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Rafael Nadal on Wednesday insisted he will be “competitive” when he returns to professional tennis next month after enduring nearly a year out of action due to injury. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has undergone surgery twice in 2023 after struggling with a hip injury. He has said next year will likely be his last…
Sreesanth, member of India’s 2007 T20 Cricket World Cup and 2011 ODI Cricket World Cup winning teams, was not at all happy with his former Indian cricket teammate Gautam Gambhir after a Legends League Cricket (LLC) game in Surat on Wednesday. The two were involved in a long stare-off during the match at LLC, a tournament for retired…
Former Australia teammates David Warner and Mitchell Johnson are currently embroiled in a bitter controversy. Johnson wrote in his column that the selection of Warner for the Test series against Pakistan was because of the reason that he was retiring after the series and not because of his form. The former Australia pacer also insisted…
Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after Declan Rice‘s last-gasp goal capped the leaders’ thrilling fightback in their 4-3 win against Luton on Tuesday. Rocked by a pair of costly blunders from keeper David Raya, Mikel Arteta‘s side trailed 3-2 in the second half of a pulsating clash at Kenilworth Road. But…
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and is currently the reigning world champion, was in attendance at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad during the Cricket World Cup 2023. India faced Australia in a much-anticipated clash but Rohit Sharma and Co were defeated as the Aussies…
Two days after his attack on former teammate and current Australia opener David Warner, former pacer Mitchell Johnson has revealed the reason behind his tirade. Johnson, who lashed out at the Aussie opener, while also reigniting the ball-tampering controversy, claimed that Warner doesn’t deserve a “hero’s sendoff” referring to the Pakistan series being his last. The 42-year-old had…
India is set to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships after dropping its earlier intention to host the 2027 edition of the prestigious tournament, a top official of the national federation said on Sunday. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was earlier considering to bid for the hosting rights of the 2027 World Athletics…
India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan thrashed Austrian David Pichler in straight sets in a lop-sided men’s singles final to secure his third ITF title by winning the Kalaburagi Open on Sunday. Ramkumar, who won the ITF Mumbai Open last week, took just 64 minutes to quell Pichler’s challenge 6-2, 6-1 at the Chandrashekhar Patil Stadium to claim…
Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski headed a dramatic late equaliser in a six-goal thriller at Manchester City on Sunday after Liverpool staged a sensational comeback on a breathless afternoon in the Premier League. High-flying Aston Villa scored in the 90th minute to draw 2-2 at Bournemouth while 10-man Chelsea shrugged off a red card for captain Conor…
Ruturaj Gaikwad added another major milestone to his name during the fifth T20I encounter between India and Australia in Bengaluru on Sunday. Gaikwad finished the five-match series with 223 runs at an average of 55.75 – the most by any batter in a T20I bilateral series against Australia. Earlier, the record belonged to New Zealand’s…