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India slip in ICC rankings after WTC final loss
No.3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who had poor scores of eight and 15, slipped to 16th. He has had a 2021 peak position of seventh this year following his success in Australia. In the list of bowlers, R Ashwin is the best Indian, having retained his second spot. The other Indian bowlers, who played the WTC final, occupy the spots between 16 to 19.
Wimbledon 2021: Novak Djokovic dispatches Kevin Anderson to enter 3rd round
Djokovic was dominant as he won four out of the eight break points he got and did not face any break point from the South African who seems to have plateaued after a good start to his career. The Serb won 84 per cent of the points on his first serve and 73 per cent of the points on second serve.
Wimbledon 2021: Alize shows fifth seed Bianca the door in opening round
This is the second time in three weeks that Alize has beaten the 21-year-old Bianca, seeded fifth here. The Frenchwoman had won their second-round clash in Berlin a fortnight ago, going on to reach her first grass-court semi-final. Alize will meet the winner of the match between Greet Minner of Belgium and Alja Tomljanovic of Australia.
Biggest upsets of Euro 2020 have come in Round of 16
The 2018 world champions were expected to win Euro 2020 and emulate what their predecessors did over two decades ago -- win World Cup and follow it up with Euro title. France, who had the talismanic Zinedine Zidane in their midst in those days, had won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and then followed it up with the Euro 2000 title. The current team, full of biggest stars of contemporary times, though expected to coast to title, fell at the Round of 16 stage against Switzerland.
India didn't show the patience required in a Test: Gavaskar
New Zealand won the rain-marred summit clash against India by eight wickets to bag the winning purse of Rs 12 crore along with an ICC Test Championship Mace. The legendary cricketer pointed out that the Indians, "so used to the white-ball game" were responsible for their own downfall as they played some "forgettable" strokes.
Jadeja, Pant slip in ICC rankings, Kohli retains fourth spot
Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant (752) slipped a spot to seventh position in rankings for Test batsmen while Rohit Sharma (759) held on to his sixth position. Besides Pant and Sharma, skipper Virat Kohli (812) occupies the fourth position. Altogether, Indians occupy three of the top 10 positions in rankings for Test batsmen, one out of 10 in bowling rankings list and two in the ranking for all-rounders.
Wimbledon 2021: Serena Williams retires from Wimbledon opener after injury
Arriving on court with her right thigh heavily strapped, the No.6 seed was leading Aliaksandra by a break in the first set at 3-1. Serving at 15-15, Serena slipped briefly at the back of the court and was finally forced to retire in the seventh game. While she never fell to the ground, Serena requested for a physio after losing serve in the fifth game, and received off-court medical timeout before returning to the court.
Euro 2020: Ukraine's extra-time winner knocks Sweden out
The Ukrainians started cautiously on Tuesday and let Sweden to pass the ball around. Despite dominating possession, Sweden didn't pose a threat to Ukraine's rock-solid defence with only Alexander Isak coming close to scoring with a long-range effort in the 20th minute, reports Xinhua.
Euro 2020: England beat Germany to enter quarter-finals
Sterling scored in the 75th minute, converting a a low cross from Luke Shaw. Kane and Jack Grealish played the ball out wide to Shaw, whose low cross went straight to Sterling who slotted the ball in. England were not yet as eleven minutes later -- in the 86th -- Kane converted a cross from Grealish.
Wimbledon 2021: Lucky Federer enters Round 2 after opponent gets injured
The 39-year-old, who has won 20 Grand Slam titles, bagged the first set 6-4 before losing the next two 6-7(3) and 3-6. He came back to win the fourth 6-2 in a games that lasted two hours and 44 minutes. World No. 41 Mannarino, who was able to get through to the fourth set with the injury before pulling out, had slipped behind the baseline which led to the injury. He also received on-court treatment on the knee.
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