MUSCAT: "Experience" and "team camaraderie" will be India's key assets when they start their campaign in the Women's Asia Cup against Malaysia here on Friday.

GREAT EXUMA: Indian-American golfer Akshay Bhatia has become the third-youngest player to win a Korn Ferry Tour event since the Tour's establishment in 1990 when he secured a two-stroke victory at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sri Lanka thrashed Scotland by 109 runs and Bangladesh registered an eight-wicket win over Malaysia to kickstart the 2022 Women's T20 Commonwealth Games Qualifiers, here on Tuesday.

RIYADH: Real Madrid beat Athletic Club Bilbao 2-0 to win the 2022 Spanish Supercup in the final played in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.

BASSETERRE (ST KITTS AND NEVIS): England Under-19s team displayed their authority over holders Bangladesh with an effortless seven-win with 24.5 overs to spare in a low-scoring match in Group A opener in the ICC Under 19s Men's World Cup here today.

NEW DELHI: Within months after he opted to step down as India's T20I skipper and was sacked from leadership role in ODIs, Virat Kohli has now relinquished the captaincy of the Test side as well.

SYDNEY: World No.9 Paula Badosa of Spain overcame a strong challenge from world No.4 Barbora Krejcikova, defeating the 26-year-old 2021 French Open champion 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4) to claim the Sydney Tennis Classic title on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Saturday named 66 players for the junior women's national camp, which begins at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru from January 17.

FATORDA: Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Odisha FC on Saturday appointed Kino Garcia as the interim head coach.

NEW DELHI: Women's hockey stalwarts such as captain Rani Rampal, goalkeeper Savita, Gurjit Kaur, Deep Grace Ekka, Vandana Katariya, Lalremsiami and Monika, among others figure in the core group of 36 national probables announced by Hockey India on Friday.

GUYANA: Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and Scotland recorded impressive wins as the warm-up matches for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup continued in the West Indies on Tuesday (IST).

LAUSANNE (Switzerland): The Executive Board (EB) of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have decided that the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup, which was initially scheduled to be played in December 2021 but had to be put “on hold” due to the Omicron variant outbreak, will be staged from 2 to 13 April 2 to 13 at the originally planned venue, the North-West University of Potchefstroom in South Africa.

NEW DELHI: With an aim to build on their historic Tokyo Olympics campaign, Hockey India on Monday announced the appointment of new analytical coach for the women's team and scientific advisors for both senior men and women's teams.

NEW DELHI: 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2014 Asiad bronze winner Narsingh Yadav lives in Mumbai, which has been seeing the worst of the ongoing Covid surge, so he's left grappling with the reality of training facilities being shut down and the fear of a lockdown disrupting his preparations for this year's Birmingham Games.

BASSETERRE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Afghanistan's warm-up matches ahead of the ICC Men's Under 19 Cricket World Cup have been cancelled due to 'delay in obtaining visas'. It also said that the warm-up matches for England and the UAE have been rescheduled.

MUMBAI: Video Assistant Referee (VAR), football's video reference and decision review system, will be making its debut in India from the quarter-finals stage of the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022, starting from January 20.

AMRITSAR: All India Inr University Fencing (Women / Men) Championship 2021-22 was inaugurated here today in a big Multi-Purpose Gymnasium of the Guru Nanak Dev University. The players from 112 universities across the country will participate in these competitions.

CHANDIGARH: In the boys singles quarterfinals fifth seed Aayush P Bhat upset fourth seed Rushil Khosla in a 3 setter match in the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors (Grade-3) Tournament for boys and girls under-18 years i

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday introduced in-match penalties for slow-over rates across men's and women's T20 International matches. It also said that optional drinks break in the midpoint of an innings will be a part of the updated playing conditions.

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the squad for the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 and series against New Zealand.

NEW DELHI: Top-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues, fast bowler Shikha Pandey and veteran Punam Raut on Thursday were left out of India's squads for the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup and the ODIs in New Zealand in the lead-up to the showpiece event

MADRID: FC Barcelona and Real Madrid begin their Copa del Rey campaigns on Wednesday night with away games against lower division sides, which in Madrid's case will bring back unhappy memories of last season.

SYDNEY: Poland's world No. 9 tennis player Hubert Hurkacz and Kamil Majchrzak finished a perfect 3-0 run through Group D of the ATP Cup, defeating Argentina to send their country into the semifinals here on Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH: Animesh Gogoi of Assam will meet Adita Arora of Punjab n the third round boys U-17 singles in Qualification-A draw the YONEX Sunrise 1st Ashwani Gupta Memorial All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament-2022 at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Panchkula.

ADELAIDE: American teenager Coco Gauff breezed into the second round, while No. 15 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was ousted by a player ranked outside the top-100 at the Adelaide International here on Tuesday.

BENGALURU: The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh has said that the FIH Pro League will help the side gain "some really good experience" ahead of the Asian Games in Guangzhou (China), which will serve as the direct qualification event for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

BENGALURU: In-form Haryana Steelers will face a well-balanced U Mumba side while U.P Yoddha will lock horns with Tamil Thalaivas in two mouth-watering clashes in the Pro Kabaddi League here on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: A friend in need is a friend indeed, and it was a childhood mate who helped star javelin thrower, Sumit Antil, pull his life together after his leg was amputated following an accident, and go on to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

DUBAI: India women's team cricketer Smriti Mandhana is among four players who have been nominated for the prestigious Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2021 on Friday.

NEW DELHI: India fared really well in sports and it was not just cricket. IANS looks at the top sporting moments of Indian athletes in 2021.

DUBAI: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the U19 Asia Cup final at the Dubai International Stadium here on Friday.

BENGALURU: Haryana Steelers fought hard throughout the match, but went down 28-42 against Bengaluru Bulls in Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 in Bengaluru on Thursday. Vikash Kandola was Haryana's best player in this game with 7 raid points.

CHANDIGARH: Hosts Punjabi University, Patiala, won the North Zone Inter University Men's Football Tournament at the Punjabi University Campus in Patiala today. In their final Super League match Punjabi University defeated Panjab University, Chandigarh by 2-1. Mohammad Imran and Deepak Kumar scored one goal each for the winning team.

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Thursday announced a list of 60 players for the senior men's national camp which commences from January 3, 2022, at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.

MUMBAI:India's Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wants to participate in the full season in 2022 including the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Championships, and the Diamond League.