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Germany rallies to beat Romania in FIFA World Cup European qualifier
Romania scored first with only nine minutes gone on Friday evening, when Ianis Hagi danced through Germany's defence before hammering the ball past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Germany pressed frenetically for an equaliser, while Romania kept all their men behind the ball. The hosts kept Romania's defence busy but Hansi Flick's men lacked in accuracy to finish the job.
Murray advances to Alcaraz showdown at Indian Wells
Murray was the talk of social media in recent days, as he enlisted the fans' help in finding his missing tennis shoes and wedding ring. After retrieving the items, the 34-year-old returned his attention to the tournament, where he beat his lefty opponent in one hour and 24 minutes. "It's been a tough road to get back and it was so nice that so many people managed to come out and support today. I really enjoyed it," Murray told atptour.com.
IPL 2021: DC, CSK, RCB & KKR qualify for play-offs
While Chennai Super Kings will be looking for their fourth IPL title, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are eyeing their maiden crown. Kolkata Knight Riders will be aiming for their third title. It will be DC v CSK in Qualifier 1 and RCB v KKR in Eliminator.
IPL 2021: Mumbai sign off from the tournament with a 42-run win
Chasing a mammoth 235, Hyderabad raced to 70/1 in power-play, crashing the hopes of Mumbai sneaking into the playoffs. Jason Roy crunched six boundaries before falling to Trent Boult in the final over of power-play. In the next over, Abhishek Sharma made 33 off just 16 balls before holing out to deep mid-wicket off James Neesham.
IPL 2021: RCB beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets
With this win, Virat Kohli led RCB finished the league stage with 18 points in 14 matches. They will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator in Sharjah on October 11. Riding on some fine knocks by Prithvi Shaw (48 off 31) and Shikhar Dhawan (43 off 35) Delhi Capitals posted a total of 164/5 in 20 overs. Apart from Shaw and Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer also made a valuable contribution with the bat, scoring 29 runs in 22 balls.
Nick Kyrgios, girlfriend in separate quarantine after a verbal argument
The couple recently returned to Australia after several months overseas at tennis tournaments and in the Bahamas. But the relationship appears on the rocks following a dispute in their room on Thursday that prompted police to act, according to reports in the local media.
Pakistan writes 'T20 World Cup UAE 2021' instead of 'India 2021' on team jersey, sparks controversy
A picture is doing the rounds on social media in which Pakistan captain Babar Azam can be seen sporting the kit for the tournament with UAE written on it as the host. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup UAE 2021", reads the top right of the jersey of the batsman.
IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals try to change batters, stopped by umpires
The incident took place in the second innings of the match after Sanju Samson was out caught at the short mid-wicket off the bowling of Shivam Mavi. As Samson walked back to the dug-out, cameras showed all-rounder Shivam Dube walking into the field of play.
India, Spain to join Women's Pro League only for Season 3
Both teams will replace -- for this season only -- Australia and New Zealand, who last month announced that they will not participate in this season's FIH Hockey Pro League due to Covid-related international travel restrictions put in place by their respective governments.
Gold and bronze for India in mixed rapid fire, silver in women's 3P team
Also winning silver on the day was the junior women's 50m rifle 3-positions (3P) team comprising Prasiddhi Mahant, Nishcal and Ayushi Podder, while the second Indian pair in mixed rapid fire pistol, Tejaswini and Anish Bhanwala, also won bronze, making it a total haul of 23 medal thus far with two more competition days remaining. Vijayveer and Rhythm came through two rounds of qualifying to completely dominate their match against the Thai pair, not allowing them to win even one series.
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