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ISL 2022-23: Bengaluru FC storm into top six with 3-1 win against Chennaiyin FC
The win, the fourth in a row for the Blues, put them into the top six for the first time since Matchweek 2 of the season and created a five-point cushion between them and Chennaiyin FC. A first half full of errors allowed the home team to stamp their authority on the game. Sivasakthi Narayanan led the charge for Bengaluru FC, pouncing on a well-weighted chip from Roy Krishna who was back defending a corner in the 15th minute.
Hockey World Cup: Belgium, Germany have unfinished business to settle in final
While reigning Olympic and World Champion Belgium are hoping to capture their second title, Germany will be trying to regain the title they had won at consecutive editions in 2002 at Kuala Lumpur and in 2006 at home in Mnchengladbach, joining Netherlands and Australia, who will clash for the third place earlier in the day, as teams to win the World Cup thrice.
U-17 Youth Cup: Sudeva Delhi beat Chennaiyin FC 8-7 in shoot-out to reach final
In the final, the Delhi side will clash against Classic Football Academy on Tuesday. In an evenly contested match, Chennaiyin FC took the lead six minutes before half-time when Makakmayum Daniyal found the target. The lead, however, was cancelled immediately after the breather as Ramesh Chhetri struck the equaliser.
Hockey World Cup: Would have been different if we had done better in 3rd-4th quarters against New Zealand, says Harmanpreet
India lost to New Zealand 5-3 in a sudden death shoot-out in the Crossover stage match after holding the hosts 3-3 in regulation time. India missed a bagful of chances including a 2-1 and 3-1 lead to concede two goals in the fourth quarter.
Badminton: Marin to meet Se Young An in women's final at Indonesia Masters; China in three finals
Marin, the seventh seed in the event, defeated China's Yue Han in the semifinals, getting the better of her opponent 21-15, 21-14 in the USD 420,000 prize money event. Her Korean opponent got the better of another Chinese player, Zhi Yi Wang 21-9, 10-21, 21-16 in a hard-fought match.
ISL 2022-23: ATK Mohun Bagan back to third place with 2-0 win over Odisha FC
The loss, combined with Bengaluru FC's win earlier in the day, dropped Odisha FC out of the playoff spots with a game in hand. The wait for the opening goal of the match was not long as Petratos put ATK Mohun Bagan in front after just three minutes. Manvir Singh's cross was deflected by Osama Malik before Hugo Boumous' clever pass guided the ball straight to Petratos, who slotted it home.
Hockey World Cup: India beat South Africa 5-2 to finish 9th with Argentina
Before India defeated South Africa, Argentina thrashed Wales 6-0 in their classification match and thus secured the 9th place with India. Malaysia and France too won their matches and thus shared the 13th position while Japan and Chile finished 15th. All eyes in Rourkela were on India's clash with South Africa and the hosts seemed to feed off the energy of the jam-packed crowd in the Birsa Munda Stadium.
Khelo India offers a much-needed platform for young talent: Anju Bobby George
The track & field events of KIYG 2022, a three-day affair, will be held at T.T. Nagar Stadium in Bhopal from February 3-5 and are expected to see some closely-contested events. The other cities which will play hosts in the central India state are Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Mandla, Khargone (Maheshwar) and Balaghat.
Golf: Three players share lead as Sharma misses cut at Dubai Desert Classic
The 26-year-old shot 74 in the first round and looked set to make the cut after being four-under through his first nine holes at the Emirates Golf Club. Then coming to the front nine of the course, which was his second nine, Sharma had a roller-coaster ride with two birdies and three bogeys, the last of which came on the ninth his last hole of the second round. He missed a 3-foot par putt and made a bogey to miss the weekend action.
Mithali Raj appointed mentor and advisor for Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League
Adani Sportsline, the sports development arm of the Adani Group which won the rights to operate the Ahmedabad side in the WPL with the highest bid of INR 1289 crores, said in an official statement that apart from being a mentor and advisor of the Giants, Mithali will also promote women's cricket and help develop the sport at the grassroots level in Gujarat.
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