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New Delhi: Two career-threatening knee injuries could break the resolve any athletes but Olympic champion Carolina Marin "accepted pain" and chose to fight instead of giving up. The Olympic, World, and European champion, Marin was in a different zone before sustaining an Anterior Cruciate Ligament...

Melbourne: World No.1 Iga Swiatek of Poland began her 2023 Australian Open campaign with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win over Germany's Jule Niemeier Monday. Swiatek will face Colombia's Camila Osorio in the second round Wednesday. A semifinalist in Melbourne last year, Swiatek worked hard in...

Rourkela: Veteran PR Sreejesh feels that his fellow India goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak substituting him in alternate quarters in the ongoing hockey World Cup matches was a good strategy from the coach. Head coach Graham Reid used Sreejesh and Pathan in alternate quarters in the...

Melbourne: Stefanos Tsitsipas is playing for a double prize at the Australian Open. The Greek started his campaign like a man on a mission Monday at Melbourne Park, where he eased past Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the Australian Open second round. The...

Benoni: Skipper Shafali Verma cracked a blistering 78 while opener Shweta Sehrawat sparkled with an unbeaten 74 as India outplayed UAE by 122 runs in the inaugural Women's U-19 T20 World Cup here Monday. Shafali (78 off 34 balls) was at her destructive best and...

New Delhi: PV Sindhu’s comeback from a five-month injury layoff ended in a first round defeat to nemesis Carolina Marin at the Malaysian Open. Mindful of PV Sindhu’s long absence from the court, coach Park Tae-sang shared an emotional post after the loss. The double...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has given the manager of the team touring India five days to submit his report on the world record defeat at the hands of Rohit Sharma's side in the third and final ODI at Thiruvananthapuram. India annihilated a clueless Sri...

New Delhi: PV Sindhu's comeback from a five-month injury layoff ended in a first-round defeat to nemesis Carolina Marin. Mindful of her long absence from the court, coach Park Tae-sang shared an emotional post after the loss. Monday, the double Olympic medalist acknowledged the support...

New Delhi: Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has predicted a 2-1 series win for India in the four-Test series against Australia starting from Nagpur February 9. Healy added that his prediction can come true if the hosts aren't preparing "unreasonable wickets". India and Australia will...

Melbourne: Wearing a dark blue T-shirt bearing Roger Federer's first name and pushing a gray stroller carrying her 1-year-old daughter, Martina (as in Hingis), at the Australian Open, Angelica Ibarra spoke for many a tennis fan when she described her mood on the first day...