World Athletics Championships 2025: Sebastian Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ in Tokyo World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Tuesday admitted that the world championships starting in Tokyo this weekend face “heat challenges”, after Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record. Japan’s average temperature between June and August was 2.36C above “the standard value”, making it […]

Hikaru Nakamura continues Candidates 2026 qualification push with title win at Iowa Open World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura continued his push for a spot at the Candidates 2026 with a comfortable title win at the Iowa Open. Nakamura won all five of his games in the Swiss tournament against opponents rated significantly lower than him. […]

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Goud, Radesh hold firm on final day to help Hyderabad defend title TNCA President’s XI fought hard and gave itself the best chance of forcing a turnaround, but Hyderabad batters Varun Goud (56 not out) and Rahul Radesh (31 not out) held their nerve to defend the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament […]

Hong Kong Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag enters round of 16 with hard-fought win India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the round of 16 in the men’s doubles event at the Hong Kong Open. Satwik-Chirag overcame Taiwan’s Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Wang Chi-lin in a hard-fought encounter that lasted close to an hour on Tuesday. The Indian pair […]

Work in Madurai hockey stadium coming along well for Junior World Cup, says HI treasurer Sekar Manoharan Preparations for the hosting of the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup are progressing well according to Hockey India treasurer Sekar J. Manoharan. Manoharan was speaking to Sportstar at the unveiling of the schedule for the tournament […]

Asia Cup 2025: Scheduling grievances take spotlight at captains’ press conference The Asia Cup captains’ press conference kicked off with a request to the media to keep the nature of questions apolitical to prevent a potentially uncomfortable situation in a tightly packed room. But about 15 minutes into the interaction, the tournament organisers were themselves […]

Hungary vs Portugal LIVE streaming info, FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Where to watch Ronaldo in action? After opening its FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers campaign with a thumping 5-0 win over Armenia, Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo will look to end this international break on a winning note when they face Hungary in a Group […]