Bumrah has been best multi-format bowler for last 5-6 years: Ponting
India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been the best multi-format bowler for the last five or six years, reckons former Australia captain Ricky Ponting. Ponting said that there might have been a few concerns over Bumrah’s longevity but he has only returned stronger from injuries. “I’ve said it for a long time,...
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Sinquefield Cup | Gukesh holds Ding Liren, Praggnanandhaa draws with Abdusattorov
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Vardy scores on Premier League return as Leicester holds Tottenham to 1-1 draw
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Injured Messi out of Argentina's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia
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Hideki avoids collapse and rallies to win FedEx Cup playoffs opener
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We’ll be drawing on Green, Marsh bit more against India: Cummins
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Priority will be improvement in quality of football: AIFF’s new secretary general
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Find it hard to fathom playing T20 WC in Bangladesh: Healy
Australia skipper Alyssa Healy has said it might not be right to go ahead with the women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October as it would put a lot of pressure on the country which is still recovering from the large-scale violence and protests that left hundreds dead. The country’s...
Switzerland goalkeeper Yann ends national-team career
After a decade as Switzerland’s No. 1 goalkeeper, Yann Sommer retired from the national team on Monday at age 35 to focus on playing for Inter Milan. Sommer’s decision announced by the Swiss soccer federation will likely see Gregor Kobel of Borussia Dortmund step up as the first-choice ‘keeper. Sommer went to...
Alexa turns pro after winning NCAA tennis title at University of Miami
NCAA champion Alexa Noel’s debut as a professional tennis player arrives next week at the U.S. Open - a decade after she went to Flushing Meadows with a racket in hand for the first time. When she was about 11, the now-21-year-old American recalled, she was invited to a camp run...
PGTI regulars Ahlawat, Rashid & Mane among golfers to tee off
Some of the top players, including Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas and Rashid Khan, will vie for honours when the inaugural edition of the Chennai Pro Championship tees off at the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course here on Tuesday. The tournament carries a prize purse of Rs 50 lakh. The Pro-Am event will...
Ballester becomes 1st Spaniard to win US Amateur, fending off Iowa’s Noah
Jose Luis Ballester, a senior-to-be at Arizona State, became the first player from Spain to win the US Amateur, fending off Iowa sophomore Noah Kent 2 up Sunday at Hazeltine in the 36-hole match on his 21st birthday. Ballester, who was the only player in the top 10 of the world...
No goal for Mbappé in his Spanish league debut as Real Madrid draws 1-1 at Mallorca
Defending champion Real Madrid couldn’t manage more than a 1-1 draw at Mallorca in Kylian Mbappé’s first Spanish league match. In his second game with Madrid after debuting midweek, Mbappe failed to break through on Sunday. The France great had scored in Madrid’s 2-0 win against Atalanta in the UEFA Super...
Top-ranked Sinner reaches final in Cincinnati, but women’s No. 1 Swiatek falls to Sabalenka
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker to reach the final of the Cincinnati Open, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek was defeated in the women’s semifinals by No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka will face American Jessica Pegula in Monday’s final, while Sinner will play either American Frances Tiafoe...
