Australia’s Test skipper Tim Paine said on Friday that he is recovering well from the invasive neck surgery he underwent earlier this week and that after a six-week session with the physio at the hospital he will start his cricket rehab and be fit for the Ashes beginning at The Gabba on December 8. A […]
Bio-bubble life continues to take a toll on cricketers’ mental well-being, with top New Zealand women’s team leg-spinner Amelia Kerr announcing on Friday that she would not turn out for Brisbane Heat in this year’s edition of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) in order to focus on her mental health. The WBBL commences on […]
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic inched closer to a Calendar Grand Slam as he reached the semi-finals at the US Open, beating Italian Matteo Berrettini in four sets on Wednesday night. The 34-year-old defeated Berrettini 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in three hours and 26 minutes at the Flushing Meadows. Djokovic has already won the Australian […]
Australia’s Paralympic athletes receive payments for winning medals at the Tokyo Games in line with the payments to our Tokyo Olympic medallists. The decision ensures Paralympics Australia can recognise the champion Paralympic athletes in line with payments made by the Australian Olympic Committee to medal-winning athletes in Tokyo. Australia is eighth on the overall medal […]
Stefanos Tsitsipas needed five sets to beat former World No. 1 and 2012 champion Andy Murray in the first round at the US Open. On Thursday, it looked like Tsitsipas may have to take a similar arduous route into the third round when he lost a set to France’s Adrian Mannarino but the Greek pulled […]
By Mohammad Suaib Khan Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra created history after he clinched the gold at the Tokyo Olympics with an attempt of 87.58 metres, becoming only the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics, and the first to bag the yellow metal for the country in a […]
Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the right man at the right time to lead a formidable Indian team. He also said that Kohli represents the idea of a modern-day India which wont be pushed around. “Virat Kohli is the right man at the right time to lead this […]
Top seed Daniil Medvedev captured his fourth ATP Masters 1000 crown here on Monday (IST), overcoming American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 to become the first Russian champion at the National Bank Open since Marat Safin in 2000. The 25-year-old took down big-server John Isner in the semifinals as he stood two or three feet closer […]
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia is set to play her first tour event since her emotional victory at Wimbledon last month when she competes in the Western & Southern Open — a WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati, Ohio — that begins on Monday (July 16). The Aussie fell in a tough first-round loss […]
India’s Grandmaster Nihal Sarin was held to a draw by compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in the fourth round of the Riga Technical University (RTU) Open Chess Championships in Riga, Latvia, as the strong Indian contingent continued to do well in the classical chess event. Sarin the second highest-ranked player in the Open Grandmaster section of this […]