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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Anirudh Menon |Tor-Kristian Karlsen |Anish Anand
Bayer Leverkusen had never lost a DFB Pokal game under Xabi Alonso. They were the defending Bundesliga champions, having won it unbeaten. They were second in the league, just six points behind leaders Bayern Munich. To say they were favourites against third division side Arminia Bielefeld in their Pokal semifinal would have been one of the great understatements of the season. Just... nobody told Arminia. Editor's PicksWho are the 39 best men's U21 players in the world?
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Beth Lindop |Mark Ogden |James Olley
The Premier League has restarted after the international break with leaders Liverpool securing a crucial 1-0 win over derby rivals Everton. Following the table toppers, the likes of Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City and Newcastle United also won their respective matches. Editor's PicksLiverpool show grit in Merseyside derby win, but is Van Dijk in decline?
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand
On a warm morning at the SAI campus in Bengaluru, the India men's hockey team was being put through its paces. It was a hard, two-hour training session for the 36-odd players; divided into three groups, their drills included ball control, shooting and running. Overseeing it all was head coach Craig Fulton. He'd just received ESPN India's Coach of the Year 2024 award for guiding the team to an Olympic bronze in Paris, but, typically, Fulton has his eyes firmly focused on 2026.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand
Exactly fifty years ago, on March 15, 1975, India won the hockey World Cup for the first (and, so far, only) time. Here, Ashok Kumar, who scored the winning goal in the final, tells the story of how a team weighed down by the glories of the past wrote its own name into Indian sports history. It's 2-0 in the final of the 1973 hockey World Cup in Amsterdam. India, the best team in the tournament, lead the Netherlands with a brace from Surjit Singh Randhawa.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand |Beth Lindop |Julien Laurens |Alex Kirkland
The UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 had its share of drama. PSG knocked out Liverpool on penalties while Real Madrid also did the same against derby rivals Atletico Madrid to qualify for the quarterfinals.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Zenia D'Cunha |Anish Anand
"Sometimes I do think about [her daughter] during the event but it's very important to stay focused and sometimes I don't even talk with her so that I don't get emotionally weak. It's tough being so but if you want to become a world champion and to prove yourself, you need to do [it]."Koneru Humpy has proven herself, multiple times over, knows exactly what toll it takes... and yet she keeps pushing herself more.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Sunaadh Sagar |Anish Anand |Luis Miguel Echegaray |Rob Dawson
A 29-year-old striker with an injury-ridden career leaving Watford 'by mutual consent' after 18 appearances and two goals. Now famed for their scouting prowess, this wasn't the kind of player Brighton & Hove Albion ordinarily signed. What a masterstroke it's proved to be though, as a 34-year-old Danny Welbeck sent them into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup with an extra-time winner against Newcastle United.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand
The Bhubaneswar leg of the 2024-25 FIH Pro League finished on Tuesday with both the Indian men's and women's teams impressing in their last games. The men finished with five wins out of eight and are currently sitting third on the table behind England and Belgium but only by a point. The women have two wins out of eight and a shootout victory against the Netherlands which took them to nine points from eight matches and sixth on the table.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand
In the final match of the FIH Women's Pro League home leg at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India will look to build on a positive performance the day before against reigning champions and current table-toppers Netherlands. India lost 4-2 to the Netherlands on Monday but it was one of their best performances under coach Harendra Singh. Felice Albers (34', 47'), Emma Reijnen (7') and Fay van der Elst (40') scored for the Netherlands while Udita (18', 42') scored an impressive brace for India.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Anish Anand
India will look to snap their erratic run of form when they take on reigning champions Netherlands in their penultimate women's FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar. India's home leg so far hasn't exactly been smooth-sailing, with the team currently placed seventh in the standings with seven points from six games. The Dutch, on the other hand, are in dominant form, having comprehensively defeated England 5-1 and 6-0 in their last two matches.
