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YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in an eight-round professional heavyweight bout on December 19 at Miami’s Kaseya Center, Most Valuable Promotions announced on Monday. Paul, 28, will face arguably the most accomplished opponent of his career in 36-year-old Joshua, a two-time holder of the WBO, WBA and IBF belts….
Siddhesh Lad continued his dream run in the Ranji Trophy, with a career-best 170 (285b, 19×4, 4×6) as Mumbai rode on twin centuries by him and Akash Anand to put up a mammoth 630 for 5, before Shardul Thakur claimed three quick wickets to reduce Pondicherry to 43 for 4. On a lifeless Wankhede Stadium surface,…
“You get good footballers only when they learn from the best coaches. India needs good coaches to produce better footballers,” was the advice that the legendary World Cup-winning German captain Lothar Matthaus had to offer when he arrived in Kolkata to assume his role as the ambassador of the newly launched Bengal Super League (BSL)….
Down to the last eight it is at the Chess World Cup. And only one of them is Indian. P. Mexico’s Jose Martinez Alcantara knocked out P. Harikrishna in the tie-breaks of the fifth round at Resort Rio here on Sunday. So the host’s hopes rest solely on Arjun Erigaisi, the second seed. The No….
In its entire existence, Hyderabad had won only two domestic titles – Ranji Trophy triumphs in 1937-38 and 1986-87. After 38 years, another piece of silverware – the coveted Vinoo Mankad Trophy – was added to the trophy cabinet by a sprightly group of youngsters, led by 19-year-old Aaron George Varghese. Aaron has had a…
India ‘A’: Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dhir (vc), Suryansh Shedge, Jitesh Sharma (c) (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Harsh Dubey, Ashutosh Sharma, Yash Thakur, Gurjapneet Singh, Vijay Kumar Vyshak, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Abhisek Porel (wk), Suyash Sharma. Stand-by players: Gurnoor Singh Brar, Kumar Kushagra, Tanush Kotian, Sameer Rizvi, Shaik Rasheed. Pakistan ‘A’: Irfan Khan…
Daryl Mitchell’s 119 from 118 balls elevated a dawdling match on Sunday as New Zealand beat the West Indies by seven runs in the first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Mitchell’s seventh ODI century lifted New Zealand to 269-7 as it batted first after losing the toss. Sherfane Rutherford…
Japan’s Kodai Naraoka won his first badminton title in two years after battling past countryman Kenta Nishimoto 21-11, 10-21, 21-15 in the Kumamoto Masters final on Sunday. Naraoka, the world number 10, claimed his first piece of silverware since the China Open in November 2023 after coming through a tough scrap in western Japan. He…
Japan’s Kodai Naraoka won his first badminton title in two years after battling past countryman Kenta Nishimoto 21-11, 10-21, 21-15 in the Kumamoto Masters final on Sunday. Naraoka, the world number 10, claimed his first piece of silverware since the China Open in November 2023 after coming through a tough scrap in western Japan. He…
Dhanush Srikanth on Sunday opened India’s account at the Deaflympics in Tokyo with a gold medal and a world record to boot in the men’s air rifle event. Srikanth’s 252.2 is the highest-ever score achieved by a deaf shooter in AR finals. Mohammed Murtaza Vania brought India more joy, finishing with a final score of…
