Imane Khelif (Getty Images) Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is preparing to return to the boxing ring on December 15 in Paris, marking her first fight since winning gold at the 2024 Olympic Games.The 27-year-old will take on 21-year-old Dutch boxer Clarida Sarabia in a six-round professional bout.The fight was announced at a press conference in…
Bangladesh stumbled to 88/3 in reply and were still trailing by 268 runs at stumps. (Pic credit: BCB) Hasan Mahmud produced a stunning bowling effort to keep Bangladesh in the contest, but West Indies remained firmly in the driver’s seat at the end of Day 2 of the second Test in Sylhet on Friday. The…
Jobe Bellingham (R) and brother Jude Bellingham. (Pic credit: Three Lions) Jobe Bellingham is set to share the England dressing room with his elder brother Jude after earning his maiden senior international call-up for the upcoming Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder was included in Thomas Tuchel’s squad announced on…
NEW DELHI: English club cricketer Brian Devine, popularly known as “Clicky Ponting”, has received a two-year ban from cricket following a cheating scandal that attracted worldwide attention.The 38-year-old became infamous earlier this year after a video showed him clicking his fingers as the ball passed an opposing batter, seemingly trying to make it sound like…
CHENNAI: The intensity with which seventh seed Anastasia Zakharova played was something Vaishnavi Adkar has rarely experienced. The Indian couldn’t cope with it as she lost 3-6, 0-6 to Zakharova who made her way to the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Thursday. Zakharova’s powerful groundstrokes, both of the forehand and backhand, never…
Shubman Gill, Gautam Gambhir India captain Shubman Gill believes the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand could play an important role in the team’s preparations for next year’s World Cup, with the conditions during the current tour expected to offer a glimpse of what awaits them at the global tournament.With the World Cup scheduled for…
Venkatesh Iyer has opened up about Gautam Gambhir’s influence on Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) dressing room during their title-winning Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign, explaining how the former captain’s presence helped establish a culture where players were always ready to attack.Gambhir, who led KKR to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014, returned to the…
India clinch record sixth ACT crown (Image: Hockey India/X) MOHALI: The Indian men’s hockey team is preparing for a generational transition ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with Hockey India chief selector RP Singh indicating that a fresh core group will soon be assembled and that four to six senior players, or potentially more,…
Weather can play a spoilsport in the second match between New Zealand and India set to be played at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington. (Photo Courtesy: Sahil Malhotra) Wellington: Steady drizzle in Wellington on Friday forced New Zealand to shift their training to an indoor facility opposite the Basin Reserve, while India cancelled their training…
53 red cards in one match! Brazil football game sets bizarre world record after mass brawl Football witnessed an extraordinary scene in Brazil after a mass brawl during an under-20s match resulted in 53 dismissals, setting a new world record for the most red cards issued in a single game.The unprecedented incident took place during…
