Limited spectators will be allowed into the stadiums when the much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) resumes in the UAE this weekend, the event’s organisers announced yesterday. The IPL, which was suspended midway in May due to COVID-19 cases in its bio bubble, will resume from Sept. 19 with Defending Champions Mumbai Indians (MI) taking on…
Emma Raducanu rockets up 127 Ranking places Russian Daniil Medvedev reclaimed the World No. 2 spot from Rafael Nadal in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Rankings released yesterday, with no Americans in the top 30 for the first time. Nadal was knocked out of the Madrid Open in the quarter-finals last week by…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Treasurer Arun Dhumal yesterday rubbished reports of Virat Kohli stepping down as India’s limited-overs skipper after the T20 World Cup, saying that the Board has not discussed anything on this matter and that he will continue to captain the team in all formats. “This is all rubbish….
Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai won their second Grand Slam Women’s Doubles title together and denied Coco Gauff and Caty McNally their first with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory yesterday. The No. 14 seeds added the US Open title to the Australian Open they won in 2019. Gauff and McNally were hoping to join 18-year-old…
Denies Djokovic a record-breaking 21st Major Men’s Singles title Daniil Medvedev shattered Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam dream with a straight sets victory in the US Open final here today, denying the World No. 1 a record-breaking 21st Major Men’s Singles title. Russia’s second-ranked Medvedev dominated Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to prevent the first calendar-year Grand…
Britain’s 18-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to capture a Grand Slam title by defeating Canada’s 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez in the US Open women’s final today. Raducanu, ranked 150th, was the first British woman in 44 years to win a Slam crown after dispatching 73rd-ranked left-hander Fernandez 6-4, 6-3. Not since Virginia Wade in…
The Serbian is one win away to complete calendar-year Grand Slam Novak Djokovic will play Daniil Medvedev to try and complete the first Men’s Singles Calendar-year Grand Slam since 1969 after defeating Tokyo Olympic Champion Alexander Zverev in today’s US Open semi-finals. Top-ranked Djokovic outlasted the German fourth seed 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to…
The Kickboxers, who train under University of Mysore (UoM), have excelled at the Karnataka Urban Boxing Championship-2021 held at Elite Academy, Rajivnagar, Mysuru, on Aug. 31, by winning 12 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1st Runners-up Trophy. The medal-winners — (standing from left) R. Akash (NIEIT) – gold in -91 kgs, Gibson Karl (Mahajana…
Three-time Paralympic medal-winning javelin-thrower Devendra Jhajharia and former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad have been named in the Selection Committee for this year’s National Sports Awards. Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Mukundakum Sharma has been picked as the Chairperson of the Committee, which also includes ex-world champion boxer L. Sarita Devi, decorated former shooter Anjali Bhagwat and…
2 wins away from Calendar Grand Slam World No. 1 Novak Djokovic inched closer to a Calendar Grand Slam as he reached the semi-finals at the US Open, beating Italian Matteo Berrettini in four sets today. The 34-year-old defeated Berrettini 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in three hours and 26 minutes at the Flushing Meadows. Djokovic,…
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