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Ashes, 2nd Test: Smith and Carey reach half-centuries before falling to Anderson
Commencing from 302/5 at dinner break, Smith and Carey continued to hold fort. Carey, the hometown boy, was watchful at the start but looked for scoring opportunities whenever it came while Smith was on cruise mode. The 91-run stand between Smith and Carey was broken by James Anderson, whose low nip-backer rapped Smith plumb in front of the pads. Smith's dismissal on 93 meant that he missed out on his 28th Test century,16th as skipper and 12th in the Ashes.
BWF World Championships: Sindhu, Srikanth advance to quarters
Defending champion Sindhu beat Thailand's ninth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes, to stay on course for a second successive world badminton title. This was the fifth win for world No 7 Sindhu over the 10th-ranked Chochuwong from eight meetings. The Thai had beaten Sindhu in the previous two meetings, including the one at the BWF World Tour Finals earlier this month.
PAK vs WI: Rizwan becomes 1st batter to score 2,000 T20 runs in a calendar year
The wicketkeeper-batter smashed a quick-fire half-century (86 off 45) to achieve the feat. He had earlier surpassed West Indies Chris Gayle in the list of most T20 runs in a calendar year. Rizwan along with Babar Azam (79 off 53) put on a 158-run opening stand that set up Pakistan's win with seven deliveries and as many wickets to spare as they recorded their highest successful chase in T20Is.
Pak vs WI, 3rd T20I: Babar, Rizwan power Pakistan to series win against West Indies
Nicholas Pooran (64 off 37), Shamarh Brooks (49 off 31) and Brandon King (43 off 21) powered West Indies to 207/3 after the visiting side opted to bat first in the final match at the National Stadium, Karachi. But the total wasn't enough as Rizwan and Babar put on a 158-run opening stand that set up Pakistan's win with seven deliveries and as many wickets to spare as they recorded their highest successful chase in T20Is.
Injured Rohit Sharma Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja Jadeja working in NCA to regain fitness
The 25-member India U-19 squad is having a preparatory camp at the NCA ahead of the upcoming ACC U19 Asia Cup, scheduled to be played in the UAE from December 23. And, Delhi's Yash Dhull who is also a part of the camp and will lead India U-19 team in ACC U19 Asia Cup has shared pictures with both Rohit and Jadeja. The duo's absence in Tests against the Proteas means that India will be tested on the opening front as well as in their lower-order batting and five bowlers' combination.
Tennis: Djokovic, Barty named ITF World Champions
The 34-year-old Djokovic, who enjoyed another sensational year, finishing as the oldest-ever year-end No 1, has now moved ahead of fellow great Pete Sampras (six wins) for most men's ITF World Champion awards. The Serbian won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon this year while he failed to win at the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open final in his quest for a rare golden slam.
The Ashes, 2nd Test: Warner, Labuschagne put Australia in strong position on day one
Things were chaotic for Australia before the start of the match. Regular captain Pat Cummins was ruled out after being deemed close contact of a Covid-19 case. It brought Steve Smith back as the captain for the first time since 2018. Cummi's' absence paved the way for pacer Michael Neser to debut in Test cricket apart from Jhye Richardson replacing an injured Josh Hazlewood in the playing eleven.
World No. 4 Pliskova withdraws from Australian Open
"Unfortunately, I hurt my right hand in practice yesterday and I won't be able to play in Adelaide, Sydney, and (the) Australian Open this year," said the 29-year-old Czech Republic player. Australian Open officials on Thursday confirmed her withdrawal. "You will be missed, wishing you a speedy recovery," the Australian Open official Twitter account wrote.
Premier League: Leicester vs Tottenham game postponed due to COVID-19
The Premier League said it took the decision because of "an increase in positive Covid-19 cases within Leicester's squad" on Thursday. "In light of the new information, Leicester applied [on Thursday] for the fixture to be called off due to an ongoing outbreak within the squad, which has resulted in more players and staff testing positive for Covid-19 today," the Premier League said in a statement.
Ganguly reacts to Kohli's comments on T20 captaincy, says 'BCCI will deal with it appropriately'
During his pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, Kohli on Wednesday said that he was never asked to stay on as T20 skipper when he informed the board about his decision to relinquish the post, contradicting Ganguly's statement which suggested that the star batter was asked to reconsider his decision. Asked about Kohli's comments, the BCCI chief refused to speak on the whole controversy.
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