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Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth opened his campaign at the Thailand Masters badminton tournament with a straight game win over Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei in Bangkok on Wednesday. The former world number toiled hard for 45 minutes to get the better of Wang 22-20 21-19 and enter the second round. He will take on compatriot…
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side’s Premier League title challenge was building momentum after the Gunners beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 on Tuesday to move up to second in the table. Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka were on target at the City Ground as the Gunners moved to within two points of Liverpool, who they face at the Emirates…
Jannik Sinner stormed back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in a gruelling five-set Australian Open final on Sunday, winning his first Grand Slam. The Italian fourth seed was blown off course in the first two sets but recovered to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in three hours and 44 minutes. The…
London : Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna on Monday climbed to World No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time after winning the Australian Open with Matthew Ebden, as ATP announced for the latest doubles rankings. At the age of 43, Bopanna became the oldest first-time World No. 1 and the third Indian…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday, announced a plethora of changes in the Indian squad for the second Test against England after Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul were both ruled out due to injuries. The duo’s exclusion paved the way for the board to hand Sarfaraz Khan his maiden call-up…
Hosts Ivory Coast stunned Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, knocking out the reigning champions on penalties in the last 16 to keep their hopes of winning the title on home soil alive. A week ago it looked as if the Ivorians were set for a humiliating group-stage exit from their own…
Lakshya Sen and Kiran George advanced to the second round but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits after suffering narrow losses in their respective opening matches at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament in Jakarta on Wednesday. World No. 19 Sen, who is looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics, avenged his…
India’s Rohan Bopanna and partner Matthew Ebden reach the Australia Open men’s doubles tennis final, beating the pair of Thomas Machac and Zhang Zhishen in a thrilling 3-set semi-final. The pairing of Bopanna-Ebden won the first set comfortably, 6-3 before losing the second 3-6. The third set saw both pairs giving their best, taking it…
Liverpool will face Chelsea in the League Cup final after surviving a scare in their 1-1 draw against Fulham in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday. Holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg, Liverpool took the lead through Luis Diaz early in the first half at Craven Cottage. That should have been the signal for a…
Riding on a stellar show in the last two weeks, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Tuesday reclaimed the top spot in the BWF men’s doubles rankings. The Asian Games champions reached the world no. 1 ranking for a second time after successive runner-up finishes in the Malaysia Open super 1000 and India Open…
