Barcelona defender Balde could miss UEFA Champions League opener at Newcastle Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde may miss the club’s first UEFA Champions League 2025-26 game at Newcastle United after he suffered a hamstring injury on Wednesday. The left-back was hurt during training and Spanish reports estimate he could miss between three to four weeks. “Balde […]
Nagelsmann calls for patience with Florian Wirtz as he looks to settle at Liverpool Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Monday backed new Liverpool recruit Florian Wirtz to return to his best form after a low-key start to his Premier League career. Wirtz joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer for 125 million euros plus […]
Orissa HC expresses concerns over deaths after open heart surgery at SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack
‘I’m the chosen one’ — Tielemans named new Belgium captain ahead of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Belgium has selected Youri Tielemans as its captain, with coach Rudi Garcia opting for the Aston Villa midfielder over several more experienced players in the squad. Following Garcia’s appointment earlier this year, he rotated the captaincy as he said […]
PKL 2025: Puneri Paltan tops PKL table; Haryana Steelers edges U Mumba in tie-breaker Puneri Paltan catapulted itself to the top of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 table with a commanding 45-36 win over Bengal Warriorz, before Haryana Steelers notched up its first victory of the campaign in a dramatic tie-breaker against U […]
Andre Siddarth: Dhoni asked me to stay calm, keep mind blank “Stay hungry, stay foolish,” Steve Jobs had famously uttered in his Stanford University commencement speech in 2005. Tamil Nadu’s teen batter Andre Siddarth, 19, emphasised the first part of the phrase, speaking to Sportstar at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) High Performance Centre on […]
India beats Bahrain to begin AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers on winning note India began its AFC Under-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers campaign with a 2-0 win over Bahrain at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. Muhammed Suhail (32’) and Chingangbam Shivaldo Singh (90+5’) found the net as the Blue Colts […]
BAN vs NED, 3rd T20I: Bangladesh wins series against Netherlands 2-0 after washout in third match Bangladesh won the three-match T20I series against the Netherlands 2-0 after rain forced the final match to be abandoned on Wednesday. Skipper Litton Das hammered 73 off 46 balls to guide Bangladesh to 164-4 in 18.2 overs when rain […]
Hockey Asia Cup 2025: Misfiring India manages to draw with Korea If missed chances could write a story, they would write a glorious one for the Indian men’s hockey team. On Wednesday as well, the players would have been left ruing the multitude of opportunities they wasted in a hard-fought 2-2 draw with defending champion […]
ZIM vs SL, 1st T20I: Hard-hitting Mendis guides Sri Lanka to four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe Kamindu Mendis’ hard-hitting dragged Sri Lanka over the line as it beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first of the three-match T20I series, which was played at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. Zimbabwe posted 175 for seven in 20 […]
