Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova retired injured from her second-round match in the Berlin grass-court event on Thursday against Anna Kalinskaya. Vondrousova was leading 5-3 in the first set when she slipped on the first point of the ninth game. The fifth-seeded Czech walked to her bench holding her right hip and received medical treatment….
NEW DELHI: Leg-spinner Rashid Khan emerged as the game-changer for Afghanistan, claiming the crucial wickets of Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Shivam Dube during the T20 World Cup Super 8 match against India at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.India, who won the toss and opted to bat, started the match with high hopes. However, their…
The India women’s hockey team could not break its sequence of half-a-dozen consecutive losses in the FIH Pro League, losing to Germany 2-4, its seventh consecutive defeat in the tournament here on Saturday. Sunelita (9th) and Deepika (15th) scored superb field goals to give India a huge morale-boosting 2-0 lead but soon saw it being…
Photo: ALEX GRIMM FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – JUNE 20: Christian Eriksen of Denmark applauds the fans as he warms up prior to the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Denmark and England at Frankfurt Arena on June 20, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) Photo: ALEX GRIMM FRANKFURT…
The ICC men’s T20 World Cup has been of some ups and downs. While the ICC must be commended for bringing more Associate Member countries into the fold, it was clear that some were just not ready for the contests at this level. Teams getting bowled out under 50 and that score being chased down…
NEW DELHI: Indian cricketers, in a poignant tribute, wore black armbands during their T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown in Barbados.This gesture was in honour of former Indian fast bowler David Johnson, who tragically passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday at the age of 52. T20 WORLD CUP:…
Indian men’s hockey team lost 2-3 against Germany in the third match of the London leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League here on Saturday. For India, skipper Harmanpreet Singh (19th minute) and Sukhjeet Singh (48th) scored the goals, while Germany’s goal-getters were Gonzalo Peillat (2nd, 33rd) and Christopher Ruhr (10th) in the contest played…
The 48th edition of the Copa America will get underway on June 20 with the USA set to host the tournament. The tournament will have 10 teams from South America and six from the North America taking part, with the final set to take place on July 14 in Florida. Here are the top five…
The Indian cricket team sported black armbands during its T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match against Afghanistan in Barbados on Thursday in honour of former India pacer David Johnson, who passed away earlier in the day in Bengaluru. He was 52 years old. Johnson played two Test matches in 1996, picking three wickets. Team India will…
NEW DELHI: VVS Laxman and his support staff at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) are likely to join the Indian team for their five-match T20I series in Zimbabwe, commencing on July 6. Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir is anticipated to begin his stint as the head coach during the Sri Lanka tour.The squad for the Zimbabwe series…
