Auckland, April 29 Kane Williamson will lead New Zealand in the T20 World Cup for the fourth time while opener Devon Conway, recovering from a thumb injury, has also been named in the 15-man provisional squad for the ICC event in the US and Caribbean in June. The squad led by Williamson was named on Monday at the ANZ Centre here. Conway was ruled out of the ongoing IPL due to a thumb injury he suffered in February. Bowler Matt Henry and batting all-rounder Rachin Ravindra are the only two members of the 15 without T20 World Cup experience. This will be Williamson's sixth appearance in a T20 Wo ..read more

Ahmedabad, April 28 Will Jacks slammed a sensational hundred while Virat Kohli upped his game in the middle overs as Royal Challengers Bengaluru outplayed Gujarat Titans by nine wickets in the IPL here today. Kohli (70 not out of 44), whose approach in the middle overs was questioned in the previous game, employed the sweep shot against the spinners to make a statement before Jacks (100 not out off 41) cut loose to gun down the 201-run target with as many 24 balls to spare. Jacks went berserk in what turned out be the final over of the game, hammering as many as four sixes and a four off Rashi ..read more

Chennai: Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad's belligerent 98 was complemented by a clinical bowling display, led by pacer Tushar Deshpande, as Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 78 runs in the IPL. Invited to bat, Gaikwad's valiant 54-ball knock was the driving force that propelled CSK to an imposing 212/3. He was ably supported by Daryl Mitchell, who returned to form with a crucial 32-ball 52 before Shivam Dube's 20-ball 39 not out took CSK past the 200 mark. In response, SRH's ultra-cautious batting approach backfired again as they couldn't recover from Deshpande's three-wicket burst w ..read more

LONDON, April 28 Arsenal held on to beat battling local rivals Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 away and remain a point clear at the top of the Premier League after an emphatic first-half display and a nervous second period in an electric derby atmosphere. An own goal by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and efforts from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz put the Gunners in control at halftime and although Spurs fought back through Cristian Romero's strike and a Son Heung-min penalty, the visitors claimed the three points. Victory kept Mikel Arteta's Gunners ahead of second-placed champions Manchester City, whose 2-0 victo ..read more

Shanghai, April 28 The Indian men's recurve team comprising Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav shocked reigning Olympics champions South Korea in a historic win to land an Archery World Cup gold medal after 14 years. This triumph over the archery powerhouse in well over a decade also comes as a boost to their chances of securing a berth in the upcoming Paris Olympics. Deepika Kumari (extreme left) with her silver medal. sai The 40-year-old Army man Tarundeep was also a part of the gold medal winning team in the Shanghai World Cup Stage 4 in 2010, when India defeated Japan. In ..read more

Sylhet, April 28 Pacers Renuka Singh and Pooja Vastrakar shared five wickets as India produced a clinical bowling display to outclass Bangladesh by 44 runs in the opening women's T20I here today. Opting to bat, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Yastika Bhatia provided solidity in the middle order but India missed the late flourish to manage 145/7. The hosts must have fancied their chances of chasing down the total but the Indian bowlers led by Renuka delivered the goods to limit Bangladesh to 101/8. Brief scores: India: 145/7 (Yastika 36, Shafali 31, Harmanpreet 30; Rabeya 3/23); Bangladesh: 101/8 ..read more

New Delhi, April 28 Maheshwari Chauhan today sealed India's 21st quota place in shooting for the Paris Olympics by winning the silver medal in the women's skeet event on the concluding day of the final Olympics qualification championship for shotgun in Doha. Maheshwari, competing in her maiden ISSF final, lost 3-4 to Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid in a shoot-off for gold after both were tied at 54 hits in the 60-shot final. It is India's second Paris quota place in women's skeet. "I am thrilled. There has been a lot of hard work over the years to get here. I am a bit bummed about the shoot ..read more

Cape Town, April 28 Diksha Dagar played a steady final round of 1-under 71 and finished tied-24th at the South African Women's Open. The 23-year-old southpaw has missed just one cut in six starts, finishing in the top-25 in the remaining six events. Aditi lies T-50th Los Angeles: Aditi Ashok closed with a double bogey and a bogey on the final two holes of her third round and slipped to T-50 at the LPGA Tour's LA Championship. Lahiri T-14 in Liv Golf Adelaide: Anirban Lahiri shot a 5-under 67 and finished T-14 in the Liv Golf Adelaide ..read more

Kolkata, April 28 Mohun Bagan kept themselves in the hunt for an unprecedented double in the ISL by storming into the final with a 3-2 aggregate win over Odisha FC. Having lost the first leg of the semifinal 1-2 at Bhubaneswar, Mohun Bagan began on a dominant note and struck through Jason Cummings in the 22nd minute to bring it level for the Mariners on aggregate. After a flurry of attacks went begging thanks to a resolute display by Amrinder Singh under the bar, Mohun Bagan finally struck the winning goal through comeback man Sahal Abdul Samad who came off the bench to strike from Manvir Sing ..read more

Chengdu (China), April 28 Isharani Baruah and Anmol Kharb shone bright as the Indian women's team entered the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup badminton tournament with a lopsided 4-1 win over Singapore in the second tie of Group A here today. India, who had defeated Canada 4-1 in the opening tie, produced another fine show as they recovered from the opening match loss of Ashmita Chaliha and went on to win the rest of the contests with ease to come up trumps. China blanked Canada 3-0 in another Group A match and the result was enough for both India and their Asian neighbours to seal the quarterfi ..read more