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PVL: Ahmedabad Defenders pick thrilling win over Kochi Blue Spikers
Nandagopal was named the player of the match. Ahmedabad got their middle firing from the very first moment as skipper Muthusamy Appavu set up LM Manoj. Manoj's two-man block line along with Nandagopal showcased Ahmedabad's defensive prowess.Erin's dangerous play from the service line gave the home crowd a ray of hope. But Manoj kept blocking Shubham Chaudhary .
I-League: Clinical Real Kashmir pick up full points in Imphal
Defender Richard Osei Agyemang was on target in the first half to score his fourth goal of the season, while substitute Phrangki Buam combined with Ibrahim Nurudeen to score his first goal to end a run of seven winless games away from home for the Snow Leopards. Both teams displayed a cautious approach from the start and built their attacks from the back, Real Kashmir had an edge.
Sweeping regularly is not the answer to playing good spin bowling, says Ian Chappell
"Any good spin bowler who makes the ball bounce is likely to expose the dangers in sweeping constantly. It should have been obvious in Australia's build-up what kinds of batting strategies needed to be used in India. The most beneficial are to watch the ball closely, more so than in Australia, and that there is a fraction more time than you think."
Max Purcell crowned Bengaluru Open 2023 champion
In an all-Australian final, Purcell emerged a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) winner over second seeded James Duckworth after Anil Jain, President, All India Tennis Association and Member of Parliament did the honours at the toss. Duckworth did not have to strain himself much to win the first set 6-3 and it indicated a quick end to the match. But that was not to be as Purcell gathered his game together in the second set.
Australia win record-extending sixth Women's T20 World Cup title, beat South Africa by 19 runs
Beth Mooney top-scored with 74* as the world's top-ranked team posted 156/6, and a brilliant bowling display saw South Africa stifled in their chase, with the Proteas falling short of their target. Their victory means Australia have now won six Women's T20 World Cup titles, and they have completed a 'three-peat' under the captaincy of Meg Lanning, winning in 2018, 2020 and now 2023, reports ICC.
Anamika, Anupama clinch silver medals at Strandja Memorial International Boxing
Indian boxers have secured eight medals in the tournament with only Govind Kumar Sahani left to play the final in the men's 48kg category against the 2023 Asian U-22 Championships silver medallist Shodiyorjon Melikuziev of Uzbekistan. Anamika went down 1-4 against Hu Meiyi of China in the final of the women's Light Flyweight (50kg) division.
Spanish Para-Badminton: Pramod, Sukant win gold in men's doubles
In the men's doubles SL3-SL4 category, Pramod and Sukant defeated the Indian pair of Tarun and Nitesh in a tightly contested 3 sets, 22-20, 12-21 and 21-9. Whereas, the ace shuttlers had to settle for silver in their singles category. Pramod went down fighting to England's Daniel Bethell in straight sets.
Shubhankar Sharma, Veer Ahlawat best Indians at tied 13th in Indian Open
As two Germans battled it out to become the first from their country to win the Indian Open, Marcel Siem (68, 14-under 274) won by one-shot over Yannik Paul (70, 13-under). Angad Cheema saw a top-10 finish slip away with a horrendous quadruple bogey on the 18th hole that sent him plunging to tied 20th on the leaderboard.
Mayank Agarwal to captain Rest of India in Irani Cup tie; Sarfaraz Khan misses out due to finger injury: Report
A report in ESPNCricinfo says the Irani Cup match was initially set to be played in Indore, but had move to Gwalior after the third India-Australia Test was allotted to the Holkar Stadium, because of the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala not being ready in time to host the game.
ISL: I believe we have made progress, says Stephen Constantine on East Bengal FC's season
As both teams came into this fixture on the back of a win, this Kolkata derby was expected to be a tighter contest than the one in the reverse fixture. Without much surprises, both teams put the pressure on each other in the first half, but the goal by Slavko Damjanovic in the second half changed the momentum in favor of the Mariners.
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