Hockey

Rourkela : South Africa, Wales, Argentina and India registered wins in the first round of classification matches at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, here on Thursday. With their wins, South Africa,…

Cape Town : The Indian women’s hockey team lost to Netherlands 1-3 in its second friendly tie against the World No.1 side Netherlands, here on Thursday. India’s lone goal came from Salima Tete in the 50th minute. It was Netherlands who…

Rourkela : The Indian hockey team thrashed Japan 8-0 in its 9-16th place classification match of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, here on Thursday. Mandeep Singh (32′), Abhishek (35′, 43′), Vivek Sagar…

Melbourne : Karen Khachanov advanced to his second consecutive Grand Slam semifinal on Tuesday after Sebastian Korda retired in the third set of their Australian Open quarterfinal match with a right wrist injury. The 18th seed Khachanov…

Melbourne : Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina kept her hopes for a second Grand Slam title alive by cruising into the Australian Open semifinals for the first time after triumphing in a battle of former major champions on Tuesday.…

Wellington : A teary-eyed Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday made her last speech as the Prime Minister of New Zealand with successor Chris Hipkins beside her. The outgoing Labor leader on her last day as Prime Minister said her departure should…

East London : Brilliant half centuries by Smriti Mandhana (74*) and Harmanpreet Kaur (56*) helped Indian women’s team beat West Indies by 56 runs in the T20I Tri-Series here. Batting first, the Asian side’s total of 167/2 was far too much…

Cape Town: After a strong outing against home team South Africa in a four-match series which the Indian women’s hockey team won 3-0, the Savita-led side lost 1-3 to World No.1 Netherlands in a hard-fought match here. The Indian team are…

Des Moines : Two students were killed and an adult employee was injured in a “targeted shooting” at a Des Moines school in US’ Iowa state, the police said. Three suspects have been arrested in connection to the shooting at the school…

Bhubaneswar : Defencing Champions Belgium remained on course for back-to-back titles as they reached the semifinals of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 203, prevailing 2-0 over New Zealand in the quarterfinals at the Kalinga Stadium…