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India vs Nepal Asia Cup 2023 Highlights: Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first against Nepal in Pallekele. Both teams have made one change in their playing XI from their last respective matches against Pakistan. Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath is officiating in his 250th ODI as match referee. For India Jasprit…
India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian partner Matthew Ebden advanced to the round of 16 in the men’s doubles of the US Open 2023 tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows New York on Friday. Seeded sixth at the year’s fourth and final tennis Grand Slam, Bopanna and Ebden took a little over an hour to beat the…
Promoted Heidenheim claimed their first points in the Bundesliga on Friday, coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Borussia Dortmund after a controversial and bizarre late penalty decision. Dortmund looked in full control early, taking a commanding lead just 15 minutes with a goal from Julian Brandt and an Emre Can penalty. The home side wasted several…
The wait is almost over as India and Pakistan face off on Saturday in the ongoing Asia Cup. Over the years, the India-Pakistan matches have witnessed some interesting match-ups. With Kandy set to host an India-Pakistan game for the first time, one can expect fireworks at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Team India…
India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul wouldn’t be able to participate in the first two games of the Asia Cup 2023. With India scheduled to square off against Pakistan and Nepal in their first two matches, the team would have to take the field without Rahul, meaning another wicket-keeper batter would have to take…
Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka made resolute fifties after Matheesha Pathirana’s hostile bowling as Sri Lanka slayed Bangladesh by five wickets in their Asia Cup opener in Pallekele on Thursday. Pacer Pathirana’s 4 for 32 restricted Bangladesh to 164. The home side then rode on Samarawickrama’s 54 off 77 balls and Asalanka’s unbeaten 62 off…
Fifth seed Casper Ruud on Thursday crashed out of US Open after losing to China’s Zhang Zhizhen in five sets in a second round clash. Ruud, last year’s finalists, lost 4-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 to Zhizhen, who is the first men’s Chinese player to knock a top-5 seed out in a Grand Slam. The 26-year-old…
The Asia Cup 2023 might be beginning on August 30, but it’s the India vs Pakistan clash on September 02 that has everyone’s attention. In fact, when the Indian squad for the Asia Cup was announced, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector, Ajit Agarkar, was also asked about handling the esteemed…
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Sunday scripted history yet again as he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a big throw of 88.17m in the men’s javelin final in Budapest. In another first, three Indians finished in top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu…
HS Prannoy showed nerves of steel, advancing to his third successive quarterfinals at the World Championships with a fighting three-game win over former champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in Copenhagen on Thursday. World number 9 Prannoy, who won the Malaysia Masters and finished runner-up at Australian Open this season, once again displayed his sterling…
