Healy, Haynes power Australia into Women's World Cup final

Wellington (IANS) A brilliant 216-run opening-wicket partnership between Alyssa Healy (129 from 107 balls) and Rachael Haynes (85 from 100) helped Australia book their place in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup final with a dominant 157-run victory…

Would be very emotional thinking about ABD if we win IPL 2022: Kohli

Mumbai (IANS) Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has said that he would be "very emotional" thinking about AB de Villiers if the team wins its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title this season.

Kohli and De Villiers…

Germany ease past Israel in international football friendly

Berlin (IANS) Germany coach Hansi Flick keeps his perfect record of eight wins in as many games after seeing off Israel 2-0 in the first international friendly of 2022.

The Germans assumed control from the kickoff and dominated possession against…

Golfers Shankar Das, Travis Smyth share the lead at The DGC Open

New Delhi (IANS) Kolkata's Shankar Das and Australian Travis Smyth made the most of their morning starts to hold the day one lead at 5-under par 67 in the inaugural The DGC Open at the Delhi Golf Club on Thursday.

With the wind picking…

IPL 2022: MS Dhoni quits as captain of Chennai Super Kings; Ravindra Jadeja to take over

Mumbai (IANS) Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday have announced that iconic wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni has quit as the captain of the side ahead of the start of IPL 2022.

In place of Dhoni, left-arm spin all-rounder…

FINA bans Russian & Belarusian athletes from competing at 2022 Worlds

Lausanne (Switzerland) (IANS) After Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov announced his withdrawal from the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, FINA, the world body of swimming sport, officially announced on Wednesday that all Russian and Belarusian athletes…

Women's World Cup: Bangladesh captain Nigar hails Indian spinner Sneh Rana

Hamilton (IANS) Bangladesh Women's cricket team captain Nigar Sultana on Tuesday lavished praise on Sneh Rana, saying the Indian spinner used the conditions very well.

Rana was brilliant with the ball finishing with four wickets that broke…

Delhi Divas win 3BL Women's Basketball League title

Chandigarh (IANS) Indian national team player Raspreet Sidhu-led Delhi Divas won the coveted trophy of the 3BL Women's Basketball League 2022 after defeating Kochi Stars here on Monday.

The two favourites in the competition - defending…

All England Open: Lakshya Sen beats Lee Zii Jia, storms into final

Birmingham (IANS) World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen reached the final of the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships after beating Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in the semifinal, here on Saturday.

Sen opened…

Moto GP: Quartararo bounces back to bag pole position in Indonesia

Lombok (Indonesia) (IANS) Reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha will start first on the grid in a Moto GP race for the first time since the 2021 Catalan GP, after grabbing the pole position in a dramatic qualifying session for Pertamina…