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Argentine wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta captured his maiden ATP title in Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Nicolas Jarry, the man who had stunned Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals. World number 87 Diaz Acosta claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory, sealing the triumph on a sixth match point. Before this week, 23-year-old left-hander Diaz Acosta…
A huge match-fixing row has been triggered in Indian football after videos of players scoring dubious own goals surfaced from the Delhi Football League. Ranjit Bajaj, owner of Indian football club Minerva Punjab and Delhi FC, urged authorities to take urgent action against corruption going on in the Delhi league. Bajaj himself shared the videos…
Argentine wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta captured his maiden ATP title in Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Nicolas Jarry, the man who had stunned Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals. World number 87 Diaz Acosta claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory, sealing the triumph on a sixth match point. Before this week, 23-year-old left-hander Diaz Acosta…
Simone Inzaghi is on the verge of a major breakthrough at Inter Milan as the Serie A leaders push towards the first Serie A title of his coaching career and eye another deep run in the Champions League. Inter are in red-hot form as they await the visit of Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, eight wins…
Inter Milan stretched their lead at the top of Serie A to 10 points on Friday after cruising past sorry Salernitana 4-0 ahead of their Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid. Simone Inzaghi looks increasingly likely to claim the first league title of his coaching career with a rampant Inter team who made short work…
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals of the Buenos Aires clay-court tournament on Friday with a straight-sets win over Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori. World number two Alcaraz, playing his first tournament since a shock quarter-final exit at the Australian Open, came through 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 against his 152nd-ranked opponent. Vavassori, who stunned three-time major…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe seems to be edging towards a Real Madrid move, with excitement already building in the Spanish capital. The 25-year-old France captain informed PSG officials he intends to leave in the summer at the end of his contract, a source close to the Ligue 1 champions said Thursday. Madrid are in pole position…
Olympic medal-winning grapplers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia on Wednesday alleged that national federation chief Sanjay Singh used devious means to get the suspension on WFI lifted by United World Wrestling (UWW) and threatened to restart their agitation against the body. The UWW on Tuesday lifted the provisional suspension on India but directed the national…
Sumit Nagal was put through his sternest test yet by Coleman Wong but the second seeded Indian had enough grunt in him to fight past the Hong Kong man to enter the quarterfinals of the Bengaluru Open on Thursday. Nagal won 6-2, 7-5 after an hour and 46 minutes of intense battle. But the beginning…
Chelsea appear lambs to the slaughter ahead of a trip to Manchester City on Saturday as the English champions have hit top form as the business end of the season approaches. However, Pep Guardiola’s men could have ground to make up in the Premier League title race by the time they kick-off at the Etihad…
