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[ad_1] India head coach Rahul Dravid will leave his post at the end of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup after almost three years in charge and has no plans to re-apply for the position, the 51-year-old said late on Monday. The India cricket board has advertised the vacancy since early May as Dravid’s contract expires […]

[ad_1] The most powerful Kuwaiti in the history of sport might be serving a 15-year Olympic ban but the Gulf country still hopes to make its mark at the Paris Games with shotguns, sabres and a single-handed dinghy. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, the longtime Olympic Council of Asia president and once one of the most […]

[ad_1] PARIS : France are among the favourites to win Euro 2024 but their track record in the competition, a series of injuries and some players’ poor form mean Les Bleus will head into the competition without any certainties. The World Cup runners-up have a comfortable draw in Group D with the Netherlands, Poland and […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Antoine Griezmann’s silky passing and tactical awareness will once again be among France’s main weapons as Les Bleus target a third European title, the first under Didier Deschamps. The midfielder has been in all of Deschamps’s campaigns as France coach and he featured in a record 84 consecutive matches with the national […]

[ad_1] The Netherlands have fond memories of the last time the European Championship was hosted in Germany – their victory in the 1988 final remains their only major tournament success. But while few would predict that there is any chance of the Dutch repeating their success 36 years later, coach Ronald Koeman is convinced they […]

[ad_1] Austria head to Euro 2024 buoyed up by a five-match winning streak, with only one defeat in qualification, and heartened by coach Ralf Rangnick’s decision to turn down a job as Bayern Munich manager to stick with a national side he has transformed. But Austrian hopes that the team’s high-pressing, attacking style could cause […]

[ad_1] PARIS :Defending champion Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 6-1 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 on Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open, as the top seed shrugged off a knee issue for a milestone win. Big-hitting women’s title contenders made short work of their opponents earlier as […]

[ad_1] NEWCASTLE, England :England kicked off their European Championship preparation with a 3-0 victory over non-qualifiers Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday at St James’ Park, thanks to goals from Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander-Arnold and captain Harry Kane. England stepped up their pace after a dull first half and Palmer, who scored nine penalties for Chelsea […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Novak Djokovic sparked concerns about his injured knee for the rest of his French Open title defence, with the top seed saying he briefly considered pulling out midway through his five-sets win over Argentine Francisco Cerundolo on Monday. The 37-year-old had to dig deep for a second straight match after a third-round […]

[ad_1] NEWCASTLE, England : England manager Gareth Southgate was pleased with several new faces making a solid case for inclusion in his Euro 2024 squad in Monday’s 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, though he conceded there would be some difficult decisions to make. Cole Palmer netted his first goal for England from the penalty […]