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New Delhi: Indian women boxers were on Sunday handed a mixed draw in the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships to be held in Istanbul from May 8 to 20. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) will kickstart India’s campaign on Monday but she got a tough draw as she will […]

Pune: Kolkata Knight Riders were found wanting on more than one front, but head coach Brendon McCullum singled out their struggles in the power play, as a disappointing IPL campaign neared its end. Former champions KKR suffered their seventh defeat on Saturday night, a 75-run drubbing by Lucknow Super Giants here. “We struggled in the […]

Pune: Avesh Khan, who was adjudged as the ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant performance against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday, said that the idea was to go as fast as he could on hard length against the star KKR batsman. A superb show by the Lucknow Super Giants pace attack led by […]

Mumbai: Faf du Plessis’ unbeaten knock of 73 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s five-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 67 runs here at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Chasing a challenging 193 SunRisers Hyderabad got off to the worst possible start as skipper Kane Williamson for a golden duck as he was run […]

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals’ 25-year-old middle-order batter Shimron Hetmyer has left the Indian Premier League bio-bubble for the birth of his child, but the left-hand batter has indicated that he will return to again be part of the team’s campaign in IPL 2022. In an early-morning tweet on Sunday, the Royals said that, “Shimron Hetmyer has […]

Pune: Despite a massive 75-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul wants his side to keep improving to deliver a complete performance in IPL 2022. A superb show by the Lucknow Super Giants pace attack led by superb efforts from Avesh Khan (3/19) and Jason Holder […]

Miami Gardens: Ferrari stormed to the front of the grid for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix as Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up the front row in qualifying. It’s the first time Ferrari will lead the field to green in the United States since Michael Schumacher won the […]

Madrid: Alexander Zverev on Saturday defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to enter the summit clash of the Madrid Open 2022. The second-seeded German player converted three of his five break opportunities to clinch the victory in nearly two hours in match. Zverev is now 19-2 in Madrid, where he also won the title in […]

Bangkok: The Indian team on Sunday defeated Germany by 5-0 in their opening tie of the BWF Thomas Cup Finals 2022 here in Bangkok. The Group C fixture saw all Indians winning thier contests against the German men’s team. Starting the tie was India’s star shuttler Lakshya Sen. After recovering from the early jitters in […]

Navi Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders resemble a sinking ship ahead of a rather inconsequential IPL-15 match against bottom-placed Mumbai Indians who, even if already out of reckoning, will have their tails up here on Monday. Panned for trying out too many combinations at the top, a part of their constant chopping and changing strategy this […]

Charlotte: India’s Anirban Lahiri equated his even par 70 in the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship to a 12-round boxing slugfest as he earned a legitimate title shot at winning his first PGA Tour title. On another gruelling day on Saturday with sweeping winds, cold and rain at TPC Potamac, Lahiri fought brilliantly with […]

Hyderabad: Quinton de Kock laid the platform with a commanding fifty and his pacers then terrorised Kolkata Knight Riders to record a crushing 75-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants which put them on top of the table with an IPL play-off berth being a formality now. For last year’s runners-up KKR, eight points from 11 […]

Hyderabad: Sreenidi Deccan Football Club defeated RoundGlass Punjab FC 2-0 in their Hero I-League 2021-22 Championship Phase match on Saturday at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal. The first chance of the match came in the fourth minute after Robin Singh’s clever pass from a throw-in found Kean Lewis in space inside the penalty area. […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club dished out a strong show to defeat Chennayin FC 3-2 in a thriller to keep their hopes of a top-two finish alive, in the sixth round match of the Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) match in Goa on Saturday. Hyderabad have 10 points from six matches and can still harbour hopes […]

Mumbai: Rashid Khan is enduring an ordinary IPL this year with the ball in terms of wickets, but the Gujarat Titans spinner is not too bothered about the scalps as long as he can produce economical spells for his team. Rashid has so far claimed 11 wickets from as many games at an economy rate […]

Mumbai: After registering the second win of the IPL 2022 on Friday, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma called the victory against Gujarat Titans ‘very satisfying’ and reckoned they were 15-20 runs short. Two-wicket haul by Murugan Ashwin and top knocks from Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Tim David helped Mumbai Indians score a 5-run win […]

Mumbai: Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal marked his return to Rajasthan Royals’ playing eleven with a scintillating 68 while Shimron Hetmyer exhibited his finishing exploits in an unbeaten 31 to help the inaugural IPL winners defeat Punjab Kings by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. After Jonny Bairstow’s 58 and Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten 38 took […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Mohammed Rabbani has been selected for the upcoming South India Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior (Men and Women) Powerlifting Championship scheduled to be held at the Rao Gopal Rao Auditorium, Anakpalli from May 20 to 22. Rabbani, who competes in the 53 kg category, clinched gold in the National Men’s, Sub-Junior and Junior Powerlifting […]

Mumbai: Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Hardik Pandya was disappointed with GT batters in the 5-run defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Friday. Hardik Pandya said he did not want to offer any excuses but added that GT were let down by their batting and rued the two […]

New Delhi: Top Indian runner Avinash Sable smashed the 30-year-old men’s 5000m national record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California in USA. Sable, who also holds the national record in his pet event of 3000m steeplechase and competed in Tokyo Olympics, clocked 13 minutes and 25.65 seconds while finishing 12th […]

Bangkok: Focus will be on double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World Championships bronze winner Lakshya Sen as the Indian badminton contingent resumes its quest for a medal at the Thomas and Uber Cup Final beginning here on Sunday. No Indian men’s team has ever won a medal in the Thomas Cup, having failed to […]

Hyderabad: The B Suresh-trained Star Symbol holds an edge over others to win the Starry Eyes Handicap 1600 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65 Class-III, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 11.00 pm. […]

Navi Mumbai: Delhi Capitals will need to solve their opening conundrum quickly and find an able partner to complement David Warner if they want to return to the top four in the IPL here on Sunday with a win against a lacklustre Chennai Super Kings, who are standing on the brink of elimination. DC are […]

Mumbai: Two of world crickets batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson’s woeful form will be in focus when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad take on each other in a return IPL fixture here on Sunday. Both Kohli and Williamson have struggled for runs in the ongoing season. While the Indian has scored just […]