Italy won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1976 as Jannik Sinner crushed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-0 to seal a 2-0 win over Australia on Sunday in Malaga. The world number four clinched victory in the second singles rubber after Matteo Arnaldi dug deep to beat Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in...
India took a 2-0 lead in the T20I series against Australia after handing the visitors a 44-run defeat in the second game at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Prasidh Krishna and Ravi Bishnoi claimed three wickets each as they restricted the Australians to 191/9 as they chased a hefty target of 236 runs. Earlier, riding on half centuries from...
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav was all praise for youngster Rinku Singh, who held his nerves brilliantly in the first T20I against Australia in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Suryakumar shrugged off the disappointment of a Cricket World Cup final defeat with a captain’s knock but it was Rinku’s composure that took a young Indian team to a thrilling two-wicket win....
India’s top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled AITA has decided to discuss the players’ refusal at its next Executive Committee meeting. Nagal is India’s best-ranked singles player at number...
Suryakumar Yadav will take some time before he can let the heady feeling of being the India captain sink in but when he is out there with the willow, he believes in keeping the baggage of leadership in the dressing room. Surya made his senior India captaincy debut with a two-wicket victory over Australia in...
India vs West Indies 2023 2nd T20I Highlights: Nicholas Pooran blew away India with 40-ball 67 to power West Indies to a two-wicket win in the second T20I on Sunday. Riding on Pooran’s explosive show, West Indies completed the 153-run chase with seven balls to spare. Pooran stitched a crucial 50-run partnership with skipper Rovman Powell after...
India’s ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma is unlikely to play T20 Internationals anymore and had discussed his future in the shortest format before the start of the 50-over World Cup Rohit Sharma, India’s ODI and Test captain is most unlikely to play T20 Internationals anymore and had discussed his future in the shortest format before the...
Novak Djokovic claimed yet another record on Sunday with his seventh ATP Finals title, sweeping aside local hero Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in Turin and leaving tennis fans wondering when he will relinquish his tennis dominance. Djokovic came into the Finals at the end of an age-defying year which has brought three Grand Slams, taking...
Reigning champions Italy secured their ticket for Euro 2024 on Monday after holding on for a nervy goalless draw against Ukraine in their final qualifier, while the Czech Republic and Slovenia also clinched places at next year’s finals. Italy only needed the draw in a game played in Leverkusen, Germany, in order to qualify but...
Carlos Alcaraz leaned back, looked up and yelled in celebration.The Spaniard had just secured a spot in the semifinals of the APT Finals in his tournament debut, setting up a match against top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Vamos, vamos,” Spanish for “Come on, come on,” Alcaraz shouted as he clenched his fists after beating Daniil Medvedev 6-4,...