From Olympic champ to championing change: How Maria Verschoor is fighting for gender equality in Hockey Maria Verschoor started playing hockey for fun when she was seven years old. But by the time she was 12, she had taken it up as serious business. She had already played for three clubs—Hoeksche Waard, Rotterdam, and finally […]
LA wildfires: Los Angeles sports teams donate $8 million to relief efforts Twelve Los Angeles pro sports teams on Monday pledged to donate a combined $8 million to support victims of the Los Angeles wildfires and those fighting the blazes. Angel City FC, the Angels, Chargers, Clippers, Dodgers, Ducks, Galaxy, Kings, LAFC, Lakers, Rams and […]
Australian Open 2025: Bopanna, Barrientos crash out in first round Former world number one Rohan Bopanna and his new Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos bowed out of the Australian Open men’s doubles event with an opening-round loss to the Spanish team of Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar here on Tuesday. Bopanna and Barrientos went down 5-7, […]
Tiger Woods to debut in indoor golf league he co-founded Tiger Woods will provide TGL with plenty of star power and a likely ratings boost this week as the 15-time major champion gets set to make his debut in the tech-infused indoor golf league on Tuesday. Last week’s two-hour ESPN broadcast of TGL’s launch, a […]
Australian Open 2025: Fritz cruises past Brooksby, Navarro prevails in marathon encounter against Stearns Fourth seed Taylor Fritz made a strong start in his bid to end the 22-year Grand Slam drought for American men with a resounding 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 victory over compatriot Jenson Brooksby at the Australian Open on Tuesday. Emma Navarro had […]
Analysis: How Nottingham Forest transformed into Premier League title contender It was not too long ago when Nottingham Forest was remembered for the wrong things. After securing Premier League promotion in 2022 after 23 long years, it brought a record 21 players in the transfer market and narrowly escaped relegation by finishing 16th and 17th, […]
James Rodriguez joins Mexico’s Club Leon from Rayo Vallecano Colombia national football team captain James Rodriguez has joined Mexico’s Liga MX side Club Leon from Rayo Vallecano on a free transfer, both teams announced on Monday. According to local media reports, Rodriguez has signed a one-year contract with an option for another season. The 33-year-old […]
Odisha all set to join Centre’s Ayushman Bharat health coverage scheme Odisha is all set to join the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), which aims to provide health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. Confirming this, a senior Health Ministry official on […]
Doctors from 14 nations seek change in India-linked name of a hard-to-treat fungus Dermatologists from the India and 13 other counties, including Germany, have objected to the region-specific nomenclature given to a novel species of fungus — Trichophyton (T.) indotineae — that causes widespread and hard-to-treat skin infections and is resistant to most anti-fungal medicines. […]
‘Defective’ Paris Olympics medals will be replaced, says IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP Monday that the “defective medals” from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will be replaced with identical models. “The Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organising Committee is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris (the French state mint), the institution […]
