London: Former champion Liverpool with a stunning victory in English Premier League football. Liverpool beat Bretford 3-0 at Anfield. Egyptian star Mohamed Salah scored two goals and Diego Jota scored a goal. Darwin Nunes scored twice in the first half but both times were offside. Nunes’ goals were in the 22nd and 27th minutes. Salah … Read more
Alappuzha: Y.M.C.A. P.O. Thiruvananthapuram, the defending champions, entered the finals of the 67th Indian Oil State Basketball Championship at the Philip Memoria Indoor Stadium. Thiruvananthapuram defeated Pathanamthitta 72-31 in the women’s semi-final. International stars Anisha Cletus scored 21 points and Kavita Jose scored 13 points. Palakkad defeated Kottayam by 54-49. In men, KSEB Trivandrum defeated … Read more
London: A leather jacket worn by pop star Michael Jackson in the 1980s was sold at an auction for Rs 2.54 crore. 200 items used by Jackson, including the jacket, have been auctioned in London. Each of these is expected to cost Rs 2 crore to Rs 4 crore. In 1984, he first wore a … Read more
Bengaluru: India’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya may not play in the upcoming Twenty20 cricket series against Australia. Pandya led the Twenty20 team after the 2022 World Cup. Hardik Pandya injured his ankle while bowling against Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup. Soon the star was admitted to the National Cricket Academy. The team management was hoping … Read more
Panaji: Maharashtra emerged overall champions at the 37th National Games held in Goa. They won the Raja Bhalindra Trophy for the overall champions. For the first time since 1994, Maharashtra have become National Games champions. She won 228 medals including 80 gold, 69 silver and 79 bronze. Services’ unbeaten run since the 2007 Guwahati Games … Read more
Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting won the I League football. They defeated Tidim Road Athletic Union FC (Trao) 6-0 in yesterday’s match. David Lalsanga scored a brace for Mohammedan and Adjal, Kasimov, Fanai Lalresanga and Samuel Lalmunpuya scored one each. Muhammadan has won two and drawn one so far. They scored seven points from three matches to … Read more
Berlin: The hostage drama at the Hamburg airport in Germany ended after 18 hours. A young man who held his own four-year-old daughter hostage made the entire country tense for three-quarters of a day. After long hours of negotiations and persuasion efforts, the young man finally surrendered to the security agencies. A 35-year-old man broke … Read more
Pulikun (Alappuzha): A grand start to the 39th State Youth Basketball Championship. Pulikun St. Joseph’s H.S.S. Matches are played at an indoor stadium. The five-day tournament will be held on a league-cum-knockout basis, with 14 district teams competing in both boys and girls categories. Kottayam in boys and Ernakulam in girls are the defending champions. … Read more
Paris: Argentina’s superstar Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for world footballers. This is the eighth time that Messi has won the World Footballer Award. Sports journalists including Franciso Romano had predicted that Messi would win the award. They highlighted the excellence of Messi who won the World Cup for Argentina. Messi was … Read more
Lucknow: Former Indian team captain Virat Kohli was dismissed for the first time in the ODI Cricket World Cup. Kohli was out after 56 innings in the World Cup. In 275 ODI innings, Kohli returned 16 times without scoring a run. Yesterday, the player got out after facing nine balls. Kohli returned by catching Ben … Read more