SPORTS
Champions League: Frankfurt beat Marseille as Liverpool, Inter, Porto advance to Round of 16
Liverpool rode out plenty of early Ajax pressure to emerge as comfortable 3-0 victors and the round of 16 qualifiers. Steven Berghuis hit a post after three minutes and Du�an Tadic was also denied, yet Liverpool were ahead at half-time. Jordan Henderson's outside-of-the-boot cross got the finish it deserved as Mohamed Salah scored a brilliant goal.
T20 World Cup: No wholesale changes for must-win clash with Australia, says England coach Mott
Mott's team fell to a disappointing five-run defeat to Ireland via the DLS method at the MCG on Wednesday and now face the reigning T20 World Cup champions in front of their home crowd in what looms as a crunch match for both sides and one that will be crucial to the make-up of the semifinals.
IPL franchises approach Australian cricketers for year-round contracts: Report
A report in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald says IPL franchise representatives have held informal talks with the players through their management to know how much money would be required for them to commit to playing for them in various T20 leagues instead of playing international cricket.
T20 World Cup: A lot more at stake for England and Australia in Friday's game after Ireland's win
That makes Friday's key clash between defending champions Australia and their arch-rivals England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) even more crucial for both teams as they need to win this match to brighten their chances of making it to the knockout stage. England skipper Jos Buttler agreed that his team's defeat to Ireland has opened up the Group.
Swiss Indoors: Rune rolls into second round with win over De Minaur
After lifting his second ATP Tour title on Sunday in Stockholm, Rune picked up where he left off in Basel, hitting 26 winners to seventh-seeded De Minaur's nine in an 89-minute triumph. It was the Dane's second victory against De Minaur in the space of five days after he overcame the Australian in three sets in the Stockholm semifinals on Saturday.
French Open badminton: Srikanth overcomes Lakshya, Sameer Verma upsets Ginting
Former world No 1 Srikanth beat the 21-year-old 21-18, 21-18 to take his head-to-head record against Lakshya to 2-0. The two Indians famously squared off in the semifinals of the BWF World Championships 2021, which Srikanth won 21-17, 14-21, 17-21. Srikanth, the world No 11 in the latest badminton rankings, took charge of the match from the start and raced to a comprehensive 18-12 lead. Sen, though, made a game out of it and drew himself level at 18-18.
BWF World Junior Championships: Unnati advances to Round of 16, Anupama bows out
The 14-year-old Unnati, ranked world No. 5 in the junior badminton rankings and the fifth seed in the tournament beat Italy's Gianna Stiglich 21-11, 21-7. Hooda, who became the youngest Indian to win a BWF Super 100 title after claiming the Odisha Open women's singles title in January, will next face Hina Akechi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals.
Vienna Open: Tsitsipas beats Novak, to face Coric in second round
In a 7-6(2), 6-2 victory against Novak, the second-seeded Greek instantly recovered a mid-set break in the opening set. After two straight love holds, Tsitsipas was broken to love as he fell behind 3-4. He then let slip a 0/40 opening in the ensuing game before converting on his fourth break chance and never looked back, dominating the second set to advance to the second round for the third straight year in the Austrian capital.
Analysis: Beating Real Madrid only starting point for prospering Leipzig
Defeating 2022 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid 3-2 after 16 unbeaten games for the Spanish giants might only be the first glimpse of the team's potential. There is also more to come, says former Leipzig manager Ralf Rangnick. The current Austrian national coach set the frame for success in his time at the club from 2012 to 2019.
India conclude 2022 Shooting World Championship with improved showing
The squad had finished third overall with 27 medals in Chagwon while in the current championship where the Shotgun worlds was held in Osijek, Croatia, followed by the Rifle/Pistol championship in Cairo, Egypt, India have won a total of 38 medals and are placed second behind China in the combined medal tally.
Don't Miss
Advertisement