England pacer Mark Wood is hoping a return to action in the County Championship next month will help him prove his fitness ahead of the highly anticipated Ashes tour at the end of this year. Wood hasn’t played Test cricket since August last year and is looking to regain full fitness from a knee injury…
Swiss federal prosecutors finally ended their case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini on Thursday after 10 years and acquittals after two trials. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said it would not appeal against acquittals for both men in March at an appeal court. The first trial took…
The 2025-26 Duleep Trophy begins on August 28 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, launching the Indian domestic season. This will be the 62nd edition of the tournament, first held in 1961-62 and won by West Zone. Over the years, it has mostly followed a knockout format (45 editions), with occasional league (7)…
Amid the ongoing logjam between USA Cricket and American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden has called for federal intervention. Gooden, who represents Texas’s 5th District, has written to Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, urging an investigation into ACE. A copy of the letter was also marked…
Carlos Alcaraz has revealed the new cropped hairstyle he is sporting at the U.S. Open was the result of his brother mishandling the clippers when he wanted a quick trim before the tournament. The buzz cut was the talk of Flushing Meadows on the second day of the championships on Monday as the second-seeded Spaniard…
Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa settled for his fifth consecutive draw, splitting points with Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the sixth round of the Sinquefield Cup, part of the Grand Chess Tour. With this result, Praggnanandhaa moved to 3.5 points from six games, maintaining a joint-second position. Meanwhile, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana held on to his lead…
Fast bowler Lance Morris was on Sunday ruled out for 12 months due to back surgery, denying him the chance to be part of Australia’s squad for the Ashes series later this year. The 27-year-old, who has been in and around the Australian set-up for several years, was originally named to feature in the current…
Newcastle United’s wantaway striker Alexander Isak will not be in the squad when it hosts Premier League champion Liverpool on Monday, said boss Eddie Howe, who called the tense standoff a “lose-lose” situation. Isak was the subject of a 110 million pounds ($148.34 million) bid from Liverpool earlier this month, according to media reports, and…
Russian second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat defending champion Linda Noskova 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2 at the Monterrey Open on Thursday to secure her place in the semifinals of the US Open tune-up event. Alexandrova, 14th in the world rankings, started the decider brightly after two tightly contested sets, and while Czech Noskova fought back to level…
GOLF Pranavi, Tvesa lead bunch of seven Indians in Sweden The trio of Pranavi Urs, Tvesa Malik and Vani Kapoor headline a large contingent of Indians at the Euro 300,000 Hills Open golf tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden. Seven Indians will tee up this week at the event, with the others being rookie Avani Prashanth, Amandeep…