Cole Palmer is a doubt for Chelsea’s Premier League game against Arsenal on Sunday after limping out of Old Trafford at the weekend with a knee injury. Head coach Enzo Maresca called the challenge from Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez on the 22-year-old during Sunday’s 1-1 draw “not a normal one,” and admitted there…
India’s Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and his partner Francisco Cabral knocked out top seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin to storm into the men’s doubles semifinal of the Moselle Open, here on Wednesday. The unseeded Indo-Portuguese pair rattled up a 7-6 (1) 6-4 win over Mexico’s Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin from France in the quarterfinals. It…
Opener Priyanshu Khanduri struck only his second century in a first-class career spanning seven years, helping Uttarakhand to a solid 232 for one in their Group B Ranji Trophy match against Andhra here on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Khanduri was batting on 107, while giving him company was skipper Ravikumar Samarth on 30 at stumps…
Zheng Qinwen cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jasmine Paolini to reach the semifinals of the WTA Finals on Wednesday. Zheng needed just over an hour to defeat Paolini in the match that decided the final qualifier from the Purple Group at the season-ending tournament for the top-ranked women’s players. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka also…
Gareth Anscombe has underlined the challenge facing Wales when they look to open their Autumn Nations Series campaign with victory over Fiji. The countries clash for the first time since an epic 2023 World Cup pool game in Bordeaux that Wales won 32-26. Wales, though, had to make a staggering 253 tackles in the match…
Dashing Australia all-rounder has appreciated Royal Challengers Benagluru`s effort to reach out to him and explain the reasons behind not retaining him ahead of this month`s IPL 2025 mega auction, terming his exit from the franchise as a “beautiful” one. RCB has retained only three Indian players — Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal and Rajat…
India’s star javelin thrower ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra bid an emotional goodbye to his long-time German coach, Klaus Bartonietz, as their highly successful five-year partnership came to an end. Bartonietz, citing family commitments, decided to part ways with Chopra, bringing an end to a tenure that witnessed numerous triumphs, including India’s first-ever Olympic gold…
Manchester City has been ordered to pay a significant portion of unpaid wages to former defender Benjamin Mendy, following a ruling by a UK employment tribunal on November 6. Mendy, who was accused of sexual assault and rape in 2021 and subsequently acquitted of all charges in January 2023, had filed a wage dispute case…
In a poignant farewell message, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra announced that he is parting ways with his long-time coach Klaus Bartonietz, who will be retiring and returning to his home in Germany. Their partnership has been incredibly successful, marked by two Olympic medals – including a gold at Tokyo 2020 – two Asian Games…
Mumbai: The mountains of Kashmir were delightfully appealing yet dreadfully drenched when Nikhat Zareen landed on their foothills. It, however, couldn’t deter the boxer from going ahead with what she’d set out to do, and what her local guide – who didn’t know what this tourist did for a living until Nikhat told him before leaving…