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Table tennis: Mumbai teenager Diya Chitale wins U-19 title in Peru
The Mumbai-based Diya scored an authoritative win against Juliana Lozada 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 in 31 minutes at the Villa Deportiva Nacional, Lima, Peru, on Saturday. The 19-year-old Diya, was dominant from the opening round and progressed to the winner's podium without dropping a game.
French Open: Dominic Thiem knocked out in first round
Dellien broke Thiem four times to register an impressive 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory in a two-hour and one-minute clash at Court Simonne Mathieu, capitalising on a below-par performance from the former World No 3 to advance to the second round at the clay-court Grand Slam for the second time.
IPL 2022: Bhuvneshwar-led Sunrisers Hyderabad win toss, elect to bat first against Punjab Kings
Both Hyderabad and Punjab are already out of the race for the playoffs and would look to finish off their IPL 2022 campaign on a high. Bhuvneshwar further said that all-rounder Romario Shepherd and left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith replace Kane Williamson and T Natarajan in the playing eleven.
India announce squads for T20Is against South Africa and 5th Test against England
Senior pro Cheteshwar Pujara, who was dropped for India's last Test series against SriLanka has been picked by the All-India Senior Selection Committee in 17-member Test squad for the fifth rescheduled Test against England to be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 1-5.
Thomas Cup win will fill India's youth with new enthusiasm and energy: PM Modi
India defeated 14-time champions and favourites Indonesia 3-0 in the final to lift their maiden Thomas Cup in Bangkok recently after previously reaching the semifinals in 1952, 1955, and 1979. The Prime Minister had invited the Thomas Cup-winning team and the Uber Cup side following their heartening performances in badminton's premier global team events, and the players enthusiastically shared their winning moments with Modi.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli, du Plessis react after MI's win over DC helps RCB to qualify for playoffs
The defeat of Delhi Capitals paved the way for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) into the playoffs along with Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, and Lucknow Super Giants. Royal Challengers Bangalore star cricketers Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis and staff members were seen celebrating wildly in a video shared by the franchise on social media after their team qualified for the IPL 2022 playoffs.
BCCI could unveil new-look squad under Hardik Pandya for T20I series vs South Africa
Pandya has been in smashing form in IPL 2022, guiding Gujarat Titans to the top of the table and contributing robustly with the bat and ball. With his back injury, which prevented him from playing most of last year, now history, the 28-year-old Pandya looks set to ride on his form to led the side for the series beginning at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on June 9.
IPL Turning Point: Bumrah's triple strike ends Delhi Capitals' playoffs hopes
Jasprit Bumrah denied Delhi a good start and then came back to claim the crucial wicket of Rovman Powell to help Mumbai restrict them to a modest total after they were asked to bat first. Delhi Capitals were in a must-win situation as far as the playoffs were concerned. To achieve that target, Delhi Capitals needed to make a good start in their game against Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium.
IPL 2022: No pressure, could have done better planning, execution, says Pant after DC miss playoffs
The young captain said his team could have done better planning and better execution. "I think it's not about the pressure but at the same time we could have done better execution, better planning. That's the only thing and we have been missing that a lot throughout the tournament. So we have to learn from our mistakes next season and come back as a strong team again next year," said Pant after the match.
Spanish GP: Leclerc recovers from Q3 spin to take pole, Verstappen thwarted by technical issues
But the championship leader Leclerc re-emerged to go top with a time of 1m 18.750s. Verstappen was storming towards his pole time - before his Red Bull appeared to suffer an issue. The reigning champion lost out by an eventual 0.323s with local hero Carlos Sainz another tenth off in third. George Russell smashed his first sector to pip Sergio Perez to P4, the Mexican rounding out the top five ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the other Mercedes.
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