Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in a little more than 20 minutes after top-ranked Jannik Sinner was forced to retire because of illness during the first set.

Lahore: Pakistan on Sunday left out seasoned batters Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan while announcing their 17-member squad for Asia Cup and the preceding tri-series in the UAE later this month.

Dubai: Former Sri Lankan domestic cricketer Saliya Saman has been banned from all cricket for five years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code.

Dubai: Amid the chatter around his future in international cricket, Indian maestro Rohit Sharma has risen to the number two spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batters released on Wednesday.

LIVERPOOL: Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old British chess player of Indian descent, made history at the 2025 British Chess Championships by defeating Grandmaster Peter Wells in the tournament’s final round. The chess prodigy set a new record as the youngest female player to beat a grandmaster, surpassing the previous mark set by American Carissa Yip in 2019, reported The Indian Express.

Tokyo: Kunishige Kamamoto, who scored 75 goals in 76 games for Japan's national team, died Sunday according to the Japan Football Association. He was 81 and the association said he died of pneumonia.

Gariaband (Chhattisgarh): A man in nondescript Madagaon village in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district is in rpt in seventh heaven after receiving calls from cricket legends Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, all thanks to a SIM card once used by India cricketer Rajat Patidar coming alive some time after it was reactivated by the service provider.

Paris: Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé and England forward Chloe Kelly are among the contenders to win the men's and women's Ballon d'Or award.