Category: Sports

Shaw slams fifty on return from doping ban as Mumbai win

Mumbai, Nov 17: Prithvi Shaw made a splendid return to competitive cricket after serving a doping ban, hitting a 39-ball 63 to guide Mumbai to a 83-run win over Assam in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Sunday. All eyes were on Shaw, who played his first game […]

Dagar, Dalal star as Delhi beat Sikkim by 9 wickets

Surat, Nov 17: Leg-spinner Karan Dagar starred with the ball before opener Hiten Dalal scored a blistering half-century as Delhi registered an emphatic nine-wicket win over Sikkim in a Syed Mushtaq Ali encounter here on Sunday. Dagar (4/12) and medium pacer Simarjeet Singh (2/17) restricted Sikkim to a […]

Shiva Thapa, six others enter semifinals of Olympic Test event for boxing

Tokyo, Oct 29: Four-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63kg) secured a medal at the Olympic Test event for boxing by winning his quarterfinal bout on Tuesday while six other Indians made the last-four stage without even stepping inside the ring here. Thapa overpowered local favourite Yuki Hirakawa in a […]

Nepali climber claims new record for 14 highest peaks

A Nepali mountaineer on Tuesday smashed the speed record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000ers” in just six months and six days, organisers said. The previous record for the 14 mountains above 8,000 metres (around 26,250 feet) — completed by Nirmal Purja at […]

Tiger emerges from ‘most challenging’ career phase with record win

Tiger Woods said Monday his latest injury comeback to win the Zozo Championship and tie the US PGA Tour’s win record had ended the “most challenging” phase of his storied career. Woods held off Hideki Matsuyama at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club to equal Sam Snead’s record of […]

Tiger roars back after horror start to share Japan lead

Tiger Woods got off to a horrific start before roaring back with nine birdies in 15 holes to share the inaugural Zozo Championship lead in Japan Thursday as Rory McIlroy struggled. Woods, three over after three holes, bounced back in stunning fashion with a back-nine of 29 and […]

Sindhu looks to snap run of early exits at French Open

Paris, Oct 21: World champion P V Sindhu would look to snap her recent run of early exits when she begins her women’s singles campaign at the USD 750,000 French Open badminton tournament, beginning here on Tuesday. Since claiming her maiden World Championships title in August, Sindhu has looked […]

Bottas Japan win seals sixth world title double for Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas jumped from third to first with an electric start to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and the Finn’s Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Charles Leclerc finished sixth in the second Ferrari, and with only Bottas now able to overtake Hamilton […]

Simone Biles sets medal record at gymnastics worlds

STUTTGART, Germany — Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday. Biles won her 24th medal on the beam, breaking a tie on 23 with the Belarusian men’s gymnast Vitaly Scherbo, […]

Andy Murray to make Grand Slam return at Australian Open

Andy Murray will make his Grand Slam return at the Australian Open in January, a year after career-saving hip surgery, tournament organisers announced Tuesday. The British three-time major winner has been slowly working his way back to fitness and is now ranked 289th, up from 503rd just a […]

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