Lionel Messi set to buy second Spanish club, agrees 100% ownership of LaLiga 2 side Eldense/ Image: AP,X Lionel Messi is reportedly preparing for another major step into football ownership, with the Argentina legend set to expand his business interests in Spain after making his first investment in the country’s lower leagues earlier this year.The…
Liverpool will replace Standard Chartered with Turkish Airlines in a record-breaking five-year sponsorship deal from 2027/ Image: X/@bosunatiklama Liverpool have agreed a five-year sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlines worth more than £300million, with the airline set to become the club’s new principal partner and front-of-shirt sponsor from next season.The agreement, which is reported to be…
Seema Kaliramna (Image credit: Special arrangement) The 57.44m throw in Bhubaneswar last month did not quite match the 59.73m that Seema Kaliramna had produced two months earlier. Nor did she seem particularly bothered by it.The Bhubaneswar competition was the World Athletics Silver Level Continental Tour meet at Kalinga Stadium on August 22, her first competition…
George Kamurasi (X Photo) What began as a troubled teenage life, followed by a second chance through football, has now taken George Desmond Kamurasi to a destination few could have imagined — the throne of Uganda’s historic Tooro Kingdom.At 36, Kamurasi is still better known around south-east London as “Big G”, the towering goalkeeper and…
The race for the 2026 Ballon d’Or has officially begun, with defending champion Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal among the biggest names included in the 30-player men’s shortlist announced by France Football on Tuesday.The women’s shortlist also features a host of major contenders, with two-time winner Alexia Putellas, Ewa…
Ricky Ponting has admitted he is worried about where ODI cricket is heading, with the former Australia captain fearing the 50-over format could gradually be squeezed out by the ever-growing presence of T20 franchise cricket across the globe.Ponting, one of the most successful ODI batters in cricket history with 13,704 runs in the format, believes…
Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, left, helps Anastasia Potapova, of Austria. (AP Photo) NEW YORK CITY: Anastasia Potapova clutched her knee and crumpled to the court in the closing stages of a gruelling US Open fourth-round clash. After two hours and 25 minutes of pushing each other to their limits, the moment the 25-year-old went down,…
Wasim Akram and Imran Khan Wasim Akram has become the latest high-profile cricketing figure to publicly voice concern over the health of his former Pakistan captain and close friend Imran Khan, insisting that his legal status should not come in the way of ensuring he receives proper medical care.Imran, 73, has been in jail since…
The Indian women’s hockey team (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: Hockey India has seemingly reversed its controversial decision to make saffron the Indian hockey teams’ primary colour, with both the men’s and women’s sides set to return to their traditional blue jerseys at the upcoming Asian Games in Japan.The decision comes just weeks after…
Abhimanyu Mishra vs Leon Luke Mendonca (Screengrab) BENGALURU: It was a dramatic start to Day 4 at the 2026 Global Chess League as the Ganges Grandmasters secured a 12-8 victory over the Alaskan Knights in a match defined by heartbreak, clock chaos, and a costly procedural blunder on the prodigy board.With the Alaskan Knights fighting…