Real Madrid made a £137million ($188m) bid for Paris Saint-Germain’s France forward Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe is out of contract at the Parc des Princes next summer and refused to sign a fresh deal. Despite PSG’s attempts to get the France international to commit to the club Mbappe refused to sign. PSG’s position of France’s L’Equipe is maintained and will remain unchanged. The Ligue 1 club determined to keep Mbappe until the end of his contract in June next year if he could then leave nothing. Mbappe’s contract will end in the 2021-22 campaign that means Madrid can leave the Fren
On Friday, World number one Ashleigh Barty beat Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-4 and reached the WTA and ATP Cincinnati semi-finals. Barty recovered from a breakdown recently. Ashleigh will face two-line Cincinnati finalist Angelique Kerber. Kerber won her quarterfinal with two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova retired during the second set because of a stomach problem. The second set was a tie with 3-3 and Kerber won the first set 6-4. Barty has been ranked in the number one position for the last 87 weeks. She hasn't lost a set this week in Cincinnati which is an up event for the U.S. O
On Saturday, Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won the Women’s 100 meters. She posted the second-fastest time ever at the Prefontaine Classic, a Diamond League event, and crossed the finishing line in 10.54 seconds. According to the champion, she surprised herself, beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce by nearly two-tenths of a second. Shreicka Jackson finished her race in third place. American athlete Florence Griffith-Joyer is the only woman to have run faster over the distance with a world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988. She said that to come back with a personal best after the cha
The Rugby championship began with a record victory of New Zealand against Australia and South Africa beat Argentina to claim the Bledisloe Cup in their opener. 57-22 win at Eden Park was the All Black’s highest ever points total against the Wallabies. The world champions South Africa defeated Argentina later on Saturday by 32-12 in Port Elizabeth. To seal a 19th straight Bledisloe Cup win New Zealand ran in eight tries. Australia has beaten the All Black at Eden Park since 1986, their match doubled as the second in the three-Test series. On 7th August, The wallabies lost 33-25 in the
“The greatest striker” of Germany Football team legend Gerd Muller dies aged 75. The forward scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for West Germany. It included the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final against Holland. In his 15 years career at Bayern, Muller netted a record 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and 66 goals in 74 European matches. TheBayren Munich President Herbert Hainer said that today is a sad dark day for FC Bayern and all its fans. He added Gred Muller was the greatest striker there’s ever been and a fine person and character of world football. They are all united
India finished 48th on the medal tally at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. This is the highest ranking in the last four decades. If you look at the total number of medals won by the country, India would have finished 33rd. However, the year ranking is done based on Gold medals won by the countries. At the Beijing Olympics 2008, India ranked 51st, which was the country’s previous best where India won three medals which included shooter Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal. In the London Olympics, India finished at 57th even after winning more medals than Beijing as the medal table ranks countries by gol
The new teenage sensation Quan Hongchan becomes the youngest athlete to represent China at Tokyo Olympics. Quan is only 14-year-old and won her first Olympic gold. Her overwhelming victory in the women's 10m platform event stunned the world. Quan was able to collect full marks for three out of five dives as China completed on 1-2. She finished with a lead of 466.20 much ahead of the world champion Chen who was at 425.40. 29-year-old Melissa Wu from Australia won the bronze for 371.40. Quan’s another gold gave China the pride to own all four women’s diving events at the Tokyo Games. In
A 41-year long wait for an Olympic medal in men’s hockey comes to an end after India won its bronze. Indian men’s hockey team defeated Germany by 5-4 in a close match which was a thrilling comeback win. The last medal won by the men's hockey team by India was in the 1980, Moscow Games where India secured a gold medal. Brace was scored by player Simranjeet Singh while Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, and Rupinder Pal Singh also had their names on the scoresheet for India, reported ny AsiaOne. In the 17th minute, Simranjeet Singh drew level at 1-1. At the end of the second quarter, Harma
The latest study warns that athletes are asked more often to compete in environments that are becoming “too hostile” for any human body. The Olympics at Tokyo are considered as one of the hottest and most humid Games on record. The researchers are sounding concerned and alarmed over the health of the world’s top athletes amid the extreme heat. AsiaOne reported that the daily temperature is expected to be as high as the 80s and low as 90s degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature with humidity feels like 100 degrees. The condition is said to be because of the “heat island'' phenomenon wh
Karsten Warholm from Norway won the gold medal in a mind-boggling time of 45.94 seconds. Obliterating his a month-old record of 46.70 he ran faster than 18 of the 48 men who raced in the regular 400-meter dash. The second position was taken by the American athlete Rai Benjamin who won a silver medal for his 46.17 besting the previous world record by more than half a second. Bronze was claimed by Brazilian Alison dos Santos for 46.72. It is hailed as one of the greatest Olympic races of all time. Norwegian was seen screaming in happiness after watching his clock just after crossing the line