Rory McIlroy has welcomed the PGA Tour’s decision to introduce match play to the Tour Championship, saying the change could provide a more exciting finish to the season. The new structure will begin in 2028 and will see the season end with a two-week match play event staged at different venues. PGA Tour chief executive … Read more
The Cincinnati Bengals received a scare at practice after wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase appeared to injure his left knee while attempting to haul in a deep pass from Joe Burrow. Chase landed awkwardly on the play and immediately reached for his knee before limping toward the sideline. He was visibly uncomfortable as members of the … Read more
Celtic threw away a four-goal lead in Austria as they missed out on the Champions League for the second year running. The Scottish champions looked to be when Callum McGregor put them 4-0 up on aggregate against LASK with a 21st-minute deflected strike. However, they went on to endure one of their all-time European lows … Read more
Serena Williams’s return to the US Open began with an opening round victory in the mixed doubles event before she and partner Carlos Alcaraz fell in the quarter-finals. The all-star pairing beat Erin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool 5-3 4-1 in the first round before losing 5-4(7-4) 4-1 to fourth seeds Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli, … Read more
Colombo, August 26: India’s bowling coach, Morne Morkel, is hopeful that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will recover from his shoulder injury in time for the fourth day of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka. Currently, the Sri Lankan team is trailing by 39 runs, with only two wickets remaining to avoid the follow-on. While the Indian … Read more
The Connecticut Sun will welcome the Chicago Sky to Mohegan Sun Arena looking to turn their recent fortunes around after winning just once in their last five games. However, Connecticut will be without one of its regular starters and important frontcourt contributors for the matchup. Olivia Nelson-Ododa is not available for Rachid Meziane’s team, as … Read more
By Sa’adi Thawfeeq Two youngsters in their twenties Pasindu Sooriyabandara (26) and Sonal Dinusha (25) led Sri Lanka’s fight back in the second Test against India on another rain-truncated day at the SSC grounds yesterday. Both batsmen struck eighties apiece that saw Sri Lanka end the third day on 265-8 in reply to India’s 503-9 … Read more
Sri Lanka player Prabath Jayasuriya has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct on the second day of the second Test against India at the SSC grounds on Monday. Jayasuriya was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Payer … Read more
Ravindra Jadeja spent much of Tuesday doing what he has done for more than a decade in Test cricket: making batters uncomfortable and eventually finding a way through. But tucked away inside another productive day with the ball in Colombo was a remarkable sequence involving something at which the veteran spinner has been considerably less … Read more
India bowling coach Morne Morkel has thrown his weight behind Prasidh Krishna, revealing the pressure the pacer has had to negotiate amid criticism from the media and commentators while explaining why some of his expensive spells have come while performing what he termed the team’s difficult “donkey job”. Prasidh was India’s leading fast bowler on … Read more