Nottingham Forest beats third-tier Exeter on penalties to advance in FA Cup

Exerter: Nottingham Forest needed penalties to overcome third-tier Exeter in the FA Cup. High-flying Forest, which is third in the Premier League standings, won 4-2 in a shootout at St James Park after the game ended 2-2. Josh Magennis gave Exeter the lead in the fifth, but Ramon Sosa and Taiwo Awoniyi put Forest ahead […]

Suspension of Rybakina”s former coach Vukov ”remains in place,” WTA says

London,The suspension of Elena Rybakina’s former coach Stefano Vukov “remains in place,” the WTA Tour said after confirming it had completed its investigation into a potential breach of its code of conduct. The governing body did not specify how much longer Vukov, who had been provisionally suspended initially, would remain banned. The Croatian coach has […]

Injured Bumrah ruled out of Champions Trophy after NCA declares him ‘unfit to bowl’

New Delhi: India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury, the BCCI said on Tuesday, putting to rest all the speculation over his participation in the premier tournament. The senior men’s team selection committee has named Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement for […]

Akif Javed named as replacement for Haris Rauf

Karachi: The Pakistani selectors on Tuesday included uncapped left-arm pacer Akif Javed in the national team as a replacement for the unfit Haris Rauf for the remaining matches of the ongoing tri-series. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement that Javed is a replacement for for the tri-series match against South Africa on […]

Gukesh draws with Nakamura in 5-8 place play-offs

Hamburg (Germany): World champion D Gukesh played out a hard-fought draw with Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the first game of the 5-8 place play-offs in the Freestyle Grand Slam chess here on Tuesday. After losing the semifinal against American Fabiano Caruana 0-2, Gukesh was back to his confident self against Nakamura who is […]

SC fixes pleas challenging CEC, EC appointments under new law for Feb 19

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed February 19 to hear pleas against the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners under the 2023 law saying if anything happens in the interregnum, the consequences are bound to follow. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was told by advocate […]

Complaint filed against Allahbadia in Indore over `obscene’ comments

Indore (MP: A complaint was filed at a police station here on Tuesday against social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia over his `obscene and vulgar’ comments in comedian Samay Raina’s YouTube reality show “India’s Got Latent”, the police said. No First Information Report (FIR) has been registered yet, said Tukoganj police station in-charge Jitendra Singh Yadav. […]

Cinema have great healing power: German filmmaker Wim Wenders

Thiruvananthapuram: German filmmaker Wim Wenders has said that cinema is an integral part of his life and that he cannot make films unless they are connected to the music he loves. “I love music, literature, religion, philosophy, and mythology, and films have all of these,” Wenders said during a ‘Masterclass’ interaction session here on Monday. […]