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Fritz attains easy win against Baez

March 15, 2023

Defending champion Taylor Fritz routed Sebastian Baez 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. The fourth-seeded Fritz served four aces and won 88% of his first-serve points against the 30th-seeded Baez from Argentina on Monday. Andy Murray’s run ended in a 7-6 (6), 6-2 loss to...

High Jumper Dick Fosbury dies aged 76

March 15, 2023

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of the high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died at 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared their heights...

‘He is talented, picks things up quickly’: Ponting praises Axar

March 15, 2023

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting has revealed the role he played in helping Axar Patel develop into a damaging batter in the India line-up and paid tribute to the in-form all-rounder by suggesting a shift up the order in the Indian Premier League (IPL) - and at Test level -...

Consecutive losses for Manika in women’s doubles, mixed doubles

March 15, 2023

Indian campaign ended at the Singapore Smash table tennis tournament after Manika Batra lost both her women’s doubles and mixed doubles matches with her respective partners here on Tuesday. Manika and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Japan’s world championships silver medallists duo of Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto in the mixed...

Russia to join Central Asian football event

March 15, 2023

Russia has been invited to participate in the inaugural Central Asian Football Association Championships in June along with seven other national teams. Russian teams have been barred from European and FIFA competitions since the invasion of Ukraine in February of last year. But the Tajikistan Football Association announced Monday that...

Colours of pottery hint at an empire’s power

March 15, 2023

Colour plays a huge role in our lives—the hues we wear and decorate with are a way for us to signal who we are, where we’re from, and what we care about. In a new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, archaeologists compared the colours on pieces of...

11th edition of the Delhi Literature Festival is here

March 15, 2023

The 11th edition of the Delhi Literature Festival saw its curtain raiser today at Kunzum Books, Greater Kailash II, New Delhi this Saturday. The 11th edition of the biggest literature festival in Delhi starts from the 17 March. The 3-day festival that will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister...

Japan cabinet gives nod to bill to raise age of consent from 13 to 16

March 15, 2023

Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to recognise a sexual crime even in the absence of physical force or compulsion and raise the legal age of consent from 13 to 16, Kyodo News reported. The amendments would see a sexual offence charge to more clearly state that non-consensual sexual...

Lula Expresses Support To Indigenous In Brazil’s Amazon, Pledges Lands

March 15, 2023

On his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest since taking office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed support for creating new territories for those communities, but stopped short of announcing any demarcations. Wearing white cap and dark shirt in the heat, Lula addressed some 2,000...

COPS fatally shoot man

March 15, 2023

A 58-year-old man in Washington state was shot by police during a standoff and died, investigators said on Monday. The Skagit-Island Multiple Agency Response Team said Everett police went to a residence late on Friday for a domestic violence call in which a victim had visible injuries, The Seattle Times...

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