Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka produced a stunning comeback against Elena Rybakina to set up a Madrid Open final with Iga Swiatek. The Belarusian second seed fought back from a set and a break down to win 1-6 7-5 7-6 (7-5). A two-time winner in the Spanish capital, Sabalenka

Seventh seed Andrey Rublev will play Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the Madrid Open. The Russian beat Taylor Fritz of the United States 6-4 6-3 to reach his second final of the year. He will face world number 35 Auger-Aliassime after 30th seed Jiri Lehecka was

Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has been named in the United States squad for the T20 World Cup in June. The 33-year-old made his debut for the USA last month, having qualified for the World Cup co-hosts after emigrating to the country. Anderson played 93 times for New

Mitchell Starc’s four wickets and spin magic from Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 24 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer’s heroics have taken Kolkata Knight Riders to 169. Nuwan Thushara and

Football campaign group Fair Game has issued five demands to reform the FA Cup following the decision to scrap replays in the competition. The body, which represents 34 men's professional clubs, has called for an amendment to the upcoming Football Governance Bill that would mean

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto put Zimbabwe into bat first after winning the toss in the five-match T20 International series opening game today (May 3) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Tanzid Hasan Tamim made a T20 debut after playing 15 ODIs for Bangladesh.

Mustafizur Rahman has been a consistent performer for CSK in the ongoing IPL 2024.  Starting for the match against RCB in the opening fixture, he has been a key weapon for Ruturaj Gaikwad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.  Mustafizur had to unfortunately leave the CSK squad

Defending Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka produced a brilliant comeback from a set and a break down to beat Elena Rybakina and reach the final on Thursday. The Belarusian second seed triumphed 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) and will face world No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Saturday in a rematch of

A dominant India grabbed an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match women's T20I series as they pummelled Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third match here on Thursday (May 2).  After their skipper Harmanpreet Kaur opted to field first looking at the cloud cover and a mild

Bangladesh set a 118-run target for India in the third women's T20 International in Sylhet on Thursday.  On winning the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur opted to field first thanks to a mild breeze and cloud cover over Sylhet.  But the move did not yield the desired result from

India won the toss and elected to bowl against Bangladesh in the third women's T20 International of the five-match series here on Thursday. India are leading the series 2-0 and a win on Thursday will hand the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead. India have won the first T20

Carlos Alcaraz's bid for a third straight title at the Madrid Open was ended by Andrey Rublev. Russian seventh seed Rublev rallied from a set down in the quarter-final to win 4-6 6-3 6-2 and break Alcaraz's 14-match winning streak in the Spanish capital. The 20-year-old

Former captain Steve Smith has been left out of Australia's squad for June's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA. The 34-year-old's exclusion comes after after a poor run of form against New Zealand in February, when he made scores of 11 and four. Promising batter

PBKS’ superb bowling effort capped by a comfortable 163-run chase helped them upstage CSK by seven wickets at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. After opting to bowl on a red-soil pitch, Sam Curran’s men put CSK on a stranghlehold, capitalising the middle-overs

Niclas Fullkrug scored a brilliant first half winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Paris St-Germain 1-0 in a frenetic first leg of their Champions League semi-final. The German international used his right foot to expertly bring down a long ball before hammering home with his left foot to

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has closed the gap on India dynamo Suryakumar Yadav at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Batter Rankings following an excellent end to his side's series against New Zealand. Babar was Pakistan's leading run-scorer during an enthralling series that

Rishabh Pant is set to return to international cricket for the first time since a life-threatening car accident having being picked in India's T20 World Cup squad. The wicketkeeper, 26, has not played for India since sustaining serious injuries in the crash in December 2022. He

Rafael Nadal says it has been a "very emotional" week after he made his last-ever appearance at the Madrid Open. The former world number one, a five time champion in the Spanish capital, waved an emotional farewell to the tournament after losing in straight sets to Jiri

Marcus Stoinis scored 62 as Lucknow Super Giants edged past a game Mumbai Indians bowling lineup to win the match by 4 wickets, rising up to third in the table. Nehal Wadhera’s 46 and Tim David’s last over flurry helped Mumbai Indians to a respectable 144/7 against the

Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid came away with a draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final tie with Bayern Munich. The Brazilian took advantage of two errors from Bayern defender Kim Min-jae - beating him for pace and slotting a shot past goalkeeper Manuel