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Australia dethrone China at FIBA U-18 Women's Asian Championship; India finish eighth
In their first appearance in the tournament's final, Australia shot 47.9% from the field and outperformed China 56-26 in rebounds. Isla Juffermans led Australia with a double-double of 26 points and 15 rebounds. Dallas Loughridge and Nyadiew Puoch helped with 17 and 14 points, respectively. Juffermans scored eight points to move Australia ahead 22-14 by the end of the first quarter. Wang Jing scored five straight points to help China pull the game back 21-26 early in the second quarter, but Juffermans continued her scoring output by contributing eight of Australia's 10 points to open the period.
Asia Cup 2022: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in final to win title
This is Sri Lanka's sixth Asia Cup title. After losing their opening game against Afghanistan, they beat Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and then again Pakistan to clinch the 2022 Asia Cup. An impressive fighting fifty by Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71 not out off 45) and an attacking knock by Wanindu Hasaranga (36 off 21) propelled Sri Lanka to 170/6 in 20 overs. Apart from Rajapaksa and Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva (28 off 21) and Chamika Karunaratne (14 not out off 14) also played vital knocks for Sri Lanka, during their stay at the crease.
Asia Cup 2022: Rajapaksa, Hasaranga propel Sri Lanka to 170/6 against Pakistan
Apart from Rajapaksa and Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva (28 off 21) and Chamika Karunaratne (14 not out off 14) also played vital knocks for Sri Lanka, during their stay at the crease. Put into bat first, Sri Lanka were off to a terrible start, losing three wickets inside the powerplay against the quality pace bowling. In the very first over, pacer Naseem Shah clean bowled Mendis, who was late to bring his bat down on a quality length ball. Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya de Silva then hit a few boundaries to show some fight back.
Formula 1: Verstappen roars back from seventh to win the first Italian Grand Prix
Pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finished runner-up as Red Bull denied Ferrari a home victory at Monza while Mercedes driver George Russell, who started the race third, finished third. "We had a great race. We had a really good race car and we were controlling the gap and then the Safety Car came out. Unfortunately, we didn't get a restart," Verstappen said after the race. While Verstappen was elated with his win, Leclerc was disappointed after losing a chance to win Ferrari's home Grand Prix.
Formula 2: Indian racer Jehan Daruvala wins Feature race at historic Monza
The 23-year-old started sixth on the grid but used a mix of strategy, race craft and tyre management to capitalise on a safety car and red flag-interrupted race and clinch a comfortable win. The win was Daruvala's first this season. It comes after the Red Bull-backed racer went from fifth to third in Saturday's Sprint race, making it two podiums from two races this weekend and eight this year. It was also his sixth top-three finish at Monza and second win at the track after the Indian won their last year.
Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel set to return for India's T20 World Cup campaign: Report
A report in Cricbuzz says both pacers have cleared their fitness test, which is central in their bid to make a comeback to the national side. "Both Bumrah and Harshal did not feature in India's failed campaign in the Asia Cup because of different injuries -- Harshal was out with a side strain and Bumrah was out of action since July due to a back injury.
England thrash Harmanpreet's India by nine wickets in opening T20I
Riding on an unbeaten half-century from Sophia Dunkley (61 off 41 balls), England overhauled the meagre target of 132/7 for the loss of just one wicket -- Danni Wyatt (24) -- in just 13 overs to complete the mauling of the visitors. After leg-spinner Sarah Glenn wrecked India's innings, returning figures of 4/23 -- her best figures in T20Is .
Iga Swiatek overcomes Ons Jabeur to lift maiden US Open trophy
Following Ashleigh Barty's surprise retirement in March this year, Swiatek was thrust into the role of No.1 at the age of 20 then, but she has since handled the pressure very well, proceeding to win 37 straight matches, including the French Open. On Sunday at the Flushing Meadows, rather than being intimidated by the No.1 ranking, the Polish tennis ace -- now 21 years old -- seemed quite inspired.
'He is more skilful than I'm', Sourav Ganguly praises Virat Kohli
Kohli, who went through a dry run of form, recently rediscovered his lost mojo during the Asia Cup 2022, where he hit his first international century after 1020 days. His ton (122 not out) versus Afghanistan was his first in the 20-over format as he touched the three-figure score in nearly three years - his last hundred coming in a Test match against Bangladesh in November 2019.
Stuart Broad joins McGrath as the second most successful pacer in Tests
Broad claimed 4-41 in 12.2 overs as South Africa were bundled out for 118 in their first innings of the Test on what is the third day of the match as the first day was washed out by rain and the second was abandoned due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But the four wickets on Saturday helped Broad move to 563 wickets in Test cricket, the same as Australian great McGrath.
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