Manchester United, Newcastle advance to League Cup semifinals By: Agencies on January 12, 2023LONDON: Manchester United cannot stop winning. Marcus Rashford cannot stop scoring. Make that eight straight wins in all competitions for United after a 3-0 victory over third-tier Charlton Athletic secured a place in the English League Cup semifinals on Tuesday. Rashford came on as a 60th-minute substitute and had enough time to grab two goals, […]
Ronaldo to earn 400m euros in Saudi Arabia By: Agencies on January 12, 2023NICOSIA: Footballer Christiano Ronaldo will earn 200 million euros to promote Saudi Arabia’s joint 2030 World Cup bid in addition to his club salary, a source close to his club was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The Portuguese superstar, 37, unveiled to thousands of Al Nassr fans in Riyadh last week, is by far the […]
Djokovic, Jabeur join other top players on first PTPA executive committee By: Agencies on January 12, 2023MELBOURNE/NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic, Tunisian world number two Ons Jabeur and six other top players will form the first executive committee of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) as it fights for a seat at the table with the sport’s governing organisations. The committee, set to be announced ahead of next week’s Australian Open, also […]
Apollo, Golden, Lucky Star, Aligarh victorious in K-20 Cup By: Staff Report on January 12, 2023LAHORE: Apollo Club, Golden Star Club, Lucky Star Club and Aligarh Club scores victories in the K-20 Cup Cricket Tournament here on Tuesday. Usaid Amin sparkling knock steered Apollo Club to 140 runs win over Shah Faisal Club in the 11th match of the tournament. Besides Usaid, Muhammad Akhlaq (53), Babar Arshad (45 not out) […]
Bencic defeats Kalinskaya at Adelaide International By: Agencies on January 12, 2023ADELAIDE: Belinda Bencic came through a second-set wobble to ease into the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International 2 with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Anna Kalinskaya on Wednesday. The Swiss world number 13 looked a class above the Russian lucky loser as she dominated the baseline rallies and romped to a 6-3 2-0 lead at […]
Inter Milan come from behind to reach Coppa Italia quarter-finals By: Agencies on January 12, 2023MILAN: Inter Milan came back from a goal down to beat Serie B side Parma 2-1 after extra time in their Coppa Italia last-16 clash on Tuesday, as Simone Inzaghi’s team began the defence of their trophy. Parma stunned the San Siro minutes before halftime when substitute midfielder Stanko Juric curled a beautiful long-range shot […]
Paris Olympics 2024 track & field finals to take place in the evening By: Agencies on January 12, 2023PARIS: Track and field finals at the Paris 2024 Games will take place during the evening, World Athletics said on Wednesday as it published its schedule for next year’s Summer Olympics. The global governing body for athletics added that events would be spread out over 11 days, starting with the 20km race walks on Aug. […]
Haller savours first game in Dortmund shirt after cancer battle By: Agencies on January 12, 2023LONDON: Sebastien Haller said he was relieved to finally make his first appearance in a Borussia Dortmund shirt following two surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy for testicular cancer which sidelined the Ivory Coast forward for six months. Haller, who scored 34 goals for Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam last season, was diagnosed during a pre-season […]
Ton-up Virat, pacers shine as India beat Sri Lanka by 67 runs By: Agencies on January 11, 2023GUWAHATI: Virat Kohli scored a sublime century to set up the foundation of India’s massive 67-run win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Tuesday. The pacers complimented Kohli’s knock with a clinical show with the ball as Sri Lanka managed to score 306-8 in reply to India’s 373-7. […]
Rohit has no plans of giving up on T20Is, just yet By: Agencies on January 11, 2023MUMBAI: There has been a debate going around if Hardik Pandya should replace Rohit Sharma as India’s T20I captain but Rohit said he has no plans to give up T20Is as things stand. After the 2022 T20 World Cup, both Rohit and Virat Kohli missed India’s next two T20I series, away against New Zealand and […]