Less than 20 seconds remained on the clock. Just a point separated Tamil Thalaivas and Telugu Titans in their Pro Kabaddi League encounter. A successful tackle by the Titans would level scores and potentially send the game to a tiebreaker. The home side’s defenders went in for the ankle hold with the covers coming in…
London City Lionesses marked its arrival in the Women’s Super League with the blockbuster signing of France midfielder Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain, with sections of the British media saying the transfer fee is a world record. Sky Sports and the BBC, who are broadcast partners with the WSL, are reporting the fee is around…
Olympic pole vault gold medallist Nina Kennedy pulled out of the world championships on Friday with a strained muscle in a “brutal” setback having just recovered from a hamstring operation. The Australian, who is also the world champion, had spoken this week about her battle to recover from surgery in time for the championships in…
After defeating defending champion South Korea 3-0 in the Super 4s stage of the Asia Cup 2025 with only 14 outfield players available in a rain-soaked evening in Rajgir, China’s captain Chongcong Chen entered the mixed zone radiating satisfaction. For a moment, a language barrier held him captive; the 25-year-old juggled broken English keywords to…
After a rain-soaked night, the Asia Cup 2025 matches at Rajgir Sports Complex were once again interrupted by Mother Nature on Thursday. The Super 4s clash between China and South Korea was stopped due to torrential rain, before a sunshower graced most of Bangladesh’s 5-8th place classification clash against Kazakhstan. China, seeking to rebound from…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the second ODI between England and South Africa at Lord’s in London on September 4. PREVIEW South Africa will look to pocket the three-match series when it faces England in the second One-Day International at Lord’s in London on Thursday. The Proteas blew England away in the series opener, with…
South Africa will look to pocket the three-match series when it faces England in the second One-Day International at Lord’s in London on Thursday. The Proteas blew England away in the series opener, with left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj and medium pacer Wiaan Mulder dismantling the host by picking seven wickets between them. The English batters,…
Karsten Warholm will be going all guns blazing for a record-extending fourth 400 metres hurdles world title in Tokyo this month, but the Norwegian will have his work cut out with two other generational talents in the field. Between them, Olympic champion Rai Benjamin, 2022 world champion Alison dos Santos and Warholm hold the 24…
On what felt like the least sweltering day of the tournament thus far, the 2025 Asia Cup roared back to life after a much-needed rest day. On Wednesday, Malaysia took the first step towards the final, while Japan started its journey towards a consolation fifth place. In the first Super 4s contest, the high-flying Malaysians…
“Stay hungry, stay foolish,” Steve Jobs had famously uttered in his Stanford University commencement speech in 2005. Tamil Nadu’s teen batter Andre Siddarth, 19, emphasised the first part of the phrase, speaking to Sportstar at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) High Performance Centre on Tuesday. “You need to be hungry. I can’t be satisfied. For…