals Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced an updated schedule for the Indian cricket team’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.The revised itinerary has shifted the matches by a single day, with the tour now commencing on July 27, a day later than the originally planned start date of…
