- Monday, May 20, 2024
INDIA'S Olympic contingent will be fully vaccinated by early July ahead of their journey to Tokyo for the Games, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra told AFP. India will send nearly 200 athletes, coaches and support staff to the Tokyo Games scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8…
NOVAK Djokovic admits "it will mean everything" to capture a sixth Wimbledon title and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam on Sunday (11) but he will have to overcome Matteo Berrettini, the Italian slugger with the build of a heavyweight boxer. Djokovic will move level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on…
ASHLEIGH BARTY won her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the final on Saturday (10). The 25-year-old Australian - who wore a specially-designed dress in tribute to Cawley's iconic scallop one she…
INDIA has pulled out around 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar in Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation and the Taliban gaining control of new areas around the southern Afghan city, informed sources said on Sunday (11). A day before, a special aircraft of…
A HINDU animal sanctuary in the UK has come to the rescue of a calf, which was all set to enter the slaughterhouse, because it has three eyes. According to it, the animal is a holy cow. The calf was bought from a beef farmer for £5,000 (around Rs 5.1…
BACKING the idea of uniform civil code, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (7) said the Indian youth need not be compelled to struggle with issues coming out of conflicts in various personal laws related to marriage and divorce. Justice Pratibha M Singh said the modern Indian society was “gradually…
FINANCE ministers from the G20 economies gathered today (9) in Venice, with global tax reform at the top of the meeting agenda. The current meeting is being convened under the presidency of Italy. US treasury secretary Janet Yellen, European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde and Russian finance minister Anton…
LARGE crowds at popular summer tourist destinations and in general places like markets have made health experts and government officials anxious as India is yet to come out of the devastating second wave of Covid-19 and a possible third wave looming large. A number of states in India have eased…
KAROLINA Pliskova of the Czech Republic will play Australia's Ashleigh Barty in Saturday's (10) Wimbledon final after both players reached the championship match for the first time on Thursday. Pliskova had never been beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon but showed great resilience in coming from behind to beat second…
A YOUNG England football fan has won praise after he gave up his Euro 2020 semifinal tickets to donate life-saving stem cells. Sam Astley, 24, from Sedgley in the West Midlands, was set to attend the game between England and Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday (7) evening after his girlfriend…
