On Sunday, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz raced to the Madrid Open title brushing aside German Alexan Zverev with 6-3, 6-1 in 62 minutes. After winning in Barcelona last month, the 19-year-old's winning streak now stands at 10 matches and secured his second consecutive title. Alcaraz is on his way to being on No.6 by Monday as he beats Rafael Nadal and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He is first in a clay-court tournament. Alcaraz turned 19 on Thursday in Miami and won his first ATP Masters 1000 level title. Nadal was the only player younger than him to achieve that milestone when he won in Monte Car
On Monday, Ronnie O’Sullivan stopped Judd Trump's rally by winning 18-13 in the final. He equalled Stephen Hendry’s modern-day record of seventh snooker World Championship titles. O’Sullivan started the session by leading at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the best 35-frame contest until world champion Trump bounced back from 12-5 down overnight. Despite losing his first session, 46-year-old O’Sullivan- the oldest World Championship finalist since mentor Ray Reardon in 1982, surged ahead before sealing victory with a break of 85. He said in an interview, “I’ve never bothered
On Sunday, the Women's Soccer Team from Afghanistan played their first match in Australia since its evacuation from Taliban occupied country last year. The team played a 0-0 draw in its opening game in Vitoria’s Senior Women’s Competition. The team was helped by Victory in relocating to Melbourne and training the players under Victory’s banner. Instead of wearing their traditional navy blue shirt with a white 'V', players will don a kit that pays tribute to their homeland, a red home shirt and a white away shirt with the Afghan flag on the back. According to the players, the jerse
The second-seeded Russian Player Andrey Rublev defeated Novak Djokovic by mounting another comeback and preventing him from claiming his first title in 2022. Rublev dug deep by stopping Djokovic with 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0 and winning the Serbia Open for his third title of the season. During their third set, 24-year-old Rublev looked fitter and won in 2 hours, 24 minutes. Djokovic, who is 10 years older than Rublev, appeared to be affected by his efforts to level the match in the second set tiebreaker. Having defeated Jiri Lehecka, Taro Daniel and Fabio Fognini on his way to the final, Ruble
Victoria will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games with the Australian state’s regional centres organising the majority of events in a break from the traditional single host city model. The Games will be staged in March 2026 across multiple cities and regional hubs including Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland, each with its own athletes’ village. The opening ceremony will take place at the iconic 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground. The announcement follows an exclusive dialogue period between the CGF, Commonwealth Games Australia (CGAus) and Victoria. An initial 16 spo
In the wake of the Qatar World Cup, Fifa is on course to reap record revenues of US$7 billion, its president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday as experts predicted a long-term boom for the sport. In 2021, Fifa reported revenue of $766 million – up from a pandemic hit of $266 million in 2020 – and already had more than half of its target income contracted. The organization's finances cycle every four years between World Cups. During the World Cup year, Fifa receives most of its income. Despite the controversy over awarding this year's World Cup to Qatar -- which has been criticized f
The Canadian football team changed history by qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It literally took the entire world to help the nation as 22 players out of 25 are immigrants or are born to parents who moved to Canada. The country got selected for the second time in the World Cup in spite of being ranked outside the top 100 of the FIFA rankings. Despite the near-freezing weather conditions, the entire country of Canada rallied behind the team that thrashed Jamaica 4-0 at home on March 27th, demonstrating why this team is so dear to the Canadians. These men come from differe
On Friday, the Indian football team clinched the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship title at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. The win was owed to a superior goal difference. Indian lost to Bangladesh with 0-1 but managed to emerge as the champion of SAFF U-18 with a goal difference of +11 in comparison to +3 of Bangladesh. By scoring five goals in the tournament, Lynda Kom emerged as a valuable player for the Indian team with the highest goal scorer of the tournament. In the last league game, Bangladesh edged India by a solitary goal. While in the fifth minute, Shubhangi found space in the opposi
On Sunday, badminton ace shuttler PV Sindhu clinched her second singles title in 2022 by winning a straight game over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the summit clash of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Double Olympic medalist, played her second successive final taking 49 minutes to get the better of the fourth-seeded Thai 21-16 21-8 at the St. Jakobhshalle. In the first set, Sindhi rode her attack to open up a 3-0 lead, but Busanan kept fighting back and produced some quality shots to draw the match at 7-7. After the change of sides, Bhusan struggled with her length,
The Ice Hockey team of Ladakh Women's Ice Hockey Foundation represented India at the Union Women Ice Hockey Tournament in Dubai on March 20 and won the Silver medal. The team has been qualified for the finals. The team made it to the international tournament for the first time. Even in the face of challenges, the players showed their mettle. The players said, “The team approached Saspol Constituency Councillor Smanla Dorje Nurboo on March 10 for arranging Rs. 10.56 lacs for the travel and visa expenses of 20 athletes”. As a result of his close friend's help and a funding campaign