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French Open: Novak Djokovic overcomes Matteo Berrettini to set up semis clash with Rafael Nadal
Djokovic overcame a cut in his left hand that saw his racquet dripping with blood immediately after the crowd had been cleared from the stands in the fourth set due to 11 pm night curfew in Paris. Even though Djokovic won the first set with a scoreline that suggested the game was one-sided, it took him 52 minutes to seal it.
Neymar, Paqueta extend Brazil's winning run in WC qualifiers
Neymar gave the visitors the lead in the fourth minute when he took a touch to control a Gabriel Jesus cross before rifling a shot into the bottom left corner on Tuesday. Lucas Paqueta, who replaced Manchester United midfielder Fred at halftime, put the result beyond doubt in the 93rd minute by latching onto Neymar's through ball with a first-time effort that rebounded in off the post.
Poland Ranking Series: Freestyle wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya gets silver
Dahiya, 23, lost to Abdullaev Gulomjon of Uzbekistan 3-5 in the final. Earlier, in the semis, Dahiya outplayed Iran's Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi 7-4. Dahiya has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the men's 57 kg freestyle event. However, in Poland, he is competing in the upper weight for practice.
French Open: Nadal enters semis with thumping win over Schwartzman
World No.3 Nadal, will play the winner of the contest between world No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Matteo Berrettini of Italy on Friday. Djokovic, the 2016 French Open champion and winner of 18 majors, leads 29-28 in his famed rivalry with Nadal. The 35-year-old Spaniard, however, beat his arch-rival in the Italian Open final in Rome recently.
Indian Grand Prix athletics to be held on June 21
The AFI will also conduct the National Inter-State Athletics Championships from June 25 at the same venue. "The decision to organise IGP IV was taken to provide additional competition to Indian athletes as a 40-member team will not be competing in the upcoming T. Kolpakova International in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Qosanov Memorial meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan," AFI said in a statement on Wednesday.
Indian football team should fight like bees do: Captain Chhetri
India, who defeated Bangladesh 2-0 in the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifier match here on Monday, will take on Afghanistan on June 15 in their last Group E assignment here. "I tell the boys to just turn up and give everything on the pitch, and then you will take whatever result comes…you might not get as many moments of individual brilliance and technical play like through balls."
French Open: Maria beats Iga, sets up semi-finals clash with Barbora
World No.33 Barbora ended American teenager Coco Gauff's hopes of reaching her maiden Grand Slam semi-final with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 victory. Maria, who is now the highest-ranked player in the field, is just two wins away from a historic maiden Grand Slam singles title for a Greek woman. A win at the end of the week could also propel her into the top 10.
IPL to be played between Sep 19-Oct 15: BCCI
"IPL will be held between September 19 and October 15," Rajeev Shukla, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told IANS on Wednesday. There are 31 matches to be played, after the tournament was suspended on May 4 due to Covid-19 positive cases in the camps of four of the eight franchises. The cash-rich league was suspended midway, after the completion of 29 matches.
ICC Test rankings: 3 Indians in top 10; Conway enters at 77th
Kohli, who will lead India in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand from June 18 and the five-match Test series against England, is fifth with 814 points behind England skipper Joe Root. Pant and Sharma are joint sixth with 747 rating points each. Sharma, who was placed eighth in the previous cycle, has moved one spot past New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls, who is now in eighth spot.
Top Aussie players may withdraw from WI tour due to bubble fatigue
The development comes a day after Cricket Australia announced six additions to their 23-member preliminary squad for the limited-overs cricket tours of West Indies and Bangladesh in July and August. A report in Nine Media on Wednesday said that the seven star players could pull out after having spent considerable periods in various cricketing bubbles over the past few months.
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