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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday blasted as “insufficient” the apology given by Spain’s football federation chief for kissing star player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips after Spain won the Women’s World Cup. Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales, 45, kissed Hermoso as he handed the Spanish team their gold medals after they beat England…
New Delhi: Hosting two World Cup games in as many days is not ideal for organisational as well as security reasons, said a Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) official on Sunday but BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla was clear that any further tweak in schedule is “unlikely”. After a much-delayed schedule announcement in June, the BCCI and…
Carlos Alcaraz withstood a string of frustrating rain delays to beat Tommy Paul 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (7/0) 6-3 on Thursday, avenging a loss to the American last week and reaching the quarter-finals of the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Open. Paul was unable to repeat his sensational upset of the world number one from last Friday in Toronto,…
Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw held here on Thursday. This year’s BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21 to 27. Sindhu, who won the women’s singles world title in…
Australian star Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from this month’s US Open as he works his way back from injury, organizers said on Thursday. Kyrgios has played just once in 2023 following knee surgery in January, and a wrist injury subsequently forced him to withdraw from Wimbledon and ATP events in Washington, Toronto and Cincinnati. The…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Thursday that last season’s remarkable treble success was a “once in a lifetime” achievement as he tried to lower expectations on the eve of a new campaign. City, bidding to become the first side to win four consecutive English top-flight titles, start the Premier League season away to Burnley…
India’s talismanic batter Virat Kohli might not be playing as much cricket this year as he usually does, owing to the change in dynamics in the Indian team, but he still remains the top-earning Indian on photo and video blogging platform Instagram. As per a report, Kohli charged a mind-boggling sum of INR 14 crore for every…
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar will feature in the Women’s British Open from Thursday in what is the final major tournament of the year for women. Aditi made the cut at the previous major, the Evian Championship, but Diksha missed the cut. Aditi will play at Walton Heath with Spaniard Carlota Ciganda and Italian Valentina…
Prithvi Shaw arrived on the England shores for the One-day Cup with a target in mind. Once considered the ‘next big thing’ Shaw’s career growth has dwindled in the last few months with injuries and off-field controversies took the sheen away. An international career which started with a Test ton against West Indies in 2018, gradually…
Former world number ones Karolina Pliskova and Victoria Azarenka advanced after rain delays on Monday’s first day of the WTA Montreal Open hardcourt tournament. Czech standout Pliskova beat China’s Zhu Lin to book a second-round berth against current world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland, the reigning US and French Open champion. Pliskova, the runner-up…