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Andy Murray in trouble 'back home' after wedding ring stolen in the US
Murray, preparing to play at Indian Wells for the first time since 2017, posted a video on his Instagram handle explaining that he is the "bad books" at home after losing both his wedding ring and his shoes the same night. He went on to explain how he had left his shoes overnight under the car his team is using while in California to try and dry them out after a hard day's practice.
Spain end Italy's unbeaten run, reach Nations League final
Torres put Spain ahead in the 17th minute, steering a left-wing cross from Mikel Oyarzabal past Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma into the far corner. He added his second in the first half added time when he was left unmarked to head in another fine cross from Oyarzabal. But in the end that was the only consolation for Italy as they lost a chance of making it to another final.
World Cup qualifiers: Messi ready and motivated, says Argentina boss
Messi trained freely with his Albiceleste teammates on Wednesday, dispelling fears the 34-year-old could still be bothered by a knee injury suffered while playing for Paris Saint-Germain in late September. Argentina will meet Paraguay in Asuncion on Thursday before home clashes against Uruguay and Peru on October 10 and 14, respectively.
Junior Shooting Worlds: Manu Bhaker, Naamya Kapoor, and Rhythm Sangwan strike gold
The Indian junior wom'n's sports pistol team comprising Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, and newly crowned world junior champion in the individual women's sports pistol Naamya Kapoor, dominated proceedings in the 25m pistol team women junior competition on Wednesday beating USA 16-4 in the gold medal match.
I can't stand misbehavior from anyone: Akram on not coaching Pakistan
Akram said during an interview to the CricketPakistan.com.pk YouTube channel, "I can't stand misbehavior from anyone and I am not stupid I see how people misbehave and insult coaches/seniors on social media if the team is not doing well. I don't think I have the patience for that." The legendary left-arm pacer believes that people need to understand that the coaching staff can just plan, guide and motivate the players, but at the end of the day, the players have to execute the plan on field.
IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings sign up Drakes as replacement for Curran
Drakes is an uncapped West Indian all-rounder who has featured in one First-Class, 25 List A and 19 T20 matches so far. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium pacer. It is believed that Drakes was already in the IPL bio-bubble, having been picked up by defending champions Mumbai Indians as a net bowler.
IPL 2021: Hyderabad hold nerve to clinch a thrilling win over Bangalore
Bangalore were given an early jolt with Bhuvneshwar Kumar trapping Virat Kohli (5) lbw with an incoming delivery in the first over. Daniel Christian's promotion to three backfired as he chipped a catch to mid-off off Siddarth Kaul. KS Bharat (12) slammed two boundaries before falling to gloving behind off Umran Malik in the seventh over.
Yashaswini stuns Prathiba to enter quarterfinals of AITA women's tennis
The 19-year-old outplayed the fancied player in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, top seed Soha Sadiq of Karnataka overcame some stiff resistance from statemate Vanshita Pathania before advancing to the last eight stage. After taking the first set 6-2, Soha was down 1-5 but recovered superbly to take the set into a tie-breaker which she won at 4.
Wrestler Anshu becomes first Indian woman to enter World Championships final
According to information received here, she defeated Ukraine Wrestler Solomia Vynnyk by 11-0 points in the semi-final bout. She will now take on USA Wrestler Helen Moroulis in the summit clash on Thursday. Anshu also became the first Indian woman to reach the final of the Worlds. Whereas, Sarita lost her semi-final bout of 59 kg category. She went down 0-3 against Bulgarian grappler.
IPL 2021: Patel leads the charge for Bangalore as Hyderabad restricted to 141/7
Apart from Patel's 3/33, Daniel Christian was instrumental with his 2/14. Hyderabad, who were 105/2 in 14 overs, could score only 36 runs in their next six overs, losing five wickets. Inserted into batting first, Hyderabad was off to a flying start with Abhishek Sharma hitting George Garton for a four and six in the second over. Sharma was dropped at deep backward square leg by Mohammed Siraj.
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