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Former Manchester United defender Valencia retires
The 35-year-old Valencia made the decision after playing just 15 matches in almost six months for Mexican side Queretaro. "It is a tough decision. I feel mentally strong, I feel good, but there is something that is not right with my body, and that's my knee," he told a virtual news conference, Xinhua reports.
India better than Aussies at identifying talent: Greg Chappell
"India have got their act together and that's large because [India's National Cricket Academy chief and former Test captain] Rahul Dravid has picked our brains, seen what we're doing and replicated it in India and with their much larger [population] base," Chappell told cricket.com.au.
Would support Steve Smith if he becomes Aus captain again: Tim Paine
"I think so. Obviously, I don't make that decision but the time I played with Steve as captain he was excellent. Certainly tactically he is as good as you get," Paine said while speaking at a function for the Chappell Foundation at the SCG on Wednesday night. Paine said that he saw similarities in Smith's situation when the latter was first made captain to when he was captain of Tasmani.
India retain top spot in ICC Test rankings
The ICC said that the latest update eliminates the results of 2017/18. It rates all matches played since May 2020 at 100 per cent and those of the previous two years at 50 per cent "India's 2-1 win over Australia and 3-1 win over England over the past year and New Zealand's 2-0 series wins over the West Indies and Pakistan have helped them keep ahead of the pack," said the ICC.
India very good at making distractions during a series: Paine
"Part of the challenge of playing against India is they're very good at niggling you and trying to distract you with stuff that doesn't really matter and there were times in that series where we fell for that," Paine said while speaking at a function for the Chappell Foundation at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Wednesday night, according to news.com.au.
French Open to welcome spectators, night session to debut
Organisers said that a little more than 5,000 fans would be allowed on the Roland Garros grounds on the first 10 days, 1,000 on each of the three show courts and the others on outside courts, reports DPA. The remaining five days, with play only on the show courts, would see 5,000 fans allowed per court. The French Open was pushed back by a week owing to the coronavirus and is scheduled for May 30-June 13.
Italian Open: Karatsev demolishes third seed Medvedev, Zverev advances
"I'm super happy," Karatsev said after the match. "It was a really tough match. Against Medvedev you never know, he's a big server. It's tough to return, but I managed it well." Madrid Open champion Alexander Zverev of Germany picked up from where he had left off in his Italian Open opener, racing past qualifier Hugo Dellien 6-2, 6-2.
Italian Open: Serena loses her 1000th match, to Nadia
Using the entire clay-court repertoire -- from heavy topspin forehands to sliding defence -- that brought her to the French Open semi-finals last October, the world No. 44 took one hour and 58 minutes to get past 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena. The victory over world No.8 Serena was Nadia's third career win over a top-10 player, all in the last eight months.
Lack of competitive practice games challenge for India in England
There are no matches scheduled against any county team for the Indians. The Indian team will have to play only intra-squad matches to prepare. This was confirmed by a statement from the England board last month. The Indian team was supposed to play India A in warm-up fixtures as per initial plans. However, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had in April announced that the India A tour had been postponed.
Uncertainty for Saina, Srikanth as Olympic qualifiers cancelled
The tournament was set to be held from June 1 to 6 and the qualifying window for the Olympics is currently scheduled to end on June 15. The BWF said that it will release a "further statement" on the qualification process later. The tournament was set to be held from June 1 to 6 and the qualifying window for the Olympics is currently scheduled to end on June 15.
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