Arsenal announced the signing of Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera on Thursday. The Spain under-21 international joins for an initial fee of around £13 million, with performance-related add-ons, and is understood to have agreed a five-year deal with an option of a further year. This takes the Premier League club’s spending during the summer transfer window…
India’s Koneru Humpy outmaneuvered China’s Lei Tingjie in the semifinal of the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia on Thursday. Humpy’s win sets up an all-Indian final, with Divya Deshmukh entering the summit clash on Wednesday after bettering China’s Tan Zhongyi in a topsy-turvy semifinal. The day started in sedate fashion as Humpy and…
The Pakistan hockey team’s participation in the 2025-26 FIH Pro League lies in jeopardy because of financial crunch, derailing the three-time Olympic champions’ much-anticipated comeback at the international stage. The Pakistan men’s hockey team, which has won the World Cup four times, has been invited to compete in the FIH Pro League 2025-26 after New…
Off-spinner Shreyanka Patil and leg-spinner Priya Mishra have been ruled out of India Women ‘A’ team’s upcoming tour of Australia. The duo’s participation in the tour was subject to fitness clearance as intimated by the BCCI on July 10. But both players now remain under the care of the BCCI Medical Team at the Centre…
The much-anticipated duel between double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and reigning champion Arshad Nadeem at the Diamond League in Poland lies in uncertainty after the Pakistani javelin thrower underwent a surgery on his calf muscle in England recently. Chopra and Nadeem were scheduled to face each other for the first time next month, one year…
The Indian cricket board is all set to host the upcoming Asia Cup T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates with the formal announcement expected in a few days’ time, sources in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)said on Thursday. This was after an ACC meeting that all 25 member nations attended to discuss the venue…
India will tour England for five T20 Internationals and three ODIs in July next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday. While the T20I series will begin on July 1 in Durham, the ODIs will kickstart on July 14 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The India women’s team will also visit England,…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the T20I Tri-Series 2025 match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand, being held at Harare Sports Club on July 24. Playing XIs Zimbabwe: Dion Myers, Brian Bennett, Clive Madande (wk), Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Tony Munyonga, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Trevor Gwandu. New…
Jamshedpur FC, the Super Cup runner-up, will look to start the 2025-26 season on a high as it opens its Durand Cup campaign against Nepal’s Tribhuvan Army Football Team at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Thursday. While the team has lost a chunk of its foreign players, it has signed experienced Indians in…
England’s men’s and women’s teams will host five international sides during the 2026 summer, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday. Ben Stokes’ Test team will face New Zealand and Pakistan at home next year, while Harry Brook’s white-ball side will take on India and Sri Lanka in T20Is and ODIs. Meanwhile,…