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The Hundred: Smriti's unbeaten 61 helps Southern Brave win
In her previous game, on July 24 (Saturday), Smriti had flopped as she failed to get off the mark against Trent Rockets at Nottingham. Smriti had fallen on the sixth ball of the innings. The Indian, however, had then taken a brilliant catch at mid-on to send back opener Rachel Priest early.Her side prevailed by 23 runs. The chase proved to be a cakewalk as Southern Brave.
Kohli, Rahane back to training on centre wicket after missing warm-up
Both Kohli and Rahane had batting sessions along with No. 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal, who is expected to open with Rohit Sharma in the first Test in Nottingham. "#TeamIndia back at it and having a centre wicket training at Durham Cricket Club ahead of the five-match Test series against England," tweeted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) alongwith pictures of the batsmen having nets.
Tokyo Olympics roundup: Indian shooters' reputation in tatters after another forgettable day
On a day when Indian shooters gave their worst performance at the Tokyo Games, that too in their favourite events -- mixed team 10m air pistol and mixed team 10m air rifle - the hope of a medal from the 15-member contingent, which was flown by a chartered flight to Croatia with nearly a dozen support staff for a two-month training-cum-competition stint, continued to fade on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics: Chinese pair takes air rifle mixed gold, Indians nowhere in contention
This is the second gold for Olympic debutant Yang Qian, who won the first gold of Tokyo 2020 in the women's individual event, while Yang Haoran added a gold to his individual bronze. Both teams were in good form as the match was tied four times before the two Yangs shot 21.3 points to that of their opponents' 20.8 to win the third gold for the Chinese shooting team.
Tokyo Olympics Football: Spain have injury issues ahead of key Argentina encounter
The Spanish Football Federation confirmed that tests carried out on central defender Oscar Mingueza and midfielder Dani Ceballos have shown that Mingueza will be available to play in the game, but Ceballos will almost certainly be out for around three or four weeks. Both players suffered their injuries in the first half of a 0-0 draw against Egypt in Spain's Olympic Games opener, and neither played in Sunday's tense 1-0 win against Australia.
Tokyo Olympics: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg
Lovlina, the 23-year-old from Assam, prevailed over her 35-year-old opponent from Cologne in a well-contested bout in which three of the five judges scored in her favour. Of the five judges, judge one from Argentina scored the bout 29-28 in the German's favour but for judges 2, 3 and 4, Lovlina was the winner as they scored it 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 in the Indian's favour. The fifth judge from Sri Lanka gave it to Nadine30-27.
Tokyo Olympics: Home favourite Naomi Osaka loses in straight sets to Marketa Vondrousova
With Naomi's exit, the top three players on the WTA singles rankings at the Olympics have all bowed out of the quadrennial showpiece. While Australia's world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty had lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain in the opening match, No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus fell to Croatia's Donna Vekic in the second round on Monday, and now world No. 2 Naomi has lost in the third round.
Tokyo Olympics: India outplay Spain 3-0 in men's hockey match
Veteran drag-flicker Rupinderpal Singh scored a brace of goals, his first off a penalty stroke, and Simranjeet Singh contribute one as Graham Reid's India romped to a well-deserved victory against a Spanish team that lacked the firepower to trouble the world No. 4 team. It was an inspired decision by coach Reid to leave Gurjant Singh out and bring Simranjeet Singh into the squad.
Tokyo Olympics: Aussie swimmer Kaylee McKeown breaks Olympic record to win women's 100m backstroke
The result was 0.02 seconds behind her own world record, but enough for her to beat second-placed Kylie Masse of Canada, who finished in 57.72 seconds. The bronze went to 19-year-old Regan Smith of the United States. Tom Dean and Duncan Scott led a one-two finish for Britain in the men's 200m freestyle.
Tokyo Olympics: Heartbreak for India as Chaudhary-Manu pair finishes 7th in air pistol mixed team
Chaudhary and Manu, who were strong favourites after winning all four mixed team gold medals in the four World Cups in 2019, suffered due to a poor start in the eight-team field and finished with a total score of 380 (Chaudhary 194/200 and Manu 186/200). They needed to be in the top four to qualify for any of the two medal matches.
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