His competition at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Saturday might have ended with the unfortunate clatter of the high jump bar – a third failure with the bar set at 1.94m – but Shailesh Kumar had a big smile on his face. His job was already done by that point. He had already cleared…
Half-centuries from Harleen Deol and captain Harmanpreet Kaur helped India Women ease to a four-wicket win (DLS) against New Zealand in its second and last Women’s World Cup warm-up fixture in Bengaluru. The two batters put up a 132-run partnership for the third wicket to put the team in control of the Kiwis’ rain-adjusted 237-run…
Two own goals by Maxime Esteve ended Burnley’s hopes of fighting back as Manchester City cruised to a 5-1 Premier League win on Saturday, with Erling Haaland scoring a late brace. City’s third win in the campaign took it to 10 points from six matches, reducing the gap with champion Liverpool to five points, after…
Bhairabi Roy overcame a venue-related confusion to claim the women’s triple jump title, while National record holder pole vaulter Dev Meena finished a disappointing third on the rain-battered opening day of the National Open Athletics Championships at the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, here on Saturday. Bhairabi, 30, had shifted her training base from Kolkata to…
Julian Alvarez scored twice as Atletico Madrid came from behind to thrash city rival Real Madrid 5-2 in a pulsating derby on Saturday that handed the LaLiga leader its first loss after a perfect start to the season. The thrilling encounter at a raucous Metropolitano stadium, with nearly 70,000 fans on the edge of their…
In a dramatic final, India held its nerve to beat Bangladesh 4-1, securing its seventh SAFF U-17 Championship title at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. After the score remained 2-2 at the end of regulation time, Dallalmuon Gangte, Korou Meitei Konthoujam, and Indra Rana Magar converted with aplomb before Shubham Poonia slotted…
Israel Premier Tech have been excluded from the Giro dell’Emilia cycling race on October 4 in Italy for safety reasons, the organisers told AFP on Saturday. Adriano Amici, president of GS Emilia which organises the one-day race, said the team “will unfortunately not be present at our race. We had to make this decision for…
Manav Suthar is a rare breed in modern cricket — a left-arm spinner who thrives on flight rather than speed. His deliveries dip late, tracing a parabola in the air and leaving batters second-guessing whether to commit forward or hang back. For Australia A’s Cooper Connolly, with little red-ball experience in India, that uncertainty proved…
Chennai Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Premier League match between Manchester City and Burnley, being played at the City of Manchester Stadium in the United Kingdom. Lineups Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias (C), Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Laurent, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Tchaouna, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Foster…
Carlos Alcaraz showed no sign of being hampered by an ankle injury as he beat Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Japan Open quarterfinals. The world number one hurt himself two days earlier in his opening match in Tokyo, crumpling to the ground before playing on with his ankle heavily strapped….