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Day: April 29, 2023

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Pravin Thipsay writes: After an exciting draw in the final game, Nepo will have the edge in tie-breaker

A tie after 14 exciting, high-octane games of the World Chess Championship is perhaps the right result. Would it have been a sour victory had Ding Liren won the final game and the match? Playing with white pieces, he had the advantage but Nepo was prepared. With a draw in 90 moves, it was easily the most exciting match of this Championship. The icing on the cake now is that we’re in for a Super Sunday! Tie-breakers are going to be fun if Game 14 was any indication of what’s going to come. It was remarkable the way Ding played for a win on Saturday. He’s very clear about the way he wants to play, and that’s to attack. It’s really in the true spirit of the sport. We’re seeing such vigorous play after several decades. (Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay has been analysing games of the World Chess ...
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IPL 2023 | Marsh heroics in vain as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Capitals by 9 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers celebrate their win over Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, in New Delhi, on April 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Mitchell Marsh dished out one of his finest all-round performances but it wasn't enough as Sunrisers Hyderabad returned to winning ways with a comprehensive nine-run win over Delhi Capitals in the IPL here on April 29. The hard-hitting Australian all-rounder first snapped four wickets and then blasted six maximums in his 39-ball 63-run knock to conjure up hopes of a successful chase but once he was out, things went downhill for the hosts on the sluggish Kotla track. Batting first, Abhishek Sharma slammed a 36-ball 67 to set the stage for Heinrich Klaasen, who provided the final flourish...
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IPL 2023: Mitchell Marsh’s all-round show in vain as Sunrisers avenge their loss

Synopsis: Abhishek shows coach Lara why he should open, and Klassen’s fireworks help quell charge from Marsh and Salt  Abhishek the opener  Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma, who was their top run-getter last year, was dropped for two games after he was undone by a Trent Boult special in the first match and was then made a floater. On Saturday, he hit a whirlwind 36-ball 67, pulling, cutting, driving all around the park. Abhishek lost his opening partner Mayank Agarwal, bounced out by Ishant Sharma on a Kotla wicket, and also saw Rahul Tripathi depart. But Abhishek counterattacked by smacking Ishant Sharma for 16 runs in an over, belting four boundaries. He hit nine fours in the Powerplay. He completed his fifty in 25 balls, hitting a massive six off Kuldeep Yadav. The Delhi Capitals came cl...
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ISL side Odisha FC beat I-League champions Gokulam Kerala 3-1 to seal AFC Cup spot

Super Cup champions Odisha FC beat I-League winners Gokulam Kerala FC 3-1 in a play-off match to seal a spot in the 2023-24 AFC Cup group stage, here on Saturday. The result gave Odisha FC, who finished sixth in the Indian Super League, their chance to debut in the second tier continental club competition on the back of an outstanding two weeks at the fag end of the domestic season. In the ISL, they played in fits and starts, never really putting together a good enough run of form to really challenge for the title. But over the last two weeks, Odisha enjoyed tremendous success as they laid siege of Kozhikode. Having won the Super Cup title, Saturday’s play-off win put a continental cherry on a brilliant cake. It didn’t take long for Odisha to stamp their authority on the game. They were...
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DC vs SRH, IPL 2023, Highlights: Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen shine in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s third win of season | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma, back at the top of the order for Sunrisers Hyderabad, was an anomaly for the first 12 overs of a match played between two equally unsure teams at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday evening. His uncluttered intent fetched him 67 runs off 36 laid the foundation for Heinrich Klassen’s blazing unbeaten 27-ball 53 for SRH to post 197/6 and secure a nine-run win against a beleaguered Delhi Capitals.HIGHLIGHTS | POINTS TALLYThat was enough to provide enough cushion for SRH against the brutal power-hitting of Phil Salt and Mitchell Marsh that threatened to take the game away with their 112-run second-wicket partnership off 60 balls after skipper fell off the second ball of the chase for naught off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.It took seven matches to awaken the beast of Marsh who...
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CWG silver medallist Abdulla wins triple jump gold in Japan meet | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver medallist triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker won gold in the Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet in Hiroshima, Japan, with a season's best effort of 16.31m on Saturday.The 27-year-old from Kerala has a personal best of 17.19m. He finished in second spot behind Eldhose Paul in the 2022 CWG with a jump of 17.02m.Meanwhile, Ankita bettered her personal best by more than 20s (previous best 15:55.15s) while finishing fifth in the women's 5000m, clocking 15:33.24.The Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics meet is an annual event held in Japan in honour of the legendary Japanese track and field athlete who won the triple jump gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.The event, which was first held in 1986, is organised by the Japan Association of Athletics Fe...
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‘Jos Buttler and Sam Curran will be surely be part of discussion’ Ravi Bopara says IPL franchises will offer long-term contracts to England players to play only for them

The London Times reported a few days back how IPL franchises have proposed multi-million pound annual contracts to six prominent England cricketers, with a condition for them to retire from international cricket. The former England player Ravi Bopara reckons Jos Buttler and Sam Curran would be two of those players, and cites his own case to suggest the more players will take the IPL franchises’s contract, and choose club over country. “This was coming. This has been a chat in county circuit and around cricket in general. This was always going to be happening ,especially after IPL teams started acquiring teams world wide – in South African league and in the major league coming up in America. We have already seen them acquire teams in CPL , to recruit West Indian player coming through. T...
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Hardik Pandya is showing us way by coming good in difficult situations: Vijay Shankar | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans all-rounder Vijay Shankar credited Hardik Pandya's leadership as one of the biggest reasons for defending champions' consistency in the current IPL season just like last time around.GT are once again on top of IPL points table with six wins from eight games after beating KKR by seven wickets on the day."Hardik is really aggressive. He wants a find a way to come out good in difficult situations. He always wants to do it for the team. He takes the new ball. He has delivered it when we needed the wicket of Rohit Sharma against Mumbai Indians," Vijay cited examples of his skipper's game-changing efforts."He (Hardik) got a 66 on a difficult wicket against LSG. He is taking up a lot responsibility. That's the best thing to do. When you are captain you have to show th...
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Satwik-Chirag first Indian men’s doubles pair to reach Badminton Asia Championships final | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty etched their names in the record books by becoming the first Indian men's doubles pair to enter the final of the Badminton Asia Championships.The Indian duo got a walkover after their opponents, the Tokyo Olympic champions Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin retired midway through the semi-final in Dubai on Saturday.After winning the first game, Satwik and Chirag were trailing 13-14 in the second when Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin retired, handing the match to the Indians.They will face the eighth-seeded Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi, who defeated fourth seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-66, 26-24 in the other semifinal, in the final on Sunday.Rankireddy and Shetty had earlier made it to a historic semi...
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I don’t think Rohit Sharma should take rest from IPL: Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher on Saturday said team captain Rohit Sharma should not take rest from the ongoing Indian Premier League, amid calls for it to remain fresh for the upcoming World Test Championship final.Boucher though conceded that it is not his call to make, while adding that Rohit has not asked for rest so far. Rohit has featured regularly in what has been an ordinary campaign for MI this year, with the five-time winners currently placed at the eighth spot at the halfway mark and requiring a lot to do in order to move up the standings.Batting legend Sunil Gavakasar had recently suggested that MI and India captain Rohit should take a break from the IPL in order to keep himself fresh for the WTC final against Australia from June 7-11 at The Oval in London...
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Ukraine may lose weightlifting places after third doping violation

Ukraine are at risk of losing quota places for Olympic weightlifting at the Paris 2024 Games after a third athlete was provisionally suspended due to an anti-doping rule violation, Inside The Games reported. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which would decide on any such punishment, did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Alina Marushchak, who won gold at the 2021 world championships in the women’s 81 kg category, became the latest to be provisionally suspended in March due to the presence of Hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic and masking agent prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Two other Ukrainians — Ruslan Kozhakin and Bohdan Taranenko — were suspended in October for the presence of Trimetazidine, a WADA-banned hormone and metabolic m...
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Match No. 1000 sees struggling Mumbai Indians take on high-flying Rajasthan Royals

On a roll: Sanju Samson leads Royals’ practice session at the Wankhede on Saturday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Wankhede Stadium will don a festive look on Sunday when Mumbai Indians faces Rajasthan Royals in the 1000th match of the Indian Premier League. To mark the occasion, the BCCI has planned a celebration. Volunteers will carry special flags, video clippings from past editions will be on display and the two captains — Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson — will be presented special mementos. While that will set the tone for the evening, a misfiring Mumbai Indians will be hoping to bring its campaign back on track against a high-flying Royals, who are currently at the top of the points table, despite having lost two of their last three games. After a convincing victory...
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Vyshak Vijaykumar recalls his call up to RCB squad | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After being unsold in the IPL auction, pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar came into the reckoning with his memorable debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2023.Vyshak claimed three wickets in his debut match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 15 that helped RCB register a victory against Delhi Capitals.In the latest episode of RCB Bold Diaries, the right-arm pacer recalled his call up to the RCB squad that left him 'starstruck'."We were in Kolkata when Mike (Hesson) sir told me that my bowling and fielding are up there but I have to improve my batting. So, I said to myself that I am going to accept this and left it there. The next day I came back to the ground and was warming up when Mike sir called me again to have a word with me. He congratulated me and told me that I ha...
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EPL: Crystal Palace beat West Ham 4-3 in a thriller | Football News – Times of India

Crystal Palace on Saturday registered a thrilling 4-3 win against West Ham United as a delayed start did not hamper their progress. The three valuable points also lifted them further away from the Premier League's relegation zone.Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham in a full-throttle thriller.Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp netted for Roy Hodgson's Eagles in a frenzied 15-minute stretch in the first half, and Eberechi Eze slotted a penalty past Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski in the second.Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Nayef Aguerd scored for David Moyes' men in the battle of London rivals.Technical trouble at the turnstiles caused a 15-minute delay to kick-off but the end-to-end action at a sun-drenched Selhurst Pa...
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Watch: Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd ODI halted due to bizarre error

The second ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand was halted for a bit due to mismeasurement of the 30-yard circle. Umpire Aleem Dar was the one to point it out and directed the ground staff to fix the measurement. However, the first over had already been bowled by then. So, before the second one, Dar fixed the measurement of the circle by measuring it with steps which led to 6 minutes of the match being lost, according to Geo News. In the match, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl against the Kiwis in the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. They really changed the 30-yard circle during the match, that was hilarious! 😂 #PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/7bKhKHgLdt — Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) April 29, 2023 Pakistan leads the five-match series 1-0 after Fakhar Zaman’s ninth ODI hundred anchored the home ...
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Bajrang Punia: This is fight to save Indian wrestling, don’t indulge in politics: Bajrang Punia | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The wrestlers' protest in the national capital against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh seemed to have taken a political colour as politicians from across the country, farmers' and women's organisations joined to extend their support.The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, who is one of the prominent faces of the protest, claimed some people made an effort to divert the motive of their movement but did not name who they were.Bajrang also made it clear that the wrestlers won't let anyone use their platform for political gains."A few people are trying to take our movement to a different direction and we strongly refute it. This is a fight for justice for India's daughters," said Bajrang, though he was silent when asked who was doing it.Probably, Bajrang was referr...