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Narrow wins for Real Madrid, Bilbao, Real Sociedad
The full back's diagonal volley from the corner of the penalty area was a reward for Madrid's better finishing in a game where Betis played a better first half. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti made changes to his starting 11 with young left back Miguel in for the injured Nacho Fernandez with David Alaba moving into central defense and Vinicius Jr getting the reward for three goals in two games with a start ahead of Eden Hazard.
Liverpool, Chelsea split points; Man City thrash Arsenal 5-0
Chelsea took the lead in the 22nd minute through Kai Havartz's looping header, but Liverpool hit back and Joel Matip hit the bar before James cleared Mohamed Salah's shot off the line with his hand. Both the Egyptian and Virgil van Dijk had shots well saved by Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy after the break as Liverpool strived for a winner.
We need to be patient, build partnerships: Virat Kohli
"The way they bowled in the morning with new ball, the areas they bowled at, the lengths they bowled, you have to be precise [against that] with everything in your decision making. It is not like you will make an error and your edge is so far that the delivery won't catch. We have to accept this, they won't make it easy for us here," added Kohli.
Paralympic TT: Bhavina Patel's magical run ends with silver
Bhavina, ranked 12th in the world who had made an incredible run to the final by beating the gold and silver medallist of the Rio Paralympics, found Zhou, winner at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, too strong to handle and lost 3-0 (7-11, 5-11, 6-11) in a 19-minute encounter in women's singles Class 4.
Ravindra Jadeja taken for precautionary scan
"He has been taken for a precautionary scan," confirmed an official to IANS. Jadeja, who bowled 32 overs and batted in the both innings, scoring four and 30, hurt his right knee while trying to stop a shot from Haseeeb Hameed off Mohammed Shami during the first day's play on Wednesday.
James Anderson's grip helps Ollie Robinson shine with five-fer
"I noticed that Jimmy's (James Anderson) normal grip was slightly differently from the way I hold and a few others hold it. I spoke to him when I got back to Headingley after the break and just tried to practice in the nets. It went quite nicely in the nets. Tried it in the nets and it worked quite well," said Robinson to media after the end of the third Test.
Record-breaking Root happy with 'perfect storm'
"It was almost the perfect storm, everything seemed to fall our way. Perfect little nicks to the keeper got us off to a great start, it was a brilliant bowling performance. We found our length on the wicket, and exploited it really well," Root said during a virtual interaction with the media after the end of the third Test, which England won by an innings and 79 runs to level the five-Test series 1-1. The first Test had ended in a drwa.
Paralympics: China continues winning streak with 11 more gold
China snatched three gold medals in wheelchair fencing on Saturday. Sun Gang beat Hungary's Richard Osvath in the men's foil individual category A final, while his teammates Feng Yanke and Gu Haiyan respectively won golds in the men's foil individual category B and women's foil individual category A.
Won't bring in extra batsman, it's not how we play: Kohli
India lost by an innings and 76 runs. The heavy defeat was caused mainly by poor show with the bat in the first innings as India were bowled out for 78. Former India captain and opener Sunil Gavaskar and batsman Sanjay Manjrekar had opined that India could be forced to play an extra batsman in the fourth Test beginning September 2.
Paralympics: Afghan athletes reach Tokyo five days after opening ceremony
Zakia and Hossain Rasouli are part of the Afghanistan Paralympic Team that arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, after being evacuated from the worn-torn country as part of an international collaboration. It was said a few weeks back that they may not be able to make it to Tokyo because of the chaos caused by the Taliban's takeover of the country.
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