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Happy people talking about me, feeling important: Rahane
"I am happy people are talking about me. I always believe people will talk about important people so I am not too concerned about that. It is all about contribution to the team," he said in a virtual interaction with the media. "Everything motivates me. Playing for country motivates me. I am not bothered about criticism as I mentioned. People only criticise important people and they are criticising me. I only focus on controllables," he added.
England pacer Mark Wood ruled out of third Test against India
Despite Wood returning to bowl on the last day of the Lord's Test, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday that he will not be fit to play in the third Test. Wood had taken five wickets in England's 151-run loss to India at Lord's. "He will remain with the squad in Leeds and will continue his rehab with the England medical team. The 31-year-old will be assessed at the end of this Test match," said a statement from the ECB.
Kohli is right man at the right time to lead India: Hussain
"Virat Kohli is the right man at the right time to lead this formidable India side. His players, in particular the bowlers, want an aggressive captain. They want Kohli stirring things up, as he did so effectively in that brilliant second Test at Lord's," wrote Hussain in his column for Daily Mail.
FIBA Asia Cup: Saudi Arabia beat Palestine, India qualify for finals
India, who had lost 80-61 to the Saudis in their first match on Friday, had overcome Palestine 79-77 in a thriller on Saturday and needed the hosts to either beat Palestine or lose by a huge margin, to qualify for the finals. The Saudis won Sunday's match comfortably and finished with two wins while India ended second in the three-team group with one win and one defeat. Palestine lost both their matches and thus finished third.
World Athletics U20: Shaili wins silver in long jump
Shaili, who came into the final with the best performance in the qualifying stage with an effort of 6.48 metres, improved on her personal best with a superb effort of 6.59 in the women's long jump final. However, she lost out on the gold medal to Sweden's Maja Askag, the European junior champion, who cleared 6.60 metres. Mariia Horielova of Ukraine took the bronze medal with a season best effort of 6.50 metres.
Superhuman effort required from England: Gavaskar
The legendary cricketer expects the Virat Kohli-led Team India to hold sway over England after their emphatic 151-run win over the hosts in the second Test at the Lord's. the first Test at Trent Bridge was declared a draw after the fifth day's play was washed off by rain.
Thompson-Herah runs second fastest-ever women's 100m
Elaine, whose previous best was the 10.61 she set in retaining her 100m title in Tokyo, overhauled the fast-starting Olympic silver medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to bolster the position she already held as the second-fastest ever behind the 1988 10.49 world record belonging to the late Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States.
Highly-rated American amateur golfer Aman Gupta decides to play for India
The 22-year-old Gupta is part of the first team at Oklahoma State University, one of the most successful teams in the history of US college golf and boasting of such alumni as Rickie Fowler, Victor Hovland, Matthew Wolff and Peter Uihlein. Born in Easly in South Carolina, Gupta is an American, but also holds an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card, which gave him an opportunity to play for India.
Alexander Zverev overcomes Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up title clash with Rublev
Feeling unwell and down a double break at 1-4 in the third set, the German clawed back to claim a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) win and set up a title clash with world No. 7, Russia's Andrey Rublev, who recorded his first victory over countryman Daniil Medvedev in his fifth attempt to reach his second ATP Masters 1000 final. Rublev won 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
La Liga: Memphis saves Barcelona from defeat with late equaliser
Athletic dominated the first 70 minutes of the game, but Barca were able to save a point as the Basque side tired in the closing minutes. The first half saw Athletic take the game to Barca, pressuring the ball high up the pitch and causing all sorts of problems for the visitors.
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