Slovenia's Slavko Vincic will officiate his maiden FIFA World Cup final when football heavyweights Argentina and Spain meet in Sunday's title clash. While the 46-year-old will become the first Slovenian to referee a World Cup final, he arrives with an impressive European rƩsumƩ, having taken charge of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League final and the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League final
The all-rounder was tested positive for a prohibited substance during the men's ICC T20 World Cup 2026 and now his results and performances from February to May are officially disqualified by the ICC
India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak backed Rohit Sharma despite his poor ODI form, dismissing selection concerns and expressing confidence the veteran opener will produce a match-winning innings at Lord's
Joe Root rescued England yet again to beat India by four wickets Thursday and set up a decider in their one-day international series. Root was required to bat after just one ball in Englandās innings and anchored the chase with an unbeaten 99 at Sophia Gardens. He was stranded when Gus Atkinson pulled Prasidh Krishna to the boundary for the winning runs. England reached 235-6 with 5.5 overs to spare after bowling out India for 233 with six overs unused. The third and last ODI in the tied series is on Sunday at Lordās. Half-centuries by Virat Kohli (65) and Shreyas Iyer (66) propped up Indiaās 233. But they had been 178-3.
Jacob Bethell won hearts after rescuing an injured seagull during the India vs England second ODI, while Joe Root's unbeaten 99 guided England to a series-leveling four-wicket victory
New Zealand defeated West Indies by six wickets in the third ODI to seal the series 2-1, with Jayden Lennox's four-wicket haul and Tom Latham's unbeaten knock leading the victory
FIFA introduces the custom championship rings for the winners of FIFA World Cup 2026 and only 2,026 such pieces will be produced as a landmark addition to football's biggest tournament
Lakra, who is also HI's Executive Board member and a selector, had urged the Sports Ministry to intervene urgently against what she described as the institutional protection of sexual harassment, intimidation and victimisation of women athletes in hockey
A legitimate question being asked in the tennis circuit isāwho after Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and where does Indian tennis go from here
Pedro Acosta and Diogo Moreira both claimed top-10 finishes in the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello as Riders' Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi returned to the top step of the podium with a dominant victory. Following two weeks after the dramatic, crash-filled Catalunya GP, the Italian race was thankfully a much more straight forward affair on the undulating Tuscan circuit. Aprilia rider Bezzechi dominated the race over team-mate Jorge MartĆn and Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia while Acosta bounced back from a DNF in Catalunya by bringing his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing machine home in sixth place.
The NBAās career scoring king ā and free agent ā is scheduled to speak publicly on Thursday afternoon, meaning itās possible that James will be revealing where he plans to play this coming season or at least give some updates on where he is in the decision-making process
