It is not just the Asia Cup that features an India-Pakistan faceoff. In the women’s Cricket World Cup, too, the neighbouring rivals are scheduled to square off. That match is going to be held in Colombo on October 5. When Deepti Sharma was asked, on the eve of the second women’s ODI against Australia here,…
Paris Saint-Germain head into the defence of their Champions League title as a more confident team than the one that went on to clinch an historic treble, according to coach Luis Enrique. Atalanta visit the Parc des Princes on Wednesday as PSG begin their league phase campaign with a tricky clash with their Serie A…
Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Westerberg’s Precise put in a sterling performance Sept. 14 to deny stablemate Beautify by three-quarters of a length to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) at The Curragh in a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series race for an automatic position into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf…
Netherlands international fast bowler Vivian Kingma has been banned for three months following a breach of the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The 30-year-old tested positive for Benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite classified as a Substance of Abuse under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The positive sample came following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 ODI against the…
Lamine Yamal will reportedly miss Barcelona’s Champions League opener at Newcastle United after missing training again on Tuesday. Yamal did not feature on Sunday as Barca put Valencia to the sword with an emphatic 6-0 win, in which Fermin Lopez, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski all scored doubles. The 18-year-old is dealing with back problems, with…
The Tennis Project ITF W15 Women’s World Ranking Tennis Tournament started on a positive note for the Indian players as all 8 players that qualified into the Main Draw are from India. There are players from 14 nations, including India, participating in this tournament which is being organised by Indian Billie Jean King Cup Team…
Eve Johnson Houghton talked the talk pre-race of the Sept. 14 National Stakes (G1), and Zavateri walked the walk by battling like a gladiator under Charlie Bishop to deliver his trainer the second group 1 winner of her career and down the best juvenile Aidan O’Brien could throw at her in Gstaad . Johnson Houghton hailed…
Sam Konstas is quite a character. On his maiden visit to India, the 19-year-old opener stayed true to his unorthodox ways, attempting a reverse scoop off just his fifth delivery — in the opening over itself. Fast forward two hours, and he was charging down the track to off-spinner Tanush Kotian and launching him over…
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll has dismissed reports that franchise co-owner Tom Brady meets offensive co-ordinator Chip Kelly several times a week after the NFL legend was seen in the coaches’ booth during the team’s 20-9 defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday. Seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady wore a headset and…
The median price for a yearling in the sixth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, $150,000, is up nearly 40% compared with the same session last year. As that sixth session Sept. 14 marked the halfway point of the 12-session sale, that number seems to be a strong indicator that the record-breaking success we’ve…
