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Australian Open: Berrettini beats Monfils, is 1st Italian man to reach semis in Melbourne
In a heavy-hitting performance at Rod Laver Arena, Berrettini beat France's Monfils 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 in an epic three hours and 48-minute clash to book a place in the semi-final wherein he will face Rafael Nadal on Friday.
ECB partners with 'Kick It Out' to tackle racism and discrimination in cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a partnership with football's leading anti-discrimination organisation 'Kick It Out', in an attempt to address issues of equality, diversity, and inclusion in cricket. The partnership comes after a parliamentary committee released a report earlier stating that racism in cricket is "deep-seated" and the sport needs to "clean up its act".
Haryana's Olympian Chopra, Paralympic winner Antil named for Padma Shri
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and Paralympic gold medalist Sumit Antil, both belonging to Haryana, were on Tuesday awarded the Padma Shri. Also, the state's Om Prakash Gandhi will be awarded the Padma Shri for social work, Moti Lal Madan for science and engineering, and Raghuvendra Tanwar for literature and education.
India's Tokyo Games heroes come together to recite National Anthem
India's champion athletes who stole the show for the country at the Tokyo Games 2020 have come together on one platform once again. Only this time it is in a different avatar to recite India's national anthem.This has been made possible thanks to former India cricketer Nilesh Kulkarni, Founder Director at the International Institute of Sports Management (IISM), the count'y's leading sports management college, along with his team through a concept called The Sports Heroes, which celebrates India's sporting heroes.
Ind vs WI: Fit Rohit ready to return and lead, Ashwin set to miss the series
The selection for the six matches -- three ODIs and as many T20Is against Kieron Pollard led side -- was expected to take place on Tuesday itself but it was postponed due to the unavailability of coach Rahul Dravid and a couple of selectors, who have travelled for almost 24 hours to reach India from South Africa. The selection committee meeting, led by chief selector Chetan Sharma, may now take place in the next two days.
I made retirement announcement too soon, to be very honest, says Sania Mirza
Sania, last Wednesday, announced her retirement plans after defeat in the first round of women's doubles at the Australian Open. And her run at the Australian Open came to an end in the mixed doubles quarter-finals on Tuesday, as she and her partner Rajeev Ram lost 4-6, 6-7 to Australian wildcard entries Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler in one hour and 30 minutes.
'It's time to look beyond Ashwin in ODIs': Harbhajan suggests bringing back 'KulCha'
In the recently-concluded three-match ODI series, which India lost 0-3, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal were out-bowled by South Africa's troika of spinners, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj and part-timer Aiden Markram. The 35-year old Ashwin, who was brought back to the ODI squad for the first time since 2017, picked up only one wicket in two matches before he was replaced by Jayant Yadav in the third ODI.
Australia to tour Pakistan with a full-strength squad, says George Bailey
Bailey added that the selection will be solely based on managing their workload. "I believe the boards are still working through some of the minor details around that tour, so once that gets the formal tick of approval then we'll announce the squad post that, but we're reasonably well down the track," Bailey was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia's website.
Shafali Verma back on top in latest ICC T20 rankings for batters
Verma, who attained No. 1 position for the first time during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, is now two rating points ahead of Mooney at 726. Australia captain Meg Lanning and all-rounder Tahlia McGrath have advanced in the T20I Player Rankings after helping their team clinch the three-match home series against England 1-0 with outstanding performances in the first match in Adelaide.
Virat Kohli should not have married for 10-12 years : Shoaib Akhtar
Speaking his mind on the Indian cricket captaincy saga which has unfolded in the last 4 months, Akhtar said that Virat was forcefully relieved from the captaincy across all the formats. “"Virat didn't leave captaincy but was forced to do so. This is not the best of times for him but he needs to prove what he is made of,” Akhtar quipped in the interview.
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