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We want to grow as a footballing nation, says coach Suren Chettri
"We aim to put up a good show. Sweden are number 2 in FIFA world ranking and to play against them will be difficult - that too in Sweden. But it will be important as to how we approach the game. We need to have faith and courage to face a team like this. We want to grow as a footballing nation," the coach asserted prior to the first match in the 3-nation tournament.
Legendary Australia cricketer Lisa Sthalekar is new FICA president
The 42-year-old Lisa, who has played eight Tests and 125 WODIs and scored nearly 4,000 international runs across the three formats, joins the likes of Barry Richards, Jimmy Adams and most recently Vikram Solanki who have been FICA presidents since its formation. "I'm extremely honoured and excited to be FICA's new president. We are entering a new phase of the game which covers more cricket than ever before for our male and female players.
Chennaiyin FC sign Aakash Sangwan and Sajal Bag
While the 26-year-old Sangwan is the fourth defender signed by Chennaiyin this summer, promising West Bengal youngster Bag, becomes the seventh midfielder to join the club. Both players will be playing in the Indian Super League for the first time. The left-footed Sangwan will be joining Chennaiyin FC from RoundGlass Punjab, formerly known as Minerva Punjab, with whom he lifted the I-League title in 2018.
South Africa bowler Khaka displaces India's Jhulan Goswami at fifth spot in ICC rankings
Wolvaardt's superb innings of 89 in the third and final match in Dublin came just at the right time as it catapulted the right-hander past Australia skipper Meg Lanning and into fourth place on the latest rankings for batters. Australia's Alyssa Healy continues to lead the charts with 785 points. It was the only change inside the top 10 for batters, but fellow South Africa batter Lara Goodall -- who was the leading run-scorer for the series with 143 runs -- shot up 15 places to 43rd following an unbeaten 93 in the second match.
Players surprised with Serena's decision to return to court after 12 months
Serena, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, played her last match at Wimbledon nearly a year ago, where she was forced to retire with an injury in the first round against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus. She is set to return at Eastbourne, where she will play doubles alongside Tunisian's new world No. 3 singles player Ons Jabeur.
Incredible to see so many pace bowlers in India, says Dravid
"It's been challenging as well, we have got six captains in the last eight months, which actually wasn't the plan when I started, but it's the nature of the number of games we are playing, it's the nature of Covid, so I have had to work with quite a few people, it has been great fun. A lot of other guys have got an opportunity to lead, we have got opportunities to create more leaders in the group," Dravid told Star Sports.
WTA Tour: Muguruza downs Frech, Linette outlasts Riske in Eastbourne
The former Wimbledon champion, the fifth seed here, claimed her first grass-court win in nearly a year with a 6-1, 7-6(7) against the Polish player. After a first set that lasted just over a half-hour, Muguruza was pushed hard in the second set by world No. 92 Frech, the third-highest ranked Polish player. From 6-1, 3-1 down, Frech got the second set back on serve, was ahead for much of it on serve from then on, and battled back from a big deficit in the tie-break.
Shikhar Dhawan unlikely to make it to India squad for T20 World Cup, says Sunil Gavaskar
Dhawan has had a decent performance in IPL 2022 and failed to make it to the team for the subsequent South Africa series and the T20Is in England next month. Gavaskar believes that it is curtains for Dhawan as far as T20I cricket is concerned and with just four months remaining to go for ICC's premier event in Australia.
Pant will be in the squad for T20 World Cup, but England tour will be crucial: Kaif
Now, former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who also served as an assistant coach with Delhi Capitals, where Pant serves as the skipper, believes that the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter can be a part of India's squad for the Men's T20 World Cup but the T20I series against England, to be played on July 7, 9 and 10 in Southampton, Birmingham and Nottingham, will be crucial for him to get back into form.
'Count your blessings': K.L. Rahul shares post amid road to recovery
Rahul then reported to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) where the medical team assessed the batter and it was decided he would not go to England for the rescheduled fifth Test. However, the batter is in the right frame of mind as he shared his pictures on the Koo app on Monday. "Count your blessings", K.L. Rahul captioned the post on the Koo app.
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