By Ivan Nechepurenko Sergei Karjakin had only one game of chess left, and he had to win it. It should have been an easy task. The opponent was the lowest-ranked player in the tournament. Karjakin was one of the rising talents in chess, a poised and accomplished boy of 12 years 7 months who was, […]
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold said he had “never felt so loved” after fans cheered the departing star as he lifted the Premier League trophy at Anfield on Sunday. Alexander-Arnold said an emotional farewell after coming on for the second half of the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace in Liverpool’s last game of the season. Unlike […]
Back in the Indian team after a long gap of eight years, batter Karun Nair on Saturday expressed his delight and said he was “awaiting this call” after amassing big runs in the 2024-25 domestic season. Having last played in 2017, Nair was dropped from the team soon after becoming the second triple centurion in […]
Sunrisers Hyderabad ended their season with a commanding 110-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders, and skipper Pat Cummins said the team had the calibre to produce a better effort but it just didn’t work out, attributing the failure to the inability to graft on slower pitches. Known for their ultra-aggressive approach, SRH began the season […]
Virgil van Dijk lifted the Premier League trophy after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Sunday as the Reds held a title party with their own fans for the first time in 35 years. Arne Slot’s side wrapped up their record-equalling 20th English crown with a demolition of Tottenham in April, but the long-awaited […]
Sunrisers Hyderabad ended an IPL season of ‘what ifs’ with a power-packed batting effort just like it had started, etching a crushing 110-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders riding on Heinrich Klaasen’s 37-ball century in Delhi on Sunday. In the season opener, SRH scored an imposing 286 against Rajasthan Royals and on this day at […]
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had “very contrasting styles” of leadership but the two iconic players along with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have given the Indian team the “blueprint to win” Test series away from home, says new skipper Shubman Gill, who was on Saturday appointed India’s captain in Tests. The first assignment for the 25-year-old is […]
File photo of Ruben Amorim© AFP Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said the good times will return for the Red Devils as he apologised to supporters for a “disaster” of a season on Sunday. United ended the Premier League season in 15th place — their worst finish since the English giants were relegated in 1974. […]
