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[ad_1] DUBLIN : Ireland striker Evan Ferguson missed a first-half penalty as interim manager John O’Shea began his tenure with a 0-0 home draw against Belgium in a friendly on Saturday. The home side were awarded a spot-kick when Dara O’Shea struck the ball against Arthur Vermeeren’s arm from close range, but Ferguson’s penalty was […]

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start on the front row next to pole-sitter Max Verstappen at Sunday’s (Mar 24) Australian Grand Prix in a stunning return to racing only two weeks after having surgery for appendicitis. The tough Spaniard missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to his medical issue and returned to his […]

[ad_1] SAALBACH, Austria :Austria’s Cornelia Huetter seized the women’s downhill World Cup title in the final race of the season on home snow in Saalbach on Saturday, denying Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami a fourth crystal globe. Behrami had already won the overall, giant slalom and super-G titles and was bidding to become only the fourth woman […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: The league-leading Boston Celtics, fuelled by 33 points from Jaylen Brown, beat the depleted Detroit Pistons 129-102 to push their NBA winning streak to eight games on Friday (Mar 22). With teammates Jayson Tatum, Al Horford and Jrue Holiday all out, Brown ably filled the void connecting on 13 of 19 shots […]

[ad_1] MELBOURNE : Daniel Ricciardo’s hopes of a happy return to Albert Park after missing last year’s Australian Grand Prix suffered a major blow on Saturday as the RB driver failed to make it out of the first session of qualifying. The Western Australian’s fastest lap of Q1 was deleted by stewards for exceeding track […]

[ad_1] MELBOURNE : Red Bull’s Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday with Carlos Sainz qualifying alongside on the front row for Ferrari two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis. Verstappen lapped in one minute, 15.915 seconds on a glorious afternoon at Albert Park, 0.27 seconds […]

[ad_1] Veteran ice dance duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates scored a 90.08 on Friday for their rhythm dance routine at the world championships in Montreal, putting the Americans on the cusp of a second consecutive world title. Italians Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri were in second after notching a 87.52, and home favourites Piper […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU : Royal Challengers Bengaluru began their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign with a defeat by champions Chennai Super Kings after a top-order collapse, but Dinesh Karthik believes it is only a matter of time before his fellow batsmen deliver. Bengaluru boasts two of the world’s most consistent players in Virat Kohli and Faf […]

[ad_1] MELBOURNE : Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in the final free practice at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Saturday in a minor boost before qualifying at Albert Park. Leclerc, who was also quickest in the second practice session on Friday, clocked one minute 16:714 seconds with his final flying lap around […]

[ad_1] Veteran ice dance duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates scored a 90.08 on Friday for their rhythm dance routine at the world championships in Montreal, putting the Americans on the cusp of a second consecutive world title. Italians Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri were in second after notching a 87.52, and home favourites Piper […]