Eight-time winner Novak Djokovic smashed his racquet en route to a tense, four-set win over Germany’s Alexander Zverev to reach his 39th Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open on Tuesday. It was a patchy performance from the world number one, who is nursing an abdominal injury and drew deeply on his mental […]
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick for Arsenal in a 4-2 win against Leeds.© AFP Arsenal will remind captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of his responsibilities after a video emerged of the forward getting a tattoo, which could be a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Tattoo artist Alejandro Nicolas Bernal posted the social media clip on February […]
MELBOURNE: Reigning champion Novak Djokovic overcame some dips in form to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(6) and book his place in the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday. The Serbian world number one hit back strongly after losing a tight opening set on a tiebreak but trailed in both the third and fourth sets […]
Wayne Rooney is in his first managerial job with Derby in the Championship.© Twitter England and Manchester United’s all-time record goalscorer Wayne Rooney has urged the Premier League, to get rid of the use of VAR as it is ruining the emotion of football for players and fans. Rooney is in his first […]
CHENNAI: Left-arm spinner Axar Patel on Tuesday became the sixth Indian spinner to take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match. The 20-year-old bowler bagged five for 60 runs 21-5-60-5 to play a lead role in India’s 317-run win over England in the second Test at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The most recent […]
Sourav Ganguly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) president has said that one pink-ball Test in every series is ideal and it will help bring crowds in large numbers for the longest format of the game. India and England will next play a pink-ball Test, beginning February 24 at the […]
With the IOC deciding to scrap the Olympic world qualifiers for boxing because of the “challenges” posed by the global COVID-19 restrictions, India is unlikely to add to the unprecedented nine who have made the cut for the Tokyo Games in July-August. The world qualifier, which was to be the final qualifying event […]
CHENNAI: Ravichandran Ashwin has urged the fans and India’s cricket community as a whole to just pause and reflect. Reflect on how they deal with accusations of preparing tailor-made pitches or how, instead of celebrating a talent like Rishabh Pant, efforts are made to find shortcomings in his game. Think again, is what Ashwin is […]
NEW DELHI: With the IOC deciding to scrap the Olympic world qualifiers for boxing because of the “challenges” posed by the global COVID-19 restrictions, India is unlikely to add to the unprecedented nine who have made the cut for the Tokyo Games in July-August. The world qualifier, which was to be the final qualifying event […]
Ravichandran Ashwin had quite the match in India’s second Test against England. The spin wizard not only took eight wickets – taking his Test tally to 294 – but also scored his fifth Test century. Another battle that Ashwin won in the match was that against England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes. Having kept […]
