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Newcastle’s agonizing wait for a first win in the Premier League this season is heading into December. It’s 14 games and counting without a victory for the northeast club, which recently came under Saudi ownership, after a 1-1 draw at…

Argentina’s Lionel Messi on Tuesday won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift football’s most prestigious trophy yet again. But the record-stretching seventh time winner felt…

Croatia became the first team to reach the Davis Cup semifinals after seeing off Italy 2-1 on Monday. With the singles squared, the top-ranked doubles team of Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic had no trouble seeing off Fabio Fognini and…

If one is an Indian spinner bowling in the fourth innings of a Test match in Asia, and particularly so at home, one is criticised after doing well, and even more so if one doesn’t. If the former happens, the pitch often takes more credit…

I think the first three games followed the pattern of a typical World Championship match. The two players were testing each other on different lines, without any obvious weakness on either side in terms of opening or strategy. But Magnus…

Ashique Kuruniyan turned from a hero to a villain in a matter of four minutes when he found the opposition net but then scored an own goal as Bengaluru FC played out a 1-1 draw against Kerala Blasters in an Indian Super League (ISL) match…

MOST OF Sharda Nand Tiwari’s school summer breaks were spent working at grocery stores in Lucknow. Not wanting to impose the burden of his hobby on his father, a security guard, Tiwari saved every paisa of the Rs 700 or so he earned to buy…

In the days leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, a statue of hockey legend Samiullah Khan was unveiled in the posh neighbourhood of Model Town, in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur. Pakistan weren’t there in Tokyo, but the sculpture was a reminder of…

Vinicius Junior rescued Real Madrid as they fought back to beat Sevilla 2-1 in an electrifying match in the Spanish capital on Sunday to stay top of LaLiga and frustrate the visitors’ hopes of leapfrogging them at the summit. Vinicius…

Kanpur, Nov 27 (UNI) Axar Patel's fifth fifer in seven innings helped India take crucial lead of 63 runs over New Zealand in their second innings at the end of Day 3 of the first Test at Green Park Stadium here on Saturday. New Zealand…

Former champions ATK Mohun Bagan crushed arch-rivals SC East Bengal 3-0 in the much-anticipated season’s first derby of the Indian Super League at Tilak Maidan on Saturday. In a scintillating display, Mohun Bagan scored through Roy…

He’s back. Erling Haaland scored on his return from injury for Borussia Dortmund to move atop the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday. Defending champion Bayern Munich can restore its previous one-point lead with a win…

Diogo Jota celebrated his early goal by sitting on the Anfield turf, crossing his legs and pretending to play on a gaming console. Liverpool simply toyed with Southampton in the English Premier League on Saturday. In another masterful…

Barcelona was facing another stumble on the road when Memphis Depay came to the rescue. The Netherlands striker scored just in time to defuse a Villarreal comeback and secure Barcelona’s 3-1 victory on Saturday, and end his team’s…

CHENNAI: With the new Covid-19 variant found in South Africa triggering alarm bells across the globe, India's upcoming tour of South Africa hangs in the balance. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials have no…

MELBOURNE: Newly-appointed Australia captain Pat Cummins on Friday indicated that his leadership style could be different from his predecessors, saying he will be leaning a lot on his deputy Steve Smith for tactical advice. Cummins was…

BALI: India's two-time Olympic medal-winning shuttler P V Sindhu came back from a game down to beat South Korea's Sim Yujin and enter the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament here on Friday. The men's doubles duo of…

CHENNAI: Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa will lead the Indian men's and women's teams in the 20th Asian Squash Team Championship, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from November 30 to December 4. The men's squad, which has been given the top…

Shreyas Iyer on Friday became the 16th Indian batter to make a hundred on his Test debut, joining an illustrious list which includes the legendary Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Viswanath, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly among others. The…