South Africa’s Simon Harmer, left, pumps his fists with captain Temba Bavuma (AP Photo) Simon Harmer etched his name in South African cricket history with a career-best effort against Australia, breaking Dale Steyn’s record for the highest individual score by a South African No. 9 or lower against the visitors.Harmer scored 82 in South Africa’s…
India’s medal campaign will continue in the afternoon, with several finals scheduled across athletics and swimming. Vaishnavi Jagtap will compete in the women’s 100m freestyle S8 final at 1:30 pm, the same time Sukhchain is scheduled for the men’s javelin throw F55 final. Karamjyoti will take part in the women’s discus throw F55 final at…
GAMES OF MY LIFE BY ALEX FERGUSON The Golden Era of TV was littered with peak moments when one suddenly just knew that the series one was watching would remain embedded in posterity forever: when Walter “Heisenberg” White says: “Say my name”, or when Don Draper, while holding forth on nostalgia, tells a bunch of…
India Women thrash Zimbabwe by 92 runs (Image: BCCI/X) India’s women turned Raipur into a six-hitting spectacle, with Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur unleashing a batting assault before Nandani Sharma’s three-wicket haul sealed a 92-run victory over Zimbabwe in the third T20I on Tuesday. The emphatic win completed a 3-0 series sweep for the Women…
Cristiano Ronaldo received exactly €255 fine and a backdated suspension, raising questions over how Portugal determined the penalty for walking out. Cristiano Ronaldo earns an estimated $300 million a year, yet Portugal’s football federation fined him just €255 for walking out of the national-team camp, alongside a 30-day suspension that was backdated. The seemingly lenient…
NEW DELHI: India enjoyed a spectacular medal rush at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Tuesday, winning 24 medals, including five golds, but the impressive haul was not enough to prevent the country from slipping from fourth to sixth in the standings as rivals also enjoyed a bumper day in Aichi-Nagoya.India finished Day 2 with…
Former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says Cristiano Ronaldo failed to meet fitness standards and let teammates down during training. Cristiano Ronaldo’s second spell at Manchester United ended with a public confrontation, an explosive interview and a departure that neither side appeared willing to avoid. Nearly four years later, Erik ten Hag has offered…
Former Australian cricketer David Warner questioned the lack of attendance (Image: IANS) The ongoing Test series between South Africa and Australia has sparked a debate over the popularity of red-ball cricket, with former Australian opener David Warner expressing disappointment over the lack of spectators at the venues. Despite featuring the world’s top two Test teams,…
Lionel Messi’s latest botanical honour takes his Guinness World Records tally to six species, including animals, fossils and fungi. A sage plant discovered in the Peruvian Andes has become the sixth species named after Lionel Messi, extending a record already shared by a lizard, spider, fossil brachiopod, condor and fungus. The newly described Salvia messii…
Devender Kumar leads India’s historic 1-2-3 finish in men’s discus throw (Image: X) India scripted a memorable podium sweep at the Asian Para Games, with Devender Kumar, Rakesh and Pardeep Kumar claiming gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s discus throw F43/F44/F62/F64 final. Devender led the Indian charge with 781 Raza points, while Rakesh…
