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Indian men’s freestyle wrestlers miss medals at World championship

20 Sep 2023 10:56 AM IST

India’s men’s freestyle wrestlers performed poorly at the World Championships, with none of them qualifying for the Paris Olympics or winning a medal. This was a disappointment, as some of the wrestlers lost to rivals from nations that are not known for their wrestling prowess. This raised suspicions that the

Tvesa surges ahead with a 6-shot lead in 13th leg of Hero WPGT

20 Sep 2023 10:55 AM IST

Tvesa Malik shot a superb seven-under 65 to take a whopping six-shot lead after the opening day of the 13th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour on Tuesday. Playing at the DLF Golf and Country Club, which will host the Hero Women’s Indian Open next month, Tvesa had

Tough start for India as they fall 1-5 to China in opening match

20 Sep 2023 10:51 AM IST

Despite a brave first-half performance, the Indian men’s football team lost to host China 1-5 in their opening group game at the 19th Asian Games on Tuesday at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium, in Hangzhou. Rahul KP scored India’s only goal in injury time of the first half. It was

Nischal makes India proud with silver medal win in Rio final

20 Sep 2023 10:50 AM IST

Indian rifle shooter Nischal won a silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol stage in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to give India a second medal on the final day of the tournament. Her achievement becomes even more

Enough of celebrating victory…now is the time to work on the grey areas

19 Sep 2023 11:22 AM IST

Of course, Team India has won two matches in the Asia Cup by ten wickets and one match by a huge margin of 228 runs. The same match had a score of 356 and the opposition was crushed to 128. In the final, the opposition team was reduced to 50

Harry Brook steps in for injured Jason Roy in England’s World cup

19 Sep 2023 11:20 AM IST

England’s opening batter Jason Roy has lost his place to youngster Harry Brook in the Three Lions World Cup squad. England had made a few strong choices in their provisional squad announced last month with all-rounder Ben Stokes returning and young batter Harry Brook and star pacer Jofra Archer missing

Intense battle for ODI supremacy intensifies in lead-up to WC

19 Sep 2023 11:19 AM IST

The fight to be the top-ranked ODI side at the start of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup heats up in the coming days as the Asia Cup concluded and India, Australia, two of the top three sides will compete in a bilateral series starting from September 22. Despite their

Kapil Dev confident in India’s ODI World cup winning potential

19 Sep 2023 11:18 AM IST

Former captain Kapil Dev believes India are ready to win the ODI World Cup at home but he doesn’t want to put the favourite tag on the hosts as a lot would depend on luck. “I think if we can come in top four, that is more important and then

Markram and Jansen power SA to ODI series win against Australia

19 Sep 2023 11:18 AM IST

An all-round effort from speedster Marco Jansen, half-centuries from Aiden Markram and David Miller helped South Africa script a memorable series win over Australia after defeating them in the fifth and final ODI by 122 runs at Johannesburg. With this win, Proteas has won a tightly-fought ODI series 3-2. Put

Aiden Markram hits 5,000 international runs

19 Sep 2023 11:17 AM IST

South African batter Aiden Markram completed 5,000 international runs. The 28-year-old batter accomplished this milestone against Australia in the four-match series at Johannesburg. In the match, Markram was at his most elegant. He scored 93 in 87 deliveries, which consisted of nine fours and three sixes. His runs came at

Bournemouth holds Chelsea to another scoreless draw

19 Sep 2023 11:14 AM IST

Chelsea’s mixed-bag start to the Premier League continued as they played a 0-0 draw against Bournemouth and failed to score for the second successive PL match in a row. Mauricio Pochettino-managed Blues side featured six players who made their first-ever top-flight appearance. But it made no difference as they could

Singapore GP upset: Sainz triumphs, snapping Verstappen’s win streak

19 Sep 2023 11:13 AM IST

Carlos Sainz led from start to finish to win a thrilling Singapore Grand Prix after a charging George Russell crashed his Mercedes from third place on the final lap. Lando Norris was second in a McLaren with Lewis Hamilton crossing the line in third. Championship leader Max Verstappen was fifth