Spanish league president Javier Tebas rejected Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois’ plea to postpone the team’s 2025-26 opener to give players time to rest following the expanded Club World Cup. Real Madrid was eliminated with a 4-0 semifinal loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday and will have a 41-day offseason before its La Liga opener…
India’s Animesh Kujur finished fourth in the men’s Under-23 200m event at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday with a timing of 20.55s, while Avinash Sable got a DNF (Did Not Finish) in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. Australia’s Gout Gout won the event with a timing of 20.10s, followed by Botswana’s Collen Kebinatshipi (20.28s) and…
Top seed Jannik Sinner ensured Novak Djokovic will be absent from a Wimbledon men’s singles final for the first time in eight years after handing the Serbian great a brutal Centre Court battering on Friday. Italian Sinner lost both his previous Wimbledon duels with Djokovic but a devastating display of power and precision proved too…
Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles final will take place on Day 13, the penultimate day, of The Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London. Eighth-seeded Pole Iga Swiatek will be up against 13th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova in the battle of two first-time finalists at the grass Major. In the men’s doubles final,…
Friday was special for Jasprit Bumrah. The seasoned Indian pacer led his side off the field to appreciation from the crowd after claiming his 15th Test fifer — 13th away from home, the most by an Indian — as he made his way onto the Lord’s honours board. Shortly after Joe Root (104, 199b, 10×4),…
On his best days, Carlos Alcaraz treats his opponents like how a child handles a newly acquired toy. There is a testing phase, then there is a teasing and toying phase, before the whole thing is tossed out in search of a fresh, exciting challenge. Friday on Centre Court was one such day as the two-time defending…
Novak Djokovic’s defeat at the hands of top seed Jannik Sinner in Friday’s semifinal clash marked a rare occasion when the seven-time champion has been turned over in straight sets at Wimbledon. Djokovic has only been defeated in straight sets four times at Wimbledon. The latest of these came in the 2024 final against Carlos…
Joe Root on Friday broke the record for most catches by an outfielder in Test cricket, going past Rahul Dravid, during the second day of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s. Dravid had completed 210 catches in Tests, and Root surpassed the mark when he collected a difficult grab at first slip,…
India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj paid tribute to Diogo Jota by gesturing his jersey number ‘20’ during the third Test against England at the Lord’s on Friday. Portugal and Liverpool footballer Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva recently died in a car crash in northern Spain. Siraj, after claiming the wicket of England wicketkeeper…
Jasprit Bumrah picked up yet another five-wicket haul, his fifteenth overall, during the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord’s on Friday. The pacer registered his 13th fifer away from home in just 35 matches, breaking Kapil Dev’s record of 12 in 66 games. Despite going wicketless with the new ball in his opening…