• Tuesday, March 04, 2025

In dramatic final, Germany dethrone Belgium to become new hockey…

Germany came from 2-0 behind to overcome defending champions Belgium and win the hockey World Cup on Sunday (29) in a dramatic see-saw final ending in a sudden death shootout. Belgium went ahead in the first quarter in Bhubaneswar, India with Florent Van Aubel collecting the ball after a deflection…

Novak Djokovic clinches 10th Australian Open crown, emotionally calls it…

An emotional Novak Djokovic called it "the biggest victory in my life" after sweeping past Stefanos Tsitsipas to win a 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal's 22 Grand Slam crowns on Sunday. The Serb will return to world number one as he overcame a hamstring injury and off-court…

India win spin-ruled 2nd T20 vs New Zealand to level…

Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten 26 as India edged out New Zealand by six wickets in a low-scoring and tense second Twenty20 international, to level the series at 1-1 on Sunday. India restricted New Zealand, who won the opener of the three-match series, to 99-8 with Yuzvendra Chahal leading the…

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma hail India’s U-19 T20 women’s World…

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma led tributes on Sunday (29) to India's Under-19 women's team after their Twenty20 World Cup triumph in South Africa, hailing victory as a "special moment". India, led by rising star Shafali Verma, hammered England by seven wickets in the final of the inaugural tournament in…

US shocker: Black man cries ‘mom, mom, mom’ after Memphis…

Protests erupted in the US after horrifying video footage was released on Friday (27) of some policemen beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month, leading to injuries to which he later succumbed. The city of Memphis on Friday (local time) released four videos that show officers kicking and beating…

Aryna Sabalenka wins Australian Open 2023 for maiden Grand Slam…

An emotional Aryna Sabalenka battled back from a set down to beat Elena Rybakina and win the Australian Open on Saturday for her first Grand Slam title. The hard-hitting Belarusian collapsed to the court in tears after winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 against the Wimbledon champion in a high-quality 2hr 28min…

Is Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor playing Sourav Ganguly in biopic?…

Cricket fans in India have seen a number of biopics of former cricketers made over the last few years, including former captains Mahandra Singh Dhoni, Mohammed Azharuddin and former women cricket team captain Mithali Raj. A biopic is also set to come up on another former India cricketer Jhulan Goswami.…

Ahead of budget, US industry urges Sitharaman to rationalise, simplify…

Ahead of the annual budget presentation by the Narendra Modi government, an India-centric top US strategic and business advocacy group has urged the country's finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, to simplify and rationalise direct and indirect taxation system in India, a move it believes would increase the confidence of global investors…

Israel bleeds again: Fresh gun attack in east Jerusalem after…

An assailant shot and wounded two people in east Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli medics said, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed seven outside a synagogue in one of the deadliest such attacks in years. Police said the suspect was "neutralised" following the latest gun attack in the Silwan neighbourhood, just…

BBC Modi documentary row: Why no series on British atrocities,…

Arif Mohammad Khan, the governor of the southern Indian state of Kerala, has hit back at the controversial BBC documentary on prime minister Narendra Modi and the riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 asking why its makers did not make a series on atrocities committed by the…