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FIH Hockey Pro League: Resilient Indian men hold Netherlands 2-2; lose 4-1 in shoot-out
Dilpreet Singh (22 min) had equalised for India after Reyenga Tijmen had given the Hetherlands the lead in the 10th minute. Bijen Koen in looked to have sealed the victory for the hosts as the clock wound down but Harmanpreet scored in the final seconds of the match played on Saturday. In the shoot-out, the Netherlands scored among others via Bijen Koen, and Jonas De Geus while Harmanpreet Singh and Abhishek failed in their attempts for India.
Kuortane Games: Neeraj Chopra clinches gold with a throw of 86.69 metres
Neeraj Chopra's first throw, measuring 86.69m, was enough for him to clinch the top spot on the podium. However, his winning throw was well short of the 89.30m -- the personal best he had logged during the Paavo Nurmi Games earlier in the week. London 2012 gold medallist Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver with 86.64m while world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada settled for bronze with an 84.75 attempt.
Halle Open: Medvedev marches past Otte to reach final
It is a second tour-level final for Medvedev in as many weeks on the grass after he appeared in the championship match at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch just six days ago. In Sunday's final, Medvedev will face either fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz or wild card Nick Kyrgios as he chases the second grass-court title of his career.
Indonesia Open: India's campaign ends with Prannoy's loss in semis
Though the match started with some engaging rallies, Prannoy, the world No. 23 in the world badminton rankings lost the plot as the Chinese shuttler, ranked 12 places below him, managed to negate the Indian's strong net game early. By the time Prannoy finally managed to find a foothold in the contest, Junpeng had already taken a handy lead and proceeded to wrap up the first game comfortably.
German Open: Bencic overcomes Sakkari to reach final
With this win, Bencic is now 4-2 lifetime against Top-10 players on grass, as she moves into the fifth grass-court final of her career. She seeks her second grass-court title, with her first coming at Eastbourne in 2015. The 25-year-old, who lost to Liudmila Samsonova in last year's Berlin final, was dominant behind her backhand, of which she had 19 of her 41 winners during the 3 hours and 7 minutes long match.
Eddie Nketiah signs new long-term contract with Arsenal, gets No. 14 shirt
The 23-year-old, who was due to be out of contract at the end of the month, has made 92 first-team appearances and scored 23 goals since his first-team debut for the Gunners in 2017. He finished last season in good form, starting Arsenal's last eight league games and scoring five goals. "I'm delighted Eddie is staying with us. He represents what we are all about and all the values of the club," said manager Mikel Arteta in a statement.
FIH Pro League: India women beat Argentina in shoot-out after 3-3 draw
India took an early lead through Player of the Match Lalremsiami in the 3rd minute. But Argentina came back strongly in the second quarter to level the score through Agustina Gorzelany in the 21st minute before taking lead twice, Gorzelany converting a penalty corner (36th min) and a penalty stroke (44th min) to complete a hat-trick and put Argentina in sight of victory.
Hardik Pandya reveals MS Dhoni's advice which helped him become a better player
The 28-year-old Pandya recently made a comeback into the India squad during the T20I series against South Africa and has made some vital contributions. His inclusion came on the back of a sensational IPL with the Gujarat Titans, where he proved his form and fitness, leading them to title triumph in the debut season. He scored 487 runs in the IPL 2022 while also chipping in with 8 wickets.
Pranati Nayak wins bronze in Asian Artistic Gymnastics
Pranati, 27, who competed in last year's Tokyo Olympics, continued to impress as she came up with scores of 13.400 and 13.367 in the first and second vault respectively. She thus finished with an overall score of 13.367 at Doha on Friday evening. With this score, Pranati finished behind South Korea's Yeo Seo-Jeong (14.084) and Shoko Miyata (13.884) of Japan, who claimed gold and silver, respectively.
IND v SA: Pant has to stop looking for aerial shots far outside off-stump, says Gavaskar
In the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, Pant has made scores of 29, 5, 6 and 17. But the left-hander has repeatedly fallen for the wide outside the off-stump trap laid for him by the South Africa bowlers trying to bowl away from his hitting arc. On all four occasions in the series, Pant has tried to play big shots against balls far outside the off-stump but he lost some bit of his balance after playing the shot and was caught out on all four occasions in the off-side.
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