Category: Sports

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa will fight it out with World N.o 1 Magnus Carlsen for the Oslo Esports Cup title after losing his penultimate round match in the rapid chess tournament on Wednesday night Three points ahead going into the penultimate round of the $210,000 event, the 16-year-old Pragg suffered a painful defeat against Poland’s World Cup […]

Liverpool are one step closer to a third UEFA Champions League final in five seasons after a 2-0 win against Villarreal in the first- leg of their semifinal tie at Liverpool scored twice in three second-half minutes to assume control of their UEFA Champions League semifinal against Villarreal. An own goal from Pervis Estupinan and […]

Five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Mumbai Indians have drafted left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya Singh as a replacement for the injured left-arm pacer Mohammed Arshad Khan for the remainder of IPL 2022, said an official release by the tournament on Thursday. Kumar Kartikeya, who represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket, debuted in 2018 and has […]

Spain’s Paula Badosa is the new world No.2 women’s singles tennis player — a new career-high — in the latest WTA Rankings, after the 24 year-old advanced to the semifinals in Stuttgart last week. Badosa became the fourth Spanish woman to be ranked among the WTA tour’s top-2 joining Conchita Martínez, Garbine Muguruza and Arantxa […]

Punjab Kings’ pace bowler Kagiso Rabada is mighty impressed with team-mate Arshdeep Singh’s death-overs bowling, saying that the 23-year-old lanky pacer has loads of talent and drive to make it big on the international stage. Miserly bowling by Rabada and Arshdeep proved the turning point of the match as they went on to beat Chennai […]

Football legend Pele has expressed a desire to see Brazil win the FIFA World Cup for the sixth time in Qatar later this year. The most successful outfit in the competition’s history, Brazil last won international football’s ultimate prize in Japan and South Korea two decades ago.“Are you ready for another World Cup? I know […]

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) could have some major injury concerns as they move towards the business end of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, given that Ambati Rayudu played with a bruised hand in the loss against Punjab Kings on Monday night and Moeen Ali too was ruled out of the match after hurting his […]

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has two injury questions on his team selection ahead of the Champions League semi final first-leg tie away to Manchester City on Tuesday night. Central defender David Alaba and midfielder Casemiro are both doubts for the match, although they have been included in the squad to fly to Manchester. Alaba […]

The English Premier League, home to some of the world’s biggest football clubs, has said that there was no need for an official regulator for the sport. The English Premier League outlined its stance after the British government paved the way for a major reform of how football is governed. The government announced it would […]

England’s 2019 World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan on Friday has ruled himself out from the race of becoming the next men’s Test captain and has instead backed all-rounder Ben Stokes to take up the job after Joe Root’s resignation earlier in April. Whoever becomes England’s Test captain has got the tough job to get […]