Weston McKennie has officially agreed to join to Leeds United of the English Premier League. McKennie and his agency confirmed the move Monday on Instagram and the USMNT midfielder was seen arriving at Leeds to officially sign his contract.  Leeds has been among several teams in talks with Juventus over …

EAST LONDON (SOUTH AFRICA): Deepti Sharma emerged as the star performer as India tuned up for the women’s T20 Tri-series final with a dominating eight-wicket win over the West Indies in an inconsequential match here on Monday.If the bowlers, led by Deepti (3/11), put up a clinical show to limit …

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday evening inaugurated the fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) at a glittering function here, kick-starting a sporting extravaganza that will see participation from nearly 6,000 athletes from across the country in 27 disciplines.The CM declared the Games …

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NEW DELHI: The ICC on Monday announced the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament which features three Indian cricketers Shafali Verma, her opening partner Shweta Sehrawat and leg-spinner Parshavi Chopra, who were part of the Indian World Cup winning team.Player of the Tournament, England’s Grace Scrivens was …

BANGKOK: Commonwealth Games champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will miss the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament after the former failed to completely recover from his hip injury suffered recently.Satwik had sustained the injury during the India Open Super 750 tournament earlier in the month and was forced to …

PARIS: Novak Djokovic reclaimed top spot in the ATP rankings released on Monday after winning his 22nd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.The 35-year-old Serbian rose four places to dislodge Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, who missed the tournament through injury and dropped to second. Djokovic’s 10th Australian Open title means …

SYDNEY: Australia run machine Steve Smith clinched his fourth Allan Border Medal on Monday, becoming only the third player, after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, to achieve the feat.Smith polled 171 votes, while nearest rival Travis Head managed 144, to claim Australian cricket’s greatest individual honour which he had previously …

NEW DELHI: Veteran India opener Murali Vijay on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket. The 38-year-old opener from Chennai last represented India in 2018 against Australia in the Perth Test. Vijay played 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and 9 T20Is for India since making his debut in November 2008 in …

NEW DELHI: Is T20 cricket becoming more and more competitive? Yes. Does that also mean that it is becoming more demanding? Probably.Be it a batting stalwart like Kane Williamson, or a classy Joe Root or a star all-format batter like Virat Kohli, the shortest format has seen even these prolific …