Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Rise To Career-High World No 3 Ranking

20.06.2023 - 10:33 sports.ndtv.com

Fresh from winning their maiden Super 1000 men's doubles title, star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty achieved a career-best world number three in the latest BWF ranking issued on Tuesday.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallists upstaged reigning world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in straight games to win the Indonesia Open, becoming the first pair from the country to claim a Super 1000 event on Sunday.

The Indian duo is in the middle of a dream 2023 having won two World Tour titles already, besides the Swiss Open alongside a gold medal at the Badminton Asia Championships.

In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth climbed three places to get into top-20 (world number 19), following Lakshya Sen closely on world number 18.

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Leaders Tunbridge Wells beat St Lawrence & Highland Court in the Kent League Premier Division on Saturday.

Rhyne Howard scores career-high 43 points to help Dream beat Sparks

Rhyne Howard hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 43 points — one shy of Atlanta's single-game franchise record — on 14-of-20 shooting to help the Dream set their single-game scoring record and the beat the visiting Los Angeles Sparks 112-84 Sunday.

Dream's Rhyne Howard hits 6 3s, scores career-high 43 in win - ESPN

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Rhyne Howard hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 43 points — one shy of Atlanta's single-game franchise record — on 14-of-20 shooting to help Dream set their single-game scoring record and beat the Los Angeles Sparks 112-84 Sunday.

Premier Hockey Federation purchased by Mark Walter Group, Billie Jean King Enterprises: reports

A co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired what was described as "certain assets" of the Premier Hockey Federation on Thursday, a move that could clear the way for a single North American women's hockey league, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press.

Lynx defeat Storm behind Napheesa Collier's career-high 33 points

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Championship League: Neil Robertson withdraws from season's first ranking event in Leicester as Ashley Carty advances

Neil Robertson withdrew from the first ranking of the season as the Championship League got underway at Leicester's Morningside Arena on Monday. The 2010 world champion was due to meet Ashley Carty in his Group 3 opener, but was replaced by former Crucible qualifier Craig Steadman in a section that also contained Sean McAllister – who replaced Liam Highfield – and Adam Duffy. Ad 23-time ranking event winner Robertson joins world champion Luca Brecel – winner of the event a year ago – Mark Selby, Mark Allen and John Higgins in opting out of the early summer snooker action.