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World No1 Aryna Sabalenka is also in for a nasty shock as she tries to become the first woman since Martina Hingis to rack up an AO hat-trick in 26 years.  Sabalenka plays Sloane Stephens (last major champion) and a scheduled quarterfinal against No.5 Zheng Qinwen (replay of last year’s Australian Open final).  Then she might square up to Coco Gauff in an explosive semifinal, the same round where the two champs clashed here 12 months ago.  Sabalenka came into Brisbane as the

Just under a day away from the start of season three of the DP World ILT20 (January 11-February 9), cricket legends Tim Southee, Ben Dunk, Azam Khan, Tymal Mills, Joe Weatherly and Adam Hose were in Dubai office on Wednesday to participate in the trophy tour and give their amazing cricket stories.  It’s already the second-most watched league in the world behind Indian Premier League (IPL) after the headline-grabbing competition was given a big lift last month with Sharjah Warriorz announcing the signing

Didier Deschamps has announced on Wednesday that he is leaving France for Europe at the end of the 2026 World Cup, saying it was time to retire as Zinedine Zidane seems the heavy favourite to replace him.  The French soccer federation (FFF) said Tuesday it will not seek to renew Deschamps’ deal until 2026, and that the president of the FFF Philippe Diallo would wait to announce a successor. Deschamps is France’s longest-serving national team coach, but it was too soon to determine

Elena Rybakina, reigning champion, is set to defend her title in the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open which will take place from February 1st to February 8th at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City. She is now fit to play after battling injuries in the previous season.  Belinda Bencic, Daria Kasatkina, and Elena Rybakina look to be rivaling for the title this season. Rybakina, who is a 25 year old Kazakh strong player, is going up against fierce competition including Bencic, who gave

Sam Curran on the other hand, having been a part of winning teams in England in 2024, is hoping he can replicate that success with the Desert Vipers. He is set to become a part of the team during the third season of DP World ILT20 set to begin on 11th January. At the age of 26 years, Sam Curran has already won The Hundred with Oval Invincibles along with the County Championship with Surrey last year. He now aims to add more

M7 Endurance Stables opened their Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Festival campaign on a winning note at the Dubai International Endurance City in Seeh Al Salam as Argentina’s Milena Mendez made easy work of winning the first race of the competition, which was the Ladies Ride which spanned over 101 km on Tuesday.  On the 13-year old Poli, owned by Mohammed Ahmad Al Subosi, Mendes was able to finish off the four loop race with a final time of 3:29:12, reaching an average speed

Afghanistan concluded the Test series against Zimbabwe with victory at Bulawayo. The home side dismissed Zimbabwe for 205 in the second innings to clinch the two-match series 1-0. It was a 0-0 first Test. Afghanistan went down in history books and made history with the series win.  Afghanistan was the first Asian side to ever lift their first Test series outside of Asia. The Asians mostly sank on their first Test tours beyond the continent.  Only 9 series separated Sri Lanka and Pakistan

South Africa trounced a lowly 58 to beat Pakistan by 10 wickets at a sun-kissed Newlands on Monday and tied the series 2-0 after four days of the second and final Test.  Pakistan had thwarted the home visitors’ chase for victory, their second innings total of 478 had been tasked to follow up, their innings dominated by captain Shan Masood’s splendid 145 on a supple pitch.  But the Pakistan wickets kept falling, thanks to some fucked up shot choice from the seamer Kagiso

All the UAE’s best long-distance stables and riders are present at the 17th Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Festival held at Dubai International Endurance City (DIEC) Seeh Al Salam from 7-11 January.  The Festival is run by the Dubai Equestrian Club in partnership with the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation and ranks among the most prestigious on the UAE’s annual endurance calendar with the best Emirati riders battling it out with some of the best Emirates’ foreign competitors.  The four rides of the Dubai

Tamil Nadu Dragons used Abharan Sudev (48′) and Thomas Sorsby (60′) goals and an unbeaten defence from captain Amit Rohidas to thump the UP Rudras 2-0 in the Hockey India League match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Sunday. The Tamil Nadu Dragons had a chance to get on the score sheet as they were in a sensational 4v1 in the second minute where Uttam Singh got a chance to get his name on the scoresheet but they couldn’t. No stones were

If fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah hadn’t appeared in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, says former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, India would have gotten 5-0 series loss instead of 3-1 home loss to Australia.  During 45 days of riveting cricket, Bumrah was among the players who dominated the battle against the WTC winners and haunted Australian legends in the five matches.  Bumrah was the series’ best bowler and put his name on the history books with record after record after record.  He threw in the towel with

Novak Djokovic has already confessed to still getting anxious upon landing in Melbourne airport three years after he was deported from Australia.  The 24-time Grand Slam winner lost his visa before the 2022 Australian Open amid days of over Australia’s Covid entry policy and his unvaccinated status.  ‘I have to be very open,’ Djokovic told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper.  ‘The two times I had landed in Australia the last couple of times, to pass through passport control and immigration – I had some

Manager Ruben Amorim was delighted with his side’s fight during their screamer-free 2-2 draw against Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, but admitted he wanted more.  A week after Amorim announced that his sulking club might be relegated, Lisandro Martinez and Amad Diallo both hit United’s first goals in the pot at Anfield since 2018, taking it head-to-head with the title contenders in a deserved draw.  "Today I can be the only guy who is mad at the team," Amorim told reporters. "But

India vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Rishabh Pant’s fight was ended early in the third session by Scott Boland and then the pacer shocked India by dismissing Nitish Kumar Reddy on the next ball. India ran at less than two runs an over in the midway point of the second session as Pant and Ravindra Jadeja kept the pace up against the Australian fast bowling attack.  They’d taken just nine for the fifth wicket off 60 balls. Jadeja moved to

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke hopes opener Usman Khawaja can quit after this Test in Sydney.  The 38-year-old southpaw has looked terrible this season. He has one fifty plus innings thrown.  "This is Uzzie’s home Test match, the SCG," Clarke told Beyond 23 podcast.  "He has been a phenomenal player, phenomenal. Go back in, score runs overseas, score runs here in Australia. He is 38 years old so I think this could be a really good game for Uzzie to say he is

Indian sport is a wonderful place but you would never know it if you were a layperson. The peak, D Mukesh’s world-record win in Singapore, all other episodes of our 2024 retrospective — those are probably a dozen-odd stories every neophyte will remember, few more. Why then am I calling it a great place? Because just behind those headlines lie tales of determination, hard work and success - maybe not success as such, but still success.  Look at Arjuna Award Winners in 2025.

The 3rd edition of ILT20 will kick-start with an opening ceremony, and Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde and Sonam Bajwa are all geared up to perform at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday, January 11 for their viewers. The celebration starts at 6pm GMT.  Fans can access the stadium starting at 4pm and watch live from the Zee Network and syndication partners’ worldwide broadcast on linear and digital channels.  Shahid, Pooja and Sonam will take the stage with hit songs followed by

Shooter Manu Bhaker, the double Olympic medallist, the chess world champion D Gukesh, the men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar are the nominees of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award this year.  India’s biggest sporting award is Khel Ratna. There were 32 other sportsmen (seven of them para-athletes) given Arjuna Awards by the sports ministry as well.  Manu Bhaker’s inclusion in the recommended list makes her the automatic winner of the prize, which is a relief for many. The

Whether India skipper Rohit Sharma will be included in the starting XI for New Year's Test against Australia at Sydney is still unknown according to India coach Gautam Gambhir.  "The head coach is here.  It is enough," Gambhir told the media assembled that why was Rohit not in the pre-match media.  Rohit himself had missed it too, ahead of the third Test at Brisbane - Shubman Gill was in the press then - but his reason there was that he had missed the

Jan 2 - Top order batsman Kusal Perera hit 101 off 46 balls as Sri Lanka registered a consolation seven-wicket win in the last T20 International match against New Zealand after the Kiwis swept the three-match series 2-1 in Nelson on Thursday. Perera made 100 in 44 balls to lift Sri Lanka to a strong 218-5 (scotter Charith Asalanka came in 24 balls as a come-in). It was a stunning catch from the New Zealand wicketkeeper Mitchell Hay that stumped out Pathum Nissanka