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Kigali, Nov 1 (IANS) German cyclists Daniel Gathof and Bart Classens of the Shift Up For Rwanda 1 team got off to an impressive start at the 2023 Rwandan Epic-mountain bike race, as they forged an incredible partnership and successfully won the Duo Men Kigali-Kigali prologue of the race that kicked off in the capital of Kigali.The duo won the 9km race with 27 minutes and 11 seconds, followed by the Kenyan duo Joseph Bobby and Ndung’u Wa Keiya of Team 48, who used 29 minutes and 2 seconds, reports Xinhua.In the Duo Women category, Rwandan cyclists Diane Ingabire and…

Pune, Nov 1 (IANS) South Africa opener Quinton de Kock scored a century during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup game against New Zealand here on Wednesday, equaling Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara for four centuries in a single World Cup edition.De Kock scored 114 off 116 at MCA Stadium to notch his fourth ton of the tournament. Sangakarra had hit four hundred during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.India skipper Rohit Sharma leads the list with five centuries in the 2019 World Cup. Sharing the third position with three centuries each are Mark Waugh, Sourav Ganguly, and…

Goa, Nov 1 (IANS) In yet another significant success for Odisha’s contingent, the rowing team secured two bronze medals. Odisha also registered their first bronze in the Wushu discipline to follow up on Odisha’s athletic silver in the Men 4×100m relay event.Odisha’s medal tally is currently at 26, with five gold, nine silver and twelvebronze medals, already matching their overall haul from the previous of the National Games.The rowing triumphs were led by Ritu Kaudi and Sonali Swain, earning bronze in the W2-F1 event and bronze for Odisha in Rowing, while Sanjukta Dungdung, Sweeti, Anshika Bharti and Reshma Kumari Minz…

Gurugram/ Bengaluru, Nov 1 (IANS) A host of winners from the first two legs of the US Kids Golf North and the US Kids Golf South Tour are back in action for back-to-back events this week at the Classic Golf and Country Club and the KGA in Bengaluru.With the current season spreading from North to South Zone, and West is to be added, the numbers have shot up. The next two days will see more than 120 children across different age groups in two cities.Many of them are looking at carrying on their winning streak at iconic Jack Nicklaus and…

Rio De Janeiro, Nov 1 (IANS) Everaldo Stum scored a first-half winner as Bahia eased their relegation fears with a 1-0 home victory over Fluminense in Brazil’s Serie A championship.Everaldo broke the deadlock just before halftime by heading into the far corner after Camilo Candido’s cross to the edge of the six-yard box, reports Xinhua.The visitors controlled most of the possession and had 17 shots on goal but were unable to find a way past Bahia goalkeeper Marcos Monteiro.The result lifted Bahia to 13th in the 20-team standings, five points clear of the relegation zone with seven matches remaining in…

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday unveiled a grand and gleaming bronze statue of Sachin Tendulkar at the Wankhede Stadium here.Present on the occasion were Sachin Tendulkar and his entire family, Sports Minister Sanjay Bansode, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar, BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, BCCI Secretary Jai Shah, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Amol Kale, Secreatry Ajinkya Naik and other BCCI and MCA office-bearers.Commissioned by MCA, the statue depicting the cricket icon in his trademark ‘lofted drive’ pose is the first-ever erected for any legend at the 49-year-old Wankhede Stadium, and is placed prominently…

Nanjing, Nov 1 (IANS) Zeng Liqi is back on home ground this week for the Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge after a successful showing stateside in the second stage of the 2023 LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.The 17-year-old Nanchang native, a four-time winner on the China LPGA Tour over the past two seasons, put together rounds of 72-76-66-72 to finish equal 30th in Florida earlier this month. She now advances to the final stage of qualifying with 40 other players, reports Xinhua.This week, the teenager is at Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Golf Club, where last year she won her maiden pro title by a commanding…

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In popular culture, deja vu is described as having the uncanny feeling of doing or seeing something which has happened before. That familiar feeling had come up again in the mind of Indian fans at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow when India spinner Kuldeep Yadav bamboozled England captain Jos Buttler with an absolute ripper of a delivery.On the first ball of the 16th over, Kuldeep tossed up the leg-break, his stock delivery, outside the off-stump. Seeing that, Buttler looked to go on the backfoot, shaping for a cut through the off-side. But the ball…

Yaounde, Nov 1 (IANS) Cameroon triumphed over Uganda 3-0 in the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games women’s football African qualifiers to qualify for the next phase of the competition.During the return leg match played at the Reunification Stadium in Cameroon’s commercial hub of Douala Tuesday evening, striker Njoya Ajara gave the Indomitable Lionesses the lead in the first half while midfielder Monique Ngock added a second at the start of the second half to drag the tie back onto level terms on aggregate, reports Xinhua.Uganda had held a 2-0 advantage in the first leg five days ago…

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) When it comes to the Men’s ODI World Cup, India has been a happy hunting ground for Sri Lanka as they won their only title so far in 1996 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and reached the final in 2011 losing to India in the final at the Wankhede Stadium. So, when they take on hosts India in a key match of ICC Men’s ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday, Sri Lanka will be hoping to summon the spirit of those performances and get the better of table-toppers India and maintain…