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Murray fights back for landmark 700th career win at Indian Wells
The victory extended the Brit's run to six straight ATP Tour events with at least one win, his semifinal showing at Sydney in January still his best result of the season. "I'm old now so these 11 a.m. starts, it takes me a bit of time to get going," the 34-year-old said after the match on Friday night. "But Taro played extremely well. He's started the year very well," Murray, the two-time Wimbledon champion, said to atptour.com.
Zak Crawley hits century as England give strong second-innings reply to West Indies
Zak Crawley scored his second century in Test cricket, while skipper Joe Root hit an unbeaten 84 as England made a strong comeback in the second innings of the opening Test against the West Indies, notching up 217/1 at stumps on Day 4 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday.
Women's World Cup: Smriti, Harmanpreet score centuries as India post 317/8 against WI
Apart from their knocks of 123 and 109, Smriti and Harmanpreet were also involved in a 184-run stand. It was a free-flowing batting performance from India where they were proactive in power-play, had the intent to rotate the strike in middle overs and when it mattered the most, got the big knocks as West Indies bowlers were punished for their wayward line and length.
India have a great chance to earn valuable WTC points in Pink Ball Test
India, who are currently fifth on the WTC 2021/23 table with five wins, three losses, two draws and a no result in 11 Test outings in the current cycle are fifth on the basis of percentage points earned so far going into the second Test, a day-nighter. The Rohit Sharma-led Test side has 54.16 percentage points and are not far behind South Africa, who have 60 percentage points.
Cueva returns to Peru squad for crucial WC qualifiers
Al-Fateh midfielder Christian Cueva has returned to Peru's squad for the decisive World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay, head coach Ricardo Gareca has said. Cueva, who missed Peru's last qualifier against Ecuador due to suspension, headlines a 29-man squad that also includes Boca Juniors defender Carlos Zambrano, Sporting Cristal star Yoshimar Yotun and Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
Women's World Cup: Positivity with which Yastika started gave a lot of confidence, says Smriti
India opener Smriti Mandhana on Saturday said the positive start given by fellow left-hander Yastika Bhatia gave her a lot of confidence in playing a big innings. Under pressure after a crushing 62-run loss to New Zealand on Thursday, India posted a mammoth 317/8 against the West Indies, with Smriti top-scoring with 123 while Harmanpreet Kaur slammed 109.
Pink-ball Test: India eye clean sweep against Sri Lanka, improvement in WTC table (preview)
After winning the first match convincingly, India will look for a 2-0 sweep against Sri Lanka, when the two sides meet in the second and final Test, which will be played under the lights, here from Saturday. A dominating win by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test in Mohali consolidated India's fifth position in the World Test Championship standings but they will be looking to move further up with a win in Bengaluru.
Asian Youth & Junior Boxing: Vishwanath, Anand reach finals, add to India's medal count
Vishwanath (48kg) confirmed his second successive final appearance at the prestigious continental tournament after beating Miralijon Mavlonov by a split 4-1 decision. On the other hand, in the thrilling bantamweight semi-finals, Anand gave his all to secure a tough 3-2 win over Abduvali Buriboev. India is assured of winning 30 medals in this competition so far.
Women's Pro League: India confident of putting it across strong Germany
Germany had defeated India in the women's hockey competition at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Despite that 2-0 defeat to Germany, the Indian women's team finished fourth in the preliminary group. The story took a turn after that as India defeated Australia in quarters before losing to Argentina and Great Britain to eventually finish fourth.
Hockey Pro League: India women to focus on defence for Germany matches
India had defeated Spain 2-1 in the first match but then lost to them 3-4 in their second match, the Spaniards capitalising on the defensive errors by the Indian defenders, who allowed their rivals extra space in the final third. On Thursday, India vice-captain and senior defender Deep Grace Ekka said they have worked on the defence in the break between the two matches
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