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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…
Nagpur: American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky lived with dignity but ended his life when his self-respect was destroyed. The global chess community continues to grapple with the shock of his death, as his mother, Elena, broke her silence on Thursday.Speaking with a website from her home in California, Elena described her son as “a brilliant, loving,…
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,…
Australia’s Cooper Connolly shakes hands with India’s Virat Kohli (AP/PTI) India didn’t see this one coming. Against an Australia batting lineup deep in transition and without a single familiar match-winner in the middle order, the consensus among fans was that it would be a walk in the park in the ODI series for Shubman Gill’s…
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…
Xavier Bartlett celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) Getting Virat Kohli out in an international match is a dream moment for any bowler, but in the age of social media, that dream can quickly turn into a nightmare. Australian fast bowler Xavier Bartlett found this out the hard way after…
Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates with Pratika Rawal following India’s victory against New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup at DY Patil Stadium. (Getty Images) India secured a commanding 53-run victory over New Zealand via DLS method in the Women’s World Cup on Thursday, qualifying for the semi-finals after three consecutive defeats. The win was…
Riad Bajic of AEK Larnaca (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Bosnia and Hercegovina attacker Riad Bajic scored the winner as AEK Larnaca stunned Crystal Palace 1-0 in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday.Bajic hit home in the second half to send the Cypriots into second place behind Fiorentina in the standings after two rounds.Palace are…
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…
Virat Kohli (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) Virat Kohli, one of India’s greatest ODI batsmen and the record-holder for the most centuries, is facing a rare period of struggle as selectors begin laying the groundwork for the 2027 World Cup. While fitness is not an issue for the 36-year-old, his recent performances have raised questions…
