Cape Town, Jan 6 (IANS) South Africa got a big boost a few days after sealing a spot in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Pakistan to make a 2-0 sweep of the two-match series which guaranteed them the top position in the WTC standings.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Top seed and home favourite Senthil Kumar notched up a fluent straight sets win over Japan's Eito Komada while Varun Verma knocked out seventh seed Ilya Maltsev to move to the second round of the boys' category of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) J300 event at the DLTA Complex on Monday.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) With unprecedented attendance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting asserted that it's hard to argue that the rivalry between the two teams isn't the biggest in world cricket.
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) East Bengal FC midfielder PV Vishnu has been named the Emerging Player of the Month for December 2024, recognising his outstanding performances, which included two goals and one assist.
Bremen, Jan 6 (IANS) Werder Bremen have signed defender Issa Kabore on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season. The 23-year-old spent the first half of the season on loan at Benfica and has now joined SVW until the summer.
Madrid, Jan 6 (IANS) The third-round matches of the Copa del Rey knockout tournament produced some upsets this weekend, but so far most of the main favourites have progressed to the last 16.
Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for their first women's tour of the West Indies, featuring three ODIs and three T20Is, starting January 19. Nigar Sultana will lead the side on the tour while pacer Jahanara Alam has taken a break from cricket for an indefinite period due to mental health issues.
Bellary (Karnataka), Jan 6 (IANS) Olympic gold medallist and Canadian wrestling legend, Erica Wiebe, is set to conduct a camp for female Indian wrestlers at the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) in Vijayanagar this month as part of the second edition of the IIS Excellence Accelerator.
Melbourne, Jan 6 (IANS) Ahead of the start of the Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam, next week, former world No.1 Novak Djokovic has revealed that he still feels "trauma" when thinking about his deportation from Down Under in 2022 over his refusal to reveal his Covid vaccination status three years ago.
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 6 (IANS) Focus will be on top male singles players Lakshya Sen and H.S Prannoy as they return to the circuit hoping to win their first title of the year in the Malaysia Open 2025, the first Super 1000 event of the new BWF World Tour starting at the Stadium Axiata Arena in the Malaysian capital on Tuesday. Men's singles will feature Lakshya facing off against Yu Jen Chi (Chinese Taipei), while Prannoy takes on Brian Yang (Canada) in the Round of 32 matches.
