The New York Mets reinstated first baseman Pete Alonso from the 10-day injured list on Sunday. Alonso has been out since sustaining a bone bruise and a sprain of his left wrist after being hit by a fastball from Atlanta Braves right-hander Charlie Morton on June 7. At the time of the injury, Alonso had a majors-best 22 home runs and National League-leading 49 RBIs through 62 games while batting .231. The two-time All-St
Brighton [UK], June 18 (ANI): Experienced English midfielder James Milner revealed that his decision to join Brighton and Hove Albion was inspired by his former teammate Adam Lallana after his contract expires with Liverpool on June 30. Milner spent more than seven years with the Reds and most of his time at Anfield was spent with Lallana. Both players shared the same field and produced moments to clinch victory for Liver
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): Following their historic triumph at Men's Junior Asia Cup in Oman, where India emerged as the undisputed champions for a record fifth time. Minister for Sports and Youth Services, Odisha, Tusharkanti Behera felicitated the local heroes from Odisha, Amandeep Lakra, Sudeep Chirmako, and Sunit Lakra, and presented a cash award of Rs. 2,00,000 each. All three players are from Sport
Birmingham [UK], June 18 (ANI): Legendary England pacer James Anderson completed 1,100 wickets in first-class cricket on Sunday. The 40-year-old ageless wonder from England accomplished this during England's first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston, Birmingham. On day three of the first Test in the 99th over of Australia's first innings, Anderson ended his search for a wicket by dismantling Alex Carey's stumps for
Three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams announced his retirement Sunday after 17 seasons. Williams, who played 1,123 games (122 starts) with six teams, delivered the news in a YouTube video. Williams, 36, suited up for his final game with the Atlanta Hawks in April 2022. He averaged 13.9 points, 3.4 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game and made 1,457 career 3-pointers with the Philadelphia 76ers, Hawks, Toronto
The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Tanner Houck on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to a facial fracture. The move is retroactive to Saturday for Houck, who was struck just under his right eye by a line drive from Kyle Higashioka of the New York Yankees on Friday night. The Red Sox said Saturday that Houck received stitches at Fenway Park and was taken to Mass General Hospital for evaluation. Houck was resting at
Belmont [US], June 18 (ANI): Aditi Ashok shot 5-under 67 to move to 9-under and was tied sixth place in the Meijer LPGA Classic on the LPGA Tour. Aditi, 50th in the world, is bogey-free in the first two rounds and trails the leader Japan's Ayaka Furue (67) by two shots. The Japanese is 11-under for two rounds and leads by one. Aditi started on the 10th and birdied her first hole of the day and added one more on the 18th t
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the performance of Murali Sreeshankar for clinching a bronze medal at the recently concluded Paris Diamond League 2023 in the 102nd episode of 'Mann ki Baat'. "Friends, earlier there used to be a time when we used to come to know about international events, but, often there was no mention of India in them. But, today, I am just mentioning the
London [UK], June 18 (ANI): Andy Murray on Sunday produced a stellar performance in the final to beat Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-4 to claim the Nottingham Open crown, an ATP Challenger Tour event. It was a second consecutive Challenger title for Murray; a week earlier, he won the Surbiton Trophy and hoisted the trophy. The British player's victory made him one of just two players in 2023 with three victories at that l
Birmingham [UK], June 18 (ANI): Pacer Ollie Robinson dominated Australia batter and ended the visitors' hopes of taking the lead over England after Usman Khawaja-Pat Cummins put up a superb batting performance on Day 3 in the ongoing first Test of Ashes here at Edgbaston on Sunday. At the time of lunch, England bundled out Australia 386 and took the lead of 7 runs. Resuming the day at 311/5, Alex Carey and centurion Usman
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)[India], June 18 (ANI): Day three at the 62nd National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship ended on a high note for the Triple Jump trio of Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker and Eldhose Paul as all three of them clinched qualification for the Asian Games 2023 later in the year. What was fascinating to see is yet another consistent jump from the triple jump national record holder Praveen Chit
Medellin [Colombia], June 18 (ANI): India's compound archer Abhishek Verma clinched a gold medal at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia on Saturday. The 33-year-old Abhishek Verma defeated the 2019 world champion James Lutz of the USA 148-146 in a thrilling final. This is Abhishek Verma's third individual gold medal in the Archery World Cup, and his first after two years as he won the last gold medal
Will Benson enjoyed a landmark performance in the Cincinnati Reds' 10-3 interleague victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday, reaching base safely in all five plate appearances while driving in two runs and scoring one. Emblematic of the Reds' winning formula of late, Benson was not alone in recording a productive day at the plate. Matt McLain, Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer and Tyler Stephenson produced two-hit games
Melbourne [Australia], June 18 (ANI): Australian batter Phoebe Litchfield admitted that she is yet to digest the fact that she is going to represent her country in The Ashes series against England, but has to keep reminding herself. "I still feel like I am going to watch the Ashes, I need to remind myself that I am potentially playing it," said Litchfield as quoted by ESPNCricinfo. As per ESPNCricinfo, back in 2019, a 16-
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Indian cricketers took to social media on Sunday to wish their fathers a happy Father's Day. Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar said that his father "operated with love" and his thinking, values and idea of parenting were "far ahead of his time". "My father was loving, not strict. Instead of fear, he operated with love. He taught me so much and meant the world to me. His thinking
Brandenburg [Germany], June 18 (ANI): India's Diksha Dagar (69-69) and Avani Prashanth (65-79) led the list of four Indians in the weekend round of the Amundi German Masters. Diksha shot a second successive 69 and was 6-under and tied seventh, while Avani Prashanth after a 67 dropped to 79 and was T-32 on a day when the winds were strong and made things tougher at times. Ridhima Dilawari and Vani Kapoor also made the cut
Birmingham [UK], June 18 (ANI): England all-rounder Moeen Ali was found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and will be fined 25 per cent of his match fee from the ongoing opening Test of the Ashes series against Australia. "Ali was found to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game,
Los Angeles [US], June 18 (ANI): Rickie Fowler backed up his first-round championship-record 62 with a 2-under 68 to get to a 10-under total of 130 at the halfway stage of the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club. Sitting one stroke back is Wyndham Clark, who claimed his first PGA Tour win 40 days ago at the Wells Fargo Championship. He posted a second-round 67 to accompany his opening 64. Fowler's total of 130 matches the
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated India's star men's doubles badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for winning the Indonesia Open title. Indian star shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the Indonesia Open 2023 title on Sunday after securing their first victory against world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia. "
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): The triple jump athlete Akhilesh from Karnataka twisted his ankle during the men's triple jump final at the 62nd Interstate Senior Athletics Championship 2023 on Saturday. Akhilesh was badly injured after landing awkwardly on his feet at the Kalinga Stadium, twisting his ankle. He was quickly admitted to the nearest Hospital. Now he will undergo surgery on Sunday as advised by
Sachsenring [Germany], June 18 (ANI): There was no doubting Marc Marquez's commitment around the Sachsenring on Saturday morning, the number 93 putting in a performance for the ages during Qualifying before running a more conservative Sprint race for 11th. Having put Friday's difficulties behind him, Marc Marquez had a positive Free Practice session as Saturday at the German GP opened in wet conditions. Leading the way, M
London [UK], June 18 (ANI): On this day in 1983, legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev put on a historic performance by playing a magnificent knock of 175 runs against Zimbabwe in a must-win 1983 World Cup. It was one of the most prolific knocks of Kapil Dev, however, there is no footage of that game available as BBC covered other matches in the list of fixtures, considering India's past performance in the World Cup. Tea
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): Murali Sreeshankar with his massive 8.41m leap qualified for the World Athletics Championships in the men's long jump on Sunday at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 in Bhubaneswar. According to Olympics.com, Sreeshankar marked his personal best on his first attempt at the Kalinga Stadium. The 24-year-old fell 0.01m short of Jeswin's Aldrin's national
Using a string of relievers instead of a traditional starting pitcher has worked well for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins this weekend. The Tigers will try to find success with another bullpen game on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series in Minneapolis. Detroit has won two of the first three. The only game of the series in which both teams used a traditional starting pitcher was Thursday night, when the Tig
The Los Angeles Angels have two sluggers who have gone in opposite directions heading into the series finale against the host Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon. Shohei Ohtani connected for another home run on Saturday, his major-league-leading 23rd and his eighth during a season-best 14-gamehitting streak. He is batting .462 (24-for-52) with 18 RBIs during that stretch. Ohtani's recent hot streak coincides with one