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Formula 1 confirms race at Italy's Imola circuit until 2025
Italy's Imola circuit will remain on the Formula One calendar until 2025, racing Chief Stefano Domenicali confirmed on Monday. This follows two successful Grands Prix in Imola during the pandemic and the inclusion of the race in the 2022 championship. Imola first hosted the Italian Grand Prix in 1980 but subsequently became the San Marino Grand Prix venue from 1981-2006. The circuit returned as a Formula 1 venue for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in 2020.
IPL 2022: Rahmanullah Gurbaz likely to replace Jason Roy at Gujarat Titans
It will be the first IPL stint for Gurbaz, who had a base price of Rs 50 lakh and went unsold at the IPL auction in February. He will be joining compatriots Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad in the Gujarat team. While Rashid had been acquired by the franchise pre-auction, Noor, who recently featured in the Under-19 World Cup, was bought in the auction.
Sindhu, Srikanth enter the second round of 2022 German Open
Sindhu registered a dominating 21-8, 21-7 win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan to enter the second round. With this win, she extended her head-to-head record against the Thai shuttler to 15-1. The two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu started the match swinging and raced to an 11-4 lead at the first break.
Axar Patel added to India's squad for day-night Test against Sri Lanka
The all-rounder has completed his rehab and has been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team. The Bengaluru match is a day-night Test. Axar is likely to slot straight into the XI in Jayant's place if India persist with a three-spinner attack, given his outstanding record over his first five Tests, in which he has picked up 36 wickets at an average of 11.86. Meanwhile, the BCCI also said that Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the squad for the second Test.
This 21-year-old is India's youngest licenced sky diver
It is an unusual profession for a woman but a 21-year-old budding engineer from Prayagraj has become the youngest Indian woman to bag a licence for professional sky-diving. Anamika Sharma, the younger of the two daughters of junior warrant officer (retired) Ajay Kumar Sharma, first jumped from a height of 10,000 feet when she was just 11 years old.
All eyes on Shane Warne's horse 'Sacred Oath' as it competes in Maiden Plate
Horse-racing aficionados in Australia will be keeping a close eye on the Maiden Plate fixture here on Wednesday as legendary spinner Shane Warne's steed 'Sacred Oath' will be in contention for the top prize in the race. Warne, one of the all-time cricket greats, passed away last week on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand, where he was vacationing, following a suspected heart-attack. He will be given a state funeral by the state of Victoria later this month.
ATP Tour: Dominic Thiem pulls out of Indian Wells, Miami Open
The Austrian, who has not competed at a Tour-level event since June when he suffered a right wrist injury said he is looking forward to the clay-court season. "I [have] had really good practice weeks," Thiem said "The wrist is perfectly fine and the hand is getting better and better, but I have still decided to pull out of Indian Wells and Miami to start on the clay courts. It is still the surface I feel the most comfortable [on], so I think it is the perfect time to start there."
Messi returns to Argentina squad for World Cup qualifiers
Lionel Messi has returned to Argentina's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador, the Argentine Football Association said on Sunday. The 34-year-old Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward missed the Albicleste's last qualifiers against Chile and Colombia earlier this year as he recovered from a bout of Covid-19.
1st Test: Australia batters shine as Test heads towards stalemate
Led by Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, who both struck half-centuries, Australia's batters flourished on a flat wicket to cut Pakistan's lead to just 27 runs on the fourth day of the first Test here on Monday. In reply to Pakistan's massive first innings of 476 for 4, Australia, playing their first Test in Pakistan since 1998, reached stumps at 449 for 7 with Mitchell Starc batting on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins unbeaten on four to trail by just 27 runs.
ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur beat ATK Mohun Bagan, clinch League Winner's Shield
Jamshedpur FC won the League Winner's Shield following a gritty 1-0 win over ATK Mohun Bagan at the PJN Stadium, here on Monday. This result was their seventh consecutive victory in the Indian Super League (ISL), which is now a new ISL record. Ritwik Das (56') scored the only goal of the game and sealed the three points in his team's favour.
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