McIlroy takes two-shot lead in season-opening Dubai Invitational
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy carded a nine-under-par 62 to take a two-shot lead over Yannik Paul after the first round of the Dubai Invitational at the Dubai Creek Resort on Thursday (Jan 11).
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DUBAI: Rory McIlroy carded a nine-under-par 62 to take a two-shot lead over Yannik Paul after the first round of the Dubai Invitational at the Dubai Creek Resort on Thursday (Jan 11).
The Indian football team is gearing up for their AFC Asian Cup 2024 opener against Australia on Saturday but ahead of the tough fixture, the footballers and head coach Igor Stimac appeared in a video where they displayed their lighter sides. Along with well-known social media personality and comedian Danish Sait, Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sandesh Jhingan, Sahal Abdul Samad, Akash Mishra, Rahul KP and coach Stimac all featured in the video. The footballers took part in hilarious skits including Chhetri's 'GOAT' prank and coach Stimac dancing on a popular Bollywood song from the late 1980s.
The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty began the new season on a winning note, advancing to the second round, while Asian Games bronze medallist HS Prannoy bit the dust in his opening-round match at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament on Wednesday. The world No.2 doubles combination of Satwik and Chirag overcame a tough challenge from the gritty Indonesian pair of Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas 21-18, 21-19, while world No. 8 Prannoy lost to Denmark's Anders Antonsen, a player ranked one spot below him, 14-21, 11-21 in 43 minutes. The second-seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag, which reached the semifinals in 2023, will look to continue the good run and go deep in the draw after the stiff 44-minute test from the world No. 9 duo, which had beaten the Indians twice last year -- at the Thailand Open and China Open.
Celtic appear to be inching are closer to a deal for Rapid Vienna wide man Nicolas Kuhn - and Brendan Rodgers looks to be far from done this month.
When Rasmus Hojlund returned to his club after netting five goals for Denmark across back to back matches against Finland, Giorgio Scalvini told him not to let it go to his head.
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Three contenders for the men's singles title at the Australian Open, which starts on Sunday:
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