[ad_1] NEW DELHI: World number one Iga Swiatek cruised to a comfortable straight-set victory over American Jessica Pegula in the final to clinch her second successive Qatar Open title in Doha on Saturday. Swiatek registered a 6-3, 6-0 win in the finale to grab her first title of 2023. It …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: England’s “Bazball” revolution continued its march on Sunday as Ben Stokes and co. registered an emphatic 267-run victory over New Zealand in the in the first Test Bay Oval.The victory was England’s first in New Zealand in 15 years (since 2008) and 10th in 11 matches since …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Tahlia McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner played aggressive knocks in chase of 125 to power defending champions Australia to a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup match in Gqeberha on Saturday. With the comfortable win, Australia made it a perfect four wins …

[ad_1] Basement club Southampton stunned Chelsea on Saturday to earn a precious three points at Stamford Bridge, piling more pressure on home coach Graham Potter.A trademark James Ward-Prowse free kick earned Saints a scrappy 1-0 Premier League win to keep themselves alive in the relegation fight. The victory also ended …

[ad_1] NOTTINGHAM: Manchester City fell two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal after being held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.Arsenal left it very late to beat Aston Villa 4-2 earlier on Saturday and climbed back to the top of the standings, putting pressure on City to …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana‘s half-century and Richa Ghosh‘s quick-fire 47 not out went in vain as India suffered their first defeat of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, losing to England by 11 runs at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Saturday.Chasing a 152-run target, Mandhana (52 off 41 …

[ad_1] BIRMINGHAM: Arsenal reinvigorated their push for a first Premier League title in two decades and retook top spot on Saturday with a thrilling 4-2 win at Aston Villa thanks to two late goals.With a pulsating and high-quality game going into added time at 2-2, Arsenal midfielder Jorginho saw his …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s lower order batters always come to the rescue whenever the team stares down the barrel and on Saturday Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin again rose to the occasion with their match-turning partnership.Axar (74) and Ashwin (37) added 114 runs for the eighth wicket to help India …

[ad_1] Axar’s zeal to learn “At Delhi Capitals, I talked a lot with Ricky on how I can get better with my batting. Even in the Indian team, I was talking to the batters. I felt I was not realising my potential with 30s and 40s. I was not able …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: All-rounder Axar Patel on Saturday scored a potentially match-changing 74 as he bailed India out of trouble after the hosts were reeling at 139 for 7 in reply to Australia’s first innings score 263 in the second Test. It was one of Axar’s best knocks that the …