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Swiss Indoors: Murray advances to second round with win over Safiullin
In a hard-fought clash, Murray showcased an abundance of grit as he rallied from 1-4 in the third set to eventually triumph after two hours and 37 minutes at the ATP 500 event. "He was serving huge and any opportunity he was hitting the ball huge from the back of the court. As the match went on, I started to dictate a few more points and served better," Murray said.
Leicestershire agree deal with Ajinkya Rahane to play upcoming County season: Report
Besides playing for Leicestershire Cricket Club in the County Championship, Rahane is likely to play in white-ball cricket for the Royal London Cup too depending on his Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments, the Telegraph newspaper claimed in an exclusive report.
French Open badminton: Saina Nehwal ousted, Satwik/Chirag win on bad day for Indians
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty was the only one to survive the opening round as Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto went down in the mixed doubles first round while the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand too went down to the sixth-seeded Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
Hardik Pandya proves once again that he plays a key role in India's fortunes
Pandya played a stellar role both with the ball and the bat in the sensational four-wicket victory as India came roaring back from a disastrous start when chasing Pakistan's 159 for eight and won in a dramatic last over from left arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz.
PKL 9: Meetu Sharma stars in Haryana Steelers' big win against Telugu Titans
A team effort from the Haryana side as Meetu starred in the raiding department, earning 13 points, while Nitin Rawal, Jaideep, and Amirhossein Bastami stole the show in the defence unit. Monu Goyat began the proceedings as he got a raid point for Telugu Titans, but K. Prapanjan levelled the scores immediately with Haryana Steelers' first raid. Minutes later, Manjeet got a touch on Vinay to give Steelers the lead.
T20 World Cup: Playing IPL gave me confidence to tackle Sri Lankan spinners, says Marcus Stoinis
Stoinis' scintillating knock (59 not out from 18) -- the fastest T20I fifty by an Australia batter off 17 balls -- powered Australia to a morale-lifting seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a Super 12 match at Perth Stadium. During his knock, Stoinis struck some big sixes off the Sri Lankan spinners and admitted that playing in the IPL helped him neutralise Sri Lanka's spin threat.
Ronaldo back for training with Manchester United after talks with coach Erik ten Hag
Ronaldo was dropped for United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea and made to train away from the squad after refusing to come on in last Wednesday's 2-0 win over Tottenham at Old Trafford. But after the talks with Ten Hag, Ronaldo resumed training with the first-team group and is in contention to start in Thursday's Europa League tie against Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
Champions League: Spanish giants Barcelona, Atletico Madrid face tough games in group stage
Barca are in third place in Group C, three points behind Inter Milan, but if Inter win their home match against Viktoria Plzen in a game that kicks off two hours before Barca's game at the Camp Nou, Barca can't finish second, having lost 1-0 in Milan before drawing 3-3 at home against Inter a fortnight ago.
'To hell with spirit of game', says Hardik Pandya about non-striker run-outs
"We need to stop making a fuss about this. It's a rule -- [as] simple as that. To hell with the spirit of the game. If it's there, [then] remove the rule -- as simple as that. The ones who have a problem, good for them; it's fine," Hardik said in an ICC Review Podcast, recorded before the start of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
T20 World Cup: Australia hammer Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, get campaign back on track
Disciplined bowling by the Aussies kept Sri Lanka quiet for the major part of their innings but Charith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne, with their late cameos, added 37 runs from the last 15 deliveries to help Sri Lanka to a respectable total of 157/6 in 20 overs after being invited to bat first.
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