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La Liga: More than pride at stake in Madrid derby
Defending champions Atletico travel to the Bernabeu 10 points behind their neighbours and although they have a game in hand over Real Madrid, defeat would all but end their title defense. Atletico coach Diego Simeone saw his side win 3-1 away to Porto on Tuesday night to assure their place in the last 16 of the Champions League, but Atletico have been irregular in front of goal all campaign.
Ashes: England fined 100 per cent match fees and five WTC points for slow over-rate
Match Referee David Boon imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was found to be five overs short of the target with time allowances taken into consideration. In accordance with Article 2.22 of the Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Ashes, 1st Test: Australia crush England, win Gabba Test by nine wickets
During the morning session on day four, a power outage at the stadium meant TV broadcast went down mid-way in the session, leaving Fox Sports, Seven Network and TV stations around the world with no cricketing action to show.
Once denied the chance to play cricket, Yash Dhull to lead India U-19 team
It was in 2008, when the six-year-old Yash residing in Janakpuri, West Delhi wanted to have a feel of the cricket bat in his neighbourhood. The kid tried to convince the older boys to let him play cricket with them, but they refused.
Asian Rowing: India win gold and silver in Thailand
In the double sculls final, the Indian combine of Arjun Lal, who recently participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games and finished 11th, and Ravi crossed the finish line in first place in 6:57.383 min, finishing ahead of China's Zhang Li Qing and Lu Ting (7:02.357) and Uzbekistan's M. Davronov and A. Dorjov (7:07.734), who had to be content with silver and bronze medals respectively.
Root needs 22 runs to surpass Tendulkar's tally for most Test runs in a calendar year
During his innings on Friday, Root surpassed former England captain Michael Vaughan to become the leading run-getter from England in a single calendar year in Test cricket. He now has a tally of 1541 runs in 25 innings this year at an average of 67 with six centuries and two fifties.
Formula 1: Hamilton quickest in second practice for Abu Dhabi GP
Verstappen outpaced Bottas by almost two-tenths of a second with Hamilton opening his weekend on the Yas Marina circuit by finishing more than three-tenths of a second off the pace of his championship rival in the opening exchanges of this title-deciding event. Verstappen set the early pace in the session, despite complaining to his team that he was struggling with a steering wheel that was badly "right-hand down".
Rohit Sharma begins preparation for South Africa tour
He can be also seen defending the ball or leaving it, focusing on his Test cricket game. "Getting started in 3..2..1," wrote Rohit on Instagram along with the video. The star Indian opener, who began his tenure as full-time captain in T20Is with a 3-0 win over New Zealand last month, was appointed the captain of the ODI side on Wednesday.
Djokovic adds to Australian Open suspense; organisers say there's a lot of confusion
The winner of 20 majors has yet to confirm to the Australian Open organisers whether he has received the vaccination for Covid-19 or not, a prerequisite for competing at the Melbourne Park where he is the defending champion. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has rejected reports which suggest that a medical exemption could be granted to Djokovic, the nine-time Australian Open champion.
New ODI captain Rohit Sharma wants middle-order batsmen to prepare for worst-case scenarios
India's new One Day International captain Rohit Sharma has said that middle order batters of his team will have to prepare themselves to deal with the worst case scenario, in order to win ICC trophies going ahead. Sharma was on Wednesday declared new ODI captain by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Virat was reportedly sacked as ODI captain after he failed to voluntarily step down within 48 hours, as demanded by the BCCI. The cricket board has shown a lot of trust in Rohit Sharma and chose him India's new white ball captain.
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