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Allen ton flattens Delhi

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS opener Finn Allen smashed an unbeaten 100 off just 47 balls in their eight-wicket demolition of Delhi Capitals in a timely boost to their playoff hopes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yes terday. Allen smashed 10 sixes in his scintillating knock as Kolkata chased down a 143-run target with 5.4 overs to spare for their fourth win on the trot to move up to seventh place in the 10-team league. Delhi’s hopes of a top-four finish appear over as they slumped behind Kolkata and their captain Axar Patel was already thinking about the next season. “We’ll go and figure out where we’ve made mistakes,” Axar said after the home loss. “There’s

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With the target in sight, Allen put on a show, hitting Vipraj Nigam for three sixes in a row and smashing a couple of them in the next over from Kuldeep Yadav. A six off Mukesh Kumar sealed Allen’s maiden IPL hundred while also securing his team’s victory. “I’ve been working on having more strings in my bow,” player of the match Allen said. “It was challenging early on, then I went on to bat deep. That’s my model - stay in when it’s tough, give myself a chance. Nice to have suc cess after some frustration.” – Reuters

next year too, we’ll have to think of plans and preparation for next year, and accordingly, think of which play ers who are currently on the bench should be given chances.” Put into bat, Delhi managed a below-par 142-8 with only Pathum Nissanka (50) and Ashutosh Sharma (39) briefly dominating the bowlers. Kolkata applied the squeeze through their three-pronged spin attack, which returned the combined figures of 12-0-76-3. Allen toyed with the Delhi attack when Kolkata returned to chase and the New Zealander was particularly harsh on the spinners.

Djoker shocked in Rome Serb falls to early Italian Open exit ahead of Roland Garros

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NOVAK DJOKOVIC (pic) slumped to an early elimination from the Italian Open yesterday, crumbling to a second-round defeat at the hands of qualifier Dino Prizmic which leaves question marks about his physical condition ahead of Roland Garros. Tennis icon Djokovic was sent packing by big-hitting Croatian Prizmic, who claimed the biggest scalp of his young career with a stunning 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win on cen tre court in Rome. Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam winner, was making his comeback from a shoulder injury in the last big tournament before the French Open, which starts later this month. And the world No. 4 was unsure as to whether he would be back to his best for the clay-court Grand Slam, simply saying “I hope so” when asked by reporters whether Paris would see the all conquering “Nole” of old. “Let’s see what happens,” said Djokovic, who lamented persis tent physical problems in the twi light of his stellar career. “I don’t recall the last time in

landmark win gives the young tal ent a match with either Ugo Humbert or Vit Kopriva and a chance to make the fourth round of a Masters 1000 event for the first time. “He’s a great competitor, a great fighter, a great kid” said Djokovic of Prizmic. “I always wish him all the best and today he performed high-level tennis.” Three-time champion Iga Swiatek battled into the third round of the women’s tournament with a 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 win over Caty McNally. Swiatek will play US 28th seed Emma Navarro or Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto this week end for a place in the last 16, after a match which initially looked like being a routine win but dragged on for the best part of three hours. “It was a tough match, Caty really played great,” said Swiatek. “I had to be patient. For sure, some mistakes happened. It was not an easy match. I’m really happy I was solid at the end and in the important moments. I kept it together.” – AFP bustion – introduced this season. The new regulations have cre ated exciting racing for viewers but have met with a varied reception from the drivers with four-time Max Verstappen describing it as “Formula E on steroids” and hinting he might step away from Formula One if it did not change. The FIA said they would look at “further adjustments at future events”, possibly as soon as the next grand prix in Canada on May 24. – AFP

the last couple of years of prepa ration where I didn’t have any physical issues coming into a tour nament,” said Djokovic. “It’s always something, it’s kind of a new reality that I have to deal with.” Djokovic wore shoulder strap pings in his first tournament since losing in the last 16 at Indian Wells in March, after pulling out of tournaments in Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid. He hadn’t previously been knocked out this early in a tourna ment since the Madrid Open last year, and he looked a long way from the player who has won six titles at the Foro Italico. He breezed into a one-set lead but then buckled under the weight of Prizmic’s powerful hit ting which has led to the 20-year old rising to a career-high world ranking of 79. Prizmic has beaten two top 10 players in a matter of weeks with sixth-ranked Ben Shelton suc cumbing in the second round in Madrid last month. Djokovic is Prizmic’s idol, and a “The measures agreed in princi ple today for 2027 would see a nominal increase in internal com bustion engine power by 50 kilo watts with a fuel-flow increase and a nominal reduction of the energy recovery system deployment power by 50 kilowatts,” the FIA said. This decision, which still has to be discussed in detail let alone approved, would in effect put an end to the 50/50 parity in hybrid engines – half electric, half com

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Formula One engines to change again in 2027 FORMULA ONE bosses have responded to the criticism of this season’s power unit modifications by agreeing to “further evolution ary changes” before a revamp for the 2027 season, the FIA announced yesterday.

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Motorsport’s governing body said that an agreement had been reached “in principle” between the 11 team bosses and five power unit manufacturers to restore the pri macy of combustion power over electric power as early as 2027.