Manchester United’s 0-0 draw away to AZ Alkmaar on Thursday in their Europa League clash was the English side’s 10th away match without a win....
For many, especially the millions of his loyalists, Lionel Messi is the best player the football world has ever seen – no ifs and buts. This...
Over this weekend, the eyes of the tennis world would be on the Laver Cup, which over the past couple of seasons has garnered growing popularity....
Rafael Nadal’s pulsating five-set win over Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final would rank in the upper echelons of his astounding Grand Slam...
Thursday’s draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League has resulted in some of the biggest names on the continent coming head to head in...
Unlike the three other majors, the US Open hasn’t had similar sustained dominance by a single player from the ATP tour. Where the Big Three, Roger...
With their UEFA Super Cup win against Chelsea on Wednesday, Liverpool have now won two European trophies in a span of two and a half months. The...
As the English Premier League kicked off this weekend, Spanish La Liga would follow suit next weekend. And where the focus in the English league’s...
Today, Manchester City and Liverpool will clash for the Community Shield in the traditional curtain raiser for the English football season, which...
What a week for sports it was in Britain! There was the British Grand Prix, Wimbledon men’s final and the Cricket World Cup final all on July 14,...
A similar headline was published in this space after Novak Djokovic battered Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open in January. This time the World...
On the first day of the ongoing Championships at Wimbledon World No 5 Alexander Zverev and World No 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas were knocked out. The next...
It has been 17 years since any man other than Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray won Wimbledon. Last year, it was the Serb...
Even if not as state or society, there’s little doubt that Pakistan is resilient as a nation. Having been torn by war, terrorism, political...
We had all been looking for reasons to believe that Rafael Nadal might not be the shoo-in for this year’s Roland Garros. He was obliterated by...
Liverpool are now well and truly the dominant force in Europe, after their 2-0 over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final. Last...
In his weekly column at Golf.com ‘#AskAlan mailbag’ Alan Shipnuck was asked the following question: ‘Starting now, who wins more Majors: Bruce...
For the first time for a decade and a half, Rafael Nadal entered the month of May without a title in the calendar year. Given that the Spaniard has...
Barring one of the most anticlimactic moments in English football history, by the time you read this Manchester City would’ve completed their...
Even before a ball was kicked in the Champions League semifinals, this year’s competition was already one of the most exhilarating in recent...
We might just be two semifinal return legs away from a mouthwatering Champions League finale between two clubs with a mutual history: Barcelona and...
During the summer of 2008, it was considered a mere formality that Tiger Woods would overtake Jack Nicklaus’ major tally of 18. But since mid-June...
Barcelona are on course to complete a treble of trebles after a crazy round of Champions League quarterfinals. With La Liga in the bag, and spot in...
The ATP 1000 Monte Carlo begins this week to formally open up the clay court season. It’s the first of three ATP 1000 events on clay – along...
The ATP is currently experiencing one-man dominance and a uniquely competitive streak simultaneously. While World No 1 Novak Djokovic has won each...
The two most illustrious continental tournaments in international football – Copa America and the UEFA European Football Championship – are...
Barcelona are the only side in European history to have won the treble – league, domestic cup and European Cup in the same season – twice. Both...
The simple answer to that question is No. Less than nine months after leaving his position as Real Madrid’s manager, Zinedine Zidane can’t pick...
There have been questions raised over a possible impending for Roger Federer, including in this space as well. The Swiss maestro appears to have...
After Tottenham Hotspurs’ 2-0 defeat at Chelsea during midweek, the Premier League title run-in has formally been confirmed as what it has...
It’s the fixture that is always marked before any season begins as one that would garner the interests of two of the largest fan bases around the...
Half of the first legs of the Champions League Round of 16 were played over the midweek, with the remaining four fixtures to be contested in the...
The Champions League is back! The first legs of the Round of 16 clashes take place over the nights of February 12 and 13, as the eight group...
This time last year, the question was whether Novak Djokovic would win another major. 12 months later, the question really is: can Djokovic overtake...
This piece is being written before the second semifinal of the ongoing Australian Open between Novak Djokovic and Lucas Pouille. By the time you...
If you bet a few bucks on none of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic winning the ongoing Australian Open, you can multiple your...
The first tennis major is upon us with the Australian Open set to kick off on Monday. The tournament, in many ways, would give us a glimpse of where...
Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Newcastle made Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the second manager in the club’s history to win each of his first four...
In the four Hockey World Cups since 2006, Pakistan have won a total of two matches – 4-0 against Japan at Monchengladbach, 2006 and 2-1 against...
Last Sunday, World No 1 Rafael Nadal won his record extending 11th French Open title. It was his 17th Grand Slam title, bringing him back to within...
The draw for the group stage of arguably the biggest sporting event of the world — the FIFA World Cup, set to be held in Russia next year — took...
In line with the recent European league tradition to kick off the maiden opening fixture on a Friday, the 2017-18 La Liga season Santander kicked...
This piece is being written amidst first round action, but a lot has already happened to have a decisive impact on the year’s final major even...
