Aryna Sabalenka beat Amanda Anisimova to win the 2025 US Open title. (AP) Aryna Sabalenka secured her second consecutive US Open title with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Amanda Anisimova on Saturday in New York, becoming the first woman since Serena Williams to win back-to-back championships at this tournament.The world No. 1 player claimed…
Aryna Sabalenka triumphed in straight sets against Amanda Anisimova to win the 2025 US Open. (AP) Aryna Sabalenka secured her fourth Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Amanda Anisimova in the US Open final on Saturday, becoming the first woman since Serena Williams to win consecutive titles at the tournament. Despite…
File photo of Shreyas Iyer. (TOI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has named a 15-member India A squad, led by Shreyas Iyer, for two upcoming four-day matches against Australia A in Lucknow. The series will begin on September 16, with KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj joining the squad for the second match…
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, acknowledges the crowd after losing to Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) TOI in New York:Novak Djokovic‘s run in the majors this season sparks a clear trend. He retired in the Australian Open semifinals and looked physically compromised at both the French Open and Wimbledon against Jannik Sinner. And when…
Graeme Smith (Getty Images) New Delhi: Despite the backdrop of Dinesh Karthik playing in the SA20 last year and speculation of tens of Indians entering the SA20 Auction on September 9, no Indians will be up for grabs for the fourth season, and beyond, of South Africa’s T20 league. SA20 League Commissioner Graeme Smith has…
Indian men’s hockey team players celebrate after scoring against China in the Asia Cup. (Image: TheHockeyIndia) Rajgir: China might have given India a mighty scare in their group-stage game of the Asia Cup last week. But the hosts showed their might in the Super4 stage as they routed the Chinese side 7-0 at Rajgir Sports…
Virender Sehwag (Image-X) Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag has opened up about the intense emotions he felt whenever India lost to Pakistan. With the highly anticipated Asia Cup clash between the arch-rivals scheduled for September 14, Sehwag recalled how such defeats often made him lose his focus and temper. Sehwag, who played 42 matches against…
Andre Agassi’s Open is, without doubt, one of the finest — if not the finest — sporting autobiographies ever written. It charts his meteoric rise, his rebellion against tennis’s hierarchy, his follicular rebellions and acceptance, his flirtation with mind-altering substances, the father-son dynamic with his trainer Gil, and his epochal comeback after tumbling out of…
North Zone’s batters Nishant Sindhu and Shubham Khajuria run between the wickets (left) and Central Zone’s Rajat Patidar (right) Bengaluru: The strength of the Central Zone team lay in flashes of individual batting brilliance on the penultimate day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal against West Zone here on Saturday. At the BCCI Centre of Excellence,…
India escape with a 2-2 draw against Japan at the WomensAsiaCup 2025. (X-Hockey India) India came from behind twice to hold defending champions Japan to a thrilling 2-2 draw in their second pool match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2025 on Saturday. Navneet Kaur struck from a penalty corner in the final moments of the…
