Long-term contracts for women's team support staff
New Delhi: The BCCI will do away with the practice of appointing support staff of the Indian women’s cricket team on an ad-hoc basis and instead offer them long-term contacts. Since the sacking of Ramesh Powar in December, the women’s team is without a head coach and even played the T20 World Cup in February without the head of the coaching staff.
Chennai
ITF Futures: Digvijay wins singles title
Third seed Digvijay Pratap Singh of India beat compatriot and No. 4 seed Siddharth Rawat 6-4 7-6 in the final to win the singles title in the ITF Men’s Futures tennis tournament here today.
Paris
Messi scores and assists in PSG victory
One week after being jeered by his own fans, Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up the other as Paris Saint-Germain won at a wasteful Nice 2-0 to maintain its six-point lead of the French league. Messi was booed by some PSG fans in last weekend’s home defeat to Lyon.
Manjeri
Hyderabad begin Super Cup campaign with win
Former Indian Super League champions Hyderabad FC began their Super Cup campaign on a positive note, defeating Aizawl FC 2-1 in a Group B clash here today. In the other Group B match of the day, East Bengal and Odisha FC played out a 1-1 draw.
Astana (Kazakhstan)
India win three medals at Asian Wrestling Championships
Rupin secured a silver in 55kg Greco-Roman event, his first senior-level international medal, as India made a superb start at the Asian Wrestling Championships. While the 19-year-old Rupin signed off with the second-best finish, Neeraj (63kg Greco-Roman) and Sunil Kumar (87kg Greco-Roman) claimed bronze medals.
Madrid
Chukwueze nets two as Villarreal stun Madrid 3-2
Samuel Chukwueze upstaged Vinicius Junior by scoring twice in an outstanding performance by the Villarreal forward to lead its 3-2 comeback win at Real Madrid in the Spanish league. Barcelona can move 15 points clear of second-placed Madrid if they beats Girona on Monday. Agencies
