Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: John Catlin put himself one round away from securing an emphatic wire-to-wire victory in the Saudi Open presented by PIF today after firing a course-record nine-under-par 62 to lead the US$1million event on 19-under. The American, one ahead after round one and two, now has a whopping eight-shot lead at Riyadh Golf Club, when for the third successive day he was bogey-free. Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat is in distant second place following a 67, while a shot further back are Australians Wade Ormsby (68) and Scott Hend (70), David Puig (69) from Spain, and China’s Li Haot ..read more

New Delhi: With two clinical wins under their belt, the spirited JSW and GMR co-owned franchise Delhi Capitals will look to complete a hat-trick of wins when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. Speaking about playing the home match in Delhi for the first time in the season, Delhi Capitals' Head Coach Ricky Ponting said, "We're really excited to be back. It's the home ground. We want to make sure this becomes a fortress for us when opposition teams come here. So, we're excited to be here and hopefully, we can start our home campaign well tomorrow ..read more

Chennai: Chennaiyin FC's journey in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 is another testament to their unrelenting attitude. With the miracle man Owen Coyle back at the helm, the Marina Machans qualified for the playoffs after four years and are in pursuit of their third title. Chennaiyin will face their first hurdle on Saturday when they lock horns with arch-rivals FC Goa in the knockout game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa for a place in the semi-final. Owen Coyle's men became the first ISL side to register three back-to-back comeback victories in the league stage and each g ..read more

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: John Catlin, the Asian Tour’s newly crowned ‘Mr 59’, kept the lead in the US$1million Saudi Open presented by PIF on Thursday, adding a four-under-par 67 to his opening 65. The American, who is chasing back-to-back titles on the Asian Tour having won the International Series Macau presented by Wynn last month, is 10-under and a shot ahead of China’s Li Haotong and Australia’s Scott Hend. Li fired a 65 and Hend a 67 here at Riyadh Golf Club – in the fifth event of the year on the Asian Tour. England’s Steve Lewton and Spaniard David Puig, the Asian Tour Order of Merit lea ..read more

Goa: Mohun Bagan Super Giant defeated Mumbai City FC by 2-1 at the Dhuler Football Stadium in Goa in their Group D fixture of the National Group Stage of the Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) 2024 on Wednesday. Serto Worneilen Kom scored in the sixth and the 12th minutes of the game for the Mariners, before Halen Nongtdu pulled a goal back for the Islanders in the added time of the first-half. Eventually, that was not enough to prevent the Mohun Bagan Super Giant from taking three points from this contest. Punjab FC, powered by a goal each from Tekcham Abhishek Singh, Ricky Shabon ..read more

Ahmedabad: A cohesive and collective bowling effort led the JSW and GMR co-owned franchise Delhi Capitals to register a stunning six-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants in their seventh match of the IPL 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. Mukesh Kumar bagged three wickets, while Ishant Sharma and Tristan Stubbs scalped two wickets apiece to bowl out the home side for just 89 in 17.3 overs. Delhi Capitals then chased down the target in just 8.5 overs, with contributions from Jake Fraser-McGurk (20 off 10 balls), Abishek Porel (15 off 7 balls), Shai Hope (19 off 10 balls) and skipper ..read more

South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has moved into the top five of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings after helping her team to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second match of their ICC Women’s Championship series in Kimberley. Wolvaardt, who scored 41 in the first match that ended in a ‘no result’ and 110 not out in the second match, has overtaken Australia’s Ellyse Perry to fifth position. Wolvaardt has been No.1 in the ODI rankings in the past and is presently ranked third in the ICC Women’s T20I Batting Rankings. Tazmin Brits, who scored 116 and added 94 runs for the openi ..read more

Madrid: Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all-time, heads the sporting legends attending this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards, the most prestigious honours event on the international sporting calendar. The Jamaican super star, famous for his trademark victory lightning bolt pose, won four Laureus Awards in his spectacular career in which he won eight Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals between 2008 and 2016. Now Usain is back at Laureus to join many of the biggest names in sport, past and present, who will be in Madrid on April 22, paying tribute to the achievements of the g ..read more

New Delhi: Deepika Soreng, forward for the India Women's Hockey Team, extended her heartfelt gratitude to Hockey India for bestowing upon her the esteemed Hockey India Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year during the Hockey India 6th Annual Awards 2023 last month. Deepika, who has become a mainstay in the Indian set-up, had a tremendous year in 2023 as she made her debut for the side in the Women's Junior Asia Cup. She helped the team win the Gold medal, scoring 7 goals in 6 matches and emerged as the second-highest goal-scorer for the side in the tournament. Speaking on her win ..read more

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) produced a scintillating display with the bat while chasing a mammoth target in their previous Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, and head coach Andy Flower stated that they will take positives out of the match and come back stronger in the upcoming game. Chasing a big target of 288 runs, RCB began the innings on a positive note with captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli making an 80-run stand for the first wicket before Dinesh Karthik produced an astonishing innings late in the game to win the hearts of the RCB 12th ..read more