Ukraine’s Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, a world silver medallist in both long jump and triple jump, has been banned four years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday. “The AIU has banned Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk for 4 years from 13 May 2025 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Testosterone),” the anti-doping body said on X….
Angolan civil society groups on Tuesday urged the Argentine football federation and star player Lionel Messi on Tuesday to scrap planning for a friendly this year after 30 people were killed in protests. The football associations of both countries have been in talks to fix a date for a match in Luanda as part of…
The Indian boxers’ planned training trip to the UK ahead of the all-important World Championships has been hampered due to visa-related complications. The squad was scheduled to travel on Sunday to take part in a multinational training camp in Sheffield, a key build-up to the World Championships in Liverpool from September 4 to 14. However,…
Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram was placed joint-third after four rounds as he played a third straight draw in the 61st Rubinstein Memorial chess tournament, taking place at the Spa Theater in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland, on Tuesday. Top seed Aravindh, playing with black pieces, was held by Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev. Radoslaw Wojtaszek, one of the four…
Kylian Mbappe’s second-half penalty earned Real Madrid a hard-fought 1-0 home victory over Osasuna in their opening La Liga game of the season on Tuesday, giving Xabi Alonso a winning start in his first league match in charge of the Los Blancos. After struggling to break down a stubborn Osasuna defence in the opening half,…
Rick Carlisle is signing a contract extension with the Indiana Pacers on the heels of the side’s run to the 2025 NBA Finals. According to multiple reports, Carlisle agreed to his second extension in less than two years. Indiana won the Eastern Conference and lost the Finals in seven games to the Oklahoma City Thunder….
Indian mixed doubles pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale progressed to the quarterfinals at the Europe Smash 2025 in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday. Manush-Diya duo took down Singapore’s Pang Koen and Zeng Jian 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10) in half an hour. The sixth-seeded Indian duo will face either Hong Kong, China’s Wong Chun…
Lionel Messi is battling to be fit for Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup quarter-final clash against Mexican side Tigres UANL on Wednesday, head coach Javier Mascherano revealed. Argentine superstar Messi, who has struggling with muscular problems since early August, trained separately from his team-mates on Tuesday as they prepared for their last-eight showdown with Tigres. Messi,…
Former world heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois has split with his trainer, saying on Tuesday he needs “a fresh approach” after losing to Oleksandr Usyk last month for a second time. Dubois started working with Don Charles before the first loss to Usyk in August 2023 and has been in the Briton’s corner on Dubois’ journey…
Noah Lyles was “super excited” about his progress toward defending his 100 and 200 meters titles at track and field’s world championships next month on Tuesday. The Paris Olympics 100-meter champion lost weeks of training to an unspecified injury in April and ran his first sub-10 seconds time this season on Saturday in Poland. Lyles…