Lakmal takes 4; India skittled for 112

Max Verstappen grabs Formula One World Championship

Max Verstappen clinched his first Formula One World Championship after beating Lewis Hamilton in a controversial season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. This season had been heralded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history and the title race went down to the very last lap. Hamilton had all but won his record-breaking eighth world title until Williams Racing driver Nicholas Latifi crashed into the barriers with four laps remaining, resulting in the safety car being called out

12 Dec, 2021

Woman fined ?1,200 for causing Tour de France pile-up

A French woman has been fined ?1,200 ($1,357; ?1,028) for causing a huge crash at the Tour de France by waving a cardboard sign in the riders’ path. The peloton was 45km (28 miles) from the end of the first stage, when her sign clipped German rider Tony Martin. He fell to the ground and caused dozens of other riders to follow suit, in one of the tournament’s worst ever crashes. The woman, 31, was also ordered to pay a symbolic one euro fine to France’s professional cyclist association. The i

10 Dec, 2021

Ronaldo becomes first player to score 800 top-level goals

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score 800 top-level career goals when he struck twice for Manchester United in a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday. It was a typical Ronaldo response to?recent suggestions?that his style of play might not suit the pressing approach favoured by incoming interim manager Ralf Rangnick, who was at Old Trafford for the first time since his appointment to watch the Portuguese reach the remarkable landmark. And the German cannot fail to have been

03 Dec, 2021