Paris, Marco Cecchinato beat former champion and 12-times Major winner Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-6(4) 1-6 7-6(11) at the French Open on Tuesday to become the first Italian man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in 40 years.Cecchinato cruised through the opening set as Djokovic was suffering from neck pain before theRead More

New Delhi, Fierce rivals on court, badminton stars Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu are training at separate academies of national coach Pullela Gopichand ever since their Commonwealth Games summit clash in Gold Coast. Reason: neither player wants the other to get a whiff of her strategies and improvisations. Gopichand is dividingRead More

Chandigarh, Shubhankar Sharma’s first Major was the Masters this April, and he got to play there after getting a special invite. His second Major would be next week’s US Open, but this time, he’s earned the honour after coming through a tough qualifying tournament. Sharma grabbed a spot in the USRead More

Mumbai, Coach Stephen Constantine says the Indian football team has done enough in the last few years to merit a decent crowd turnout, and begging for support was one thing it did not deserve. Constantine was asked about skipper Sunil Chhetri’s impassioned plea urging people to come and cheer the teamRead More

Madrid: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has brushed off allegations that he deliberately injured Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in last month’s Champions League final. Salah injured shoulder ligaments in a collision with Ramos, which led to the Egypt international leaving the pitch in tears in the first half. Ramos wasRead More

Prospects Like four years ago in Brazil, Belgium will once again arrive on the world stage in Russia replete with talent who ply their trade in top leagues across Europe. They showed what they are capable of during World Cup qualification. While few doubt their attacking prowess, the jury isRead More

Paris, German second seed Alexander Zverev claimed his third successive comeback win at the French Open to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal on Sunday, edging Russian Karen Khachanov in five sets. The 21-year-old played some stunning tennis in the closing stages of a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-3,Read More

Liverpool, Brazil’s talisman Neymar scored a brilliant goal on his return from injury as Brazil began their World Cup preparations with a 2-0 win over Croatia in a friendly match here today. The Paris St-Germain star, 26, smashed in a shot, the goal coming off the bar after an excellent moveRead More

Dublin (Ohio), Anirban Lahiri has changed another putter and feels his confidence is slowly building up once again as he shot a 3-under 69 in the third round of the Memorial Tournament. For Lahiri it was a tale of two nines, as he shot 5-under on the front nine but slumpedRead More

Chandigarh, On December 3 last year, 12,000 fans gathered at a venue in New Delhi to watch a football match; in Mumbai, another 5,000 got together to watch the same match that day. Yes, these 17,000-odd fans were watching a match on giant screens; they were fans of Barcelona FC andRead More