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Jeremy Hayward struck twice from the penalty corner as title favorites Australia eked out a narrow 4-3 win over Spain and enter their 12th straight semifinals of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup here on Tuesday. Winners of the 1986, 2010 and 2014 editions, Australia have made it to the semifinals of the World Cup … Read More “Australia, Belgium Enter Hockey World Cup Semifinals” »
Novak Djokovic’s hamstring just about held up as the hot favorite battled into the Australian Open last 16 on Saturday, but Andy Murray’s heroic run is over. Hard-hitting Aryna Sabalenka meanwhile burnished her title credentials as she barreled through, along with several other women’s seeds. An ailing Djokovic had heavy strapping and needed treatment twice … Read More “Novak Djokovic Defies Injury TO Enter Australian last 16, Andy Murray Bows out” »
Making for an exciting awards season for India, SS Rajamouli’s period action blockbuster “RRR” and Shaunak Sen’s celebrated documentary “All That Breathes” have made it to the BAFTA Film Awards longlist, the organizers said on Friday. This is the initial longlisting round and the films will advance to the nominating stage of voting, the British … Read More “‘RRR’, ‘All That Breathes’ enter BAFTA 2023 longlist” »
A still from ‘Joyland’ Pakistani film “Joyland” may have faced trials and tribulations at home but to the international community, it was a banger from the start and has now been shortlisted for the Oscars, the first ever movie to do so from the country. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday … Read More “‘Joyland’ becomes first Pakistani film to enter Oscars shortlist” »
India’s official entry to the upcoming OscarsHello Show, acclaimed documentary feature All That Breathesdocumentary short The Elephant Whisperersand Naatu Naatu – the song from period action blockbuster RRR have made it to the 95th Academy Awards shortlist, the organizers said Thursday morning. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body behind the awards, … Read More “Oscars 2023: Gujarati film Chhello Show and Naatu Naatu from S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR enter shortlist” »
Lionel Messi produced a moment of trademark quality to score the opener in a 2-1 win over Australia and send Argentina into the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday. Messi’s 789th goal in his 1,000th career appearance — but first in the knockout rounds of the World Cup — helped set up a last-eight … Read More “Lionel Messi Scores First-Ever World Cup Knockout Goal As Argentina Beat Australia 2-1 To Enter Quarter-finals” »
FIFA WC, JAP vs ESP: Here are the lineups Japan: Gonda, Itakura, Yoshida, Taniguchi, Junya Ito, Morita, Tanaka, Nagatomo, Kamada, Maeda, Kubo. Subs: Kawashima, Yamane, Endo, Shibasaki, Doan, Mitoma, Minamino, Tomiyasu, Asano, Sakai, Machino, Ueda, Schmidt, Soma, Hiroki Ito. Spain: Simon, Azpilicueta, Rodri, Pau Torres, Balde, Gavi, Busquets, Gonzalez, Williams, Morata, Olmo. Subs: Sanchez, Garcia, … Read More “FIFA World Cup, Japan vs Spain and Costa Rica vs Germany Highlights: Japan Stun Spain As Both Enter Last 16; Germany, Costa Rica Out” »
Favorites Brazil begin their bid to win a sixth World Cup on Thursday when they take on Serbia, while Cristiano Ronaldo will hope to put his acrimonious departure from Manchester United behind him as Portugal enter the fray against Ghana. Brazil will be wary of a dangerous Serbian side when the teams meet at Lusail … Read More “Favorites Brazil Kick Off World Cup Bid As Cristiano Ronaldo And Portugal Enter Fray” »
File image of Lakshya Sen© AFP World Championships bronze medalist Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after straight-game wins in men’s singles while veteran Saina Nehwal crashed out in the first round of women’s singles in the Denmark Open in Odense on Wednesday. The unseeded Sen beat sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting … Read More “Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy Enter Round of 16 In Denmark Open, Saina Out” »
The Indian pair dug deep to beat Hong Kong’s Fan Ka Yan and Yeung Shing Choi.© AFP India’s N Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor dug deep to beat Hong Kong’s Fan Ka Yan and Yeung Shing Choi and reach the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Vietnam Open Super 100 badminton tournament on Thursday. The Indian … Read More “Vietnam Open: N Siki Reddy, Rohan Kapoor Enter Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals” »
