Verstappen under pressure in front of home crowd as F1 returns at Dutch Grand Prix
The Dutch Grand Prix has generally been a party for Max Verstappen and his legions of orange-clad fans. This year could be very different. Verstappen has won all three races at the beach-side Zandvoort track since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 schedule in 2021. For once though, home...
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Aditi and Diksha fight hard on tough opening day at AIG Women’s Open
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Ilkay returns for unlikely second spell at Man City after just a year at Barcelona
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India A bowlers fight back but Australia A’s lead surges to 192 on Day 2 of unofficial Test
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Sri Lanka-New Zealand opening Test at Galle to have a rest day
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Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa draw again in Sinquefield Cup
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From bowling 'graveyard overs' to batting heroics, Green gears up for major role vs India
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Warne's death felt like losing someone from my family: Kuldeep Yadav
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Cash-strapped Barcelona sheds players one year after their arrival
If trying to compete with Real Madrid and newly arrived Kylian Mbappé wasn’t daunting enough, now Hansi Flick’s Barcelona squad is being thinned out by departures. Barcelona looks set to lose both Ilkay Gundogan and Vitor Roque in the coming days - or even hours - with both players reportedly close...
Bahrain’s track team sanctioned over doping and blocked from naturalising more athletes
Bahrain’s track team will have to pause its successful strategy of naturalizing athletes from Africa after accepting a package of sanctions related to doping. World Athletics said Thursday that Bahrain had been restricted to a maximum of 10 athletes in the track and field events at the Paris Olympics - which...
Guys like Pant have muscle memory and thirst for victory: Hayden
Batting great Matthew Hayden feels Rishabh Pant will be a key player for India when they travel to Australia for a five-Test series later this year owing to his “muscle memory and thirst for victory” that made him such a sensation during the team’s previous tour Down Under. The eagerly-anticipated five-Test...
Mohun Bagan, East Bengal to clash in Lucknow on September 2
Lucknow, the city of Nawabs, is gearing up to hosts traditional rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal for the first time on September 2 as part of plans to promote football in Uttar Pradesh. The derby will be played at state capital’s K.D. Singh Babu Stadium. State Sports Director R.P. Singh told...
Teen prodigy Kartik to lead Indian challenge at Asia Pacific Amateur golf
A year after becoming the youngest golfer to make the cut at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, 14-year-old Kartik Singh will spearhead the Indian challenge at the 15th AAC to be held here from October 3-6. Kartik is the highest ranked Indian at 199 while the other three players to have received...
Berge joins Fulham and Liverpool sells teenager Clark
Fulham completed the signing of Sander Berge from relegated Burnley for a reported 25 million pounds ($32.8 million) on a five-year contract on Thursday, with the Norway international set to replace the departed Joao Palhinha as the club’s holding midfielder. Palhinha left for Bayern Munich in the transfer window. “It’s been a...
‘Future economist' Archana bids farewell to TT
Archana Kamath will dearly miss donning the Indian jersey, but the table tennis player is determined to serve the country in a “different way” in future, helping to shape its public policies as an economist. Days after recording India’s only success in the quarterfinal loss to Germany in the recent Paris...
