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Despite starting in ninth, Max Verstappen, who won the maiden Miami Grand Prix last year, is not giving up hope of a strong result

Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden defeated eighth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-4 to reach the final of Madrid Open

Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3, to face Aslan Karatsev in the semifinal; whereas Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will meet in the final on Sunday

Americans are used to sports where rules and structures are put in place to stop the same teams from dominating and the current domination of Red Bull represents an obvious risk to the country's embrace of F1

The Asian Games will have separate team championships for men and women followed by individual events in which India can have a maximum of two entries per event

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in the men's doubles final to win gold at the Badminton Asia Championships

Swiatek got the beating of Karolina Pliskova in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 come-from-behind victory, while Tunisian Jabeur eased past Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-3, 6-0 to reach the final four of the tournament in Germany. Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6...

Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Barcelona Open after an injury sustained at the Australian Open in January. Due to a setback in his recovery, he will also miss the tournament in Madrid

Chennai last hosted an international hockey event in 2007 when the Asia Cup was held at Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium

France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Germany, and Italy also secured berths in the finals, scheduled to take place in November. They will join reigning champion Switzerland, 2022 runner-up Australia and one wild-card recipient at the finals, wit...

RP Singh will begin his stint with a two-day selection trial for the Indian team in Bengaluru on Saturday

The Australian Open champion last competed in early March when he lost in the Dubai semi-finals and said his enforced absence from the US tournaments, due to his vaccination status, helped him focus on Monte Carlo

Casper Ruud will next meet Frenchman Quentin Halys, who continues to break new ground in 2023

Mithun Manjunath, Priyanshu Rajawat, Aakarshi Kashyap and Tanya Hemanth progressed to the second round

PV Sindhu lost to Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 8-21, 8-21 in the final of the Madrid Spain Masters 2023

Spain will host Group C, which also includes Serbia, the Czech Republic and South Korea, in Valencia in September. While Britain will host Australia, France and Switzerland