Jannik Sinner withdraws from US Open (Image: AP) World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the 2026 US Open due to a persistent right knee injury, dealing a major blow to the men’s singles draw ahead of the final Grand Slam of the season. The 25-year-old Italian announced his decision on Friday, August 21,…
India vs Netherlands Hockey World Cup Live: The Indian women’s hockey team face a tough challenge when they take on the Netherlands in their opening match of the second stage of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 on Friday. The Netherlands are the reigning Olympic champions, having won gold at Paris 2024. They will also…
England crush Pakistan inside three days (Agency Image) England made a stunning start to the new era under returning captain Joe Root, thrashing Pakistan by an innings and 103 runs inside three days in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds, on Friday.In their first Test since Ben Stokes’ retirement and Brendon McCullum’s departure as head…
PC: Dhruv Varun Cohen ’26/Cornell University Thousands of hours of rainforest recordings are helping scientists teach artificial intelligence to recognise Amazonian birds that can be difficult to identify by sound alone. In Colombia, Cornell researchers have been collecting acoustic data from cattle ranches, rubber agroforestry plots and forest to build a clearer picture of which…
Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand celebrating a point during day 5 of the BWF World Championships 2026 being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. (Photo Courtesy: BAI) NEW DELHI: On July 23, Treesa Jolly posted an old photo of herself alongside teammate Gayatri Pullela Gopichand on Instagram. In the photo, an enthused and pumped-up…
Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes has been handed a 10-match ban by FIFA following a scuffle with Spain players moments after the World Cup final. Paredes received the longest suspension among three Argentina players punished for the incident. The sanctions were announced by FIFA on Friday.Argentina defender Nahuel Molina has been suspended for seven matches, while…
India’s Treesa Jolly, front right, and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, left, celebrate with the latter’s father and their coach Pullela Gopichand after winning a women’s doubles quarterfinal badminton match against China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian, unseen, at the BWF World Championships, at IGI Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: For B…
Image: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography At just 18, Jaeho Lee has already taken on a mathematical problem that reaches far beyond the classroom. A student at Spring Branch Academic Institute in Houston, Texas, Lee was named one of the 40 finalists in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search, after studying the structure of affine…
Azan Awais (Image credit: X) Pakistan’s struggle to produce a strong opening partnership in England has now lasted 16 years. They have not had a 50-plus opening stand in their last 27 Test innings in England. Their last opening partnership of 50 or more came in 2010.The same problem returned in the first Test against…
Satwik-Chirag out of BWF World Championships (ANI Image) India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been knocked out of the BWF World Championships after losing their quarter-final to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.The Indian pair lost the opening game 18-21 before the Chinese duo dominated the second, winning it 21-9 to seal a…
Jannik Sinner withdraws from US Open (Image: AP) World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the 2026 US Open due to a persistent right knee injury, dealing a major blow to the men’s singles draw ahead of the final Grand Slam of the season. The 25-year-old Italian announced his decision on Friday, August 21,…
India vs Netherlands Hockey World Cup Live: The Indian women’s hockey team face a tough challenge when they take on the Netherlands in their opening match of the second stage of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 on Friday. The Netherlands are the reigning Olympic champions, having won gold at Paris 2024. They will also…
England crush Pakistan inside three days (Agency Image) England made a stunning start to the new era under returning captain Joe Root, thrashing Pakistan by an innings and 103 runs inside three days in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds, on Friday.In their first Test since Ben Stokes’ retirement and Brendon McCullum’s departure as head…
PC: Dhruv Varun Cohen ’26/Cornell University Thousands of hours of rainforest recordings are helping scientists teach artificial intelligence to recognise Amazonian birds that can be difficult to identify by sound alone. In Colombia, Cornell researchers have been collecting acoustic data from cattle ranches, rubber agroforestry plots and forest to build a clearer picture of which…
Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand celebrating a point during day 5 of the BWF World Championships 2026 being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. (Photo Courtesy: BAI) NEW DELHI: On July 23, Treesa Jolly posted an old photo of herself alongside teammate Gayatri Pullela Gopichand on Instagram. In the photo, an enthused and pumped-up…
Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes has been handed a 10-match ban by FIFA following a scuffle with Spain players moments after the World Cup final. Paredes received the longest suspension among three Argentina players punished for the incident. The sanctions were announced by FIFA on Friday.Argentina defender Nahuel Molina has been suspended for seven matches, while…
India’s Treesa Jolly, front right, and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, left, celebrate with the latter’s father and their coach Pullela Gopichand after winning a women’s doubles quarterfinal badminton match against China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian, unseen, at the BWF World Championships, at IGI Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: For B…
Image: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography At just 18, Jaeho Lee has already taken on a mathematical problem that reaches far beyond the classroom. A student at Spring Branch Academic Institute in Houston, Texas, Lee was named one of the 40 finalists in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search, after studying the structure of affine…
Azan Awais (Image credit: X) Pakistan’s struggle to produce a strong opening partnership in England has now lasted 16 years. They have not had a 50-plus opening stand in their last 27 Test innings in England. Their last opening partnership of 50 or more came in 2010.The same problem returned in the first Test against…
Satwik-Chirag out of BWF World Championships (ANI Image) India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been knocked out of the BWF World Championships after losing their quarter-final to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.The Indian pair lost the opening game 18-21 before the Chinese duo dominated the second, winning it 21-9 to seal a…
