Barcelona, July 1 (IANS): Top Spanish football club Barcelona suffered a setback when they failed to sign a new contract with Lionel Messi before the June 30 deadline, leaving the Argentine star free to join an
London, July 1 (IANS): Home favourite Andy Murray, who had been practicing with Roger Federer ahead of the Wimbledon Championships, won a marathon five-setter 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 against German Oscar Otte t
London, June 30 (IANS): Top seed and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic cruised through to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win over 2018 finalist Kevin Anderson on Wednesday.
Djokovic was dominant
London, June 30 (IANS): France's world No. 58 Alize Cornet caused a major upset when she beat world No. 7 Bianca Andreescu of Canada 6-2, 6-1 in their delayed first-round match at Wimbledon in one hour and
Tokyo, June 30 (IANS): International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 8, just over two weeks before the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics.
The IOC announced on its
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS): Even though Euro 2020 tournament has entered only the quarter-final stage, some big nations have already fallen.
IANS looks at the biggest upsets of the tournament, all of which ha
St. George's (Grenada), June 30 (IANS): South African pace bowler Kagiso Rabada defended 15 runs in the final over, while Tabraiz Shamsi continued his sublime form with the ball to hand the visitors a one-r
London, June 30 (IANS): Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion from the US, was forced to retire from Wimbledon due to an injury in her first-round match against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovi
Berlin, June 30 (IANS): Germany's manager Joachim Loew's 15-year spell ended on a sour note with the former world champions dumped out of Euro 2020 by arch-rivals England.
"There is a huge disap
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 30 (AP) — Ukraine had reached the round of 16 at the European Championship with two losses and the worst record of the advancing teams.
And now the quarterfinals, too.
Ukrain
LONDON, June 30 (AP) — As the Wembley Stadium announcer roared the final score — “England 2, Germany 0” — Gareth Southgate’s vision was momentarily diverted from his victorio
London, June 29 (IANS) Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany began his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title with an easy 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win over Dutch qualifier Tallon Griekspoor at the Wimbledon on Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Pranati Nayak, the Asian Championships bronze-medallist in vault, earned a quota to compete at next month's Tokyo Olympics, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) officially
Dubai, June 29 (IANS) A day after the Indian cricket board said that it will not be able to host the T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) issued a statement confirming that the multi-nation to
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Indian selectors and team management seem to have thrown only a morsel of opportunity to fight for to the six spinners who have reached Sri Lanka as part of India squad for the thr
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 29 (AP) — Spain first gifted Croatia a bizarre own-goal, then threw away a late 3-1 lead. Alvaro Morata made sure it didn’t matter in the end.
Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal
BUCHAREST, Romania, June 29 (AP) — Au revoir France, this summer belongs to Yann Sommer. The Switzerland goalkeeper, who left in the middle of the European Championship’s group stage to be with his
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 29 (AP) — Uruguay beat Paraguay 1-0 on Monday to finish second in Group A and move into a Copa America quarterfinal against Colombia. The result also left Chile to face defending cham
CUIABA, Brazil, June 29 (AP) — Lionel Messi became Argentina’s most capped international player on Monday, marking the occasion with two goals as he led his national team to a 4-1 win over Bolivia a
Wimbledon, June 28 (IANS) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who is eyeing a world record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title, started his Wimbledon campaign on a winning note getting past local boy Jack Draper 4-6, 6-1,