Antoine Semenyo of AFC Bournemouth during the Premier League match against Liverpool. (Getty Images) Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo said the racist abuse he alleges was directed at him by a Liverpool fan at Anfield “will stay with me forever”, but added that the game also showed football’s “best side when it mattered most.”Go Beyond The…
Dewald Brevis and Virat Kohli (Agency Photos) South African batter Dewald Brevis surpassed India’s Virat Kohli in the record for most T20I sixes against Australia in Australia, becoming the first ever batter to hit 14 sixes in T20I Down Under. Despite his impressive performance, South Africa couldn’t secure a victory in the series decider.Brevis scored…
Noah Lyles of the United States. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson defeated Olympic champion Noah Lyles in the 100m race at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Saturday.This marked their first encounter since the Olympics in Paris last year, where Lyles secured gold by a margin of just five-thousandths of a…
Dewald Brevis of South Africa smashed three back-to-back sixes in the 3rd T20I vs Australia (Photo by Emily Barker/Getty Images) South Africa’s Dewald Brevis lit up the third and final T20I against Australia in Cairns on Saturday with an audacious display of hitting, highlighted by three no-look sixes in a row that left fans stunned….
Glenn Maxwell (Pic credit: CA) Glenn Maxwell, 62 not out off 36 balls, once again showed why he remains Australia’s ultimate match-winner in white-ball cricket, powering his side to a nerve-wracking two-wicket victory over South Africa in Cairns on Saturday. With this win, Australia sealed the three-match T20I series 2-1 in front of a packed…
NEW DELHI: With the Indian selectors set to announce the Asia Cup 2025 squad on Tuesday, August 19, former India batter Mohammad Kaif has created a stir with his own team prediction. Sharing his thoughts on his YouTube channel, Kaif made a surprising call by including Test captain Shubman Gill in the 15-member squad but…
Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) The BCCI has formally introduced a new clause in its playing conditions for the 2025–26 domestic season, allowing “Serious Injury Replacements” in multi-day cricket. The move, inspired by incidents in the recent Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy between India and England, is one of the most significant amendments to the game’s rules in years.Go…
Divya Deshmukh and Garry Kasparov NEW DELHI: In 1989, Garry Kasparov, then the undisputed king of world chess, told Playboy magazine: “Chess does not fit women properly. It’s a fight, you know? Women are weaker fighters.”A sweeping statement, of course. But then came Judit Polgár, who went on to become the only woman in chess…
Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal? Aakash Chopra makes his pick for the Asia Cup (Images via Getty Images & X/@pullxshot) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels Yashasvi Jaiswal has a stronger case than Shubman Gill for a spot in India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, highlighting that the left-hander’s game is better aligned with…
American Levon Aronian secured a convincing victory at the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, while World Champion D Gukesh of India finished in tied sixth position. Aronian clinched the title with 24.5 points, winning the event with two rounds to spare and claiming the top prize of USD 40,000 from a total prize…
