Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) South Africa’s Tshepo Jason Tyantini and India's Abinaya Rajarajan emerged as the fastest male and female athletes in the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Level Meeting at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Saturday.
Hull, Aug 22 (IANS) Hull City on Saturday pulled off a miraculous win over Manchester United on their return to the Premier League after a decade. The Tigers, who are playing English top-flight football for the first time since 2016-17, beat the 13-time winners 2-0 with goals from Semi Ajayi and Nampalys Mendy at the MKM Stadium.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Chief coach Pullela Gopichand believes Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's historic World Championships bronze can provide a major boost to India's next generation, while insisting the young women's doubles pair still have plenty of success ahead of them.
St. Louis, Aug 22 (IANS) Wyndham Clark continued his impressive run at Bellerive Country Club, firing a second straight six-under 64 to take a one-shot lead at 12-under 128 after 36 holes of the BMW Championship in St. Louis.
Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) Saishiva Sankaran from Pune and Chennai’s S. Gyan scored last-gasp victories in the Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 classes, respectively, to provide a thrilling start to the first round of the Indian National Racing Challenge 4W – 2026 at the Madras International Circuit in Chennai on Saturday.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Former English cricketer Mark Butcher has warned against breaking the fast-bowling quartet to fill in all-rounder Sam Curran. Since the retirement of Test captain and iconic all-rounder Ben Stokes, England face a major challenge of roping in the personnel who can fill in his all-round role, even to some extent without distracting the combination.
Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Pacer Vasu Vats and spinner Vishal Nishad took clinical four-wicket hauls each as Gaur Gorakhpur Lions secured an eight-wicket victory over defending champions Kashi Rudras in the UP T20 League here on Saturday.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand signed off with a bronze medal after going down to defending champions Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning of China 21-18, 13-21, 8-21 in the women's doubles semifinals played in New Delhi on Saturday.
Madrid, Aug 22 (IANS) Defending champions Barcelona will begin their La Liga title defence with a visit to a much-changed Elche side on Sunday, as Hansi Flick’s team look to make a strong start to the new campaign.
Colombo, Aug 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva has called on his fast bowlers to raise their game and bolster the side’s confidence as the hosts aim to replicate India's template from Galle to square the series when the second game begins at the SSC Ground on Sunday.
