Online Sports Desk The group stage is something you have to do, but the World Cup starts here, Lamine Yamal had insisted, and down on the Pacific that was how it played out. It wasn’t just that Spain defeated Austria to reach the last 16 against Portugal or Croatia, their first victory at the knockout stage…
Online Sports Desk The United States defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup. Co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, the match saw the Americans progress despite playing the final stages with 10 men. Folarin Balogun opened the scoring just before halftime and was subsequently shown…
Seattle: Youri Tielemans scored the latest winner in World Cup history as Belgium mounted an incredible comeback from two goals down to beat Senegal 3-2 and qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup on Wednesday. Senegal appeared on course for a first win in a World Cup knockout match since their 2002 debut…
Online Sports Desk Thomas Tuchel’s mission to put a second World Cup star on the England shirt did not look as though it would reach the second knockout round. On a fraught and chaotic occasion in Atlanta, his team flirted aggressively with disaster. For 75 minutes, England mixed loose defending with an inability to take…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Wednesday alleged that the TG20 League conducted by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) was being organised in violation of the rules and regulations of the BCCI, the HCA Constitution and other applicable guidelines. The association also claimed it would soon place before the public what it described as…
(Online Sports Desk) Erling Haaland scored an 86th-minute winner to send Norway to a dramatic 2-1 win over Ivory Coast – and set up a mouth-watering World Cup last-16 clash with Brazil. With a tense round-of-32 game heading towards extra-time, Norway’s main man stepped up to tap in Sander Berge’s cross and earn Norway their…
Online Desk Kylian Mbappé scored twice, and Michael Olise was in scintillating form as France beat Sweden 3-0 at the World Cup on Wednesday to set up a Round of 16 clash with Paraguay. Mbappé finished a superb move to break the deadlock just before half-time in the last-32 tie watched by 80,663 at the New…
Chester-Le-Street: England have their tactics drawn up for Vaibhav Suryavanshi even as suspense prevails over the Indian batting sensation’s T20I debut in the series opener here on Wednesday. The three-time world champions India will take on England in a five-match series starting here on Wednesday, and it remains to be seen if the 15-year-old Suryavanshi…
London: England head coach Brendon McCullum revealed that he tried to persuade Ben Stokes to reconsider his decision to retire from international cricket, but said the captain had made up his mind by then. England lost the third and final Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge by 160 on Monday, conceding the series 1-2….
New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur was on Tuesday retained as India captain for this year’s Asian Games in Japan despite the team’s earlier-than-expected exit from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England. The Women’s Selection Committee named a 15-member squad for the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from September 19 to…
