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Tennis-Defending champion Gauff downs Navarro to secure final berth

BRISBANE (Reuters) - Top seed Coco Gauff will continue her defence of the Auckland Open title in Sunday's final after the U.S Open champion brushed aside fellow American Emma Navarro 6-3 6-1 in the

Tennis-Hurkacz, Swiatek win as Poland march into United Cup final

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Poland reached the final of the United Cup mixed team tournament with a 2-0 victory over France on Saturday as Hubert Hurkacz and Iga Swiatek battled past their singles opponents.

Mario Zagallo, Brazil soccer legend, dies at 92

By Pedro Fonseca and Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Mario Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for Brazil as either player or coach, including the 1970 side considered by many to be the

Boxing-Joshua to fight ex-UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou in Saudi Arabia

(Reuters) - Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will take on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a boxing bout in Saudi Arabia, organisers said. Joshua had announced

Cricket-Warner 57 helps Australia to series sweep in final test

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) -David Warner was denied the chance to score the match-winning runs in his final test but contributed 57 as Australia cantered to their victory target of 130 runs to

Soccer-Brazil sack Diniz as coach and look at Dorival Jr- sources

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Coach Fernando Diniz will no longer be in charge of the Brazil national team, two sources informed of the decision said on Friday, adding that Sao Paulo coach Dorival Junior

Soccer-Tottenham, Fulham advance to fourth round of FA Cup with 1-0 victories

By Lori Ewing LONDON (Reuters) -Pedro Porro scored his first goal of the season to put Tottenham Hotspur through to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over Burnley on Friday, while

We were up to the mark in three departments: Harmanpreet

Mumbai, Jan 5 (PTI) India captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Friday said her side ticked all the boxes in their emphatic nine-wicket win over...

Clinical India Women crush Australia by 9 wickets, go 1-0 up in T20Is

Navi Mumbai, Jan 5 (PTI) A resurgent India Women produced a spotless effort to crush Australia by nine wickets in the first T20I...

IOA appoints Raghuram Iyer as its CEO

New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday appointed Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals' former official Raghuram Iyer as...

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.