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Golf: Bhatia and Theegala chase maiden PGA Tour wins at Wells Fargo
Bhatia, who has got his Special Temporary Membership, is in the field after a fourth place finish at Mexico Open last week. Bhatia, the 21-year-old southpaw, skipped college to turn pro at 18 and has now begun to flower as he cracked the Top-200 of the official World Golf Rankings last week.After beginning the year with two Top-10s.
Madrid Open: Bopanna-Ebden pair reaches final
Bopanna and Ebden ousted eighth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-4 in the last four of the Madrid Open. In the Match Tie-break, Bopanna and Ebden won four of seven return points to book their ticket into Saturday's final. Bopanna and Ebden, seeded seventh, are aiming for their third title of the season (Doha, Indian Wells). Their strong start to the season has lifted them to No. 1 in the ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.
Golf: India's Chouhan lies tied fourth in Abu Dhabi in Challenge Tour event
Chouhan, winner of the Duncan Taylor Challenge in India, was two shots behind sole leader, Ivan Cantero Gutierrez of Spain, who finished strongly on the ninth and scored 5-under 67 which had two eagles. Brandon Stone and Conor Purcell carded 4-under 68 each to be 4-under and tied for second. The 36-year old Chouhan.
World Boxing C'ships: Narender storms into pre-quarters; Govind, Deepak move to next round, Shiva bows out
With a quarter-final finish at the previous World Championships under his belt, Narender (+92kg) began his quest for a medal at the ongoing edition by defeating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan in a closely contested encounter by 4-1. Both pugilists who won bronze at the 2022 Asian Championships went all out in the neck-and-neck bout from the word go.
IWL: Gokulam Kerala FC held to 0-0 draw by Misaka United
The Malabarians, however, remain firmly at the top of Group A with 10 points to their name, followed by East Bengal, who scored a comfortable 4-2 victory against Mumbai Knights FC at the Shahibaug Police Stadium on Thursday, to move to the second spot in Group A with nine points to their name. The two-time IWL champions have won all their matches in the 2019-20 and the 2021-22 seasons of the IWL, followed by victories in their first three matches on the 2022-23 season against East Bengal (8-2), Sports Odisha (8-1), and HOPS FC (3-0), before the stalemate against Misaka United.
IPL 2023: KKR register thrilling five-run win over SRH, keep their hopes live
Riding on Nitish Rana's 42 off 31 and Rinku Singh's 46 off 35, KKR posted 171/9 on the board in front of SRH clinical bowling display. In reply, SRH seemed to be struggling to execute their plans as they lost the rhythm after middle overs and suffered a loss in another game at home. After a crucial win in their campaign. KKR have managed to keep their qualification hopes alive with their fourth win in 10 games this season.
Anurag Thakur, Yogi Adityanath to launch logo, mascot of Khelo India University Games 2022
The 3rd edition of the Khelo India University Games will take place from May 23 to June 3 in UP. The opening ceremony is scheduled for May 25 at the Babu Banarasi Das University in Lucknow. Apart from Union Sports Minister and UP CM, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik, Sports Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Girish Chandra Yadav and other dignitaries will also be present at the launch ceremony.
IPL 2023: SRH's disciplined bowling effort keep KKR to 171/9
For SRH, it was Marco Jansen (2/24), who set the tone early, striking twice in his first over. Then Karthik Tyagi got the crucial wicket of Jason Roy in his first over. Despite the three early wickets, Hyderabad did leak a few runs during the middle overs but they pulled things back nicely.
IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, opt to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad
"We'll bat first. Looks like a good wicket, hopefully, we'll post a good score and then restrict them. We're not thinking too much ahead, we just have to take it game-by-game. We have had injuries in many games, but they're back now. We're playing an extra batter due to the impact rule and need to get those 10-15 extra runs. Two changes - Jason Roy is back in place of David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora replaces Jagadeeshan," KKR skipper Nitish Rana said at the toss.
World Boxing Championships: Narender storms into quarters, Govind and Deepak also advance
With a quarter-final finish at the previous World Championships under his belt, Narender (+92kg) began his quest for a medal at the ongoing edition by defeating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan in a closely contested encounter by 4-1. Both pugilists who won bronze at the 2022 Asian Championships went all out in the neck-and-neck bout from the word go.
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