BERLIN: Approaching the Bundesliga season's final matchday could evoke strong emotions for Marco Reus.

BEIJING: Zeng Liqi earned the third China LPGA Tour title of her young career, as the Nanchang teenager beat rookie pro Ji Yuai in a second-hole playoff to win the Beijing Women's Challenge title.

DUBAI: With India and Australia set to face off in the ICC World Test Championship Final 2023 next month, the International Cricket Council on Friday announced that the winner of the competition will take home a winners' prize fund $1.6 million (approx 13.21 crore).

POLAND: Five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT), here at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

NEW DELHI: Seasoned boxing coach from England, John Warburton will be the new head coach of the national sub-junior boxing teams, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) announced here on Friday.

MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has admitted it looks like Antony sustained a serious injury during the first half of the 4-1 win over Chelsea, here on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: After starting their campaign in an exciting manner by winning two games in a row, India take on arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to continue their group stage winning streak in the Men's Junior Asia Cup in Salalah, Oman.

DUBAI: With India and Australia set to face off in the ICC World Test Championship Final 2023 next month, the International Cricket Council on Friday announced that the winner of the competition will take home a winners' prize fund $1.6 million (approx 13.21 crore).

POLAND: Five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT), here at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR: Rifle shooter Deepak Kumar representing Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, aims to leave his mark in the 3rd edition of the Khelo India University Games 2022 Uttar Pradesh.

MANCHESTER: Manchester United have qualified for next season's UEFA Champions League with a game to spare, cruising past Chelsea with a 4-1 win in their Premier League match here.

LONDON: Despite forfeiting his contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), England opener Jason Roy still wants to represent his country at the Cricket World Cup in India later this year.

KUALA LUMPUR: India's PV Sindhu and H.S Prannoy continued their magical runs at the Malaysia Masters 2023 badminton championship, storming into the semifinals with hard-fought victories in the quarterfinals here on Friday.

SOUTH AFRICA: Chen Xingtong pulled off a nail-biting victory, saving three match points to edge out Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei in full games. Meanwhile, five other Chinese paddlers secured their berths in the men's and women's singles quarterfinals at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) Finals on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: Famous singer Kailash Kher, who arrived here to perform at the inaugural ceremony of Khelo India University Games on Thursday night, lost his cool during the function.

USA: Korean duo Si Woo Kim and Byeong Hun An produced solid starts with matching 3-under 67s at the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament for a share of seventh position, five back of runaway first-round leader, Harry Hall of England.

MUMBAI: Indias top-ranked male paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal (WR 51) and Asian Games bronze medallist Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (WR56) are among the four players retained by their respective franchises for the Season 4 of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) to be held in Pune next month.

NEW DELHI: The cricket board secretary Jay Shah said on Thursday that decision on the future course of Asia Cup 2023 will be taken on the sidelines of the IPL final to be held on May 28, while adding that the title clash will be attended by heads of cricket boards from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

LUCKNOW: Tops Development recurve archer Aditya Chaudhary, who will represent Lovely Professional University, is all geared up to showcase his skills in the ongoing Khelo India University Games 2022, being held for the first time in Uttar Pradesh.

LONDON: Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson has declared himself fit to play in the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston on June 16, after recovering from a groin injury sustained while playing a County Championship game for his club Lancashire earlier this month.

KUALA LUMPUR: India U-23 men's football team is drawn with United Arab Emirates, Maldives and China PR in Group G of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 Qualifiers after the official draw held at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) House, here on Thursday.

AHMEDABAD: The stage is set for the highly-anticipated Qualifier 2 in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 after Mumbai Indians booked the seat with a comprehensive 81-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in Eliminator at Chennai on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: After entering Qualifier 2 of IPL 2023 with a thumping 81-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Eliminator clash, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma expressed happiness over overcoming various obstacles to get what the five-time champions had set out to achieve after finishing at the bottom last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: India's highest-ranked singles players, P.V Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters 2023 badminton championships with contrasting wins in their respective Round of 16 encounters in women's and men's singles respectively here on Thursday.

CHENNAI: After Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer, who were expected to lead the Mumbai Indians bowling this season, were sidelined with injuries, Akash Madhwal stepped up with his own set of extraordinary performances and was instantly likened as a timely replacement.

NEW DELHI: Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has picked K.S. Bharat as his choice for India's wicketkeeper ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia at The Oval from June 7-11, citing the edge he has with his extensive experience of keeping wickets in first-class cricket.

CHENNAI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq has expressed his response to the taunts he receives from the crowd during the Eliminator against Mumbai Indians (MI), where it chanted the name of Virat Kohli. The pacer revealed that he finds enjoyment in these chants as they fuel his passion to perform exceptionally for his team.

OMAN: India kicked off their campaign in the Men's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament here with a solid 18-0 win against Chinese Taipei in their first Pool A match.

ROME: Inter Milan retained their Coppa Italia title on Wednesday, collecting their ninth trophy in a 2-1 rally against Fiorentina with Lautaro Martinez netting a brace.

LUCKNOW: Lucknow is all set for a magnificent opening ceremony to usher in the third edition of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) on Thursday, which is now India's biggest multi-sport competition at the higher education level.

GREECE: India's Murali Sreeshankar successfully defended his title in the men's long jump event at the International Jumping Meeting 2023, qualifying for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September.

CHENNAI: Lucknow Super Giants' skipper Krunal Pandya has taken all blame for his team's defeat in the Eliminator match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as his untimely dismissal to an atrocious shot into motion a sequence of events that resulted in team's eventual defeat.

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NEW DELHI: The Spanish Sports Council (CSD), the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga have joined forces for a campaign against racism, through which the three institutions want to unanimously show their absolute and unequivocal rejection of any racist behaviour.

NEW DELHI: Australia men's head coach Andrew McDonald has backed David Warner to retain his spot at the top of the order, insisting he can play a significant part during the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against India and Ashes series with England.