Abu Dhabi: Rohit Sharma led from the front as Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs and secured their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020…
Johannesburg: Thirteen years have passed since the evening of Sept. 24, 2007, when a relatively inexperienced captain M.S. Dhoni led Team India to the title triumph in the inaugural edition of the…
Sharjah: Sanju Samson starred with the bat while Rahul Tewatia picked up three wickets as Rajasthan Royals (RR) began their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign with a 16-run win over Chennai…
Abu Dhabi: Ahead of the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL, Dubai’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa has lit up in the colours of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The world’s tallest…
Dubai: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs in Dubai to kick off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign with a win yesterday. Put into bat, RCB…
Halep lifts her first Italian Open trophy Rome: Novak Djokovic claimed a record 36th Masters crown yesterday, beating Argentine Diego Schwartzman in the final of the Italian Open. The world number one…
Rome: Top men’s seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the final of the Italian Open for the 10th time on Sunday with a straight sets win over Casper Ruud. The world number one…
Dubai: One game, that’s what all it took for the first Super Over-finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 and it was Delhi Capitals (DC), who came out on top, beating…
Abu Dhabi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) kicked off their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign with a five-wicket win against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Abu Dhabi yesterday. While Ambati Rayudu starred…
Abu Dhabi: With the COVID-19 pandemic creating chaos worldwide, sports, like everything else, went into lockdown with no end in sight. So, when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)…
Abu Dhabi: The much-delayed Indian Premier League (IPL) starts tomorrow (Sept. 19) without its customary glitz and glamour, but the Twenty20 tournament is expected to be a welcome relief to cricket fans…
Sharjah: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Monday visited Sharjah Cricket Stadium — one of the three venues for IPL 2020 — to review the…
Abu Dhabi: After landing in the UAE to join the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Afghanistan stars Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan have said that…
New York: Dominic Thiem produced a historic comeback to beat Alexander Zverev in a nervy five-setter and win the US Open on Sunday for his first Grand Slam title. The second seeded…
New York: Japan’s Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win the US Open on Saturday and clinch her third Grand Slam title. Osaka, the…
To take on Thiem in Sunday’s showpiece New York: Alexander Zverev recovered from two sets down to defeat Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in a scrappy encounter and reach the US Open final…
New York: Fourth seed Naomi Osaka defeated 28th seed Jennifer Brady in a high quality three-setter to reach the US Open final on Thursday, crediting her run to a carefree attitude post-lockdown.…
Dubai: Preventing corrupt approaches through social media will be the focus of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in the upcoming closed-door IPL, ahead of which the watchdog will educate players through video-counselling rather…
Dubai: More than 20,000 Coronavirus tests will be carried out during the virus-hit Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 tournament’s medical partner said yesterday. The world’s richest cricket league, starting on Sept.…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday left for Dubai to oversee preparations for a bio-secure IPL beginning on Sept. 19. Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI)…
Olympic-bound boxer Vikas Krishan has got the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) approval to train in the USA, where he also plans to resume his career in the professional circuit. SAI has…
Paris: All players at the French Open starting later this month will be housed in two designated hotels “without exception” to reduce the risks from Coronavirus, Tournament Director Guy Forget said on…
World number one Ashleigh Barty announced Tuesday she will not defend her French Open crown, citing COVID fear that also prompted her and several other top players to withdraw from the US…
New York: Fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame unseeded Shelby Rogers in straight sets to reach the US Open semi-finals on Tuesday and declared it “revenge” for earlier defeats. The Japanese 2018 US…
