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Sumit Nagal trains ahead of the Davis Cup tie | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR To have your best singles player under a fitness cloud ahead of a crucial Davis Cup tie is never the ideal preparation. India captain Rohit Rajpal would have been experiencing this tension ever since Sumit Nagal retired from his second-round…

A 24-member squad for the upcoming home leg of the FIH Pro league was named on Thursday with several youngsters finding place in the Indian men’s hockey team’s season opening competition for the year. The Rourkela leg is scheduled from February 10-15 with Argentina and Belgium being the other two teams. While Pawan Malik gets…

Putting the game to bed: Viknesh capitalised on a defensive error to make it 3-0 for Kerala at the stroke of half-time. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala stormed into the final of the 79th Santosh Trophy National football championship by crushing a 10-man Punjab 4-0 in the semifinal at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here…

You know all about the Power 6 conferences in college basketball. You hear about those more than any other, and those groups often dominate the March Madness conversation. There are 31 other conferences out there, however, and our goal is to get you up to speed on the teams, players and fights in the standings…

When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the Super Bowl didn’t exist. Nor, for that matter, did…

Didier Deschamps has launched a passionate defense of Kylian Mbappé, insisting the Real Madrid superstar will never run “11 kilometres per match” but remains a “true captain” for his country. The France boss hit back at ongoing criticism of the forward’s work rate, claiming his explosive profile requires a different tactical approach to get the…

Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Argentine National Team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will be based in Kansas City for much of the competition. They will play their first match of the tournament against Algeria on June 16th in the city. Although their other two matches will be in Dallas, the Albiceleste chose…

The 2026 LIV Golf season is off and running with Round 1 of ROSHN Group LIV Golf Riyadh in the books. The round featured plenty of birdies, with players taking advantage of the calm conditions to go low. Some new faces on LIV Golf wasted no time announcing their presence in the league. The 4Aces…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Denny Hamlin tore his shoulder again after having arthroscopic surgery on it following the 2023 season.  The Joe Gibbs Racing driver said he doesn’t plan to have surgery during the year on his right shoulder. At the end of 2023, he raced despite not having full movement. Hamlin said Wednesday he noticed…

Tom Izzo won’t tolerate dirty players on his roster. “I’ve had it with that,” Izzo told reporters after No. 10 Michigan State’s 76-73 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday. “That’s not what I teach. That’s not what I coach.” Izzo’s words came after point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. came under fire again for making unnecessary contact…