Sports Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/sports/ Independent Online News Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:35:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://nepsnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-09-at-13.03.36-1-32x32.jpeg Sports Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/sports/ 32 32 ‘Empty tank’: Katie Boulter outgunned by Diana Shnaider in Hong Kong final https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/empty-tank-katie-boulter-outgunned-by-diana-shnaider-in-hong-kong-final/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/empty-tank-katie-boulter-outgunned-by-diana-shnaider-in-hong-kong-final/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:35:16 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4600
  • British No 1 beaten 6-1, 6-2 by 20-year-old Russian
  • Boulter excited after reaching career-high ranking of 23
  • Tumaini Carayol

    Katie Boulter’s strong run in Hong Kong came to a brutal end on Sunday when she was thoroughly outplayed in the final by the top seed, Diana Shnaider, who dismantled the ­British No 1 player 6-1, 6-2 to win her fourth WTA title of the season.… Read the rest

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    Chinese Olympic swimmer says doping testers are part of a ‘European and American’ plot https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/chinese-olympic-swimmer-says-doping-testers-are-part-of-a-european-and-american-plot/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/chinese-olympic-swimmer-says-doping-testers-are-part-of-a-european-and-american-plot/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:58:43 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4543
  • Qin Haiyang fumes at 5-7 tests per swimmer over 10 days
  • Breaststroker is main rival to Peaty and Stubblety-Cook
  • Daniel Boffey in Paris

    A world-record holding Chinese swimmer has accused doping testers at the Olympic Games of being part of a “European and American” plot to unsettle China’s team.… Read the rest

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    French rail network hit by arson attacks before Olympics opening ceremony https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/french-rail-network-hit-by-arson-attacks-before-olympics-opening-ceremony/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/french-rail-network-hit-by-arson-attacks-before-olympics-opening-ceremony/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:46:20 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4529 ‘Massive’ coordinated attacks on TGV bring severe disruption to France’s busiest rail lines

    Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

    France’s high-speed rail network has been hit by coordinated “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have brought major disruption to many of the country’s busiest rail lines hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.… Read the rest

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    England T20 World Cup defence on the brink after heavy defeat to Australia https://nepsnews.in/2024/06/09/england-t20-world-cup-defence-on-the-brink-after-heavy-defeat-to-australia/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/06/09/england-t20-world-cup-defence-on-the-brink-after-heavy-defeat-to-australia/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:15:57 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4490
  • Australia 201-7, England 165-6; Aus won by 36 runs
  • England’s destiny out of their hands after poor display
  • Ali Martin at Kensington Oval

    It was supposed to be a game of relatively little consequence, the Ashes rivalry laid on for the sake of the broadcasters amid an expectation that England and Australia would sweep aside the associate teams in Group B.… Read the rest

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    ‘Monumental effort’ means Women’s Tour of Britain goes ahead in 2024 https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/28/monumental-effort-means-womens-tour-of-britain-goes-ahead-in-2024/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/28/monumental-effort-means-womens-tour-of-britain-goes-ahead-in-2024/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2024 05:18:07 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4344
  • Condensed four-stage race begins in Welshpool on 6 June
  • Lizzie Deignan: ‘I’m grateful to the people who have pulled it off
  • PA Media

    British Cycling has named the host towns for this summer’s Tour of Britain Women after what has been described as “monumental effort” to make sure the race goes ahead.… Read the rest

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    CBS football show banter-chatting us all into the age of the hyper-pundit https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/20/cbs-football-show-banter-chatting-us-all-into-the-age-of-the-hyper-pundit/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/20/cbs-football-show-banter-chatting-us-all-into-the-age-of-the-hyper-pundit/#respond Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:53:48 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4304

    Micah Richards laughing uproariously behind a lighted TV plinth? That’s the kind of noise football is being distilled into

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    Boxing great Roberto Durán receiving medical care for heart problem https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/18/boxing-great-roberto-duran-receiving-medical-care-for-heart-problem/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/18/boxing-great-roberto-duran-receiving-medical-care-for-heart-problem/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:01:19 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4215
  • Four-weight champion suffering from ‘health complication’
  • Durán, 72, being treated in a hospital in native Panama
  • Agencies

    Boxing great Roberto Durán was receiving medical care for a heart problem, the family of the 72-year-old Panamanian said Saturday.

    Durán, who was a champion in four different weight classes, “has suffered a health complication due to an atrioventricular blockade”, his family said in a statement on Durán’s Instagram account.… Read the rest

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    Alex Carey leads mighty run chase as Australia beat New Zealand in second Test https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/11/alex-carey-leads-mighty-run-chase-as-australia-beat-new-zealand-in-second-test/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/11/alex-carey-leads-mighty-run-chase-as-australia-beat-new-zealand-in-second-test/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:57:34 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4169
  • New Zealand 162 and 372; Australia 256 and 281-7
  • Carey unbeaten on 98 in three-wicket victory in Christchurch
  • Australian Associated Press

    Australia’s middle order squeaked out a mighty Test win in Christchurch, where Alex Carey’s fighting 98 not out defied New Zealand to wrap up a 2-0 series victory.… Read the rest

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    Milestones await for England and India in Rajkot’s batting paradise https://nepsnews.in/2024/02/11/milestones-await-for-england-and-india-in-rajkots-batting-paradise/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/02/11/milestones-await-for-england-and-india-in-rajkots-batting-paradise/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:30:09 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4076

    Nine centuries have been scored in just two Tests in Rajkot – but can England conjure something out of the ‘paata’?

    ajkot, the location for the third Test between India and England, sits on the T-shirt sleeve peninsula of India’s west coast.

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    British Cycling launches rescue mission for 2024 Tours of Britain https://nepsnews.in/2024/02/03/british-cycling-launches-rescue-mission-for-2024-tours-of-britain/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/02/03/british-cycling-launches-rescue-mission-for-2024-tours-of-britain/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 16:58:39 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4043
  • Governing body in a race to stage June and September events
  • Women’s and men’s tours lack routes, sponsors and details
  • British Cycling has announced a rescue mission to take over running the 2024 men’s and women’s Tours of Britain after the previous promoter went into liquidation, but faces a race against time to stage either event.

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