Elena Rybakina (Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images) TOKYO: Elena Rybakina clinched the eighth and last spot at next month’s WTA Finals when she beat Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Friday to reach the Pan Pacific semi-finals in Tokyo.The 2022 Wimbledon champion joins the elite field in Saudi Arabia after a successful run of form…
New Delhi: Kolhapur, in Maharashtra’s south, has a long and rich tradition of wrestling and was considered the wrestling capital of India long before Haryana emerged as the sport’s hotbed.The world remembers Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, the legendary wrestler from Maharashtra, as independent India’s first individual Olympic medallist. At the same Summer Games in Helsinki 1952,…
Rohit Sharma of India (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) It was a lunge for life. Rohit Sharma hadn’t yet opened his account when a throw from backward point nearly got the former captain run out at the non-striker’s end. If it had actually done so, it would have put a massive question mark on Rohit’s…
File photo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma. Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal shared a now-deleted cryptic Instagram Story featuring a Delhi High Court ruling about alimony payments, seemingly an indirect dig after his divorce from Dhanashree Verma. The post included a screenshot carrying a news article that said “financially independent wives cannot demand alimony from…
Sean Dyche (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File) Nottingham Forest secured a 2-0 victory against Porto in the Europa League under new manager Sean Dyche, while Aston Villa faced a surprising 2-1 defeat to Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday.Forest, who had recently dismissed Ange Postecoglou after a brief 40-day tenure spanning eight games, ended their winless streak…
This undated photo released by Charlotte Chess Center shows Daniel Naroditsky playing chess on the board. (Kelly Centrelli/Charlotte Chess Center via AP) The chess community is in shock following the death of American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky at the age of 29. In the wake of his passing, his mother, Elena Naroditsky, shared heartfelt words about…
Tilak Varma of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Tilak Varma, who played a crucial role in India’s Asia Cup 2025 triumph, revealed for the first time that he faced a serious health scare in 2022. The 22-year-old left-handed batter disclosed that he had been diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a rare condition that occurs when muscles…
Australia’s Cooper Connolly bats during the one day international cricket match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) India managed to push Australia towards the end, but the hosts secured the three-match ODI series 2-0 by. Australia won the match by two wickets. While India showed improvement compared…
Rohit Sharma top scored for India in the 2nd ODI in Adelaide with 73 runs from 97 balls (Images via AP) India skipper Shubman Gill praised veteran batter and ex-captain Rohit Sharma after India’s defeat in the second ODI against Australia, which sealed a 2-0 series loss for the visitors. Gill highlighted Rohit’s fight against…
Three Team India stars got into a cab in Adelaide, leaving the driver stunned (Screengrabs) An Uber driver in Australia was left visibly stunned after discovering that his latest passengers were none other than Indian cricketers Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna and Yashasvi Jaiswal. The Indian team is currently in Australia for the ongoing ODI series….
