Ben Shelton, of the United States (AP Photo) Ben Shelton is one victory away from ending the United States’ long wait for a men’s Grand Slam champion after winning an all-American US Open semifinal against Frances Tiafoe on Friday.The No. 8 seed recovered from losing the opening set to beat Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5…
Mbappé addresses viral dictator memes and a bizarre nickname, admitting the comparisons leave him with mixed feelings/ Image: AP, X Kylian Mbappé has never been short of attention, but a strange social-media trend surrounding the France and Real Madrid star has taken his fame in a direction he would rather not embrace. Images of Mbappé…
Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) Jasprit Bumrah was back in the thick of India’s preparations on Friday as the full squad took part in a training session ahead of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan.The session started quietly, with the players going through a light warm-up before moving into fielding drills. Ten players were then split…
England vs Pakistan, 3rd Test Live Score: Rain came to Pakistan’s rescue on day two of the Edgbaston Test on Thursday as England put themselves in a strong position to complete a series sweep. Pakistan were reduced to 52-2 in their second innings and still trailed England by 268 runs when bad weather stopped play….
Elon Musk and Magnus Carlsen BENGALURU: Elon Musk picked a fight with chess earlier this week. The world’s richest man declared on X that chess will one day be “fully solved”, the way checkers was cracked by computers back in 2007, with his logic being that most legal moves are so obviously bad that AI…
India are into the finals of Women’s Asia Cup 2026 (Image: IANS) India produced another dominant performance with bat and ball to beat Bangladesh by 40 runs and storm into the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. After posting 149/6 in their 20 overs, India’s bowlers…
File Pic: Tanya Chaudhary (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian athletics received a major boost just days before the Asian Games as Uttar Pradesh’s Tanya Chaudhary shattered the women’s hammer throw national record at the Indian Athletics Series Final on Thursday.Tanya sent the hammer to a distance of 68.35m, bettering the previous national record of 67.02m…
New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner (left) celebrates Virat Kohli’s wicket on the third day of the second test match between India and New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. (PTI File Photo) New Zealand white-ball captain Mitchell Santner has declined a Big Bash League contract from Adelaide Strikers so he can remain available…
New Delhi: For Jyothi Surekha Vennam, the mantra ahead of the Asian Games is deceptively simple: perfect the process and let the scoreboard take care of itself. India’s No. 1 women’s compound archer and a major medal hope, Jyothi will arrive in Aichi-Nagoya for her remarkable fourth Asian Games appearance. At Hangzhou in 2023, she…
Pratika Rawal replaces Jemimah (Image: IANS) Top-order batter Pratika Rawal has been included in India’s women’s cricket squad for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as a replacement for injured Jemimah Rodrigues.Jemimah continues to recover from a hamstring injury she suffered while playing for Southern Brave in The Hundred on August 3. The injury…
