Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) The home season for Jaipur Polo Team kicked off in style as the team secured a narrow yet well-earned 7.5-7 victory over Optiemus Achievers in a keenly contested encounter at the Rajmata Gayatri Devi Memorial Cup.
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Siddhesh Lad’s father and veteran coach Dinesh Lad, who was the childhood coach of former India skipper Rohit Sharma, expressed immense pride after his son was named captain of Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad, which began on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Sydney, Jan 22 (IANS) Babar Azam will be unavailable for the remainder of the Big Bash League (BBL15) Finals Series as he will return to Pakistan to join his national team to commence preparations for upcoming international matches, the Sydney Sixers said on Thursday.
Jakarta, Jan 22 (IANS) Former world champion PV Sindhu and Paris Olympic semi-finalist Lakshya Sen reached the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters after securing easy wins in their respective second-round matches here on Thursday.
Nagpur, Jan 22 (IANS) India batter Rinku Singh acknowledged that he was under pressure to score runs when he walked out to bat against New Zealand in the first T20I in Nagpur on Wednesday and said that he walked onto the field with the aim of making as many runs as possible and standing up to the team’s expectations, having gotten an opportunity to make a comeback to the Indian team.
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton all clinched easy straight-sets victories in their second round match of the Australian Open on the fifth day of the first Grand Slam of the season.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar analysed spinner Varun Chakaravarthy’s performance and praised the team’s all-round performance in the first T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand as the Men in Blue clinched a thumping win in Nagpur and kicked off the final preparations ahead of the Men's T20 World Cup.
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Defending champion Madison Keys proved too good for Ashlyn Krueger in an all-American second-round clash at the Australian Open. The No.9 seed Keys won 6-1, 7-5 in what is her first major as defending champion.
Madrid, Jan 22 (IANS) FC Barcelona won 4-2 away to Slavia Prague on Wednesday to keep its hopes of finishing in the Champions League top eight alive ahead of next week's final round of matches.
Berlin, Jan 22 (IANS) Harry Kane scored twice in the second half as Bayern Munich beat Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 to qualify early for the Champions League last 16, despite playing the final half-hour with 10 men.
