What a lovely goodbye that was: sweet, smart, and stained in tears. And nobody in the history of British tennis has deserved such a grandstanding, no-holds-barred, full-on sentimental farewell as much as Andy Murray. There was the twice Wimbledon champion, in the middle of Centre Court, the place he has graced so often over the...
The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team returned to the country on Thursday morning aboard a charter flight and went to the Prime Minister’s residence soon after. They met PM Modi at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence and interacted with him over breakfast. The men in blue posed with the Prime Minister with the...
It’s been a scarcely believable last few days for Team India. Not only did they beat South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final to lift a T20 World Cup trophy after 17 years and end their world title drought of 11 years but they had to wait for their homecoming post...
Title rivals Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz reached the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday as Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka was demolished on her return to Centre Court after a five-year absence. Australian Open champion Sinner defeated Italian Davis Cup teammate Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 7-6 (7/4) in a three-hour 42-minute duel. Berrettini,...
A double by Merih Demiral inspired Turkey to a 2-1 win over Austria in their Euro 2024 last 16 match on Tuesday and a place in the quarter-finals. Austria pressed hard for the equaliser after Michael Gregoritsch pulled a goal back just after the hour and it took a stunning save by Turkey goalkeeper Mert...
Ronaldo was reduced to tears when the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved his penalty in extra time, with the score 0-0. Benjamin Sesko then missed a glorious chance moments later with the game going to penalties. Ronaldo recovered to score Portugal’s first and Diogo Costa saved all three of the spot-kicks he faced, with...
India flaunted their superabundance of talent in a display of absolute dominance to storm into the final of the T20 World Cup with a 68-run shellacking of England in their semi-final here on Thursday. Leading the charge once again was their inspirational skipper Rohit Sharma, who laid the foundation with an aggressive 57 off 39...
A clinical South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the semifinal here. The Proteas put themselves in pole position to reach the final after they bowled out Afghanistan for a paltry 56. They then raced to the target with 67 balls to spare. Earlier...
Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs in a rain truncated match which saw the Afghan team reach their first semifinal in history. The loss for Bangladesh also meant that 2021 champions Australia were knocked out. Riding on their captain Rashid Khan’s fantastic cameo, Afghanistan have managed to post 115/5 at the end of their 20 overs...
Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been ruled out of this year’s tournament after undergoing back surgery, the ATP Tour confirmed on Sunday. “After an operation on a spinal cyst, Andy Murray is sadly out of Wimbledon. Rest up and recover Andy, we’ll miss seeing you there,” the ATP said on X, formerly Twitter. The...