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5th Test, Day 2: England bowl out Australia for 303 in 1st innings
Resuming the day at 241/6, Australia added 62 more runs to their total and lost the remaining four wickets in the morning session. Travis Head (101) and Cameron Green (74) were the top-scorers for Australia while Stuart Broad (3/59) and Mark Wood (3/155) were main wicket-takers for England.
Karatsev sets up title clash with Murray in Sydney
In a late Friday match, Karatsev demonstrated why he arrived in Australia as an established member of the world's top-20, blasting 49 winners to reach his fourth ATP Tour final. Eleven months ago, the Russian was world No. 114 before bursting onto the scene at the 2021 Australian Open by becoming the first player in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his Grand Slam main draw debut. He finally lost to Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
England cricketers Joe Root, Mark Wood contemplate participating in IPL 2022
England's Test captain Root has never been picked up by an IPL franchise and has not entered the auction since going unsold in 2018. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is yet to confirm the centrally-contracted players' availability for the 2022 edition. And, with England's first Test against New Zealand starting on June 2, Root would likely be required to leave the IPL before the knockout stages if he becomes part of the cash-rich league.
ISL 2021-22: Goa FC hold NorthEast United 1-1
Hernan Santana's delightful free-kick in the second minute of the game failed to hand NorthEast United FC a win as Airan Cabrera's goal in the 39th minute helped Goa to draw the match. There were no goals in the second half, meaning Goa moved up a rung to eighth place with 13 points from 11 games while NorthEast United remained 10th with nine points from 11 games.
PKL 8: Pawan Sehrawat shines as Bengaluru Bulls overcome Gujarat Giants
The Season 6 champions showed great composure on the mat against a well-drilled Giants team to earn a victory that puts them on top of the points table. Pawan Sehrawat scored 19 points and was ably supported by Bharat who clinched nine points (including two for tackles). Gujarat matched Bulls for most parts of the match but the three all-out they suffered proved too costly at the end. Their young raider Rakesh clinched a Super 10 (14 points) and will definitely be a raider to watch out for in the upcoming matches.
SA vs Ind: No sanction, but India cautioned for DRS outburst
On Day 3 of the third Test in Cape Town, Dean Elgar reviewed a decision off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin on the fourth delivery of the 21st over of South Africa's inning, after being given out LBW by on-field umpire Marais Erasmus and the decision was overturned in Proteas skipper's favour.
South Africa to host Australia, England in 2023, confirms Graeme Smith
The Australia Test series, which was called off in February last year over concerns around Covid-19, is set to be played in August 2023 while England are scheduled to tour in the winter of 2022-23 to fulfill a three-match ODI series that was postponed for similar reasons in December 2020, as per ESPNcricinfo report. Notably, Nick Hockley, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, had also previously indicated that a window for 2023 had been agreed on by the two boards.
2022 Fencing WC: Bhavani Devi knocked out in round of 64, India's campaign ends
Ranked 55 in the world, Bhavani had won four matches in the group stage and lost one while one was abandoned. Meanwhile, the two other Indians Anitha Karunakaran and Josna Christy Jose crashed out in the round of 128. Anitha was beaten 15-3 by Dariya Drozd of the Russian Fencing Federation whereas Josna Christy Jose went down to Spain's Araceli Navarro by a similar scoreline, an olympics.com report said.
Man City vs Chelsea highlights Premier League weekend missing key players
Any slim hopes Chelsea have to getting back into the title race rest on them taking all three points from their visit to the Etihad Stadium. Thomas Tuchel's side can take heart from their qualification for the Carabao Cup final during the week, but will be without Reece James, Andreas Christensen and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (who has Covid-19) for the game.
Manchester City will be missing John Stones, while Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling are also doubts due to coronavirus.
India Open 2022: Lakshya overcomes Prannoy challenge, Sindhu beats Ashmita to reach semis
Sen, the third seed and the highest-ranked player in the fray after the top two seeds Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth withdrew due to Covid positive tests, will now face Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia on Saturday. Sindhu will take on Thailand's Supanida Katethong, who received a walkover in the quarter-finals after Singapore's Jia Min Yeo conceded the match due to a high fever.
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