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Malaysia Open badminton postponed, blow to Indians' Olympic hopes
The tournament was one of the last two qualification events for this year's Tokyo Olympic Games. Its postponement comes as a body blow for the qualification chances of Indian stars like Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal.
England county clubs express interest to host IPL: Report
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Surrey and Warwickshire, who are based at Lord's, The Kia Oval (both London) and Edgbaston (Birmingham), respectively are understood to be part of the group who wrote to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) inviting them to extend the opportunity to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), according to ESPNCricinfo.
Sumit Malik earns Olympic quota in men's 125kg freestyle wrestling
India's Sumit Malik beat Jose Daniel Diaz of Venezuela 5-0 to set up the title clash with Russia's Sergei Kozyrev. Finalists in each of the weight categories in this tournament are eligible to win a quota place for the Tokyo Olympics. Malik is the fourth Indian freestyle wrestler to have won the Olympic quota place in the men's category.
Manchester United cruise into Europa League final, Arsenal lose to Villareal
Manchester United lost 2-3 to Roma in second leg of the semi-final of Europa League but cruised through to the final on the basis of an 8-5 aggregate victory. But it will not be Premier League rivals Arsenal they meet in Poland's Gdansk on May 26, rather Spaniards Villarreal, who are in a first major final after a goalless second leg in London, DPA reports.
Hussey, Balaji air-lifted to Chennai, put in isolation
An official on Thursday told IANS, "They have been flown to Chennai in an air ambulance and have been kept at the Taj Club House in isolation." Both Hussey and Balaji had tested positive and were left behind as the rest of the team members, who reported negative tests, flew to Chennai soon after the Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended on Tuesday.
Malik enters semis of World Olympic qualifiers
India's Sumit Malik entered the semi-finals of the mens 125kg freestyle event at the World Olympic qualifiers on Thursday, and maintained hope to earn an Olympic quota place. If Malik wins his semi-final match, he would be in line for the quota. The top two wrestlers in each of the weight categories will be eligible to get berths for Tokyo, where the Olympics are scheduled to begin on July 23.
Bayern's Alaba wants to leave comfort zone
"To grow, you have to leave your 'comfort zone'. I think that perhaps you have to go into the unknown to be able to mature again," he told club magazine 51 in an interview published online on Thursday. The Austrian Alaba is leaving Bayern after 13 years at the club. He joined the Bavarians youth academy as a "little rascal with big dreams" at 16 and will leave as a two-time treble winner.
Madrid Open: Ashleigh Barty cruises into final
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty entered her fourth WTA singles final of the season, beating Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Thursday night. Her opponent in the final will be either Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka who play their semi-final on Friday. Barty could become only the third women's player to claim the Madrid title while holding the world's top ranking.
Madrid Open: Rafael Nadal enters quarters, Medvedev out
Rafael Nadal continued his quest for a sixth Madrid Open title, beating Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals on Thursday. However, world No. 3 Danii Medvedev crashed out, losing to Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1. In another game, Garin held on to beat Medvedev after a tough grind. The Chilean Garin broke the Russian twice in the third set to reach the quarter-finals after 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Have ensured all players, staff reach home safely: RCB
RCB said that all domestic players, staff and management have been transported to "specific pre-identified hubs and then connected to their respective cities" from Ahmedabad, where the team was stationed when the tournament was indefinitely postponed this week.
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