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NEW DELHI: French Open organisers have fined Paraguayan player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 65,000 euros, about half of his tournament earnings, after he made sexist comments about the umpire following his second-round defeat to French teenager Moise Kouame.After losing a gruelling five-set match that lasted nearly five hours, Vallejo criticised Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho, saying, “This…

Serena Williams (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Tennis great Serena Williams is set to make a surprise return to professional tennis nearly four years after her last competitive match. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wild card entry for the women’s doubles event at Queen’s Club, set to be hosted between June 6…

Protesters react at the site of the 2032 Olympic Stadium at Brisbane’s Victoria Park, Australia, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP) Work has begun on the main stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics after protestors were moved away and excavation equipment entered the Victoria Park site on Monday, news agency Associated Press reported. The development starts…

Virat Kohli (on the left) after RCB’s second IPL title (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles used Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2026 title win as an example of the strong relationship between India and Australia. Speaking a day after RCB defeated Gujarat Titans to win their second consecutive IPL trophy, Marles…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru players (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) NEW DELHI: Just two years back, it felt as if the dream would never come true when Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) crashed out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eliminator against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Their fans left the stadium in tears. Many left the stadium in…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Despite playing one of the standout innings of the IPL 2026 playoffs, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi believes he made a key mistake that contributed to Rajasthan Royals‘ exit from the tournament. The Royals were knocked out in Qualifier 2 after Gujarat Titans successfully chased down their 214-run target with eight balls…

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli once again proved why he is one of cricket’s biggest match-winners, scoring an unbeaten 75 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL final in Ahmedabad. Chasing 156, Kohli guided the team home and finished the season with 675 runs. Head coach Andy Flower praised…

RCB’s title defence turned theatres, pubs and apartments into mini-stadia as Bengaluru celebrated long before the winning runs, with fans packing watch parties across the city Later in the night, when RCB completed the chase to retain the title, the celebrations merely caught up with what the city had begun believing long before the winning…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be played in the USA, Canada and Mexico. (Getty Images) New Delhi: It is now official, the 2026 FIFA World Cup – and upcoming editions – will be broadcast on Zee Entertainment Enterprise Limited’s (ZEEL) newly-launched Unite8 Sports linear TV channels in India. The 48-team competition will also be…

Vaibhav Sooryanshi and Sunil Gavaskar (Image: X) Finishing IPL 2026 as the Orange Cap winner with 776 runs, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi emerged as the face of the season. The teenage sensation shattered records, entertained fans with fearless batting, and etched his name into IPL history with a breakthrough campaign that few could have imagined.Behind the sixes,…