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Ukraine crisis: UEFA shifts Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris
The 2022 final was scheduled to be held at Krestovsky Stadium, which is sponsored by Russian state-owned company Gazprom, but it has been decided that the marquee event final will now be moved to the Stade de France in Paris to be played on the original date of May 28. A statement from European football's governing body said, "The UEFA executive committee decided to relocate the final of the 2021/22 UEFA Men's Champions League from St Petersburg to Stade de France in St Denis."
CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu qualifies for Birmingham with a golden lift
The 27-year-old lifter from Manipur bagged the top spot in Singapore by lifting a total of 191kg that secured her a spot in Birmingham. The Indian weightlifter, who secured a silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021 in the w'men's 49kg category, has moved up a weight division and is participating in 55kg now.
Nadal sets up Medvedev semis clash with Acapulco Q-F victory
For both the semifinalists, the Mexican Open is their first event since Melbourne. Against Paul, Nadal dropped just 10 points in the opening set for a bagel but met stiff resistance in the second in hot and humid Acapulco. The fourth-seeded Nadal dictated early before the American began to use his athleticism to telling effect, regularly getting the better of rallies in a second set that lasted over 90 minutes.
IPL 2022 to begin on March 26; 70 matches across 4 venues with teams divided in two groups
The IPL Governing Council, in a meeting on Friday, also said that the 15th edition of the IPL will be played in a bio-secure environment at a single hub to avoid air travel, considered as a major threat for the spread of COVID-19 infection, thereby affecting the players and tournament. The tournament will be held entirely in the state of Maharashtra with 55 matches in Mumbai and 15 matches in Pune.
Loss to India in 2017 World Cup semis had a big impact on team: Meg Lanning
India had defeated Australia by 36 runs in the 2017 women's 50-over World Cup semifinal. The Mithali Raj-led side then lost to England in the final at Lord's. Ahead of the opening match of the 2022 edition of the women's World Cup against England on March 5, Lanning said during an interaction organized by the ICC that the current bunch was completely different from the one that lost to India in 2017.
Rohit Sharma has told me to try out rotating strike at the nets: Ishan
In the knock where Kishan toyed with Sri Lanka's bowling attack, he hit 10 fours and three sixes while taking 17 singles and seven twos. It was welcome change from Kishan, who struggled to get going against the West Indies, making just 71 runs in three innings. In the virtual press conference, Kishan disclosed how Sharma told him to work on his strike-rotation ability.
PVL: Shon T John's spectacular spikes take Ahmedabad Defenders to final
Shon T John's blistering performance helped Ahmedabad Defenders book a place in the final of the Prime Volleyball League after they beat Hyderabad Black Hawks 15-13, 15-12, 9-15, 15-12 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, here on Thursday. The Defenders will play the winner of the match between Kolkata Thunderbolts and Calicut Heroes in the final on Sunday.
ISL 2021-22: ATK Mohun Bagan share points with Odisha FC
Redeem Tlang (5th) opened the scoring for Odisha, who are already out of contention for a semifinal race, but Joni Kauko (8th P) made it 1-1 from the spot. The second half saw no goals from either side with Liridon Krasniqi finding the woodwork and Roy Krishna given the marching orders picking up two yellow cards.
Dubai Tennis C'ships: Vesely stuns Djokovic in quarters, Medvedev to become new No 1
After Medvedev reached the quarter-finals at the Abierto Mexicano tournament in Acapulco on Wednesday, Djokovic had to advance into the last four at the Dubai Tennis Championships if he wanted to continue his bid to remain atop tennis' mountain.
1st T20I: Kishan, Iyer and bowlers help India register convincing 62-run over Sri Lanka
India struck with a wicket on the very first ball as Pathum Nissanka played on to his stumps off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The ball kept low and Nissanka, in a bid to defend, didn't realise that the ball rolled on to hit the stumps. Kamil Mishara struck some boundaries and was even dropped by Venkatesh Iyer at mid-wicket. But two balls later, Kumar got Mishara to miscue a slog straight to mid-wicket.
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