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India’s Mandeep Singh, left, and Pakistan’s Muhammad Hammadudin shake hands after the World Cup Field Hockey pool D match between India and Pakistan in Amstelveen, Netherlands. NEW DELHI: Pakistan will travel to India next month for the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy, with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann confirming on Monday in Mohali that the team … Read more

Pakistan’s Babar Azam, center, with teammates following his side’s defeat to England at Edgbaston. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s disastrous 0-3 Test series defeat against England has been compounded by a significant over-rate penalty, with the side losing 11 World Test Championship points and being fined 50 per cent of their match fee following the … Read more

Alexander Zverev celebrates with the trophy after winning the US Open men’s singles final against Ben Shelton Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton in the US Open final on Sunday to win the second Grand Slam title of his career, but the German’s victory was followed by criticism of John McEnroe’s closing remark on the broadcast.The … Read more

Alexander Zverev poses for a photo with the ball boys and girls. (AP Photo) Alexander Zverev had waited six years to erase the pain of his first US Open final. When the moment finally arrived, the German did not even realise he had won it.Zverev defeated American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday … Read more

PUNE: There is something about Manu Bhaker. Other than being a double Olympic medallist, a former world No. 1, World Championships medallist, there is that something extra that makes Manu what she is today — a fierce competitor even when she is not the best-ranked shooter on the team.Although, the 24-year-old has come a long … Read more

Koneru Humpy, her daughter Ahana, and husband Dasari Anvesh BENGALURU: While her father sat in the VIP lounge at the Lalit Ashok on Sunday, talking through what it means to be married to one of India’s most respected grandmasters, nine-year-old Ahana wasn’t interested in any of that. Her mind was only on the playing arena … Read more

Dhiraj Bommadevara. (File photo) Top-ranked Indian recurve archer Dhiraj Bommadevara created history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian male recurve archer to win gold at the Archery World Cup Final, beating Japan’s Nakanishi Junya in a shoot-off in Saltillo, Mexico.After finishing without a medal in the 2023 and 2024 editions, the 25-year-old Army man … Read more

‘Trophy chor, trophy chor’ echoed around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday as Mohsin Naqvi walked away from the presentation dais after India’s 72-run win over Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup final.India had secured a record-extending eighth Women’s Asia Cup title, but Harmanpreet Kaur and her teammates did not collect the trophy … Read more

Alexander Zverev poses with the trophy after he won the men’s singles final of the US Open against Ben Shelton. (AP Photo) Alexander Zverev finally got his hands on the US Open trophy that once seemed destined to be his, overcoming American hope and his own painful Grand Slam history to beat Ben Shelton 6-3, … Read more

Ben Shelton net worth (Getty Images) Ben Shelton is 23 years old, ranked No. 9 in the world, and heading into a US Open final against Alexander Zverev — the first American man in that position since Andy Roddick in 2003. His career prize money has crossed $15 million. But the real story of Shelton’s … Read more