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NEW DELHI: Having finished at the bottom of the table last season, Mumbai Indians will look to change their fortunes as they geared up for the IPL 2023 by organising their first practice session of the season under the watchful eyes of head coach Mark Boucher.The team had their first outdoor session including sessions on … Read more

PARIS: Carlos Alcaraz returned to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday after his Indian Wells triumph, while Rafael Nadal dropped out of the top 10 for the first time in 18 years.Spanish teenager Alcaraz cruised past Russian Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s final to retake top spot from Novak Djokovic who was missing Indian … Read more

NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Sakshi (52kg) progressed into the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Boxing Championship with a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan on Monday.Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain also cruised into the quarters with an identical 5-0 win over Mexico’s Vanessa Ortiz in the 75kg category.But the most electrifying … Read more

NEW DELHI: Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will be training at Gloria Sports Arena, Turkey for 61 days, the sports ministry said on Monday.The 25-year-old, who under the Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding had trained at Gloria Sports Arena last year as well, will head to Turkey on April 1 and will remain there … Read more

NEW DELHI: Badminton queen and defending champion PV Sindhu will hope to get back to winning ways when she hits the court at the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament. The competition will kick off on Tuesday.World number 9 HS Prannoy, who had finished runners-up in the last edition, too will eye a better show after … Read more

Deandra Dottin was excluded from the Gujarat Giants‘ squad just before the start of the ongoing inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) on medical grounds, but the 31-year-old West Indian all-rounder has termed the reasons given for her omission as “bewildering”. Dottin was bagged for Rs 60 lakh at the WPL auction by … Read more

JEDDAH: Fernando Alonso took the 100th podium of his career after being reinstated as the third-placed finisher at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix early on Monday.The Spaniard finished Sunday’s race in third place but was demoted to fourth when he was handed a post-race 10-seconds penalty for an infringement as he tried to serve an … Read more

INDIAN WELLS: Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina edged Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (13/11), 6-4 on Sunday to win the Indian Wells WTA title and avenge her loss to the Belarusian in the Australian Open final.Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, the world number 10 who ousted top-ranked defending champion Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals, followed up with her first victory over … Read more