AHMEDABAD, India : Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat as the tourists fielded an unchanged side in the fourth and final test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday. India, who led the series 2-1, made one change to the line-up that lost to Australia […]
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SAKHIR: Max Verstappen said it was a “pleasant surprise” to claim pole position as Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Dutchman, who has never won in Bahrain or at a championship-opening race, secured the 21st pole position of […]
LONDON: Arsenal and Manchester City continued to slug it out in the Premier League title race with wins over Leicester City and Bournemouth respectively yesterday while at the bottom Leeds United moved out of the relegation zone. Gabriel Martinelli earned Arsenal a 1-0 win at Leicester City to briefly send […]
NEW DELHI : India’s spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel were always going to play key roles in the home series against Australia but few, particularly the touring side, expected so much of it would be with the bat. The three have done justice to their […]
WOKING (England): Australian Formula One rookie Oscar Piastri is confident he can avoid suffering the same problems as Daniel Ricciardo, the compatriot he has replaced at McLaren. Ricciardo, a winner of eight races, never felt fully at home in the car and left a year before his contract was up […]
Manchester United and Crystal Palace have been charged following a “mass confrontation” between their players during last weekend’s Premier League, the Football Association said. The incident took place in the 67th minute of the Feb. 4 game, which United won 2-1 at home, as Casemiro was shown a straight red […]
Manchester United made fewer signings in the January transfer window compared to other top teams in the Premier League but manager Erik ten Hag said he is confident the Old Trafford club have depth in their squad. United, who are fourth in the league, signed Jack Butland, Wout Weghorst and […]
MELBOURNE: Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday (Jan 28) in a thrilling final between two of the most exciting power-hitters in the women’s game. An 11th straight […]
Chelsea manager Graham Potter said the length of contracts being handed to their new signings carries an element of risk but he supports the club’s strategy. Chelsea signed Ukrainian winger Mykhailo Mudryk on an eight-and-a-half-year contract while defender Benoit Badiashile and winger Noni Madueke have agreed seven-and-a-half-year deals during a […]
MELBOURNE : Fifth seed Andrey Rublev avoided a third round banana skin in the form of Briton Dan Evans at the Australian Open on Saturday after former world number one Karolina Pliskova sailed into the last 16 of the women’s tournament. Red-headed Russian Rublev has found Evans a handful in […]