Category: Sports

Novak Djokovic continues to add to his list of accomplishments as he secured his 350th Grand Slam victory with a win over Jordan Thompson at Wimbledon. The defending champion faced a tough challenge from Thompson but maintained control during crucial moments, emerging victorious with a 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-5 scoreline to advance to the third round. Djokovic...

Indian football team lifted its nith South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship trophy after the Igor Stimac-managed side beat Kuwait 5-4 on penalties. The regulation time finished 1-1 When Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved the final shot of the penalty shoot-out from Kuwait captain Khalid El-Ebrahim, the Indian fans, who had filled the Sree Kanteerava Stadium...

A prosecutor in Brazil fined soccer star Neymar 16 million reais ($3.3 million) for building a lake at his mansion on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro without an environmental license, authorities said Monday. The town council in Mangaratiba issued four fines for “environmental violations in the construction of an artificial lake at the player’s mansion,” the...

Defending champion Max Verstappen continued his relentless charge towards a third world title on Sunday when he claimed a record fourth Austrian Grand Prix victory in emphatic style. The 25-year-old Dutchman finished 5.155 seconds clear of a revived Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, in second, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez, showing revitalised form, taking a...

Lausanne: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra continued his tremendous form as he came back from a onemonth injury lay-off to clinch the top spot in the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League, his second straight winof the season in the prestigious one-day meeting series, here on Friday. The 25-year-old Chopra had skipped three top events due...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at a ‘Countdown to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023’ event in Mumbai. Ten teams feature in what will be the biggest Cricket World Cup ever, to be played across 10 venues from 5 October to 19...

Argentina star player Lionel Messi celebrated his 36th birthday in a very memorable way. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, who successfully guided Argentina to victory in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in December last year, played a match for his Argentinian club Newell’s Old Boys on Saturday. This match was also a farewell game to Messi’s former...

Carlos Alcaraz will return to world number one after beating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first title on grass at Queen’s Club. The Spaniard’s fifth title of the season moves him back ahead of 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings. “It means a lot...

The BCCI Men’s Selection Committee has picked India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Test series and three ODIs against the West Indies starting in July. The Men In Blue are also scheduled to play five T20Is and the squad for the same will be announced later. (More Cricket News)   Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara and senior pacer Umesh...