Transgender US swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle race at the 2022 Ivy League women’s championships, defying critics who have called for her to be barred from competing. Transgender US swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle race at the 2022 Ivy League women’s championships Thursday, defying critics whoRead More →
Russia has been stripped of hosting the men’s Volleyball World Championships in August and September due to its invasion of Ukraine, governing body the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced on Tuesday. Russia has been stripped of hosting the men’s Volleyball World Championships in August and September due to its invasion ofRead More →
The UCI has suspended all Russian and Belarusian teams, including Gazprom-RusVelo, from competition with immediate effect following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, the UCI said that Russian and Belarusian cyclists who ride for teams from outside Russia and Belarus will still be permitted to compete.Read More →
Middlesbrough produced another FA Cup shock to extend Tottenham’s long wait for silverware with a 1-0 win after extra time at the Riverside on Tuesday, while Manchester City eased into the last eight with a 2-0 victory at Peterborough. Middlesbrough produced another FA Cup shock to extend Tottenham’s long wait for silverwareRead More →
After being delayed by a year because of Covid-19, the 12th edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup is upon us. Hosts New Zealand will kick it off against West Indies at the Bay Oval on March 4. Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament. How many teamsRead More →
We all know exercise is good for us, but that still leaves plenty of questions. How much exercise? Who benefits the most? And when in our lives? New research led by University of Pittsburgh psychologists pools data from dozens of studies to answer these questions, showing that older adults mayRead More →
Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and organizers of a Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway league continue to create backlash, as the six-time major champion will no longer serve as host of The American Express event in La Quinta, California. The PGA Tour on Saturday told The Desert Sun that in additionRead More →
Ukrainian world No 15 Elina Svitolina has withdrawn from a WTA Tour event and urged tennis organisations to follow the IOC’s recommendation to accept Russian or Belarussian nationals only as neutral athletes. Svitolina was scheduled to play against Russia’s Anastasia Potapova at a WTA Tour event in Monterrey, Mexico onRead More →
A young but talented Indian women’s team put up a brave effort before going down 2-3 to hosts Malaysia in its opening match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships on Wednesday. Shah Alam (Malaysia): A young but talented Indian women’s team put up a brave effort before going down 2-3 toRead More →
You know the problem: can you place eight queens on a chessboard so that now two queens threaten each other. There are 92 distinct ways of doing this. But how about on larger chessboards? For 27×27 board people have worked out that there are exactly 234,907,967,154,122,528 ways. Now a HarwardRead More →
CAIRO: India’s Shreya Agrawal narrowly missed out on a semifinal spot in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol here on Monday. Shreya shot 629.3 in the qualification round. The eighth and final qualification spot went to Hungary’s Eszter Meszaros, who shot 629.4, a mereRead More →
Double Olympic medallist Mykhailo Romanchuk has posted a call by several Ukrainian athletes including 50m butterfly world record-holder Andriy Gorovov for Russia and Belarus to be suspended from international competition. Romanchuk is not among the athletes who filmed themselves addressing IOC president Thomas Bach and Andrew Parsons, his equivalent at the International Paralympic Committee. However, the fact the 25-year-old has posted the film toRead More →