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Premier League: Mount hat-trick helps Chelsea thrash Norwich 7-0
That was soon followed by a calm finish from Callum Hudson-Odoi, who one-on-one with goalkeeper Tim Krul after a brilliant through-ball by Mateo Kovacic, the first of three assists for the Croatian. Reece James then lifted a clever finish over Krul to make it 3-0 before half-time.
T20 World Cup: Australia clinch a tense win in low-scoring match against SA
Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell raised 42 runs in as many balls for the fourth wicket. The duo played risk-free cricket, rotated the strike, and dispatched rare loose balls for boundaries. The pick of the shots from the partnership was Smith creating room and going inside-out on backfoot over extra cover off a short ball from Maharaj in the 13th over.
T20 World Cup: Clinical Australia restrict South Africa to 118/9
A clinical bowling performance from Australia restricted South Africa to a below-par 118/9 in 20 overs in a Group 1 match of Super 12 in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Saturday. Pushed into batting first, captain Temba Bavuma took back-to-back boundaries on drives against Mitchell Starc in the opening over. But in the next over, Bavuma's middle stump was sent cartwheeling by Glenn Maxwell. Josh Hazlewood struck with his first ball of the day, forcing Rassie van der Dussen to nick one behind to keeper Matthew Wade
T20 World Cup: Australia win toss, elect to bowl first against South Africa
After winning the toss, Finch said, "Looks like a good wicket, can't see things changing a lot during the course of the game. We have a lot of experience in the side, we haven't played as a group, but we're looking forward to this tournament. Tough selection choices, but Ashton Agar, Kane Richardson, Josh Inglis and Mitch Swepson miss out."
9 IS terrorists killed in Balochistan
The police forces of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted the intelligence-based raid on Friday after getting confirmed information about the militants hiding in the Roshi area of Mastung district of the province, CTD official Mehmood Ali told Xinhua news agency. The killed militants were involved in a number of recent terror activities in Balochistan, according to the CTD.
Clasico not decisive, but Koeman needs win to avoid questions over future
Spain's traditional rivals will play each other again in the semifinals of the Spanish Supercup in January, as well as in the second league game at the end of March, but this game will probably set the tone for the coming months. Barca go into the match after a 3-1 win at home to Valencia and a vital 1-0 victory against Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday night to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
ICC World T20: With Saqlain's rousing speech recalling successful CT campaign, Pak raise the tempo
Saqlain, who was made the interim head coach following the resignation of Misbah-up-Haq after Ramiz Raja took over as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, has "given pointers to the team on how to cope with the pressure and more". "You have beaten India before, and you can beat them again. We can win the World Cup, just like how we won the Champions Trophy," Saqlain was quoted as saying by cricketpakistan.com.pk on Friday.
T20 World Cup: Our real anger is with New Zealand, not India: Shoaib Akhtar
Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' clash against arch-rivals India on Sunday (October 24), Akhtar trained his guns at the Kane Williamson-led side for cancelling their limited-overs tour of Pakistan hours before the start of first ODI in Rawalpindi last month due to "security issues". "Our real anger is with New Zealand. We will take it out on them, we have no issues with you (India)," said Akhtar, speaking to Salaam Cricket 2021 on Friday.
No mental scars from 2016 T20 World Cup final; we've moved on: Eoin Morgan
England were at the receiving end of Carlos Brathwaite's pyrotechnics in the 2016 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup final, as the Barbados-born West Indian smashed four consecutive sixes off England's Ben Stokes in the last over that propelled the Caribbean side to the title.
Premier League: Man United v Liverpool, big game in fascinating weekend
Both sides go into the match after important wins in the Champions League, although Manchester United rode their luck slightly to come back from 2-0 down against Atalanta and there is still a feeling that coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't worked out how to get the best of the wealth of attacking talent in his squad.
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