At the China Masters badminton, Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered their fourth-straight China Masters semifinal after beating Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-13, 16-21, 21-18 in Shenzhen this evening. The Indian pair defeated France’s Toma Junior Popov and Christo Popov 21-17, 22-24, 21-9, last night, to make...
In Squash, India’s Abhay Singh won the men’s singles title at the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy 2026 in Seremban, Malaysia, yesterday. The top-seeded Abhay defeated third-seeded Henry Leung of Hong Kong, China, 3-2 in the final of the PSA Challenger Tour 15 event. The victory marked the 27-year-old Indian squash player’s 13th PSA Tour title and...
World number one Jannik Sinner confirmed on Friday he will not compete in the US Open because of a right knee injury. Sinner, who the US Open in 2024, said that he needs more to recover from his injury setback. Sinner’s announcement came a day after rival and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz confirmed his much-awaited...
Top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Alexander Zverev crashed out of the Cincinnati Masters in a matter of hours on a rainy Wednesday of fourth-round action. American Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of Germany’s Zverev. But the biggest shock came on the women’s side where...
Defending champion Shi Yuqi suffered a shock first-round defeat to rising Indian star Ayush Shetty at the world badminton championships in New Delhi on Monday. World number one Shi of China went down 14-21, 21-13, 19-21 in one hour and 13 minutes to 21-year-old Shetty, who enthralled the home crowd at the Indira Gandhi Indoor...
Sri Lanka bounced back well, taking seven wickets on Day 2. Only one-and-a-half sessions were possible on Day 2 due to rain, but both teams fought hard in whatever time was available. Devdutt Padikkal pushed on and made 167. He was looking good to get to a double hundred. But, the left-handed batter was undone...
The Portuguese soccer star, 41, tied the knot with his longtime partner, model Georgina Rodríguez, in a civil ceremony on August 11, 2026 in Cascais, Portugal, according to a press release. The ceremony was a “private and intimate moment” attended by their five children. Ronaldo shared a photo of the couple’s hands with their wedding bands with the caption...
World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through. Kazakhstan’s Rybakina recovered from 0-3 and two breaks down in the final set to beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 before American Gauff swept aside another Russian, teenage qualifier...
European soccer’s governing body has retained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite the global body apologizing for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. UEFA on Thursday reiterated that it had lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino and said conditions to withdraw its boycott threat had not been met. “UEFA’s...
World number two Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the ATP Cincinnati Masters with the wrist injury that has sidelined him since April, organizers said Tuesday. The Spaniard will not defend his title at the tournament that starts on August 13 because of “an ongoing wrist injury.” “We know Carlos is doing everything he can to...