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Premier League: Nketiah makes last-minute winner for Arsenal as Haaland scores hat-trick for Man City
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The striker scored a left-foot volley in the 90th minute to decide an edge-of-the-seat game that Arsenal deserved to win, although it also highlighted Manchester United's continued improvement under Erik ten Hag, reports Xinhua news agency. Marcos Rashford's hot streak continued in the 17th minute when he put United ahead, but Nketiah's first goal of the match quickly leveled the scores seven minutes later.
Barca, Real Madrid to continue head-to-head in La Liga
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Barca lacked spark in attack without Robert Lewandowski, but goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen produced another solid display in goal to snuff out any threat from Getafe. Barca's win meant Real Madrid kicked off their game away to Athletic Club Bilbao six points off the back of the table, but an excellent goal from Karim Benzema in the 24th minute (his 19th against the Basques) put them ahead in an even first half.
ILT20: Rovman Powell, Joe Root power Dubai Capitals to 16-run victory
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The MI Emirates didn't get off to the best of starts as they lost Muhammad Waseem, Will Smeed and Nicholas Pooran with just 26 runs on the board. However, the MI Emirates captain Kieron Pollard didn't lose hope. He smashed Akif Raja for a six and a four and kept the MI team in the game at 83 for three at the end of the twelfth over.
SA20: Miller leads Royals to victory over Capitals
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Miller belted an undefeated 28 runs to keep the Royals playoff qualification hopes alive. The Capitals came into the match as favourites after the Centurion-based side sat at the top of the table following their victory over Durban's Super Giants on Friday. The visitors' captain Wayne Parnell won the toss and decided to bat first in the final game in Paarl.
U-19 Women's T20 WC: Parshavi Chopra's sensational four-fer leads India to victory over Sri Lanka
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India displayed a strong fight and bounced back after their loss to Australia in the last game. They had to beat Sri Lanka convincingly to boost their chances of making the semifinals. Chopra cast a spell of accuracy and deception, nabbing four wickets for just 5 runs in her spell of four brilliant overs, which also included a maiden.
ILT20: Big-hitting Chris Lynn, Shimron Hetmyer extend Gulf Giants' winning streak
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The Gulf Giants recorded their fourth successive victory with a five-wicket win while Desert Vipers crashed to their first defeat despite Alex Hales' scintillating knock of 99 off 57 balls with 10 boundaries and five sixes. Lynn cracked 71 off 42 balls with eight boundaries and three sixes while Hetmyer smashed 70 off 35 balls with five boundaries and five sixes to win the match with three balls to spare.
Hockey World Cup: India coach Reid blames poor conversion of PCs, circle penetration, easy turnovers for defeat to New Zealand
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India led 2-0 towards the end of the first half and then 3-1 in the third quarter but made basic errors and allowed the Black Sticks to fight back and level scores 3-3 and take the matter into a shoot-out. The Indians earned 11 penalty corners but could score off only two. They had 18 circle entries but could manage only 12 shots at the goal.
Unbeaten Indian women's hockey team holds hosts South Africa 2-2
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This was India's last match against the South African side before they take on World No.1 Netherlands on January 23. It was Vaishnavi Vithal Palkhe, playing her debut tour for the senior side, who starred for the team, scoring two crucial goals that helped them hold the home team to a draw. South Africa made a strong start on Sunday, after a series of losses against India.
Hugo Calderano bags men's singles crown; China win four titles at WTT Contender Doha
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After winning the titles in the women's singles, women's doubles, men's doubles and mixed doubles on Saturday, the Chinese team repeated what it had achieved one week ago in Durban, South Africa. In an all-Chinese women's singles final, Fan Siqi came out on top with a full-set victory over Zhang Rui. Fan recovered from two sets down to edge past Zhang 6-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5.
ISL 2022-23: FC Goa register 3-1 win over Kerala Blasters, surge to fifth place
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Goals from Iker Guarrotxena, Noah Sadaoui and Redeem Tlang helped the Gaurs end their four-game winless run in the ISL as they leapfrogged Odisha FC to fifth and went four points clear of Bengaluru FC in seventh. Meanwhile, the Blasters suffered back-to-back defeats in the ISL for the first time since October.
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