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Melbourne, Feb 11 (PTI) India’s Divij Sharan and Ankita Raina crashed out of the Australian Open men’s and women’s doubles events respectively, after suffering straight set defeats in the opening round here on Thursday. Ankita, the third Indian woman tennis player to secure a place in the main draw of a Grand Slam event, and her partner Mihaela Buzarnecu of Romania lost 3-6 0-6 in just one hour and 17 minutes at the hands of Australian wild card pair of Olivia Gadecki and Belinda Woolcock. India’s challenge also ended in the men’s doubles competition after Divij and his Slovakian partner…

According to a Press release by Extreme E, they have confirmed partnership with Digicel with regards to broadcasting live racing action, plus highlight shows and docu-series, all over the Caribbean. The first race will be held in Saudi Arabia in April and will be broadcasted on Digicel’s channels like Catch 1 and 2, and on Sportsmax 1 and 2. The Content will be broadcasted in three different languages including English, French and Spanish. It will be available in 24 countries throughout the region. Extreme E is a new racing series consisting of electric SUVs competing in extreme environments around the…

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Tokyo Olympics quota holder Divyansh Singh Pawar smashed the world record with a score of 253.1 to win the men's 10m air rifle T4 event of the National Selection Trials here on Wednesday. After qualifying third with a score of 629.7, Divyansh outgunned a field full of young Indian talent to win the final on the last shot, from yet another Tokyo quota holder Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar. The two were involved in a see-saw battle for supremacy from the 12th single shot and went into the 24th and final shot tied at 242.2. They…

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Microsoft have today announced a path-breaking collaboration that will see technology at the centre of delivering long-lasting advantages across various levels of cricket. The partnership will stimulate the ECB’s plan of ‘Inspiring Generations’ to grow cricket, connect communities, improve lives and get along with Microsoft’s mission to empower every individual and organisation to achieve more. The collaboration will provide a wide array of opportunities right from innovating ECB’s elite teams to providing life-changing skills at grassroots level along with opportunities to all the people associated with cricket, from volunteers to young participants…

Dubai, Feb 10 (PTI) India skipper Virat Kohli was on Wednesday pushed to the fifth spot by his English counterpart Joe Root, who rose two rungs to third in the latest ICC Test rankings for batsmen, even as Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin moved up in the bowlers’ chart. Kohli, who had had scores of 11 and 72 in the opening Test against England, has 852 points and down one spot in the latest chart issued on Wednesday. Veteran spinner Ashwin and pacer Bumrah have jumped a rung each to be seventh and eighth respectively. Root, who helped his team…

Kingston, Feb 10 (PTI) Star Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake admires India captain Virat Kohli for not offering excuses when his team does not perform well and taking the blame on himself. India suffered a 227-run defeat after England set them a target of world record 420 in the opening Test in Chennai on Tuesday. After the match, skipper Kohli admitted that his side put up an underwhelming performance. “What I really love about Team India is that Virat Kohli doesn’t find any excuses. That’s what I really love about his captaincy, he took the blame for everything,” Blake said in…

Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI) India batsman Shreyas Iyer, who had missed Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as he was recovering from a shoulder injury, was on Wednesday named as captain of the Mumbai team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy beginning on February 20. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced a 22-member squad for the domestic 50-over championships. India opener Prithvi Shaw was made vice-captain of the Mumbai team. In the batting department, the squad has the likes of India all-rounder Shivam Dube, limited overs specialist Suryakumar Yadav, young opener Yashaswi Sarfaraz Khan and Akhil Herwadkar, along with experienced wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare.…

DUBLIN – According to a press release by Cricket Ireland, the Ireland Wolves tour to Bangladesh has received a thumbs up after Cricket Ireland and the Bangladesh Cricket Board finalized the safety, health and travel arrangements for the players and staff during the tour. The tour will commence from February 17th to March 19th this year. The Wolves are scheduled to play a six-match series consisting of a four day game, 3 ODI & 3 T20 against Bangladesh A. The fixtures are as follows : 26 February to 1 March 2021 – Four day game: Bangladesh A v Ireland Wolves…

London, Feb 10 (PTI) Former England captain Nasser Hussain feels incumbent Joe Root is “arguably” the country’s best ever player of spin and can break all the Test batting records accumulated by the nation’s batsmen. Root struck 218 in England’s first innings on a spin-friendly pitch to lead his side to a 227-run win over India in the first Test in Chennai on Tuesday. “Root sure is one of England’s greats. He will probably end up breaking all records, he will probably go past Sir Alastair Cook’s 161 Test matches and probably tally of runs as well,” Hussain wrote in…

Odisha FC’s Interim Head Coach Gerald Peyton is positive that his team will keep fighting and is not going to give up in the remaining games of the league. Odisha FC will take on the Kerala Blasters FC in their next game of the Hero indian Super League. According to a press release by Odisha FC, the former Arsenal coach Peyton in the Pre-Match virtual Press Conference said, “I think it’s been a difficult season for the squad. When we started working with the entire squad, we wanted to play in a certain way and develop the team. In nearly…