Dubai [UAE], April 27 (ANI): Indian shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap crashed out of the ongoing Badminton Asia Championships 2023 after losing her round of 32 matches on Wednesday. She lost to Indonesia's Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi by 6-21, 12-21. "Fought till the end: @badmintonphoto BAC2023 Badminton," tweeted Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media. Ace Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarters
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): After the T20I series was tied 2-2, Pakistan and New Zealand are now set to feature in a five-match one-day series starting Thursday. The ODI series will kick off on April 27 in Rawalpindi, and the last match will be played on May 7 in Karachi. In what turned out to be a riveting T20I series, the visitors came back from a 0-2 defecit to level the series, with the fourth match washed
Minnesota Twins right-hander Kenta Maeda experienced arm muscle discomfort during his rough start against the New York Yankees on Wednesday and could be headed toward the injured list. Maeda, 35, gave up career highs of 10 runs and 11 hits in three-plus innings of an eventual 12-6 loss. He 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in four starts after missing last season following Tommy John surgery. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the clu
Brian Anderson and Victor Caratini each drove in two runs and Freddy Peralta tossed six strong innings as the Milwaukee Brewers posted a 6-2 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The Tigers were at a loss right away in this one after Javier Baez was hit by a pitch and exited in the top of the first inning with a left hand contusion. The Tigers announced during the game that X-rays were negative for Baez. Th
The Arizona Diamondbacks officially released veteran left-hander Madison Bumgarner on Wednesday, after he was designated for assignment last week by the club. Bumgarner first had to pass through waivers before the Diamondbacks could release him. Nobody put in a claim for the 33-year-old, who won three World Series titles as a member of the San Francisco Giants. He now becomes a free agent. Bumgarner was 0-3 with a 10.26
Newcastle United can boost their UEFA Champions League hopes and deepen Everton's relegation worries when they visit Goodison Park on Thursday evening. And former Everton winger Anthony Gordon could be the one to turn the knife for the Magpies. Newcastle (16-4-11, 59 points) will enter Thursday in third place in the table -- above Manchester United on goal differential -- with a five-point cushion in terms of the four U
Since guiding the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals last June, Ime Udoka experienced peaks and valleys in his professional and personal life, including being fired before the start of the 2022-23 regular season. "What I learned through this process is being resilient and avoiding putting yourselfin certain situations in the first place," said Udoka, who met the media on Wednesday as head coach of the Houston Rockets. Roc
Tyler Wells gave the Baltimore Orioles a strong pitching performance in a 6-2 victory against the visiting Boston Red Sox in the rubber game of a three-game series Wednesday afternoon. Ramon Urias went 4-for-4, scored three runs and had one RBI and Anthony Santander had a pair of sacrifice flies as the Orioles won for the eighth time in their last nine games and 10th in their past 12 outings. They completed a 5-1 homesta
Bo Bichette belted a solo homer among his three hits and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays breezed to an 8-0 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Whit Merrifield each added two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who swept the three-game series. Santiago Espinal had three hits and one RBI to send Toronto to its fourth straight victory and the reeling White Sox to their
Toronto Blue Jays standout outfielder George Springer exited Wednesday's game against the Chicago White after he was hit on the right hand by a pitch from right-hander Michael Kopech. The Blue Jays said X-rays revealed a bruise but didn't display a fracture. Springer, 33, was hit by Kopech's pitch in the third inning. He remained in the game and scored on a double by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Springer also played right fie
Bangkok [Thailand], April 27 (ANI): Indian pair Manav Vikash Thakkar-Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee-Sutirtha Mukherjee lost their matches in the Men's doubles and Women's doubles round of 16 respectively in the World Table Tennis (WTT) star contender 2023 on Wednesday. The South Korean duo Jang Woojin-Lim Jonghoon defeated Indian Men's shuttlers by 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9) in just around 19 minutes of the game. On the o
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): India international and attacking midfielder Shilji Shaji was discharged here today after five days of hospitalisation due to viral pneumonia. Shilji will remain in Delhi at private care for the next few days, until full recovery. The 16-year-old had fallen ill in Indore a night before India Under 17 women's team was to leave for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic to play the AFC Women's U17 Asian
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 26 (ANI): Jason Roy's blistering fifty and spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma's bowling performance shuddered Royal Challengers Bangalore's batting, KKR won by 21 runs in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. Virat Kohli alone showed some fighting spirit with his 54 off 37 balls. KKR spinner became key in the win. Varun took a three-wicket haul, and Impact player Suyash di
Tanner Bibee pitched into the sixth inning, Josh Naylor hit a two-run homer and the Cleveland Guardians salvaged the finale of a three-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Bibee (1-0) allowed one run on six hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings in his MLB debut. Eli Morgan and Trevor Stephan followed in relief before Emmanuel Clase worked around
Aaron Judge hit a bases-clearing double to cap a five-run second inning and appeared to dodge an injury scare as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 12-6 on Wednesday afternoon at Minneapolis. Judge celebrated his 31st birthday by helping the Yankees stop a season-high three-game losing streak and avoid getting swept in a three-game series against the Twins for the first time since Sept. 6-8, 1991,
Tony Gonsolin is finally set to make his 2023 major league debut, as the Los Angeles Dodgers activated the right-hander on Wednesday and optioned right-hander Andre Jackson to Triple-A Oklahoma City. The Dodgers are scheduled to send Gonsolin to the mound in Wednesday's middle game of a three-game series at Pittsburgh. Gonsolin has been on the mend since he rolled his ankle during a fielding drill at spring training. He
The struggling Los Angeles Galaxy signed defender Mauricio Cuevas from Belgium's Club Brugge on Wednesday. Cuevas, 20, was previously in the Galaxy's academy before departing to Brugge in January of last year. He had five assists in 21 games for Galaxy II before departing. Cuevas was playing for Brugge's development team Club NXT where he had two assists in 23 games. "We are pleased to welcome Mauricio back to the LA G
Nick Senzel belted a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-3 win and complete a three-game sweep of the visiting Texas Rangers on Wednesday afternoon. Senzel's blast to left field off Texas right-hander Jonathan Hernandez (0-1) was Cincinnati's first home run of any kind in eight games. It snapped the franchise's longest homerless drought in 31 years and marked the first walk-off shot since
Veteran right-hander Heath Hembree was designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday as the club recalled right-hander Zack Burdi from Triple-A Durham. Hembree, 34, signed with the Rays in January and made his lone appearance with the club Tuesday against the Houston Astros when he did not give up a hit in 1 1/3 innings. Hembree was with his eighth team in 11 major league seasons. He is 21-13 with a 4.37
The Atlanta Hawks head home with newfound energy and the return of a missing piece of their lineup, knowing a win in Game 6 on Thursday will square their first-round playoff series with the Boston Celtics. Atlanta won 119-117 in Boston on Tuesday despite playing without starting guard Dejounte Murray, the team's second-leading scorer, who was suspended for a game for bumping a referee at the end of Game 4. The win cut Bo
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 26 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force FC (CRPF) will mark their debut in the sixth edition of the Indian Women's League (IWL) when they face Odisha FC in a Group B match on Thursday. The match is set to kick off at 4.30 pm IST at the TransStadia Stadium and will be streamed live on Indian Football's YouTube channel. The team from Jalandhar, Punjab, CRPF finished third in the All India P
Wellington [New Zealand], April 26 (ANI): Kane Williamson might still travel to India for the ODI World Cup later this year, with team management keen to bring the injured batter as a mentor. Simultaneously, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has declined to rule Williamson out of the World Cup as a player. Williamson returned home from India on crutches after suffering a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his right kn
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], April 26 (ANI): Odisha FC may have won two trophies this season, of different nature - the Super Cup and the contract extension of Diego Mauricio. The Brazilian striker, who won the Indian Super League (ISL) Golden Boot, extended his contract with the club until 2025, just a few days ahead of the Super Cup. Mauricio was the name on every Odisha fan's lips before the tournament began, and it sti
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron will participate in warmups ahead of Wednesday night's Game 5 matchup in Boston against the Florida Panthers and be "a game-time decision," according to coach Jim Montgomery. Bergeron, 37, has not played in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs so far due to a combination of an illness and a lingering upper-body injury. Montgomery implied the decision will be up to Bergeron. "As lon
NASCAR driver Alex Bowman will be out 3-4 weeks after sustaining a fractured vertebra in a sprint-car crash. He was treated for a compression fracture following an accident Tuesday night at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday. "First, I want to let everyone know I'm feeling OK," Bowman posted on social media. "My focus is now on healing and resting. Being out of the car is never