The Greenfield Stadium here is likely to host the Women’s World Cup matches originally allotted to Bengaluru. There had been uncertainty about the games at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium following the stampede in June that claimed 11 lives during the celebrations following Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) triumph. When the Karnataka…
Newcastle have signed Germany international defender Malick Thiaw from AC Milan for a reported fee of around £30m. The 24-year-old joins after a three-year stay at the San Siro and is the Magpies’ third signing of a turbulent summer. Thiaw said: “I’m really excited to join this massive club. “I can’t wait to start training…
Multiple grade 1 winner Imperial Hint, who set a track record at Saratoga Race Course that still stands today, has been euthanized in Louisiana following a lengthy struggle with laminitis. Clear Creek Stud, which stood Imperial Hint since he went to the breeding shed in 2021, announced his death. The 12-year-old son of Imperialism won 11 black-type…
The All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025 will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) from August 18 to September 9. Named after Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu, considered the father of cricket in Tamil Nadu, the Buchi Babu tournament was first held in 1909/10. Last season, it returned after a hiatus…
Philly loses a Pro Bowl lineman Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson will have a “minor procedure” done to repair a meniscus injury in his right knee, according to sources who spoke to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Though he will be considered week-to-week with the injury, sources said that Dickerson is hoping to play in…
Girl power has been on display in the King’s Plate, with 39 fillies—regularly outnumbered by males in the entries—capturing the historic 1 1/4-mile race, which will have its 166th running Aug. 16. That includes six females since Woodbine began running the King’s Plate over a synthetic surface in 2007, topped last year with Caitlinhergrtness . On…
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru could lose hosting rights for the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, which commences next month. It is understood that the Bengaluru city police denied permission for the same. This comes after the Justice (Retd.) Michael D’Cunha Commission report stated that the venue was not fit to host big-ticket…
Everton have signed midfielder Jack Grealish on a season-long loan deal from Manchester City. The 29-year-old won the treble with City in 2022/23 but fell out of favour last season. Grealish made just seven starts for City last season and will hope to reignite his career on Merseyside. “I’m over the moon to have signed…
The leading 10 horses are unchanged in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll following a week of stakes action in which none of the top-ranked horses raced. Voting from week 29 of the poll followed racing performances through Aug. 10. Remaining in first is Godolphin’s star 3-year-old colt, Sovereignty —a winner of four…
South Africa levelled the three-match T20I series against Australia after Dewald Brevis smashed an unbeaten 125 off 56 balls to set up its emphatic 53-run victory in the second match in Darwin on Tuesday. Brevis smashed the highest score by a South African batter in a T20 International to power the tourists to a commanding…
