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Kolkata, (UNI) Mohun Bagan Super Giant won their 17th Durand Cup title with a 1-0 win over arch-rivals East Bengal in the final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Sunday. The victory was sweeter after it was achieved despite playing more than one-third of the match with ten men after midfielder Anirudh Thapa…
New York, (UNI) Novak Djokovic (No. 2 seed) managed to come back from two sets down to beat Laslo Djere in full sets in the men’s singles third round, while China’s Wang Xinyu came out winner in both her singles and doubles matches at the US Open on Friday. The 36-year-old Serbian clawed past his…
Pallekele, (UNI) The much-awaited Asia Cup faceoff between India and Pakistan Asia Cup was called off due to intermittent rains at Pallekele Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. Both teams shared a point each, but Pakistan stormed into the Super-Four Stage of the tournament without sweating too much with the bat, and their pacers had a…
Oman, Sep 3 (UNI) The Indian men’s hockey team were crowned champions at the inaugural Hockey5s Asia Cup on Saturday night, which also served as Asia’s qualifying tournament for the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024, defeating Pakistan 4-4 (2-0) in the all-important Final. Subsequently, India qualified for the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup…
Pallekele, Sep 2 (UNI) Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan’s classy fifties and a 138 runs partnership for fifth wicket helped India to put on 266 against Pakistan in the third match of Asia Cup at Pallekele Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. Tottering at 66/4, Kishan and Hardik came together and put up a great show….
Kolkata, (UNI) International Cricket Council (ICC) Pitch Consultant Andrew (Andy) Atkinson on Friday visited this city and inspected the Eden Gardens, which would host five 2023 ICC Men’s 13th edition Cricket World Cup matches, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament. Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehashish Ganguly and Pitch Curator of iconic Eden…
Dublin, (UNI) Paul Stirling will lead a strong 15-member to England where Ireland will play three ODIs from September 20. All-rounder Curtis Campher will bat at No.3 in Ireland’s ODIs against England later this month. Meanwhile, Andrew Balbirnie will open the batting alongside Stirling in another prominent change as Ireland rebuild in the fifty-overs format…
New York, (UNI) Spain’s favorite Carlos Alcaraz powered into the third round of the US Open with a 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(4) victory over Lloyd Harris of South Africa here on Thursday. “It was good for me to stay there and to be able to win in straight sets. We did great points to make the…
Cape Town, (UNI) Cricket South Africa (CSA) have issued an injury update for three players during their ongoing white-ball series against Australia. Keshav Maharaj is on the brink of a comeback from injury, just in time for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in what would be a massive boost for South Africa. The…
New Delhi, (UNI) Navjot Kaur on Friday said that all of the players deserve credit for India’s historic victory at the inaugural Women’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup, where they defeated Thailand 7-2 in the Final to lift the elusive trophy and, as a result, qualified for the FIH Women’s Hockey 5s World Cup Oman 2024….
