Agency : Argentina captain Lionel Messi will be fit to play in Tuesday’s Copa America semifinal against Canada in New Jersey, Coach Lionel Scaloni said, despite the forward’s hamstring injury concerns. Messi returned to action on Thursday in Argentina’s quarter-final win against Ecuador after missing the final group-stage match due to injury. He played the entire game, but looked physically hampered. The 37-year-old Inter Miami player missed a penalty in the shootout that decided the game at Houston’s NRG Stadium....
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Tuesday unveiled a nine-member refugee team for the upcoming Games in Paris. The teams are made up of eight competitors and one guide runner. They will take part in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing. “The world has more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide,” said Andrew Parsons, the IPC president. “Many live in dire conditions. These athletes have persevered and shown incredible determination to get to Paris 2024...
Agency : England great James Anderson hopes future players will relish the challenge of Test cricket rather than just go “chasing the dollar” as he prepares to bow out of the five-day game against the West Indies. The series opener at Lord’s, starting on Wednesday, will be the Lancashire paceman’s 188th and final Test match after a record-breaking career spanning two decades. No fast bowler has taken more than Anderson’s 700 Test wickets and only India batting hero Sachin Tendulkar...
AFP, Las Vegas : Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties (4-2) to reach the semi-finals of Copa America after their game...
AFP, Sydney : Australia’s greatest women’s basketballer Lauren Jackson was selected for a fifth Olympics Sunday, 12 years after her...
An own goal by Mert Muldur completed a dramatic comeback for the Netherlands on Saturday as they overcame a tenacious Turkiye 2-1 to book a Euro 2024 semi-final meeting with England. The defender bundled the ball into his own net in the 76th minute under pressure from Cody Gakpo as the Dutch bounced back from a poor first-half display to win a bruising clash and complete the final four line-up. Stefan de Vrij had equalized only six minutes earlier after...
AFP, Berlin : England beat Switzerland on penalties on Saturday to keep their dreams of winning Euro 2024 alive as...
BSS, Dhaka : Pace bowling allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin shifted his focus to Canada’s Global T20 League in his bid to...
BBC Online : Jasmine Paolini reached the Wimbledon fourth round for the first time by impressively defeating Bianca Andreescu. The...