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Few upsets likely in first knockout round of Copa del Rey
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Valencia, and Cup holders Betis are all exempt from this and the next round as they will play the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia in January, but sides such as Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad and Athletic Club Bilbao are all in action.
Premier League: World Cup threatening injuries, a worry in last round of matches
With just a week before the World Cup kicks off, any injury picked up this weekend, will mean missing out on the tournament, and Southgate will be hoping none of the 26 players he named in his squad on Thursday suffer any setbacks.
ISL 2022-23: Silva helps East Bengal win against Bengaluru FC
The Blues failed to score in their third consecutive game as the Torch Bearers secured their first clean sheet of the season. The Blues saw quite a few players recover from injuries during the extended break as Simon Grayson made three changes. Suresh Wangjam, Udanta Singh, and Javier Hernandez started together for the first time this season.
Amid divorce rumours, Shoaib Malik's pictures with Pakistani actress Ayesha Omar go viral
As per multiple media reports, all is not well between Sania and Shoaib for quite some time now and they are heading toward divorce. The reports also claim Ayesha Oman is the reason for the breakdown of Shoaib and Sania's marriage. However, to date, both Sania and Shoaib, who have been married for 12 years and have a son, have maintained a stoic silence about their personal lives.
Asian Elite Boxing: Lovlina happy to win first gold in new weight category, eyes medal in Worlds
This was Lovlina's first gold medal in the 75kg division to which she moved after winning bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympic Games in the 64-69 kg weight class. The international federation has re-organised the various weight divisions for international competitions and Lovlina had to move up to 75kg as that was an Olympic and Asian Games weight class.
Asian Elite Boxing: Lovlina, Parveen, Saweety, Alfiya strike gold as India dominates the day
Similar to Lovlina, Parveen (63kg), who was also making her maiden appearance in the Asian Championships final, looked confident against Kito Mai of Japan. The 2022 World Championships bronze medallist Rohtak-born boxer out-punched her Japanese opponent in a 5-0 win.
T20 World Cup: 'We'll keep an open mind,' says England coach Mott on availability of Wood, Malan for final
"We'll keep an open mind. It's a short turnaround again: a travel day and then almost straight into it with one training session. There's not a lot of time for them," England coach Matthew Mott told the BBC after the England team's travel to Melbourne on Friday.
PKL 9: Surender, Pardeep star as U.P. Yoddhas register a comprehensive victory
Pardeep started the match with a raid point for U.P. Yoddhas. But Manjeet earned two bonus points and Meetu earned a raid point of his own to put the Steelers in the lead. Just when it looked like Haryana might take control of the match, Rohit Tomar earned two quick raid points to reduce the gap between the two sides.
T20 World Cup: Anil Kumble wants India to address issue of batters who could bowl
India struggled to get going with the bat and despite posting a sub-par 168/6, including amassing 68 runs in the last five overs, England openers, captain Jos Buttler and Alex Hales, cruised to chasing down the target with four overs to spare at the Adelaide Oval.
T20 World Cup: India not maximising Rishabh Pant is incredible, says Michael Vaughan
Rishabh Pant, the left-handed batter, was picked for the semifinal against England ahead of Dinesh Karthik due to his ability of taking down spinners in the middle overs. But India were unable to match-up Pant with England's spinners, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone, as captain Jos Buttler finished their overs quickly before the left-handed batter arrived at the crease in the 19th over.
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