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Ranji Trophy: Arjun Tendulkar not included in Mumbai squad for knockout rounds
Prithvi Shaw will lead the squad that also includes fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhaval Kulkarni, and Tushar Deshpande for the match against Uttarakhand in Bengaluru. In February this year, Arjun Tendulkar and India batter Ajinkya Rahane were named in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad. The left-handed allrounder, who has represented Mumbai in T20 matches, is yet to make his first-class debut.
French Open: Djokovic happy to play year's first Grand Slam match in front of full capacity
Djokovic, the defending Roland Garros men's singles champion, was deported from Australia on the eve of the the Australian Open in January this year because of a lack of clarity over his Covid-19 vaccination status. He stepped on the court for a Grand Slam match on Monday night and got his Roland Garros campaign started with a straight-sets win over Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan.
England-New Zealand series: With Williamson set to play, Conway could come down at No. 4
The 30-year-old Conway, who completed his engagements with Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings a few days back, batted at No.3 for the Kiwis in the four summer home Tests earlier this year when skipper Kane Williamson was laid low by an elbow injury.
Sense of calmness is a must in a pressure-cooker environment like the IPL: RCB's du Plessis
With high-pressure situations being the norm in the lucrative league, du Plessis, who has played a vital role in the side making the grade in IPL 2022, added that maintaining sanity in the dressing room is something which isn't easy. And with him not reacting to situations, he ensures players are in the right environment and right mental frame to perform their task.
French Open: Nadal cruises past Thompson at Roland Garros
The Spaniard will now seek to join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the 300-plus club in a second-round meeting with French wild card Corentin Moutet.Nadal spoke of a chronic foot injury hampering his movement in a third-round defeat to Denis Shapovalov in Rome just 10 days ago, but the Spaniard's movement and all-round game appeared in fine working order in a two-hour, two-minute victory on Court Philippe Chatrier.
La Liga: Four things we learned in Spain's Matchday 38
Villarreal's 2-0 win away to Barcelona highlighted the talent that Unai Emery has on his side and the fact that Barca needs to hit the 'reset' button over the summer. It's hard to imagine that the beaten Champions League semi-finalists, who have players such as Arnaut Danjuma, Dani Parejo, Pau Torres and Gerard Moreno in their squad (although Moreno has had injury problems) were close to missing out on Europe, but goals from Moi Gomez and Antonio Pedraza.
French Open: Fritz survives a five-set thriller, Opelka crashes out
The American was made to work for every point in a 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over the World No. 201, who gave little away in his first main draw match at a major. The reigning Indian Wells champion snagged the opening set in a tie-break after 55 minutes of play. Rodriguez Taverna served for the first set but Fritz broke back when he needed to.
Asia Cup hockey: Profligate India concede late goal in 1-1 draw with arch-rivals Pakistan
India had to thank goalkeeper Suraj Karkera who pulled off at least five superb saves to keep India in the hunt before they conceded a late goal. Selvam Karthi opened the score for India in the eighth minute when his drag flick on India's second penalty corner took a deflection off a defender's stick and went into the goal to make it 1-0.
Spanish GP: Finishing 5th gives me hope that at some stage we'll be fighting for win, says Hamilton
Hamilton impressively fought back, after a puncture on the first lap saw him drop to 19th, to finish fifth in the Spanish Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, who was one of the fastest drivers on track on his way back to contention, felt that finishing at 5th is better than a win.
French Open: Swiatek cruises to second round, Osaka ousted by Anisimova
Swiatek needed just 54 minutes to get past her opening round opponent on Day 2 of the competition, beating Ukraine's Lesia Taurenko 6-2, 6-0 under the roof at the Court Philippe-Chatrier. The 2020 Roland-Garros champion extended her current streak to 29 match wins in a row and is searching for a sixth consecutive title this fortnight. Tsurenko now falls to 0-7 lifetime against reigning world No.1.
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