Success breeds success, and Bazball-era England has been a living example of this. Starting in June 2022, England has chased six targets of 250 or more successfully. Two of these have come against India – 378 here in Birmingham in July 2022 and 371 in Leeds last week, which also happen to be its top-two…
Officials at Ireland’s oldest football club have thanked Liam and Noel Gallagher after launching a shirt featuring Oasis’s logo days before the band play their first gig in 16 years. League of Ireland Premier Division side Bohemians have launched the design, which features the traditional blue tones of Dublin City, for their FAI Cup campaign…
The Lexington leg of the Real Rider Cup welcomed 30 horse and rider combinations along with hundreds of spectators to New Vocations at Mereworth Farm on June 28th, 2025 for an evening of lively competition and entertainment. The charity show jumping competition brings together personalities from across the breeding and racing industry to increase awareness…
The curiosity and chatter around India’s team composition leading into the second Test against England has come to resemble a long, drawn-out soap opera. Yet another episode played out on Tuesday afternoon at Edgbaston here, again without any conclusion. Shubman Gill was the director in charge, and the only thing he said at the pre-match…
In an era when Indian women were just beginning to break into the sporting world, Leela Row Dayal emerged as a pioneer—not just on the tennis court, but in fields as diverse as classical dance, writing, and mountaineering. Best remembered as the first Indian woman to win a match at Wimbledon, Row’s extraordinary life is…
Fans of RCB look for footwear outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after a stampede during a public event held to mark the team’s IPL 2025 victory (Image by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images) In a scathing observation, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday held Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) “prima facie responsible” for the tragic stampede outside…
Indian teenager Manas Dhamne produced a stunning comeback to register the biggest win of his young career at the ATP 75 Brașov Challenger in Romania on Monday. The 17-year-old wildcard, ranked No. 742 in the world, upset Germany’s Christoph Negritu (ATP No. 282) in a dramatic first-round match, prevailing 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) after 2 hours…
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund announced July 1 that president and fundraising director Nancy LaSala has retired and stepped down from its board. LaSala had served as president of the PDJF since its establishment in 2006. In January 2009, she additionally accepted the role as executive director, a position she held until April 2024. “On behalf…
Former England cricket all-rounder Andrew Flintoff nearly transitioned to professional wrestling after his cricket career ended. He was in negotiations with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and came close to signing a contract for a match against The Undertaker.After retiring from cricket, Flintoff explored various career options when he received broadcasting opportunities and discovered WWE as…
Just a year ago Winchell Thoroughbreds and Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen completed the exacta in the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) with late-running Red Route One and pacesetting Unload . Now, they’ll attempt to do it again with the same two horses in the $300,000 race July 5. Video: Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (G3)…
