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Joe Root Breaks England Record with 34th Test Century
The remarkable achievement was celebrated as Root reached three figures for a second time in the match, backing up his 143 in the first innings with a century on the third day. Root, who had equaled the previous England record of 33 centuries held by the legendary Alastair Cook in the first innings, cut Lahiru Kumara for his 10th four after facing 111 balls to move past Cook. It was also the fastest Test hundred by Root with the mark coming from 111 balls.
US Open: Bhambri and Olivetti Reach Third Round; Balaji and Andreozzi Bow Out
The Indo-French duo defeated the American-Dutch team seeded 15th, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
US Open Shock: Popyrin Knocks Out Djokovic in Third Round, Marks Early Exit for Serb Since 2006
The match that took three hours and 19 minutes saw Popyrin create an upset in emerging victorious against Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. For Popyrin, this was his first outing at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the triumph made it even more memorable for him.
Avani Sets Games Record with Gold, Mona Wins Bronze in Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1 at Paris Paralympics
Avani improved upon her Tokyo Paralympics record as she shot 249.7 to top an eight-player final to set a new Paralympic record and better her mark of 249.6 from the Tokyo Paralympics.
Ronaldo Named in Portugal's Squad for Upcoming Nations League Matches
Portugal is set to go against Croatia on September 5 and Scotland on September 8 with both matches taking place at Estadio da Luz, Lisbon.
Pakistan Excludes Shaheen Shah Afridi from Test Squad for Rawalpindi Match
The PCB has said in a statement the decision to grant Shaheen's release was to enable him to spend some time with family. It has come about after Shaheen's son, Aliyaar, was born on the fourth day of the first Test, which Pakistan lost by ten wickets to Bangladesh.
US Open Shock: Botic van de Zandschulp Knocks Out Carlos Alcaraz in Second Round
This defeat marked Alcaraz's first at the second-round stage of a major since Wimbledon 2021 against the then No. 2-ranked Daniil Medvedev. Guilty of unforced errors throughout, 27 in total, Alcaraz committed 12 off his forehand side and often considerably wide of their target.
Bopanna and Ebden Advance to Second Round at US Open
Bopanna and Ebden beat their Dutch opponents 6-3, 7-5 in a 64-minute opening round match Thursday night.
US Open: Muchova Halts Two-Time Champion Osaka's Run in Second Round
Muchova will now meet No. 38 Anastasia Potapova, who sent packing 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez in the first round and no. 199 American Varvara Lepchenko in the second round.
US Open: Dominant Sinner Breezes Through Second Round with Straight-Sets Victory Over Michelsen
But Sinner turned what could have been an unyielding match into a comfortable win Thursday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium against the No. 49-ranked NextGenATP player.
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