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La Liga: Coach Carlos Carvalhal leaves Celta Vigo after poor end to season
The Portuguese coach replaced Eduardo Coudet at the club after 11 games of the season, with Celta just a place above the relegation zone, and his initial results led to optimism as Celta produced some impressive attacking football. However, a failure to strengthen in January saw Celta run out of steam and led to a disastrous second half of the season, with Carvalhal and striker Iago Aspas insisting that the club needed signings to be able to compete, reports Xinhua.
WTC Final: Rahane can prolong his Test career by couple of years after gutsy knock, feels Ponting
Rahane ended a 17-month exile when he was recalled to India's XI for the one-off Test at The Oval on the back of an impressive domestic season and an excellent Indian Premier League campaign with the Chennai Super Kings that netted 326 runs. He was perhaps also fortuitous that injuries to fellow batters KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer during the lead-up ensured he was an automatic choice.
'Will participate in Asian Games only when issues will be resolved': Wrestler Sakshi Malik
Talking to reporters in Sonipat, Malik said that no one understands what the wrestlers are going through mentally each passing day. The 30-year old reached Sonipat to attend the Mahapanchayat to decide on the future course of action for wrestlers, who have been demanding the resignation of outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Paris Diamond League: India's Murali Sreeshankar finishes third in long jump
Murali logged his best jump of the Friday night with his third attempt. The 8.09m effort put him in the second spot, only behind the reigning Olympic and Diamond League champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece, who won the Paris Diamond League with an 8.13m jump. However, a foul from Murali in the fourth attempt and an 8.11m jump by Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, pushed the Indian long jumper down to the third spot
WTC Final: Warner has done enough to feature in Australia's playing XI in Ashes, says Steve O'Keefe
Warner had come into the ongoing World Test Championship Final against India on the back of a lean run in the format. At The Oval, Warner looked solid before falling for 43 in the first innings, before being out for just one in the second innings. "I think he's done enough (for Ashes playing eleven selection).
Ponting issues Ashes warning to England
But the ICC Hall of Famer also said that England should be wary of the pitfalls that could come from preparing conditions to suit their ultra-attacking batting philosophy, reports ICC. Ponting, who was speaking during the ICC World Test Championship Final at The Oval on Friday, believes England's bowlers could come a cropper if the boundaries are brought in and pitches are prepared to the "fast and flat" specification that Stokes mentioned earlier in the English summer.
Intercontinental Cup: Stimac all praises for Chhangte after Mongolia victory
"We're overall happy with our performance. We did everything we sought today - a clean sheet and a victory. The boys enjoyed their time on the pitch, passing the ball, creating chances, and scoring goals. I feel a bit sorry that there were no more goals because there were enough chances to do that," said Stimac in the post-match press conference.
India outshine Japan 1-0 to enter final of Women's Jr Asia Cup, qualify for FIH Jr Hockey Women's World Cup
Sunelita Toppo (47') scored the only goal of the game. The victory means that the Indian team will compete in the prestigious tournament's Final for the second time, having previously reached the summit clash in 2012. India qualified for the FIH Junior Hockey Women's World Cup 2023 by reaching the tournament's Final.
WTC Final: Marnus explains nap that sent cricket world into a spin
Labuschagne decided to sit back and take a nap as teammates David Warner and Usman Khawaja looked to build on Australia's lead, though the No.3 batter was rudely awoken and called out to the middle when Mohammed Siraj struck, reports ICC.
Ruud races past Zverev, returns to Roland Garros final
The Norwegian charged to his third championship match in the space of five Grand Slam events with a seemingly nerveless 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 semi-final victory against Alexander Zverev at the clay-court major, reports atptour.com. Ruud, who was a finalist in Paris a year ago and at the 2022 US Open, delivered a performance full of his trademark clean baseline hitting to overwhelm Zverev .
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