LONDON: Former manager of Manchester United Alex Ferguson and former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Wednesday became the first manager to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The two men locked horns during the era of fierce competition that began in the 1990s, winning 16 English titles between them. Ferguson, 81, is...
A source from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dismissed media reports that Pakistan may play its 2023 World Cup matches in Bangladesh. According to sources, India refused to travel to Pakistan for the upcoming 2023 Asia Cup. The Asia Cup faced threats from Pakistan, which has forced India to consider...
MELBOURNE: Two time world champion Max Verstappen is relying on Red Bull to underline his problems as he aims for his second Formula One win of the season at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix – a race that not finished last year. The Dutchman’s car was impressive in a big race in Saudi Arabia two weeks...
LAUSANNE: The leaders of the Olympics on Tuesday recommended the return to the competition of the Russian and Belarusian athletes as individuals, but refused to put a time on the possibility that they could participate in next year. Olympics in Paris. According to the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, the governing body of the...
MONTREAL: Canadian youth Summer McIntosh clocked 3 minutes 56.08sec to break the women’s 400m freestyle on Tuesday at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto. The 16-year-old beat the previous record of 3:56.40 set by Australian Ariarne Titmus at the Australian Championships in Adelaide – where the Australian broke the American Katie Ledecky’s six-year-old world record...
The schedule of the ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand is likely to change as the proposal to move the ODI from Karachi to Rawalpindi is being considered. According to the current schedule, the Kiwis have to arrive in Lahore and play three T20Is from 14-17 April before traveling to Rawalpindi, where they will...
Elena Rybakina advanced to the semi-finals of the Miami Open with a convincing 6-3, 6-0 win over Italy’s Martina Trevisan at Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday to extend her winning streak to 12 matches. American world number three Jessica Pegula had to dig deep to come back from a set down to beat Russian Anastasia...
MIAMI: World number one Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP quarterfinals Miami Open with a convincing 6-4, 6-4 win over Tommy Paul on Tuesday while second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was ousted by Russian Karen Khachanov. Alcaraz, the Miami champion and winner of Indian Wells earlier this month, will meet another American in the last eight when...
TOKYO: Japan was the first Olympic boxing champion Ryota Murata He announced his retirement on Tuesday, saying he was no longer challenged following his loss last year to Kazakh star Gennady Golovkin. Murata became Japan’s first Olympic middleweight gold medalist at the 2012 London Games before turning professional and holding the WBA world title at...
MIAMI: Second half Ricardo Pepi took almost no time to make his presence felt, scoring the winning goal in the United States’ 1-0 win over El Salvador on Monday in the CONCACAF Nations League. The Dutch international, who scored twice in the start of the USA’s 7-1 win over Grenada on Friday, came on in...