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There has not been a woman driver in a Formula 1 race for more than 40 years. But with estimates suggesting that 40% of current Formula 1 fan are female, the motorsport industry is making a concerted effort to ensure that changes. Taking a break in the paddock after watching   Max Verstappen   set a lap record in practice at the Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne teenager Kaitlyn Bourne was loving her day at the track. The 17-year-old Bourne, who was wearing a clear plastic poncho over a Red Bull sweater on a wintry day at Albert Park, is a massive fan of Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo, who is sitting out this season. But Bourne, who comes from a motorsport-loving family and watches every Grand Prix race, hopes that one day she will have the chance to support a female F1 driver. “It is still a very male-dominated sport, so it would be good to bring in more females. I think it could happen,” she said. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said this week in Melb...

  Injuries and unavailability of key players mean defending champions Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings are busy scrambling at the eleventh hour leading up to their  Indian Premier League (IPL) opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. Ahead of the two-month feast lined up, there is a bit of uncertainty about what to expect from the starter. The only time Gujarat Titans played at their home ground in Ahmedabad last year, they ended up lifting the IPL crown. As they gear up for their first home game of the season, there is an air of expectation that they would only grow from strength to strength. In a format where balance and match-winners hold the key, skipper Hardik Pandya has quite a few in his hand that he can use to unlock tough situations. And then there is Chennai Super Kings. The four-time winners are known for the big occasions, and had an enviable track record till 2020, being the only team to make the playoffs in every season they played. Since then, they h...

  Lewis Hamilton   has praised Brazilian authorities for handing three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet a large fine for using racist and anti-gay language in comments about the Mercedes driver. A Brazilian court last week ordered Piquet to pay 5 million Brazilian reals ($953,050) in “moral damages” for remarks about Hamilton in interviews in 2021 and 2016. “I still believe that we generally shouldn’t be giving people that are just full of hate a platform,” Hamilton told reporters at Albert Park ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. “I’d like to acknowledge the Brazilian government, I think it’s pretty amazing what they’ve done in holding someone accountable, showing people that that is not tolerated. “Racism and homophobia are not acceptable, and there is no place for it within our society. So I love that they’ve shown that they stand for something.” Piquet, 70, apologized to seven-time world champion Hamilton last year and said he had been mistranslated by som...

  India’s veteran wicketkeeper-batter and RCB Player  Dinesh Karthik   confirmed on Thursday that he will return as a commentator during the 2023 Ashes after the IPL 2023. The five-match Ashes series will take place in June and July at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford, and The Oval. Australia currently holds the Ashes, having won the series 4-0 in 2021-22. Karthik, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) keeper-batter, has been named to the Sky Sports commentary team for the Ashes 2023. The 37-year-old is one of the team’s prominent names, which also includes Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Mel Jones, Kumar Sangakkara, Mark Taylor, Mark Butcher, Ricky Ponting, Ian Ward, and Andrew Strauss. “One MASSIVE announcement before the IPL as a player starts. So proud to be amongst these legends. Surreal feeling. Just felt like sharing! Bas. That’s all. Karthik will compete in the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which begins...

Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler  Josh Hazlewood  is set to miss the initial stages of the Indian Premier League beginning in Ahmedabad on Friday. The 32-year-old is currently recovering from an Achilles problem which kept him out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India. Hazlewood will consult Cricket Australia’s medical staff before deciding on his participation in the IPL, the report said. In another big development, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who missed Australia’s final two ODIs against India earlier this month, is also doubtful for RCB’s opening game against Mumbai Indians on April 2 in Bengaluru as he is yet to recover from a leg injury. Australia national selector George Bailey said Maxwell, who broke his leg in a freak accident last November, found the comeback to ODI “more demanding than he had expected”. Kheloge Mota, Tabhi to jitoge Mota. MOTABET.COM

  Anticipation is ramping up for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, but for McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, there’s an extra level of excitement as he gears up for his home  Formula 1   debut. Melbourne-born Piastri hasn’t yet raced at the city’s Albert Park Circuit but the rookie gears up for his first home start this Sunday. Piastri had to retire early from his F1 debut in Bahrain but came home 15th last time out in Saudi Arabia and looks to score his first F1 points this weekend. “It’s great to be heading to Melbourne for my home Grand Prix. I grew up in the suburbs of the city and it is a special feeling to be returning as an F1 driver,” said Piastri, who hails from the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. McLaren is however one of two teams – along with AlphaTauri – yet to score a point ahead of the third round of the season. Piastri conceded that there is a “long way to go” as the team in orange looks to get back to points-scoring ways. “Securing a starting position o...

Argentina superstar  Lionel Messi  surpassed 100 goals for Argentina after he scored a first-half hat-trick against Curacao showing his skills and proving once again why at 35 he still is considered amongst an elite group of footballers. All three goals displayed the magician’s clever moment and presence of mind to be at the right place at the right time and his sublime finishes were a joy to behold for the fans. The World Cup winners beat the Caribbean side 7-0 in their second match since clinching the trophy in December. The 35-year-old Messi opened the scoring against Curacao in the 20th minute with a right-foot shot from the edge of the box to reach the 100-goal milestone. Nico Gonzalez added another three minutes later with a header from close range. Messi then scored his 101st for Argentina in the 33rd minute with a crossed shot to the right of the goalkeeper and his 102nd in the 37th after an easy run to score. Two minutes earlier he had assisted Enzo Fernandez’s blast ...

IPL  2023 Live Telecast in India, OTT, Channel:  The Indian Premier League (IPL) is entering its 16th edition as the two-month-long cricket extravaganza kickstarts on March 31 with the reigning champions Gujarat Titans facing Chennai Super Kings at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. This season, there is more than one way to catch the action live from the comfort of your home. While Star Sports has renewed its contract, Viacom 18 grabbed the rights to live stream the matches in India by paying a total of INR 20,500 crore to BCCI. IPL broadcasting rights for the 2023 to 2027 season were sold for Rs 48,390 crore ($6.2 billion) by the BCCI. Thanks to this, the IPL became the second most valuable tournament in the world after NFL. IPL 2023 Live Streaming and live broadcast details: How to watch IPL 2023 matches live online? The IPL live-streaming game has completely changed after Jio Cinema’s announcement that the IPL 2023 will be live-streamed for free. This y...

  In a moving speech after his life-size statue was unveiled and the world-cup-winning Argentine team honored,  Lionel Messi   tried to capture what the world cup triumph meant to him. “I’m fulfilled with this, it was what I was missing. Thank God I got everything in football,” Messi said. South American football’s governing body Conmebol on Monday presented the 35-year-old Argentine star with the statue, which will be placed in the museum beside the statues of the legendary players Pelé and Diego Maradona. “I keep these cups in the museum at home. Thanks to Conmebol for this tribute to us and to Sole for the theme, we listen to it a lot and it reminds me of when she sang it to Diego. We are living very beautiful moments, we were lucky to return to Argentina after the World Cup and we received many expressions of affection. It was different, that’s how the people of Argentina show it,” Messi said. He also talked about the universal love for him and Argentina tha...

  Cristiano Ronaldo   is feeling at home again. It took only two games for him to make his peace with Portugal’s national team and show he is not done impressing at the international level just yet. In his return after a disappointing World Cup and a controversial move to Saudi soccer, the 38-year-old Ronaldo scored four goals in Portugal’s first two games in 2024 European Championship qualifying, showing he remains the leader that fans got used to seeing wearing the national team’s red and green uniform. Ronaldo netted twice in the 6-0 rout of Luxembourg on Sunday, three days after scoring another brace in the 4-0 win over Liechtenstein when he became the men’s player with the most international appearances with 197. “Two games, two victories,” the Portugal captain said on his social media accounts after the win at Luxembourg. “Happy to have contributed to a very positive start by our national team. Let’s go.” The goals came against European minnows but seemed to be enough to...