Ferran Torres of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Lamine Yamal (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) Barcelona marked its long-awaited return to Camp Nou with a commanding 4-0 win over a 10-man Athletic Bilbao, turning the night into a double celebration. Around 45,000 supporters filled the partially reopened stadium, which is…
Boxing gloves (represensational image) New Delhi: Indian boxers are attracted by the huge prize money on offer at the IBA World Championships, due to be held at the Dubai Tennis Stadium from Dec 1 to 14. The tournament, led by Russian official Umar Kremlev and hosted by the International Boxing Association (IBA), will feature prize…
IND vs SA Live Score: South Africa batters rue letting go of upper hand It was the 79th over of the day and the light was fading fast across the Assam Cricket Association ground at Barsapara. Captain Rishabh Pant ran towards third man, where Jasprit Bumrah was fielding, and asked whether he was game for…
India’s Parveen Hooda (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) New Delhi: For Parveen Hooda, the road back to the ring was far lonelier than any bout she has ever fought. The young boxer had spent nearly two years on the outside — suspended after three whereabouts failures, grappling with the stigma, the self-doubt and the slow grind of…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja celebrate (ANI Photo) Guwahati: It was the 79th over of the day and the light was fading fast across the Assam Cricket Association ground at Barsapara. Captain Rishabh Pant ran towards third man, where Jasprit Bumrah was fielding, and asked whether he was game for one final burst. Bumrah,…
Abhinav Tejrana is the leading run scorer in Ranji Trophy Elite group. (GCA) New Delhi: A ‘Tejrana’ from Delhi plying his trade for Goa in the Ranji Trophy seems bizarre.“I am not playing as a professional for Goa. I am a local,” Abhinav Tejrana clarifies in a freewheeling chat with TimesofIndia.com from Porvorim. Shubman Gill…
KL Rahul of India (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) KL Rahul is set to make a comeback as India’s ODI captain for the upcoming three-match series against South Africa, after skipper Shubman Gill was ruled out due to a more serious neck injury than initially thought, according to PTI. Gill’s recovery timeline has extended, prompting…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) Guwahati: An Indian wristspinner working his way through a strong batting lineup on a good batting pitch on Day One of a Test match — the idea seems a page out of a long-forgotten novel we once cherished. In an age of raging turners where pitching the ball in…
Travis Head & Mitchell Starc (AP) Australia’s commanding eight-wicket triumph over England in the first Ashes Test in Perth was more than just a dominant win — it rewrote record books, producing three rare feats not seen in over a century, with the match concluding in under two days.England’s rapid double collapse England’s batting woes…
Nottingham Forest’s Murillo, centre, celebrates (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson) Liverpool’s Premier League campaign continued its downward spiral on Saturday as the defending champions suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Manchester City’s pursuit of Arsenal was stalled by a 2-1 loss at Newcastle. Liverpool’s sixth defeat of the season leaves them 11th in the…