Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won his first Berlin marathon on Sunday in a Season’s Best time of two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds, to make it three wins in three races over the distance but his world record attempt failed on a humid day. Japan’s Akasaki Akira was a surprise second after a powerful second…
Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished runner-up at a BWF World Tour event for the second week in a row, losing to World No. 1 Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae in the China Masters Super 750’s final in Shenzhen on Sunday. Koreans Kim and Seo, the reigning world champions, defeated…
Everton manager David Moyes criticised the duration of the stoppage time awarded in his side’s 1-2 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday. Moyes was left miffed by the decision to allot just three minutes at the end of 90 minutes in Anfield, while Everton was futilely chasing a late equaliser. “Three minutes…
Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas filed his nomination as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday. Manhas, 45, has been an administrator with the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association since 2021 as he is part of the sub-committee formed by the Board. “We unanimously decided to nominate him…
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Saturday said the just-concluded women’s ODI series against Australia was more about testing combinations and weaknesses of her team ahead of the upcoming World Cup than the result itself, and the 1-2 series loss was not a setback. India had a chance to script history with a maiden bilateral series…
The exciting on-court battles and the endearing off-court friendship between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal defined tennis for close to two decades. Not only did the two officially face each other 40 times, including nine Major finals, between 2004 and 2019, they also played a few exhibition events to promote the sport. Swiss maestro Federer,…
Pakistan skips pre-match press conference before the India clash in Dubai, as off-field tensions shadow a crucial Super Four contest. Source link
Norway’s gold medal favourite Sander Skotheim suffered another decathlon heartbreak on Sunday when he was disqualified from his 110 metres hurdles heat and departed the competition. Skotheim, who went out of the Olympics last year after three no-heights in the pole vault, was in second place overnight, but with his strong second day, he had…
Alex De Minaur and Francisco Cerundolo pushed Team World into the lead ahead of Team Europe with victories in Saturday’s first two singles matches at the Laver Cup. Europe led 3-1 after day one, but with victories worth two points on Saturday, Team World pulled level on Australian De Minaur’s 6-1, 6-4 win over world…
The spectacle of 360-degree hitting may appeal to the senses, but conventional clean striking can do the job just as well. Saif Hassan and Towhid Hridoy’s fifties were a testament to this as Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the first Super Four match of Asia Cup 2025 here at the Dubai International…