Indian women’s doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa on Sunday secured their second Super 100 title with a straight-game win over Chinese Taipei’s Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui at the Guwahati Masters. The second-seeded Indian combination, which finished runners-up at the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament last week in Lucknow, beat the world no. 81 …
World No 1 Iga Swiatek has been voted Player of the Year by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 2023. She has bagged the accolade for a second year running in a season where she won the Roland Garros title, the WTA Finals, four other WTA titles (Beijing, Doha, Stuttgart and Warsaw). She finished the year as World No 1. …
Shock Spanish title contenders Girona earned a historic 4-2 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday to move top of La Liga, with coach Michel saying he believes his team can beat any opponent. Girona defeated their Catalan rivals for the first time ever in the top flight in a pulsating battle to rise two points above Real Madrid, second, after …
Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 1-1 draw at fellow high-fliers Stuttgart. Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz scored a second-half equaliser as the visitors came from behind to steal a point from in-form Stuttgart and stren They remain the only club in the league who are still unbeaten this season, …
Subrata Paul, one of Indian football’s team’s greatest players, has retired after a glittering 16 year career. The Arjuna Award winner played 67 times for the country and earned the nickname ‘Spiderman of India’ for being stellar between the sticks. “I am filled with a mixture of emotions. There’s a sense of accomplishment for the journey I’ve been on, coupled …
Cristiano Ronaldo played his 1200th professional game and celebrated it with an assist and a goal as his Saudi Arabian League side Al Nassr won 4-1 against Al Riyadh. “Cristiano Ronaldo has now played in 1,200 professional matches,” the Saudi League posted on the X platform, as the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player moved closer to Peter Shilton …
French teenager Victor Wembanyama admitted to having “butterflies” on Tuesday as he prepared to make his regular season NBA debut for the San Antonio Spurs. The gifted number-one draft pick will be the center of attention across the league on Wednesday when he takes to the court in San Antonio’s home game against the Dallas Mavericks. The talented 19-year-old …
In an exclusive conversation on First Sports, ace badminton player PV Sindhu opened up on her recent struggles besides reflecting on her journey so far and discussing her plans going forward. Sindhu has been going through a lean patch ever since she won gold in last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last August. She also suffered a knee injury …
The Indian junior women’s hockey team registered a 3-1 victory against Korea in the 9th-12th place qualification match of the ongoing FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023 in Santiago, Chile on Friday. Ropni Kumari (23′), Mumtaz Khan (44′), and Annu (46′) scored goals for India, while Jiyun Choi (19′) was the lone goal scorer for Korea. Both sides fought …
Caroline Wozniacki was awarded a wildcard to the Australian Open on Wednesday as the 2018 champion returns to Melbourne for the first time in four years. The 33-year-old retired after the 2020 Australian Open to start a family but returned to the tour at Montreal in August. The mother of two played her first Grand Slam in three years at …
