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Thomas Frank Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank says it was an "absolute mistake" for the video assistant referee (VAR) to intervene and award Newcastle a penalty as his side earned a point in dramatic fashion at St James' Park. Cristian Romero's injury-time overhead kick  secured Spurs a 2-2  draw after the Magpies were awarded a controversial 86th-minute spot-kick with the score at 1-1. Referee Thomas Bramall was sent to the pitchside monitor after VAR spotted Rodrigo Bent

Manika Batra In Table Tennis, India’s three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar will lead India’s eight-member squad at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025 at Chengdu in China, beginning today. The team also features Akash Pal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Payas Jain, Diya Chitale, Yashaswini Ghorpade, and Swastika Ghosh. With the mixed team format set to make its Olympic debut at LA 2028, this year’s championship carries added significance.

Armand Duplantis Sweden’s pole vault star Armand Duplantis and American sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named the World Athletes of the Year at the 2025 World Athletics awards ceremony.  In 2025, Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record four times and was unbeaten in all 16 of his competitions, including sweeping both the indoor and outdoor world titles.  The 26-year-old has become the first male pole vaulter in modern athletics history to remain undefeated i

SMAT 2025 SMAT 2025: On a run filled day, batters made merry in different parts of India, headlined by Hardik Pandya and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. A day before the selection committee meet to pick the squad for the upcoming five-match T20Is against South Africa, all-rounder Hardik Pandya showed he is fit and ready to fire. Since picking up a left quadriceps injury during India’s victorious Asia Cup campaign towards the end of September, Pandya hasn’t played any international fixtu

India Junior Women's Hockey In women’s Hockey, the Indian junior team began its campaign in the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup with a 13-nil win against Namibia in Santiago, Chile. With this win, India climbed to the top of the table. Hina Bano and Kanika Siwach scored hat-tricks, while Sakshi Rana struck a brace. Binima Dhan, Sonam, Sakshi Shukla, Ishika, and Manisha each scored a goal. The team, led by Jyoti Singh, is drawn in Pool C along with Germany, Ireland, and Namibia.

Deepti Sharma The player of the tournament for India in the Women's ODI World Cup was released by Warriorz ahead of the auction, but she was retained via right to match option by the franchise. After getting retained by UP Warriorz for Rs 3.2 crore ahead of the upcoming Women’s Premier League, star Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma said there is no pressure of paycheque on her and, if anything, it motivates her to do well in the fourth edition of the tournament. The player of

Serena Williams The 44-year-old Williams, one of the greats of the game, has not competed since bidding farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open Serena Williams threw cold water on the idea that she might be preparing to return to tennis, writing on social media Tuesday that she is “NOT coming back,” after a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said the 23-time Grand Slam champion had registered with the sport’s drug-testing body. That is the first step that w

FIH Manmeet Singh and Sharda Nand Tiwari score a brace each as hosts set up clash with Belgium Switzerland’s Dutch coach Jair Levie perhaps knew what the outcome of the match would be, even though his side came into the game on the back of two wins and with an outside chance of making it to the last eight of the FIH Junior World Cup. But, after the 0-5 defeat against  PR Sreejesh-coached India , he had a wry smile on his face. He was proud of the fight his side gave India at

English Premier League Manchester City prevailed in a nine-goal feast at Fulham thanks to the sort of attacking display that would normally have title rivals quaking in their boots. Unfortunately for Pep Guardiola's side, City's defensive display will have had those same rivals sighing with relief. City led 5-1 early in the second half after a 100th Premier League goal for Erling Haaland, a Phil Foden double, one from Tijjani Reijnders, and Sander Berge's own goal. They were

Archery Premier League The Archery Premier League (APL) has been awarded the prestigious Emerging Professional Sports Event of the Year’ at the India Sports Awards 2025, held during FICCI TURF 2025 15th Global Sports Summit at the FICCI Federation House, New Delhi. The honour caps a landmark debut year for the league, which has been widely praised for bringing fast-paced style archery with unprecedented scale, professionalism, and fan engagement, as per a release from APL.  O

Andre Russell & Glen Maxwell The IPL 2026 auction is all set to take center stage on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. This year's auction promises to be one of the most exciting yet, with 77 slots available across 10 franchises, including 31 overseas slots.Kolkata Knight Riders enter with the largest purse of ₹64.3 crore, giving them a strong financial edge, while Mumbai Indians have the lowest purse of ₹2.75 crore. This financial spread will likely impact

Emma Raducanu British tennis player Emma Raducanu says she no longer feels she is "hiding from anything" after being targeted earlier this year by a man who "exhibited fixated behaviour". The 2021 US Open champion was distressed and tearful when she saw a man who had followed her to four successive tournaments in the stands  during a match in Dubai  in February. The man, who was removed and later given a restraining order by Dubai police, had given Raducanu a letter and asked

India vs South Africa India (IND) vs South Africa (SA) 2nd ODI Match Date, Time, Squad, Venue, Playing 11 Prediction: India take on South Africa in the second One-Day International at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Wednesday After pipping South Africa by 17 runs in a thriller in Ranchi during the first ODI, India will look to seal the three-match ODI series when they take on the Proteas in the second One-Day International at the Shaheed Veer

Rory Coleman When you have run more than 1,000 marathons in your lifetime, you would be forgiven for struggling to find a new running challenge. You could do the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara Desert, but when you have done that 18 times, drastic measures tend to kick in. Eventually Rory Coleman from Cardiff did find a new challenge, as he set his mind on achieving his 10th Guinness World Record. The challenge? Running a marathon 1,118.56 metres below sea level, alongs

Armand Duplantis World record holder Armand Duplantis has confirmed he will return to the London Stadium for the first time in eight years when he competes at the London Diamond League in July. The Swede, a two-time Olympic gold medallist in the pole vault, has won multiple titles at world and European level. Duplantis, 26, has broken the pole vault world record 14 times since 2020 - most recently setting a best of 6.30m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. He first

Mohamed Salah Liverpool manager Arne Slot described forward Mohamed Salah as a "top professional" for his response to being dropped. After nine defeats in 12 games in all competitions, Slot named Salah on the bench for Sunday's 2-0 Premier League win at West Ham. It was the first time he has been dropped in the league since April 2024, under Slot's predecessor Jurgen Klopp. Egypt international Salah, who won the Golden Boot in the Premier League last season with 29 goals, has

Andy Murray & Novak Djokovic Andy Murray says he "probably didn't get the results I would have liked" for Novak Djokovic during his time coaching his former rival. Murray, who ended his playing career at the 2024 Paris Olympics, joined Djokovic's coaching team last November but they parted company after just six months. In his first coaching role, the 38-year-old Murray partnered with 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic at the 2025 Australian Open and three other tournaments

F1 Racing The 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship has come down to a three-way fight going into the final race of the season, with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all in contention. Briton Norris leads Red Bull's Verstappen, who is seeking a fifth consecutive title, by 12 points with Piastri a further four points back. McLaren drivers Norris and Piastri are both aiming for their first F1 title. It is not often that three drivers go into the final race with a c

Ben Duckett & Zak Crawley England's batters must learn when to park their attacking 'Bazball' style and take a more cautious "old school" approach during the second Ashes Test, says former captain Michael Vaughan. Australia are 1-0 up in the series after England crumbled to an astonishing two-day defeat in the first Test in Perth where the tourists' shot selection was heavily criticised. Ben Stokes' side now face the Aussies in a day-night Test in Brisbane which will be play

Indian Cricket Team The narrative pitting India's talismanic batter   Virat Kohli  against head coach  Gautam Gambhir  continues to dominate the public discourse around Indian cricket, a scenario that is escalating tensions both on and off the field. This widely publicised friction is certainly not a novel phenomenon; the two Delhi lads have been pitted against each other for years, spanning their controversial clashes during the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Gambhir's shar