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Shane Warne seen walking through Thailand villa in haunting final picture
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Warne was seen on CCTV shortly before as he returned to Sumujana Villas with shirts draped over his arm after visiting his tailor Parsuram Panday, Sun reports. The dad-of-three was pictured dressed in shorts, a T-shirt and a hat with his phone in his hand as he walked back towards his room for a massage before settling down to watch Australia's Test cricketers take on Pakistan.
Women's World Cup: Back-to-back wickets put a lot of pressure, says Mithali Raj
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India captain Mithali Raj believes that losing successive wickets had put in a lot of pressure on her team, from which they could never really recover. In their second league match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at Seddon Park on Thursday, India never looked in the hunt to chase down 261, eventually being all out for 198 in 46.4 overs.
Women's World Cup: All-round New Zealand crush India by 62 runs
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On the back of fifties from Amy Satterthwaite and Amelia Kerr apart from the latter and Lea Tahuhu sharing six wickets between themselves, an all-round New Zealand crushed India by 62 runs at Seddon Park in the eighth match of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, here on Thursday.
Jhulan Goswami becomes joint leading wicket-taker in Women's Cricket World Cup history
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Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami on Thursday became the joint leading wicket-taker in the history of ICC Women's World Cups. Jhulan, through her figures of 1/41 against New Zealand at Seddon Park, equalled the tally of 39 wickets taken by Lyn Fullston of Australia from 1982 to 1988. India will be hoping that Jhulan's contribution will not go in vain as they try to chase 261 and bag two crucial points in the World Cup.
Djokovic Withdraws from Indian Wells & Miami Open
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World No. 2 Novak Djokovic withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open and the Miami Open, organisers confirmed on Wednesday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control in America "confirmed the regulations won't be changing so I won't be able to play in the U.S."
Women's World Cup: Pooja Vastrakar leads India's fightback as New Zealand make 260/9
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Pace all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar led a late fightback of India with the ball as New Zealand finished their innings at 260/9 in 50 overs in the eighth match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at Seddon Park on Thursday. At one stage, New Zealand were 222/4 in 42 overs and looked set for a tall score.
Nkrumah Bonner, Jason Holder keep West Indies in contention with England
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An unbeaten fifth-wicket partnership of 75 runs between Nkrumah Bonner and Jason Holder helped West Indies recover from a mini collapse and advanced to 202 for four on the second day of the first Test against England on Wednesday.
Benzema's hat-trick steals Mbappe's thunder as Real Madrid beat PSG
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All the pre-match talk centered on PSG striker Kylian Mbappe's likely summer move to Real Madrid, and the Frenchman's first-half goal put PSG 1-0 up on the night and 2-0 ahead on aggregate. However, on the hour mark, Benzema took advantage of an error from PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who made a complete mess of a ball at his feet to gift Madrid a way back into the tie.
'Full freedom now': Sehwag gives a hilarious message to Ashwin after MCC updated 'Mankading' rule
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After the "Mankad" method was removed from the list under unfair play in new laws approved by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Wednesday, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag is among the list of people supporting the decision. Sehwag also made a hilarious tweet including Ravichandran Ashwin and Jos Buttler - the two players who were involved in an infamous instance of the "Mankading" in IPL.
Ronaldo 'holds showdown talks' with Jorge Mendes over quitting Man Utd quickly: Report
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly held talks with his agent Jorge Mendes over leaving Manchester United. There have been rumours since Manchester United dropped the 37-year-old for the derby clash with Manchester City on Sunday with interim boss Ralf Rangnick claiming his absence was due to a hip injury, but there were reports that Ronaldo was not injured.
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