[ad_1] Saturday’s final between Poland’s Iga Swiatek and 13th-seeded American Amanda Anisimova will be momentous in more ways than one. A ninth different woman will lift the Venus Rosewater dish in nine years at SW19, and – after Serena Williams back-to-back in 2015 and 2016 – it will be an eighth consecutive time a first-time champion will be crowned. Indeed,

[ad_1] Vantika Agrawal joined four other Indians in the third round of the prestigious FIDE Women’s World Cup after vanquishing Anna Ushenina, a former women’s world champion, in an edge-of-the-seat encounter that played out for eight games over three days at Georgia’s Batumi. After Vantika won the first of the two-game classical encounter on Wednesday, the Ukrainian hit back on

[ad_1] Netherlands and Italy have qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 set to be held in India and Sri Lanka. The Dutch finished the at the top of the Europe Regional Final with three wins out of four games. Itay, though, booked its tickets by the barest of margins, keeping Jersey at bay with a better Net Run Rate

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic currently trails world number one Jannik Sinner by two sets in the duo’s meeting in the semifinals of the 2025 Wimbledon men’s singles. Djokovic must now come from two sets behind in order to progress to the next round. This is a feat the Serb has achieved eight times previously in Grand Slams. The most recent of

[ad_1] No 11 batsman Jake Dunford, a Durham University bowler, ran for his life for the final single, as UK protectorate Jersey stunned Scotland notching a one-wicket victory on the last ball to get into contention for a place at the T20 World Cup for the first time. However, it wasn’t to be for the tiny island off the coast

[ad_1] Over 20 rounds, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have put together a rivalry unlike anything previously seen in women’s boxing. Their blood and guts brawls in front of massive audiences have raised not only their own profiles, but that of the sport as a whole, and on Friday night, they run it back one more time with Taylor’s undisputed

[ad_1] The 22-year drought for American men in the grand slams will continue. No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz could not topple the defending two-time champion on Friday, as No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz took down the top man from the United States in four sets, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(6), to advance to his third straight Wimbledon final.  Alcaraz won the

[ad_1] Getty Images Crystal Palace have been demoted to the Conference League following breaches of multi-club ownership regulations, a UEFA panel has ruled. Nottingham Forest could take the FA Cup winners’ place in next season’s Europa League though Palace are expected to appeal the decision by the first chamber of the club financial control body (CFCB). UEFA rules state that

[ad_1] Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, a ATP-WTA 500 level event, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year. Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website. She hasn’t competed in an official match since the Miami

[ad_1] Grigor Dimitrov said being forced to retire from Wimbledon when leading world number one Jannik Sinner by two sets is among “the most painful moments of my career”. The 34-year-old was on course for a massive fourth-round upset on Monday until suffering a pectoral muscle injury early in the third set at the All England Club. Dimitrov has now

[ad_1] Italy has secured a spot for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be held next year in India and Sri Lanka. In the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 event, Italy has registered wins over Guernsey and Scotland. With Italy becoming the 13th country to confirm qualification – and Netherlands 14th -, six spots

[ad_1] Happy Friday! The Club World Cup is officially down to two teams, with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain booking their spot in Sunday’s final after their dominant showings in the semifinals, but each with a different point to prove at MetLife Stadium. I’m Pardeep Cattry with a preview of what’s to come this weekend. 📺 Footy fix All times U.S./Eastern

[ad_1] The 2025/26 season of the Indian Super League (ISL) has been put on hold amid uncertainty over the renewal of the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) between event organisers Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The FSDL informed all ISL clubs of the development in a letter on Friday. The ISL usually runs from

[ad_1] When revisiting the supersonic 160.4 kph yorker from Mitchell Starc on the fastest pitch in the world from 10 summers ago, it is not just the frenetic sequence of a delivery in the 88th over of the New Zealand innings that imbues one with bewilderment of a fast-bowling superhuman. On either side of ‘that’ delivery to Ross Taylor at

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: On Day 2 of the third Test at Lord’s, Joe Root produced a moment of brilliance to dismiss Karun Nair and etch his name further into cricketing history. Positioned at first slip, Root took a sharp one-handed catch diving to his right after Nair edged a short-of-a-length delivery from Ben Stokes. It was Root’s 211th catch in

[ad_1] After a month-long IL stint due to a hamstring, Kodai Senga is slated to return to the mound during Friday’s MLB schedule. He was dealing before the injury and rewarding MLB prop bettors who took the unders related to his earned runs, hits and walks allowed, as his 1.47 ERA is the best in baseball amongst pitchers with at