Sun City, Feb 5 (PTI) Indian golfer Ridhima Dilawari’s 2023 season got off to a good start as she finished tied-13th at the SuperSport Ladies Challenge in the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s season-opener. Ridhima shot 73 in the final round after 76-71 in the first two rounds. The other Indian player in the field, Pranavi Urs missed the cut earlier on. Casandra Alexander cruised to a six-stroke victory as she ended with a closing birdie on the 18th at Gary Player Country Club. The victory starts her year in the best way possible after a solid 30th place on the Ladies…
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Nairobi, Feb 5 (PTI) Aditi Ashok moved closer to her fourth Ladies European Tour win as she fired a bogey-free round of 4-under 69 to hold a six shot lead heading into the final round of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open. On the third day of action at Vipingo Ridge, the two-time Olympian had a steady start before rolling in back-to-back birdies on the fifth and six holes. It wasn’t long before the Indian star made another birdie on the eighth hole, and she made her final one on 12 to have a total of 13-under-par and extend her advantage…
Jeddah, Feb 5 (PTI) Anirban Lahiri finally found form, while Shubhankar Sharma continued his steady show as the Indian duo was tied 19th after the third round of the Saudi International golf tournament here.After rounds of 71-69 on the first two days, Lahiri carded five-under 65 with six birdies and one bogey at the Royal Greens Golf Club to get to five-under.Sharma added 69 to his first two rounds of 67-69. His one-under third round card had four birdies, including on the closing 18th, against three bogeys.Shiv Kapur, who began the week strongly with 67 and followed up with 71,…
Pebble Beach, Feb 5 (PTI) India’s Arjun Atwal was two-under through 10 holes when strong wind forced a suspension of play in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which will now have a Monday finish.Atwal, who shot 73-75 at Pebble Beach and Spyglass, is two-over for 46 holes and still needs a few more birdies to make the cut, which will now be 65 and ties.Atwal, the only Indian to have won on the PGA Tour, birdied 10th and 16th after starting from the 10th. That two-under through 10 holes helped him move up from 130th to…
Cape Town, Feb 5 (PTI) The Women’s Premier League auction is just around the corner but India are firmly focussed on their T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan as they aim to emulate the U19 girls’ title-winning feat, insisted skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. The WPL action is slated to be held on February 13 in Mumbai, a day after India’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan. “Before that [the auction], we have a very important game and we are just going to focus on that,” Harmanpreet said at the T20 World Cup captains’ press conference. “The World Cup is more important…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) Recovering from an achilles injury, Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood is set to miss the opening Test against India in Nagpur and also remains a doubtful starter for the second game in Delhi. The 32-year-old had sustained the injury on his left leg after bowling in the rain-affected Sydney Testᨊ against South Africa last month. “Not sure about the first Test. It’s still a few days away but it’s sneaking up pretty quickly,” Hazlewood was quoted as saying by ‘Cricbuzz’ before Australia’s final session at the KSCA Stadium in the outskirts of Bangalore on Sunday. “Second…
मुंबई, पांच फरवरी ( भाषा ) मुंबई पुलिस ने नशे की हालत में पत्नी को कथित रूप से पीटने और अपशब्द कहने के आरोप में भारत के पूर्व क्रिकेटर विनोद कांबली के खिलाफ एफआईआर दर्ज की है ।
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected to shift Asia Cup from Pakistan and decide on an alternate venue in March as BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB chairman Najam Sethi discussed the issue during a formal meeting in Bahrain on Saturday. All heads of ACC member nations attended the emergent meeting which was called at the behest of Sethi after the continental body released its itinerary and Pakistan wasn’t named the hosts for the Asia Cup. The Asia Cup was initially allotted to Pakistan and was scheduled in September this year but Shah, who…
Hillerod (Denmark), Feb 4 (PTI) The Indian Davis Cup team was on Saturday relegated to the World Group II for the first time since the new format was launched in 2019 after losing the play-off tie 2-3 to Denmark, who were single-handedly carried by Holger Rune as the world number nine won three matches for the hosts. The tie levelled at 1-1, India needed to win the doubles but the pair of Yuki Bhambri and Rohan Bopanna lost 2-6 4-6 in just 65 minutes to the home team combo of Rune and Johannes Inglidsen. The equation requiring India to win…
हिलरोड (डेनमार्क), चार फरवरी (भाषा) सुमित नागल के दुनिया के नौंवे नंबर के खिलाड़ी होल्गर रूने से शनिवार को यहां उलट एकल में हारने से साथ भारत मेजबान डेनमार्क से डेविस कप विश्व ग्रुप प्लेआफ मुकाबले में 1-3 से हारकर विश्व ग्रुप दो में खिसक गया।