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Verstappen holds off charging Sainz to win F1 Canadian GP
Red Bull's Max Verstappen held off a late charge from Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to take his sixth win of the 2022 Formula 1 season in the Canadian Grand Prix. Starting from pole position on Sunday, Verstappen had the measure of Sainz for most of the race, despite the two drivers opting for slightly different tyre strategies as a couple of Virtual Safety Car periods punctuated the first half of the race.
Mistakes will happen, but we are going in the right way: Rishabh Pant
Pant added that while it was frustrating for an entertaining series to end with the decider being washed out, for India it still had a lot of positives. "It might get a little bit frustrating, but there are a lot of positives, especially the way the whole team showed character after the series was 2-0.
Nissanka scores maiden ODI ton as Sri Lanka defeat Australia to go 2-1 up in series
Australia skipper Aaron Finch opted to bat after winning the toss and rang in a several changes. Mitch Marsh returned to replace the injured Steve Smith while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Swepson made way for Jhye Richardson and Cameron Green. For Sri Lanka, Niroshan Dickwella replaced Danushka Gunathilaka who was out due to a hamstring strain.
Dravid indicates Karthik and Pandya could be his 'enforcers' in ICC T20 World Cup
Both Karthik and Pandya have come up with heartening performances in the drawn five-match T20I series against South Africa, with the former scoring a match-defining half-century in Rajkot that helped the hosts level the series at 2-2. The fifth and final game at Bengaluru on Sunday was washed out.
Matsuyama finishes fourth as Fitzpatrick wins US Open title
The 30-year-old, who won the 2021 Masters Tournament to become Japan's first male major winner, saved his best for last when he fired the week's lowest round of 5-under 65 at The Country Club here to end the USD 12.5 million showpiece in a brilliant solo fourth. England's Matt Fitzpatrick (68) claimed his first major win following a pulsating one-stroke victory over Will Zalatoris (69) and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (67) of the US.
U16 Asian Basketball Championships: India beat South Korea to end fifth, their best finish ever
This was the 4th time that these two teams have played against each other in the U16 Asian Championship and the first time that India emerged victorious at the Muilti-purpose Hall at the Al-Gharafa Sports Club. At 5th, this is also the highest final standing by any Indian team in the U16 Asian Championship, the previous record being 10th place in 2009 and 2011.
FIH Hockey Pro League: Indian women go down 2-3 to Argentina despite superb fightback
After a morale-shattering 0-5 defeat to Belgium a few days back, the Indians had come back to hold Argentina 3-3 in the first encounter before losing in the shoot-out. On Sunday, they mounted another fightback after Argentina had scored three goals within five minutes in the third quarter to make it 3-1. India had taken the lead in the second quarter with Salima Tete had given them the lead in the 22nd minute.
Hockey Pro League: India go down 1-2 as Netherlands bag title
With the championship title at stake, the Dutch pulled off a narrow 2-1 win to claim their maiden Pro League, finishing ahead of World and Olympic champions Belgium, who had to be satisfied with the second place despite a 5-0 win against England in London. The Netherlands finished with 36 points, one ahead of Belgium as India ended their campaign with a third-place finish.
Halle Open: Hurkacz defeats Medvedev to lift singles title
Poland's Hubert Hurkacz won the Halle Open title after defeating World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in straight sets here on Sunday. The fifth-seed Pole broke Medvedev three times on his way to a quick-fire 6-1, 6-4 win and secured his maiden tour-level title on grass in just 63 minutes on OWL Arena. Claiming his fifth tour-level trophy in Halle sees Hurkacz projected to return to the Top 10 in the ATP Rankings for the first time since January.
MotoGP 2022: Quartararo wins and extends lead as Bagnaia crashes out in German GP
The Yamaha MotoGP rider not only scored consecutive victories for the first time this year but is now 34 points clear at the top of the standings. Aprilia Racing's Aleix Espargaro remains second in the title race after finishing fourth at the Sachsenring but the Ducati Team's Francesco Bagnaia has a mountain to climb after he crashed out while chasing Quartararo on Lap 4.
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