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Sevilla held, Barca cruise and Real Madrid can go 10 clear in La Liga
Real Madrid will move 10 points clear at the top of La Liga later on Monday if they win away to Real Mallorca, after second-placed Sevilla were held to a 1-1 draw away to Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Thomas Delaney's 63rd minute goal gave Sevilla a point with a smart far-post finish, after Bebe's control and powerful finish had put the home side ahead a minute into the second half.
IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans launch their jersey at Narendra Modi Stadium
The Ahmedabad-based franchise will make its IPL debut alongside Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season to make the cash-rich league a 10-team affair. The Hardik Pandya-led side will open their IPL 2022 campaign on March 28 with the clash against Lucknow franchise at the Wankhede Stadium. However, before that they will have a pre-season camp at their iconic home stadium in Ahmedabad.
Brilliant Lahiri takes one-shot lead as he chases career breakthrough at The Players Championship
India's Anirban Lahiri took a slender one-shot lead over the American duo of Harald Varner III and Tom Hoge on 9-under through 11 holes of his third round at The Players Championship, which was suspended late in the evening on Sunday due to darkness following multiple weather disruptions since Thursday.
England's Wood all but ruled out of second Test; West Indies name unchanged squad
England pace bowler Mark Wood is likely to be sidelined for the second Test against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval here from March 16, as he is still reportedly battling the elbow injury he picked up in the opening Test at Antigua.
Hockey Pro League: India reverse shoot-out result after Germany hold out for second draw
The India women's team did repeat its mistake at least in terms of the result of the match as it got the better of Germany in a shoot-out following another 1-1 draw in the FIH Hockey Pro League at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. Winning it 3-0 to take the bonus point in this hard-fought match.
Pink ball Test, Day 2: Sri Lanka 28/1 at stumps, need 419 runs to beat India
Sri Lanka were 28/1 at stumps on Day 2 and needed 419 runs to beat India in the second and final Test (pink ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Sunday. Resuming their second innings from 199/5 after the dinner break, India added 104 more runs in the third session before declaring on 303-9 in the second innings and setting a target of 447 runs for Sri Lanka to win.
2nd Test: Khawaja, Carey extend Australia's dominance over Pakistan on Day 2
Australia were 505/8 at stumps Day 2, with Mitchell Starc (28) and skipper Pat Cummins (0) unbeaten at the crease. Australia enjoyed a fine start to the day, with Khawaja and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon combining for a 54-run fourth-wicket stand. Lyon had a scratchy start, surviving a close leg-before call against Hasan Ali during the third over of the day before an inside edge raced past the stumps towards the fine leg boundary.
Pink-ball Test: Pant smashes fastest Test fifty by an India batter, breaks Kapil Dev's 40-year-old record
Kapil had scored a 30-ball 50 in the 1982 Test match against Pakistan in Karachi and is followed by Shardul Thakur, who had scored a 31-ball half-century in the Oval Test against England in 2021, and former India cricketer Virender Sehwag, who had scored a 32-ball 50 against England in Chennai. Former Pakistan cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq (21 balls) has the record of smashing the fastest fifty in Test cricket history.
Pink ball Test, Day 2: India declare second innings at 303/9
India rode on a brilliant half-century -- off 28 balls, the fastest-ever in Tests by an Indian batter, by Rishabh Pant, and a vital 67 off 87 balls by Shreyas Iyer to reach 303 for 9 before skipper Rohit Sharma declared the innings. Brief scores: India 252 and 303-9 decl in 68.5 overs (Rishabh Pant 50, Shreyas Iyer 67; Rohit Sharma 46; Praveen Jayawickrama 4/78, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/87) vs Sri Lanka 109 lead by 446 runs.
Pink ball Test, Day 2: India extend lead to 342 at dinner after Pant's attacking fifty
Rohit and Vihari, who were holding the fort for India at tea, continued to bat in the same vein. Sharma looked set to get to his first fifty as captain but it wasn't to be as he fell on 46 after being caught by Angelo Mathews in the deep on the bowling of Dhananjaya. Soon after, Vihari was cleaned up by Jayawickrama, who returned after having had left the field earlier with a foot injury.
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