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India’s ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the French Open Super 750 tournament after losing their respective men’s singles matches Rennes on Wednesday. The first to take to the court at the Glaz Arena was Srikanth, who was shown the door by Toma Junior Popov of France. Srikanth lost the round…
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said he did not like a social media post from a club spokesman dismissing racist abuse of Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior and calling him a “clown” ahead of the Clasico on Saturday. The Brazilian forward was racially abused during his team’s 1-1 draw on Saturday at Sevilla, with the Andalusian club ejecting a fan…
Australia vs Netherlands World Cup 2023 Highlights: Adam Zampa cleaned up the Dutch tail as he took 4 wickets with Australia demolishing Netherlands by 309 runs. Earlier, centuries from David Warner and Glenn Maxwell helped Australia to post a mammoth 399 runs on the board in Delhi. The latter was also the fastest to make a 100 in the World Cups…
India’s PV Sindhu quelled a strong challenge from Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to enter the women’s singles second round of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Sindhu prevailed over Tunjung 12-21, 21-18, 21-15 after 69 minutes of intense contest. Earlier, newly-crowned world number one pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed…
Jude Bellingham scored his third goal in as many Champions League appearances for Real Madrid as the Spanish side won 2-1 away to Braga in Portugal on Tuesday. Rodrygo put Real ahead and England star Bellingham made it 2-0 just after the hour mark, with Carlo Ancelotti’s side then holding on after Alvaro Djalo pulled…
Young shuttler Bornil Aakash Changmai on Sunday achieved the distinction of becoming only the second Indian to win a gold medal for the country in the U15 boys’ singles category at the Badminton Asia U17 and U15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, defeating a Chinese rival in the title showdown. The 13-year-old Bornil displayed remarkable composure…
Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram have rapidly struck up a formidable attacking partnership which will lead Inter Milan into Tuesday’s Champions League Group D clash with Salzburg. With 16 goals already scored between them so far this season, Inter’s dynamic striking duo have made fans forget former idol and Martinez’s one-time strike partner Romelu Lukaku….
The last time India beat New Zealand in a World Cup game was in 2003. The victory target of 274 was the tallest they had encountered in the tournament. Wickets had continued to fall and the conditions favoured bowlers. There was also fog in the air but Dharamsala wasn’t jittery. They seemed to be sure about the…
Australia vs Pakistan Highlights Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan got off to a strong start in their chase after tons from David Warner and Mitchell Marsh saw Australia post 367/9 in 50 overs in match 18 of the 2023 World Cup in Bengaluru on Friday. Openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq put up a 134-run opening stand, scoring…
World number one Novak Djokovic will open his 2024 season at the mixed teams United Cup in Australia, but injury-plagued Rafael Nadal was not on the Spain team announced Friday. Djokovic will spearhead Serbia at the tournament from December 29-January 7 in Sydney and Perth as he builds towards the defence of his Australian Open…