Novak Djokovic claimed Thursday that he was “poisoned” by lead and mercury in his food during his troubled and brief stay in Melbourne in 2022 before he was deported on the eve of the Australian Open. The former world number one had his visa cancelled and was eventually kicked out of the country over his...
Brazilian football star Neymar has announced that the FIFA 2026 World Cup will be his last opportunity to compete on football’s biggest stage. While injuries have limited his impact at Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, Neymar remains determined to represent Brazil and is optimistic about earning a spot in the squad for the tournament, which will...
HS Prannoy’s match against Brian Yang of Canada in the first round of the Malaysia Open was interrupted after the roof of the playing arena began leaking midway through the fixture. Prannoy, returning to action after the Olympics, was leading 21-12, 6-3 when rainwater began seeping through the roof, forcing play to stop on Court 3 about...
Former world number one Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open preparations suffered a blow Friday as he was bundled out of the Brisbane International by towering American Reilly Opelka. The 2.11 metre (six feet 11 inches) Opelka served magnificently and returned just as well to stun the 24-time Grand Slam winner 7-6 (8/6), 6-3. Djokovic had gone...
Rishabh Pant’s resistance was ended by Scott Boland early in the third session after which the pacer rattled India by dismissing Nitish Kumar Reddy the very next ball. India’s run rate dipped below two runs an over around the halfway mark of the second session as Pant and Ravindra Jadeja ground it out against the...
Nitish Reddy, an unknown entity in red ball cricket before the start of Border-Gavaskar series, virtually bailed India out with his dogged maiden Test century in Melbourne on Saturday, severely denting Australia’s hopes of winning the Boxing Day contest. Reddy’s unbeaten 105 took India to 358 for nine, still 116 runs short of Australia’s first...
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are on the charge for 2-down India in this final session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Jaiswal completed his half-century in 81 balls while Kohli has looked in ominous touch. Earlier, India lost the huge wicket of the in-form KL Rahul right on the stroke of Tea, leaving them at...
India vs Bangladesh Women’s U19 Asia Cup Final Live: India beat Bangladesh by 41 runs on Sunday to win the inaugural edition of the ACC U19 Women’s Asia Cup, which was played in Kuala Lumpur. The Indian spin trio of Parunika Sisodia, Aayushi Shukla, and Sonam Yadav combined to pick up seven wickets in the...
Red Bull have promoted their junior driver Isack Hadjar to partner Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull’s feeder team RB next season. The 20-year-old French rookie takes the seat vacated by Liam Lawson after the New Zealander was promoted to replace Sergio Perez alongside Red Bull’s four-time world champion Max Verstappen for the 2025 campaign. “This...
Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday reacted to his father’s recent comments where the latter alleged that his son took the shock retirement decision because of humiliating treatment. “My dad isn’t media trained, dey father enna da ithelaam. I never thought you would follow this rich tradition of “dad statements”. Request you all to forgive him and...