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Australian Open: Sabalenka beats Vekic to sail into her first semifinal in Melbourne
Sabalenka, who had never gone beyond the fourth round of the Grand Slam before this year, is yet to drop a set in Melbourne as she extended her unbeaten run to nine matches to start the season. She flipped the script of her career head-to-head against Vekic with the 1 hour, 49-minute victory, beating the Croatian for just the second time in seven career meetings.
Serie A: Lazio crush demoralised AC Milan 4-0 without Ciro Immobile
The Rossoneri had a poor start to the new year as they suffered back-to-back draws in Serie A, an exit in the Coppa Italia and a 3-0 Supercoppa defeat to Inter Milan. Theo Hernandez was added to Milan's injury list, alongside Mike Maignan, Fode Ballo-Toure, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alessandro Florenzi, while Lazio had to do without trump card Ciro Immobile.
IND v NZ: Conway blames lack of enough partnerships for New Zealand's 90-run defeat in third ODI
Chasing a mammoth total of 385/9l, New Zealand got off to the worst possible start as Hardik Pandya removed Finn Allen for a duck in the very first over. However, the early wicket didn't affect Conway and Henry Nicholls much as they raised 106 runs for the second wicket before Nicholls was out.
Not changed my approach much, says Shubman Gill after another century against Kiwis
On Tuesday, the young opener from Punjab brought up his 4th ODI century in the third and final match of the series against New Zealand at the Holkar Cricket Stadium as India defeated New Zealand by 90 runs to clean sweep the three-match series. Continuing his red-hot form, Gill made 112 runs off just 78 balls, bringing up his second century of the series.
Hockey World Cup: Belgium ride on strong defence past New Zealand into semis
They joined World No.1 Australia in the semifinals and await the winner of the Netherlands and Korea on Wednesday to decide a place in the final. The Red Lions struck via Tom Boon in the 10th minute and Florent Van Aubel then doubled their lead in the 15th minute. The two strikes in the first two quarters proved enough as they defended stoutly to thwart New Zealand.
Wrestling row: Fissures in WFI after Sports Ministry sets up Oversight Committee, claim sources
The development comes a day after Sports Minister Anurag Thakur announced the composition of an Oversight Committee to handle the day-to-day functioning of the WFI and also look into the serious allegations made by the wrestlers. "The members of the federation are meeting informally.
CCI Snooker Classic 2023: National champion Chawla, Pherwani make winning starts
Indian No. 1 Chawla potted steadily to brush aside the challenge from Delhi's Sandeep Gulati marching to a 4-2 (78-12, 53-11, 37-84, 40-66, 65-39, and 53-29) victory in the best-of-7-frames encounter played at the CCI's Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall. Indian No. 1 Chawla potted steadily to brush aside the challenge from Delhi's Sandeep Gulati marching to a 4-2 (78-12, 53-11, 37-84, 40-66, 65-39, and 53-29)
India rise to the top of ODI rankings with thumping 3-0 series win over New Zealand
Fantastic centuries by Shubman Gill (112 off 78) and Rohit Sharma (101 off 85), followed by the impressive outing of bowlers (Shardul Thakur (3-45) and Kuldeep Yadav (3-62) powered India to a convincing 90-run win in the third and final ODI despite a fighting century from Devon Conway at the Holkar Cricket Stadium.
CCI Snooker Classic 2023: National champion Chawla, Pherwani make winning starts
Indian No. 1 Chawla potted steadily to brush aside the challenge from Delhi's Sandeep Gulati marching to a 4-2 (78-12, 53-11, 37-84, 40-66, 65-39, and 53-29) victory in the best-of-7-frames encounter played at the CCI's Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall. Meanwhile, the Mumbai-based India No. 2, Pherwani was in good nick and compiled three half-century breaks as he sent E. Pandurangaiah of Railways crashing out by racing to a 4-0 (80-11, 94-21, 71-23, and 73-0) win.
Football: India go down 0-3 to Uzbekistan in U-17 friendly
Indian head coach Bibiano Fernandes made a solitary change from the first match, with Balkaran Singh replacing Malemngamba Singh Thokchom at left-back. Looking to bounce back from Sunday's defeat, Uzbekistan made four changes as Mukhtorov, Yokubov, Abraev and Urmonjonov all came in. The latter two also wrote their name on the scoresheet, the AIFF informed in a report on its website.
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