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Shaw, Yadav join team after completing quarantine
"Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have completed their quarantine period and have joined the team at Lord's," said a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Shaw and Yadav were called up to the Indian squad following injuries to opener Shubman Gill, pacer Avesh Khan and spin-bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar. The three have returned home. Shaw and Yadav left for England a day before the first Test started last week.
India bag three gold in World Youth Archery Championship in Poland
India won the gold medals in Compound Cadet Men Team (under-18), Compound Cadet Women Team and Compound Cadet Mixed Team competitions in the event, while the silver came in the Compound Cadet Women's section. India are in for another rich haul of medals on Sunday as their archers figure in four finals and two bronze medal matches.
Can't express my feelings when national anthem was being played: Neeraj Chopra
The athlete from Khandar village in Haryana's Panipat district, who is also a Subedar with 4 Rajputana Rifles in the Indian Army, told IANS in an exclusive interview, "I can't express my feelings in words of the moment when the national anthem was played during the medal ceremony in Tokyo."Following his heroics at the Olympics, the star athlete has moved up 14 places to World No. 2 in the latest World Athletics men's javelin throw rankings
2nd Test: Fans throw bottle corks at K.L. Rahul on Day 3
Pictures of Rahul standing close to the boundary line and surrounded by bottle corks on the field emerged on social media as the first session drew to a close. According to reports coming in from Lord's, the Indian players have complained to the umpires about the crowd's behavior. The 29-year-old Karnataka batsman had also scored 84 in the first innings of the first Test at Trent Bridge last week.
Chhetri-led Bengaluru FC to play Maldives' Club Eagles for final AFC Cup group stage slot
The playoff, initially scheduled to be played in May, was postponed due to the COVID-19 with Sunday's winners advancing to Group D of the 2021 AFC Cup. Both teams have already seen action in the 2021 AFC Cup with Club Eagles advancing to the playoff by virtue of a 2-0 win over Bhutan's Thimphu FC in the preliminary round while Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC scored an emphatic 5-0 victory over Nepal's Tribhuvan Army in April.
Umpiring brilliant, but still want to see neutral umpires: Gavaskar
"I would still want to see neutral umpires because after you exhaust your 2-3 reviews, there could still be a decision that could be game-turning," said the batting maestro on air during the third day's play in the second Test. "To avoid the finger of bias, you should have neutral umpires," he added. "The quality of umpiring in this series (between India and England) as well as in Australia has been brilliant.
Lord's Test: Root & Bairstow stitch big partnership, put India on the back foot
Resuming on 119/3, England added 97 to their score without losing a wicket. Captain Root scored his 51st half-century off 82 balls with his seventh boundary. He was in control of his game, taking singles and steering the ball between third man and backward point. Bairstow, on the other hand, raced to his 28th half-century in Test cricket featuring some exquisite drives.
It's very, very special: Rahul on Test century at Lord's
"It's very, very special. Not because it was a hundred at Lord's, that adds to the excitement and joy. I have been away from Test cricket for a couple of years now. I have grown up wanting to be a Test cricketer and to play Test cricket. That was the generation I grew in. My father loves Test cricket. My coaches always wanted me to be a Test cricketer. I always wanted to do well in Test cricket," said Rahul.
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty set for Cincinnati event
Ashleigh leads the top quarter and will face a qualifier in the second round. She could face defending champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the Round of 16, with a trio of major champions looming as a potential quarterfinal opponent: Barbora Krejcikova (Czech), Garbine Muguruza (Spain) and Sloane Stephens (US). In fact, if Sloane gets past her qualifier opponent in the opening round, she could face Garbine in the second.
World Athletics showcases Neeraj Chopra on its main page
Tracing the 23-year-old's journey from the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in 2016 -- where he achieved a world U-20 record throw of 86.48 metres, till the Tokyo Olympics --, WA wrote, "The final throw was taken (in Tokyo) and only then could Neeraj Chopra breathe a sigh of relief. It was a moment so monumental that 7 August will now be celebrated as National Javelin Day in his home country."
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