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Rory McIlroy to compete in DP World Tour event in IndiaRory McIlroy committed to play in the inaugural DP World India Championship, marking the first time that he will compete professionally in the country.,The $4 million event will be contested from Oct. 16-19 at Delhi Golf Club. It will be held three weeks after the Ryder Cup.,"I'm excited to not only...

UPA expanding globally with pickleball events in 5 countriesThe United Pickleball Association is going international.,The circuit announced Thursday that it is adding events in Australia, India, Canada, Asia and Europe to create the "world's first top-tier global pickleball tour" featuring the best players from each region.,The UPA International Championship...

To Win An Ultramarathon Through Hell, You Need A Devil To ChaseJAMMU AND KASHMIR, India — If you go about as far north as a vehicle can reasonably take you in India, and about as high as your lungs can handle, you may well end up in a city called Leh. One of the few ways to get to this city, which sits 11,500 feet above sea level, is to travel along the Leh-Man...

New Zealand Stonewall India In Thrilling Cricket World Cup Semifinal Upset

Statisticians have to take all sorts of factors into account when calculating live win probabilities for a cricket match: run rates, the remaining number of overs, the recent and historical performances of the players, the condition of the pitch, and more. Even so, after the rain forced officials to...

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Soccer Cow Winning A Game Of Keep Away

If USWNT manager Jill Ellis is in need of an instructional video to teach her players the finer points of shielding the ball from the opposition when trying to waste time down by the corner flag, she need look no further than this video of an Indian soccer cow’s impressive display of defensive posse...

Diego Maradona Gets His Own Weird Statue In India 

One of the hottest trends in sports is honoring famous soccer players with hideous busts and gross renderings of their likenesses, and Diego Maradona wasn’t going to be left out. ...

Indian Police Investigating Maria Sharapova In Luxury Housing Fraud Case 

Maria Sharapova is being investigated by police in India for her role in a “cheating and criminal conspiracy case,” in which a real estate company called Homestead Infrastructure, together with Sharapova, sold millions of rupees worth of units to home buyers and then disappeared, according to the As...

Runners Compete In Delhi Half Marathon Amid Heavy Pollution

A pair of Ethiopians, Birhanu Legese and Almaz Ayana, swept the men’s and women’s half marathons yesterday in Delhi, India. But the big story from the event was simply that it was run at all: The nearly 30,000 runners who competed in the half-marathon and shorter races on Sunday raced amid heavy pol...