Wednesday, April 24, 2024
MARGAO — With a direct qualification to the semifinals hanging in the balance, FC Goa will battle it out with Chennaiyin FC in a high-stakes knockout clash at the iconic Fatorda Stadium on Saturday as the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 playoffs ...
19 Apr 2024
BARCELONA — Casper Ruud of Norway sailed into the quarterfinal of the Barcelona Open after beating Jordan Thompson 6-1, 6-4 for his 26th win of the season. With his victory, the third-seeded Ruud moved clear of Jannik Sinner for the most tour-level...
19 Apr 2024
STUTTGART — Iga Swiatek began her clay-court 2024 season with a win as she defeated Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of Stuttgart Open. World No.1 Swiatek, playing her first match on the dirt since she won last year’s Roland Garros ...
19 Apr 2024
VICTORIA (SPAIN) — Ace para shuttler Sukant Kadam reached the quarterfinals of the Spanish Para-Badminton tournament where he will face compatriot Abhijeet Sakhuja. Sukant kickstarted the tournament positively with an easy win over Germany’s Nils...
19 Apr 2024
LONDON — Former England opener and ICC match referee Raman Subba Row has died at the age of 92. Subba Row, who averaged 46.85 and scored three hundreds in his 13 Test matches for England between 1958 and 1961, quit the game at the age of 29 followi...
18 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan announced his retirement from international badminton on Thursday, marking the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, China as his final tournament on the international circuit. Momota bec...
18 Apr 2024
LONDON — The oldest football competition in the world – the Emirates FA Cup, is back to keep fans on the edge of their seats in what promises to be an enthralling semifinal stage. In the first semifinal fixture, the reigning champions Manches...
18 Apr 2024
BERLIN — Joshua Kimmich’s sole goal helped Bayern Munich progress into the UEFA Champions League last four after beating Arsenal 1-0 (3-2 on aggregate) in the second leg. The German giants caught a bright start in front of the home crowd as H...
18 Apr 2024
MANCHESTER — Holders Manchester City were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium after they had battled back from 1-0 down to draw 4-4 on aggregate, as their hopes of a second successive treble were ended. Real Madrid continued th...
18 Apr 2024
AHMEDABAD — Cameos from Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel and Shai Hope helped Delhi Capitals’ thrash Gujarat Titans by six wickets to register a resounding win at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. After Ishant Sharma took two crucial scalp...
17 Apr 2024
Gokulam Kerala FC Alejandro Sanchez Lopez won the Highest Scorer and the Best Player awards after finishing as the top scorer of the league with 19 goals from 22 appearances. Although his club, Gokulam Kerala FC finished third in the I-League table, ...
17 Apr 2024
MUNICH — Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti pulled off a major upset as they knocked out reigning French Open finalists Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 4-6, 7-6, 10-6 in the opening round of the BMW Open, here on Wednesday. After lo...
17 Apr 2024
BARCELONA — Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the UEFA Champions League semifinal after a thrilling 4-1 second-leg win (6-4 on aggregate) over FC Barcelona on Tuesday night at Estadi Olompic Lluis Companys. PSG recovered...
17 Apr 2024
GENEVA — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the official mobile game for the Paris 2024 Olympics – Olympics Go! Paris 2024 – was launched to provide truly Olympic gaming experience to the fans. Sports like brea...
17 Apr 2024
KOLKATA — Back into the side as an Impact Substitute after an injury, Jos Buttler struck a sensational counter-attacking unbeaten century to help Rajasthan Royals mount the joint-highest successful chase in Indian Premier League (IPL) history again...
17 Apr 2024
ANCIENT OLYMPIA — International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and other IOC high officials called for world peace on Tuesday during the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Ancient Olympia, Greece. The Olympic Flam...
16 Apr 2024
MADRID — FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez admitted that the man who will be in the Paris Saint-Germain dugout in the return leg of their Champions League quarterfinal had a huge influence on his career. Xavi spent time with Luis Enrique as a playe...
16 Apr 2024DIMAPUR — Five young footballers have been selected from Nagaland, from the Bundesliga Under-13 final trials, to undergo training for three weeks in Germany. The selected players, namely Sehboigin Haokip (11 years old), Lalminkai Thomson (12 years ...
16 Apr 2024
LONDON — Four goals from Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson’s strike and a first goal in Blue from Alfie Gilchrist helped Chelsea record a dominant 6-0 win over Everton at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea produced one of their strongest displays of the sea...
16 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Sporting Club Bengaluru were crowned champions of the 2023-24 I-League 2 with two rounds to spare as they beat Sudeva Delhi FC 1-0 at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Monday. The Golden Tigers have been promoted to the I-League 2024-25 for ...
15 Apr 2024DIMAPUR — The Tennis Ball Cricket Association of Nagaland (TBCAN) is organising Tennis Ball Cricket Championship 2024 at DDSC stadium in Dimapur starting from April 25. An update from the organisers informed that the event will conclude with a clos...
15 Apr 2024
OKLAHOMA — In the Olympic year, Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna broke the longest-standing men’s world record, throwing an incredible 74.35m to smash the discus throw mark at the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona, the United States. That ...
15 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — The BCCI has informed all commentators, players, IPL owners, and social media and content teams associated with the squads not to post any pictures or videos from the stadium on match days on social media, says a report. A recent incide...
15 Apr 2024
NEW DELHI — Former British and Commonwealth super-lightweight champion Willie Limond has died at the age of 45, a week after suffering a suspected seizure while driving near Glasgow. Limond was rushed to hospital after being discovered unresponsive...
15 Apr 2024
MONTE-CARLO — Stefanos Tsitsipas dispatched Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 to win his third Monte-Carlo title in four years. With his one-hour, 37-minute win, Tsitsipas became the fifth player to win three or more Monte-Carlo titles, joining Rafael Nadal (11...
15 Apr 2024
