Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 34, died recently due to a heart attack. He was the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, and UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister. He was a graduate from the Sandhurst Military Academy, Berkshire. An enthusiastic sportsperson, he was a founding member of Dubai Sports and Cultural Club; and had earned two gold medals in horse endurance races at the Asian Games 2006, Doha, Qatar. Besides sports, he was also actively involved in charitable activities: he regularly contributed to Dubai Cares, which aims to take care of child pove
Martina-Sania pair – the world’s number one women’s doubles tennis team – recently won the Guangzhou Open, defeating Shilin Xu and Xiaodi You of China with a score of 6-3 and 6-1. They did not lose even a single set in the entire championship. This was Sania Mirza’s seventh title of the season. They have also won two Grand Slams (Wimbledon and the US Open) this year. Sania Mirza has been recently conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – the highest sporting honour of India.
Manchester United has recently become the world’s first billion dollar football brand. A recent evaluation by Brand Finance, Manchester United (MU) shows that Manchester City and Chelsea are performing better than Arsenal. Brand Finance is a leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy. It calculates both the strength and the value of a brand. Brand strength reflects the notional potential of the brand, and its value is calculated based on its ability to generate income. For that, the team or the club must have star players and it must prove itself a tactically brilliant team on the grou
Who has benefitted the most from the Indian Premier League cricket games? The players, the organisers, or the viewers? Wrong! Bookies have benefitted the most. And the reason? Just a matter of 12 seconds! If you haven’t understood, please read further. The Process The bookies are taking advantage of a glitch in the technology and in the process are earning millions of dollars. They are exploiting the extra-long gap between real-time and telecast feed that is taking place. The bookies have their men (called pitch-siders) planted in the stadium itself who keep providing a real-time ball-by-bal
And so the French Open is bagged by Stanislas Wawrinka. He very skilfully flipped the winning script written by Novak Djokovic reminding everyone that the world’s greatest clay-court tournament does not follow the script. Wawrinka ended the match with one of his favourite shots marking his 60th victory of the 3 hours 20 minutes game. With the win, Wawrinka is now World number 4 while Djokovic remains number 1. The Champion then raised his racket in the air to celebrate his success. Wawrinka is considered to be the second Swiss player to win the French Open in the past seven years as Roger Fe
A recent verdict announces that the Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation. They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011. Both men denied any wrongdoing. The bans come into force immediately. Fifa boss since 1998, Blatter, 79, had already announced he was quitting ahead of February’s presidential election. Platini, 60, was tipped as a future leader of football’s world governing body and had hoped to suc
Advocate H.P. Singh Jasrotia from Jammu and Kashmir, popularly known as Bablu, brought glory to India by winning two gold medals at the Iron World Powerlifting Championship 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event featured athletes from more than 12 countries, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines, Mexico, Maldives, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. Competing in the Masters category (50–55 years) in the 82 kg weight class, Jasrotia delivered an impressive performance across all three disciplines, with 110 kg bench press, 155 kg squat and 185 kg deadlift, recordi
Indian boxers delivered an impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games Boxing Invitational 56th Grand Prix Usti nad Labem in Czechia, finishing with a haul of 12 medals, including eight golds, to underline the country's growing strength in international boxing. The tournament proved to be a successful outing for the Indian contingent, with the women’s team leading the charge by securing four gold medals and a silver. Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), reigning Asian champion Preeti Pawar (54kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg) and Priya Chang (60kg) all captured gold medals after winning finals.
India’s Pritam Kendre clinched the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl, Germany, delivering an impressive performance in only his second international competition. The 16-year-old shooter from Pune scored 251.3 in the eight-man final to finish ahead of Neutral athlete Timofei Aleinikov and Norway’s Jens Oestli, earning India another gold medal at the championship. Pritam qualified for the final by finishing third in the qualification round with a score of 628.2. Along with Piyush Sharma, placing fifth with a score of 629.0.
Assam’s Navyham brought pride to the state and the nation by winning three gold medals at the South Asia International Open Speed Skating Championship 2026, in Malaysia from June 18 to 20. Competing against participants from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the young skater delivered an outstanding performance across multiple events. Navyham secured gold medals in the 100-metre Road Race, 200-metre Rink Race and 300-metre Rink Race. The achievement marked a clean sweep for the Assam athlete, who emerged as a standout performer of the tournament, hig