TOKYO: India reached the semi-finals of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics for the first time since 1980 thanks to a 3-1 win over Britain on Sunday to set up a showdown with Belgium at the Tokyo Games. Australia and Germany will contest the other semi-final. India, who had won the last of their eight Olympic hockey gold medals …

BUDAPEST: Frenchman Esteban Ocon won a chaotic Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton finished third to take the Formula One championship lead from Max Verstappen. Verstappen placed 10th after being taken out early in the race by Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in a first-lap crash that caused him and four others to retire. Bottas, however, will have …

TOKYO: China’s Shi Tingmao claimed her second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the women’s 3 metre springboard diving on Sunday, becoming the second woman to retain both individual and synchronised 3m titles at the Games. Shi’s victory enabled her to match compatriot Guo Jingjing’s back-to-back double 3 metre springboard golds at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. …

Torrential rain which left a sodden outfield resulted in the abandonment of the third Twenty 20 International between the West Indies and Pakistan at the National Stadium in Guyana on Sunday. Just eight balls were bowled at the start of the match with the home side reaching 15 without loss before showers drove the players off the field and intensified …

FOUNDED by Raja Bachan Pal Gujrat in 460BC, the town, which later came to head the district, is an area that rivals any other part of the world, and for all right reasons: history, industry, agriculture, natural endowment, geography and what not! The fact that Gujrat, as a town, is one of the three sub-continental cities, which were planned before …

Award-winning singer Billie Eilish received a wave of backlash from the people over her promotional TikTok video for the Israel market. The singer – who is set to claim the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart with ‘Happier Than Ever’ – was slammed from fans and music lovers for starting a video with “hi Israel” in a …

Kim’s sister Kendall Jenner cut a very casual figure in a graphic tank top and black shorts as she stepped out for errands in Los Angeles on Sunday. The supermodel, 24, appeared to be taking it easy while making her way through a parking garage during her low-key solo trip. She was dressed in a white tank top that placed …

David Beckham’s wife Victoria Beckham shared a sweet picture  of her and daughter Harper Seven as they enjoyed girls night in Miami. The 47-year-old fashionista took to her Instagram Stories to post a selfie from their bed with a filter that added glittery smiley face stickers to Harper’s face. The former Spice Girl also added a few heart stickers to …

Kim Kardashian set Instagram ablaze with her sizzling snap amid warning, showing off her killer curves in skimpy outfit on Sunday. The TV star sizzled in a pale gray bra and matching sweatpants as she poses to promote her beauty line at her Hidden Hills, California mansion after she received legal warnings over ‘SKKN’ beauty brand trademark. Taking to Instagram, …