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Nigeria beats Germany after edging Brazil in Kwibuka cricket

Nigeria Women’s cricket team, yesterday, made it two wins in two matches, defeating Germany in an historic first-ever meeting between the two sides.

Will try to go under 8 minutes in steeplechase: Avinash Sable

Avinash Sable is a risk-taker in the classical sense. Failures only drive him further and, not surprisingly too, because the armyman from Beed has now broken the steeplechase national record multiple times after coping with taunts from fellow athletes. Recently in the Rabat Diamond League, Sable clocked 8.12.48, finishing fifth and one-hundredth of a second behind Conseslus Kipruto, the Kenyan who had won the 2016 Olympic gold. This was the 27-year-old’s latest offering in terms of records. He is also the only Indian to run a half marathon in under 61 minutes putting him in the elite level. Sable will now be heading for the World Championships in Oregon from July 15. Currently he is training under American distance coach Scott Simons. Indian athletes generally have a conservative approach to a race, which is to try and win it rather than risk and finish out of the medals. Sable, though, is made from a different mould. He says the first risk he took was to try and earn a promotion in the Indian Army by winning a medal in the steeplechase which he achieved in the 2017 nationals. A timing of 8.39 (As against the NR at that time of 8.28 in the name of Gopal Saini) gave him the confidence to state that he wants to go for the record. So when he clocked over 8.40 in the 2018 Federation Cup and finished second, fellow runners started taunting him.

Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir targeting 2023 world record attempt

NEW YORK : Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir said she could target the London, Berlin or Chicago marathons for a world record attempt next year as she builds on a blockbuster run.

Shericka Jackson sets meeting record with season-best time at Diamond League 200m in Rome, Dina Asher-Smith third

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson won the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome for the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. Until 2021, Olympic gold medallist Jackson had focused on the longer sprint disciplines but she is now having success in the shorter events. Ad/> The 27-year-old came to Italy with a season’s best of 22.07 seconds to her name but broke both that time and the meeting record of 22.06 held by Dina Asher-Smith, with a time of 21.91.