Alcaraz, Swiatek advance at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, California : Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz moved into the fourth round at Indian Wells on Sunday with a 6-2 6-3 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime.
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Auger-Aliassime falls in straight sets to Alcaraz in 3rd round at Indian Wells
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday in Indian Wells, Calif., falling 6-2, 6-3 in third-round play to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz.
WPL 2024: Delhi Capitals Win Humdinger Despite Richa Ghosh Heroics, Go On Top Of Table
Richa Ghosh hit two monstrous sixes but paid the price for her poor fitness as Delhi Capitals found her short of crease to win a cliffhanger against Royal Challengers by a solitary run in the Women's Premier League on Sunday. Needing 17 off last over to reach a target of 182, Richa, who blasted 51 off 29 balls, smote left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen for a 78 metre straight six and another maximum off the penultimate delivery to bring the equation down to two runs off the final delivery.
Mohun Bagan Crush East Bengal 3-1, Seal ISL Playoff Berth
Mohun Bagan produced one of their finest displays of the season to crush arch-rivals 3-1 in their Indian Super League return leg clash at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. Cleiton Silva missed from the spot in the 14th minute but since then it was a one-way traffic for Mohun Bagan who scored the goals through Jason Cummings (27th minute), Liston Colaco (36th) and Dimitri Petratos (penalty - 45 3') to cruise to 3-0 lead at the half time break. Saul Crespo (53rd) struck his maiden goal of the Indian Super League to pull one back for East Bengal but Mohun Bagan were back at their dominant best and ensured that there was no more blip to hold on to the 3-1 scoreline.
French Open Badminton 2024, Men's Doubles Final Highlights: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Clinch Second Title
French Open Badminton 2024, Men's Doubles Final Highlights: The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched its second French Open men's doubles badminton title on Sunday. The Indian top seed registered a straight games victory over Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the final. Satwik-Chirag, who earlier won the title in 2022, clinched a 21-11, 21-17 win on Sunday to bag the second final at the tournament. While the duo won the first game without breaking a sweat, it did get a tough fight in the second. The Indian pair, however, managed to win the second game as well.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Win Second French Open Men's Doubles Title
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their love affair with Paris, lifting the French Open badminton crown for the second time with a dominating straight game win over Chinese Taipei's Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the men's doubles final in Paris on Sunday. The world No. 1 Indian pair had finished runners-up in the French Open in 2019 before winning the title in 2022. On Sunday, the Asian Games champions outwitted Lee and Yang 21-11 21-17 in 37 minutes to regain the Super 750 tournament title and also win their first crown of the season after reaching the summit clash for the third time in 2023.
PCB Wants Champions Trophy 2025 'Participation Assurance' From BCCI: Report
Newly appointed PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi would be eyeing an assurance from BCCI secretary Jay Shah on India's participation in next year's Champions Trophy in Pakistan during next week's ICC Meeting in Dubai but is unlikely to make headway as of now. The ICC Executive board will meet in Dubai next week and Naqvi plans to speak to the global body's brass as well as Indian board's top boss Shah on the sidelines but for a tournament scheduled in February-March of 2025, there is no way that Indian board will right away make any commitments of travelling to Pakistan with nearly one year left. While Champions Trophy is an ICC tournament and with every other cricketing nation travelling to Pakistan, the BCCI will not entirely close its door but any clearance from the government of India will not come at least weeks before the tournament commences.
Rahul Dravid's Blunt Take On Scheduling Concerns Amid BCCI's Red-Ball Cricket Push
Indian cricket team head coach Rahul Dravid suggested that the domestic cricket scheduling should go through an 'all-round review' after players like Shardul Thakur and R Sai Kishore expressed their concerns. Shardul said that players need more breaks between the matches in order to avoid injury and his sentiments were echoed by Sai Kishore. Following India's win over England in the fifth Test match in Dharamsala, Dravid was asked about the concerns and he said that the BCCI should consult the players who are "going through the grind and putting their bodies on the line."