Neymar Jr has admitted he is yet to decide whether he will continue playing club football once his current contract with Santos expires at the end of the year. The Brazilian superstar has already confirmed that the 2026 FIFA World Cup marked the end of his international career after Brazil’s disappointing last-16 exit. The country’s…
Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu was on Tuesday seeded ninth in women’s singles, while the star men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been handed the fifth seeding for the upcoming BWF World Championships to be played at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here from August 17-23. PV Sindhu was on…
NEW DELHI: The hockey season is heating up. The Indian men fine-tuned their skills at the FIH Pro League in Europe last month, building up to the World Cup. The Salima Tete-led women won the Nations Cup in New Zealand. Wayne Lombard, the head of athletic performance for the women’s hockey team with the players…
The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is once again under the spotlight following reports that boxer Qudratullah went missing after the conclusion of his campaign at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. News agency PTI cited sources associated with the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to reveal that the boxer reportedly left the team’s hotel after completing his…
Pakistan boxer Qudratullah Pakistani boxer Qudratullah has reportedly gone missing in Glasgow, just hours before the country’s Commonwealth Games contingent was scheduled to leave for home.According to a report by Pakistani outlet Geo News, sources in the Pakistan Boxing Federation said Qudratullah was last seen in his hotel room at around 2am. Officials later checked…
As Glasgow2026 gave the sporting world a clear look at how mega sporting events can be organised with the shortest of notices and tightest of budgets, thoughts wandered to the course Amdavad2030 chooses to take. When the CWG return to India, Amdavad2030 will mark a century of Commonwealth Games, which when first held in Hamilton,…
Franco Baresi was more than the captain of AC Milan. For almost two decades, he represented the loyalty, authority and defensive excellence upon which one of European football’s greatest teams was built. The legendary Italian defender spent his entire professional career with Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons and helping them win six Serie…
KOCHI: S Murali gave an unusual analogy to describe the struggles his son, long jumper Sreeshankar Murali, undertook to regain full fitness after a career-threatening knee injury he sustained two years ago.“Sreeshankar’s comeback was as difficult as preparing for the IIT and Civil Services simultaneously,” he told TOI.Murali is currently near Prague, where he is…
Ryan Ten Doeschate and T Dilip (PTI Photo) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has thanked assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate and fielding coach T Dilip after their tenures with the Indian men’s team came to an end, acknowledging the key role both played in the team’s recent journey. In a post…
AS WIMBLEDON’S manicured lawns take a break after last month’s tennis championships, London is playing host to a tournament for a newer racket sport. Padel, a hybrid of tennis and squash, has backers who hope to take it into the big league. The London leg of Premier Padel, the Qatar-funded professional circuit, on August 4th-9th…
