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Hockey World Cup: India crash out with 4-5 defeat to New Zealand in sudden death shoot-out
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India failed to capitalise on a 3-1 lead in the third quarter and allowed New Zealand to score twice to end the match 3-3 in regulation time. Lalit Upadhyay (17th min), Sukhjeet Singh (24th min) and Varun Kumar (40th min) scored for India in regulation time while Sam Lane (28th min), Kane Russell (43rd min) and Sean Findlay (49th min) scored for the Black Sticks.
Hockey World Cup: Spain overcome Malaysia 4-3 in sudden death to seal quarterfinal berth
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Spain fought back from a goal down and scored twice within a minute to take a 2-1 lead. However, Malaysia scored the equaliser (2-2) in the 48th minute and then survived waves of Spanish attacks and a barrage of penalty corners to take the match to the tie-break shoot-out.
Australian Open: Tsitsipas overcomes Sinner to reach quarterfinals
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For the first two sets, Tsitsipas stayed on track to repeat his straight-sets quarterfinal win against the Italian in Melbourne a year ago, but his hopes of a similarly one-sided result were dashed by a remarkable change in level from his opponent. An increasingly confident Sinner dominated the baseline exchanges in the third and fourth sets to carry the momentum into a decider on Rod Laver Arena.
India Open 2023: Kunlavut Vitidsarn, An Se Young upset top seeds Axelsen, Yamaguchi to clinch titles
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Vitidsarn, who had lost all six men's singles matches against top seed Axelsen before Sunday, engaged the tall Dane in long rallies in the decider before prevailing 22-20, 10-21, 21-12 in an hour and four minutes before Young got the better of Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 15-21, 21-16, 21-12 in just over an hour at the BWF World Tour Super 750 event organised by the Badminton Association of India.
Australian Open: Jessica Pegula reaches quarterfinal for third straight year
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"I thought it was really high level, first set especially. Got a little tricky there trying to close that first set out. It's tough when you play someone that has a lot of experience, that it can flip a match. I'm glad that I was able to fight and win that first set, then kind of go on a roll from there," Jessica Pegula added.
Winners of the ICC Awards 2022 set to be revealed from Monday onwards
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After shortlists for the 13 individual awards were announced last month, the ICC Voting Academy and hundreds of thousands of global cricket fans submitted their selections to identify the best performers from a year which included the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and a host of other international contests.
Australian Open: Korda reaches first Grand Slam quarterfinal after epic tie-break win
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The 29th-seed American advanced to the last eight at a Grand Slam for the first time with a back-and-forth 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(10-7) victory against the Polish star. He will play Karen Khachanov for a place in the semifinals. "It was difficult but I'm very happy with the way I kind of just stayed down, kept going through it," he said.
If you get command on line and length, you can rule the world: Mohammed Shami to Umran Malik
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"There's only one piece of advice I want to give. I don't think it's easy to play against the pace that you have. Just that we need to work a little on line and length. If we can get a command over it, we can rule the world. You have a lot of power, future is bright. Best wishes for you, hope you do well," said Shami to Umran in a video on bcci.tv.
Women's T20I Tri-series: India aim to continue winning momentum against West Indies
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Despite missing the services of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur due to an illness apart from Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur and Shikha Pandey, India were able to get a 27-run win over hosts South Africa in the first match of the tri-series. Though four out of the top five batters, including stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana, fell for single-digit scores, the 76-run partnership between Deepti Sharma and Amanjot Kaur helped India reach a respectable 147 after being 69/5 at one stage.
Australian Open: Jelena Ostapenko shocks Coco Gauff to reach quarterS
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Ostapenko, competing in her first Round 4 at the Australian Open, leveled her career head-to-head against Gauff to 1-1 with a 93-minute triumph in Margaret Court Arena, her first over a Top 10 player at a Grand Slam in three years, and the first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance since 2018.
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