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  The 2023 Ashes series between two arch-rivals between England and Australia is about to start on England soil from 16 June onwards in the 3 rd World Test Championship Cycle. Australia are currently the holders of Ashes as they registered 4-0 win over England in Australia. Since Ben Stokes has taken captaincy for England in Test Cricket, they have stomped their authority winning 9 out of last 10 matches. They would look to play attacking cricket right from the word go and put pressure on Australian side. On other hand, Australia would look to win Ashes series on England soil after a gap of 22 years. Last time, Aussies regained with 2-2 draw during 2019. England named the squad for the first two Test matches to be played in Edgbaston, Birmingham and Lords, London. Moeen Ali has come out of retirement as Jack Leach was ruled out of the series during one-off Test match against Ireland. It promises to be an exciting Ashes series as England would look to regain the urn while A...

  It was a great day for Indian shuttlers as Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their first-round matches of Super 1000 Indonesia Open in Jakarta, Indonesia on 14 June 2023. Lakshya Sen defeated Lee Zi Jia of Malaysia in two straight games. Both players looked out of form this year and needed some motivation. It was a great performance by Sen who played with aggression and made life tough for his opponent. After the initial struggle, Jia showed his power taking slender 11-10 lead at the break. After the interval, Sen looked sharp winning the first game easily by 21-17. The second game was one-sided affair as Sen dominated right from the word go and kept pressure on the Malaysian winning it by 21-13 to move into the second round. It was an impressive performance by Sen who played with precision while Lee looked out of sorts and made unforced errors. Kidambi Srikanth cruised past to the second round with straight game win over Lu Gungazu of China. The Indian played with aggre...

  The top Indian shuttlers got off to a great start by winning the first-round matches of Super 1000 Indonesia Open played in Jakarta on 13 June 2023. PV Sindhu began their campign with a straight game victory over local favorites Tungjung. The first game saw both players taking points and making unforced errors. Sindhu looked sharp with her shots and put the Indonesian under pressure. At the mid-game interval, the Indian had slender 11-10 lead. After the break, both players continued to take alternate points till 14-14 before Sindhu took 5 points in succession. Despite Tunjung efforts, Sindhu won the first game by 21-19. The second game was a one-sided affair as Sindhu looked sharp and kept Tungjung under pressure taking commanding lead the break. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as the Indian won the game and match easily at 21-15 to move into second round. She will face Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei. HS Prannoy made a winning start to the tournament with a strai...

  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing as only 3 of them progressed into the 2 nd round of Super 750 Singapore Open on 6 June 2023. Kidambi Srikanth defeated Wangchareon of Thailand in two straight games. The first game saw Thai player began on aggressive note taking 5-0 lead before the Indian showed great spirit to level the scores. At the mid-game interval, Wangchareon had slender 11-10 lead. After the break, Srikanth proved too strong for the opponent, winning the first game easily at 21-15. The second game saw this time, Srikanth began well before both players fought for each point. At the break, Wangchareon led 11-10. Both players kept with each other but the Indian played aggressive badminton to win it by 21-19 to move into the second round. He will now face qualifier Lee C H of Chinese Taipei. Pranshu Rajawat produced an impressive performance defeating higher ranked Kenta Tsuynmena of Japan in two straight games. The young Indian dominated his opponent winning it...

  The Indian men’s hockey team registered a thrilling win over Great Britain in penalty shootout played at Lee Hockey Valley and Tennis Centre, London on 3 June 2023.   Harmanpreet Singh scored from penalty corner in the 7 th minute to give India 1-0 lead. Sam Ward helped Great Britain to level the score with dragflick in the 8th minute. It was an impressive performance by both teams. At the end of the first quarter, both teams were level at 1-1. Mandeep Singh showed his class with a brilliant field goal in the 19 th minute to give India 2-1 lead. Draper was awarded a green card that put Great Britain under pressure. The Indian team put enough pressure, but Great Britain defense looked solid enough. Great Britain attacked with full force and put some attacking moves on Indian team. Both teams earned penalty corners but could not convert them into goals. Sukhjeet Singh scored a brilliant field goal as Hardik Singh passes in the 28 th minute to give India 3-1 lead. At the...

  The Indian challenge ended as Lakshya Sen loses out in the semi-finals to Vitisdarn of Super 500 Thailand Open played on 3 June 2023. It was a closely fought first game between Sen and Vitisdarn initially before Lakshya Sen took points in succession to take 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, Thailand player showed great spirit to take 4 points in succession. Lakshya Sen kept pressure on Vitisdarn winning the first game easily at 21-13. The second was also a closely fought affair between these two players till 10 points. At the mid-game interval, Vitisdarn took slender 11-10 lead. After the break, Sen and Vitisdarn were involved in long rallies and drop shots. Thailand player upped his game putting the Indian under pressure and won the second game easily by 21-17 to force the match into decider. Kulvanut began the third game on an aggressive not taking 5-2 lead initially before Lakshya Sen showed great fighting spirit and fought with Thailand player. Thailand player...

  Lakshya Sen progressed into the semi-finals while Kiran George was knocked out of the tournament during quarterfinals stage of Super 500 Thailand Open played in Bangkok, Thailand on 2 June. Kiran George dream run came to an end as he lost Thomas Junior Popov of France in two straight games. Despite a decent start in the first game by the Indian, Popov attacked right from word go and won the first game easily at 21-16. The second game saw Indian struggling against powerful smashes of Junior Popov. George looked out of sorts and lost it by 17-21 to be knocked out in the tournament. Lakshya Sen defeated Leong Jun of Malaysia in two straight games. The first game saw both players fighting for each point as the Malaysian player took a slender 11-10 lead at the break. After the mid-game break, Leong looked in complete control looking good to take first game with a big lead. Lakshya Sen fought back strongly and levelled the score before winning it by 21-19. The second game saw a...