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Carlos Alcaraz Cruises Into Indian Wells Quarter-Finals

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz sailed into the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday as he took revenge on Fabian Marozsan with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. The Spanish defending champion had a score to settle with the 58th-ranked Hungarian after losing their only other meeting at last year's Rome Masters. Alcaraz never let his opponent into the fourth-round match, breaking twice in the opening set and winning 12 of the first 13 points of the second.

Liverpool an 'annoying pain' for others in the title race, says Klopp

Liverpool have to fight in every game in their bid for the Premier League title in a race between the top three, manager Jurgen Klopp said after his side fell to second place in the standings following Sunday's (Mar 10) 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

Chess-Bored with standard chess? Go Freestyle

PARIS : Finding chess boring? Try shuffling your pieces on the back rank and you get Chess960, or Freestyle chess, a variant of the game that favours creativity over preparation, and backed by chess great Magnus Carlsen.

Ecclestone says Massa is right to sue in English court

LONDON : Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Tuesday Felipe Massa was right to take his fight to be recognised as the 2008 world champion to the London High Court.

All England Championship: HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Lose In First Round

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second round of the women's singles competition but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth faltered in the opening hurdle of men's singles at the All England Championships on Tuesday. World No. 11 Sindhu, a former world champion, won the first game 21-10 but her German opponent, world No. 26 Li Yvonne Li, then decided to retire, paving the way for the Indian to the next round. The 28-year-old from Hyderabad is likely to next face top seed Korean An Se Young, who has proved her nemesis, having defeated her all six times they have crossed paths in international badminton. In fact, only once has Sindhu managed to take a game away from the world No. 1 Korean when they met last time at the Asia Championships in Dubai last year.

All England Championship: PV Sindhu Enters Second Round After Yvonne Li Retires

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second round of the women's singles competition at the All England Championships after her German opponent Yvonne Li retired following the completion of the first game on Tuesday. World No. 11 Sindhu, a former world champion, won the first game 21-10 before world No. 26 Li decided to throw in the towel. The 28-year-old from Hyderabad will next face top seed Korean An Se Young, who has proved her nemesis, having defeated her all six times they have crossed paths in international badminton. In fact, only once has Sindhu managed to take a game away from the world No. 1 Korean when they met last time at the Asia Championships in Dubai last year.

Man City summer transfer plans might have just changed

Stefan Ortega has many reasons to be happy with his lot.

All the cancelled Lufthansa flights from Manchester Airport amid strike action

A number of Lufthansa flights have been cancelled from Manchester Airport due to strike action taking place today (March 12) and tomorrow (March 13). Cabin crew are walking out at Frankfurt and Munich airports with around 100,000 travellers potentially being impacted across.

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Carlos Alcaraz Cruises Into Indian Wells Quarter-Finals

Liverpool an 'annoying pain' for others in the title race, says Klopp

Chess-Bored with standard chess? Go Freestyle

Ecclestone says Massa is right to sue in English court

All England Championship: HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Lose In First Round

All England Championship: PV Sindhu Enters Second Round After Yvonne Li Retires

Man City summer transfer plans might have just changed

All the cancelled Lufthansa flights from Manchester Airport amid strike action