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Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine has joined the Big Bash League outfit Adelaide Strikers as an assistant coach ahead of the new season

Reigning US Open winner and World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz will start his title defence against Dominik Koepfer and could meet sixth seed Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals

The global soccer governing body will broadcast the draw live from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on its official website.

Alcaraz will play Dominik Koepfer of Germany in the first round. Koepfer reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows in 2019.

The world number two pair bounced back from a mid-game slump to outwit Carnando and Marthin, ranked 10th, 21-15 19-21 21-9 in the round of 16 match

"I feel very good to be in the finals, today I didn't win, but it's normal in chess," Praggnanandhaa told PTI from Baku hours after he finished runner-up.

The Scottish-born Kerr spent most of the race in the middle of the pack, while Ingebrigtsen, who took Olympic gold in the 1,500 in Tokyo and silver at the worlds last year, set the pace for nearly the entire race

Djokovic couldn't enter the tournament a year ago because unvaccinated foreign citizens were barred from flying into the United States

The goal is to get a medal and qualify for the Asian Championship and play well there to qualify for the next World Championship, said Telangana basketball player Aryan Sharma

Young prodigy Praggnanandhaa won the silver medal and also confirmed his berth in the FIDE candidates.

K Sree Girish hit 117 to take Mahmood CC to 374/8 in 86 over against Nalgonda district in the HCA B Division two-day league

Alongside Saif’s two goals, Imran added a score for Abbas union

With three matches remaining, Umesh Yadav replaced injured New Zealand pacer Doug Bracewell and became the team's second active foreign player for the season after Simon Harmer of South Africa

The event's prize money will rise to USD2 million, a jump of more than 40% from the USD1.4 million handed out in 2022 when the last of five editions was held in Milan

The TFA has named sub-junior girls probables for the national football team’s coaching camp to be held at Gajwel starting September 1

India have picked a 17-member squad for the Asia Cup and the selectors decision to omit premier leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has raised many eyebrows.

Praggnanandhaa enjoyed an incredible run in the tournament, having beaten world No.2 Hikaru Nakamura and world No.3 Fabiano Caruana to set up a final date against Carlsen.

England lost the Lord's Test as Australia took a 2-0 lead in the series before the hosts bounced back in the third Test at Headingley.

India's Asia-Cup-bound squad have started reaching Bengaluru for a 6-day conditioning camp that starts on Thursday at the Karnataka State Cricket Association's campus

Having registered two consecutive wins after facing a defeat in the first match, the men's team used all their experience to outplay Bangladesh on Wednesday

The third and final T20I of the three-match series between India and Ireland scheduled for Wednesday at Dublin was called off due to rain without a ball being bowled

UWW has suspended WFI for not conducting its elections on time, a development which will not allow Indian grapplers to compete at the upcoming World Championships under the Indian flag

Rashid Khan has withdrawn his boycott threat of Australia's Big Bash League and made himself available for the 2023-24 season of the T20 franchise tournament

Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday lauded the "utmost confident" young Men in Blue for their stellar show in their 2-0 win in the three-match T20I series against Ireland