European Championships

TOKYO: The Indian shooters underwent their first training session at the Asaka Shooting Range, getting a feel of the venue four days before the Tokyo Olympics opens here on July 23. The shooting events will be held at the Asaka Shooting…

NEW DELHI: Not required to undergo any quarantine ahead of the Olympics, the Indian shooters will begin training at the venue from July 19, having got their rooms allotted at the games village after arriving in Tokyo in the wee hours of…

LONDON: Few divide opinion in Spain like Alvaro Morata. One minute he looks like one of the most potent strikers in world football, as his superb finish to bring Spain back level against Italy in Tuesday's Euro 2020 semi-final showed. The…

“In a way, my career lasted just three weeks,” Salvatore Schillaci said recently, summing up his life better than anyone ever has perhaps because no one else epitomises being a one-hit-wonder in football quite like “Toto”—the singular star…

Eyes closed, bust slightly arched back, face turned up and arms pumping like pistons it was delight bordering on delirium. Oleksandr Zinchenko’s scream into the Glasgow night couldn’t be heard but you would be hard put to find another…

Seemingly a whole lifetime of chaos before it ended on penalties, the night in Bucharest kicked to being from the penalty spot too. Or, at least, that was where the drama truly began. In the 52nd minute, Switzerland’s Steven Zuber tumbled…

By ANI NEW DELHI: Brazil football legend Pele has advised France playmaker Kylian Mbappe to keep his head high after France suffered a major setback in the European Championships. France suffered a 4-5 defeat on…

England manager Gareth Southgate’s decision to pick Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka instead of the more experienced Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho for their final Group D game against Czech Republic on Tuesday did raise eyebrows.…

During the very dregs of the first half and while Germany sustained their late press to try and get back on level terms before the break, a Toni Kroos pass into the France’s box was intercepted by left-back Lucas Hernandez. With literally…

Jordi Alba, standing in as Spain captain for another stand-in captain in Sergio Busquets, found himself dribbling up the left flank near the end of the first half in Seville. The upcoming passage of play triggered by Alba’s ticking mind…