[ad_1] The American looks for her first Grand Slam title on home soil against the World No. 1 [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Lothar Matthaus, the most capped German footballer, has been “almost shocked” after Germany’s 0-2 loss to Slovakia in the world cup qualifiers. He has taken aim at the “mentality” of players, the tactics of the coach Julian Nagelsmann, and the need to “stabilise defense”. The sporting director Rudi Völler has tried to throw his weight behind the coach and

[ad_1] Mauricio Pochettino continues to experiment with his roster as the days to the World Cup keep ticking down [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] As the United States men’s national team hosts South Korea on Saturday, Mauricio Pochettino will get regulars like Sergino Dest, Folarin Balogun, and Christian Pulisic back into the squad. But as the Argentine stressed, this window is also one of the last chances for him to dig deep into the entire pool of players and see who can make

[ad_1] Lautaro Martinez, the Argentine and Inter-Milan footballer, believes he is “underestimated” when it comes to being in reckoning for Ballon d’Or and reckons it might be due to “image and marketing”. In a frank chat with France Football, Martinez has opened up on a host of subjects. But first the perception of him in the wider football world. “Maybe

[ad_1] Shreyas Iyer and Karun Nair (Image – X) India A’s new squad for the upcoming two multi-day games against Australia A in Lucknow has brought in a fresh set of faces, while also leaving out some who were part of the earlier tour of England. The reshuffle reflects not only form and fitness but also the selectors’ intent to

[ad_1] Sanju Samson in practice session in Dubai (BCCI | X) Mumbai: Cricket great Sunil Gavaskar has endorsed India’s Test captain Shubman Gill’s elevation to the T20I vicecaptaincy in the upcoming Asia Cup, set to begin on Sept 9 in the UAE. Gill has scored 578 runs in 21 T20Is, averaging 30.42, with one hundred and three fifties, at a

[ad_1] Veteran Uruguayan star Luis Suarez has been slapped with a six-match ban by the Leagues Cup Organising Committee following his latest bizarre incident involving his mouth on the football field. The 38-year-old Inter Miami star landed in trouble after appearing to spit at a member of the Seattle Sounders’ coaching staff after his team’s 0-3 defeat in the Leagues

[ad_1] When he heard of the Hockey Asia Cup host city, Raiki Fujishima typed “Rajgir” on his browser. Sport had taken him to exotic places, but Japan’s captain had “never heard of this place before”. The search results surprised him. Fujishima found that for more than half a century, pilgrims from Japan had been undertaking the long journey to this

[ad_1] During the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia, hockey legend Ric Charlesworth, had spared an hour to talk about anything under the harsh Perth sun. A brutally blunt and pragmatic man, he spoke about cricket too. And this wasn’t an outsider poking his nose into others’ business. An accomplished Western Australia first-class opener, Charlesworth once scored a commanding 95

[ad_1] The 24-time majors champion played elite tennis and still lost in straight sets [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The NFL returns to Brazil for the second consecutive season when the Kansas City Chiefs battle the Los Angeles Chargers in a key AFC West matchup on Friday, Sept. 5. After winning two consecutive Super Bowl championships, the Chiefs fell short in Super Bowl LIX, losing 40-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chargers (11-6 in 2024), who finished second

[ad_1] AFC West foes will meet on neutral ground when the Kansas City Chiefs face the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2025 NFL Sao Paulo Game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 5. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs finished the 2024 season atop the division with a 15-2 record and their 10th straight trip to the playoffs. The Chargers finished behind

[ad_1] The Week 2 college football schedule begins on Friday with four games, and continues into a Saturday full of mostly intriguing non-conference matchups. Perhaps the biggest is a top-20 showdown between Michigan and Oklahoma that features big-name quarterbacks. Five-star freshman Bryce Underwood gets his first big test for the Wolverines, while highly-touted transfer John Mateer leads the Sooners. This

[ad_1] Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka takes on eighth-seeded American Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles final of the U.S. Open 2025 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday. In the men’s doubles summit clash, the fifth-seeded Spanish-Argentine pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos takes on the 6th-seeded British duo of Joe Salisbury

[ad_1] Alcaraz will compete for the final Grand Slam title of the year for the first time since winning it back in 2022 [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The names of experts appointed to an Olympic panel looking at female gender issues ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are not being revealed, the IOC said on Friday. A working group on “Protection of the Female Category” in sports was promised by the International Olympic Committee’s first female president Kirsty Coventry when she was elected in March.

[ad_1] Every time compound archery gets bumped up, there is a return to the fold. Compound archery’s inclusion in the 2018 Asian Games programme resulted in Rajat Chauhan ditching recurve. Earlier this year, Prathamesh Fuge was welcomed back after Los Angeles 2028 penciled the mixed team format as a medal sport. Fuge is one of the six members of the

[ad_1] Indian boxers continued their strong start at the World Boxing Championships on Day 2 at the end of the first session in Liverpool with both Neeraj Phogat (women’s 65kg) and Sumit Kundu (men’s 75kg) earning wins in their opening bouts. Phogat was first up and limped to a 3:2 decision win against Finland’s Krista Kovaleinen – a win that

[ad_1] Argentina skipper Lionel Messi had a cautious approach on playing the 2026 World Cup next year. Messi said this after his double helped Argentina win 3-0 win against Venezuela in the penultimate round of the South American qualifiers. “In the past, I said it, logically, it was unlikely I’d play in a World Cup at 39. It’s nine months

[ad_1] Coach Harendra Singh is a firm believer in prioritising process over results. It’s an aspect he has been trying to drill down to his players since he took over the reins of the Indian women’s hockey team. Taking a cue from that, it is important not to read too much into India’s 11-0 win against Thailand, ranked 20 places

[ad_1] Guo Xiaolong paints a picture of a match from another age that sounds a lot like a scene out of a Shaolin movie. He talks about men in silk robes with a sash around their hips in the Chinese hinterlands, flinging oak branches on large swathes of grasslands, slapping a ‘fireball’ that could be seen in pitch dark nights.

[ad_1] The college football landscape changes rapidly in the era of NIL and the transfer portal, but now that we’ve seen game action, you can start to dial in your strategy for college football betting. The Week 2 college football schedule might only feature one ranked matchup (No. 18 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Michigan), but it also has conference games,

[ad_1] Jonathan Trott (Pic credit: ILT20) Jonathan Trott, newly appointed head coach of the Gulf Giants, has underlined the growing significance of the ILT20 and its Development Tournament in shaping the future of cricket in the UAE. Speaking at the recently concluded Development Tournament, where the Gulf Giants’ side reached the semi-finals, Trott praised both the quality of talent and

[ad_1] Kho kho, the widely played sport across India is lending itself wonderfully to employment opportunities, as 24 players – 12 men and 12 women – were recently selected for the post of Head Constable in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), through the sports quota. The top athletes met the recruitment requirements cracking the trials, conducted at the Bharat