Teenage stopper Katie Keane keeping Athlone calm
Katie Keane has only recently turned 17, but the Athlone Town goalkeeper exudes a quiet confidence that will give the midlanders belief they can go all the way in this year's Sports Direct FAI Cup.
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Indian Women Shuttlers Will Make Strong Comeback: Saina Nehwal
The struggle of Indian women shuttlers in the BWF circuit is quite apparent but Saina Nehwal has backed her colleagues by saying that even the strong Chinese players are finding it difficult to dish out strong performances on a consistent basis and hoped that the lean patch of the singles players will end soon. In contrasting performances in the last one year, India's male players have transformed into a world-conquering unit while the women shuttlers are struggling to go deep into the draws. In 15 tournaments that PV Sindhu has competed in this year, she could not go beyond the second rounds in 10 events. Seven of them were first-round exits.
Arctic Open 2023: Tekuk Ganda China, Pram/Yere ke Perempatfinal
Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan ke perempatfinal Arctic Open 2023. Keduanya menekuk Chen Bo Yang/Liu Yi, 20-22, 22-20, 21-13.
Mark Allen and Aaron Hill progress at Wuhan Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan maintained his impressive form to coast past Yuan Sijun with a 5-1 victory and book his place in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.
PV Sindhu Sails Into Quarterfinals; Kidambi Srikanth, Kiran George Exit From Arctic Open
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the women's singles event of the Arctic Open Super 500 badminton tournament, but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth in men's singles in Vantaa on Thursday. Sindhu, seeded eighth here, took just 38 minutes to breeze past Chinese Taipei's Wen Chi Hsu 21-11 21-10. Sindhu will next play Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam. However, the tournament ended for Srikanth and Kiran George in men's singles.
World No. 1 equestrian Henrik von Eckermann in Riyadh finals
RIYADH: As a two-time 2023 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix winner, both times riding World Championship winning mount King Edward, Henrik von Eckermann is unsurprisingly in contention to take top spot in this year’s championship race in Riyadh. Neither of the other two championship contenders, Harrie Smolders and Maikel Van der Vlueten, matches von Eckermann’s tally of LGCT Grand Prix wins this year. Statistically, von Eckermann can steal the show if he podiums in the LGCT Grand Prix of Riyadh, due to take place between Oct.
Jabeur rides roller coaster on way to Zhengzhou last eight
SHANGHAI, China: World number seven Ons Jabeur defied a bad knee on Thursday to finally defeat Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) and reach the quarter-finals of the Zhengzhou Open. Playing with her right knee taped, the Tunisian three-time Grand Slam finalist failed to serve out the victory on three occasions and needed five match points to move past the 63rd-ranked Italian in just under two hours. A champion in Ningbo two weeks ago, Jabeur will next face eighth seed Daria Kasatkina, who beat home player Bai Zhuoxuan 6-2, 6-4. “It was a tough finish obviously, she’s a great player, such a fighter,” said the 29-year-old Jabeur. “So, I’m glad that I got to finish in two (sets). It would have been a different story if it was three sets.
China loses spot at Paris Olympics’ equestrian event after test finds ‘controlled medication’ in horse
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