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Tough path for Serena, Ashleigh at Wimbledon
The women's draw was released on Friday even as defending champion Simona Halep announced her withdrawal due to a calf injury. Ashleigh, who is a one-time Grand Slam winner at 2019 French Open and has never proceeded beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon, is drawn to face current French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova.
No victory parade for world Test champions New Zealand
The Kiwis, who beat India by eight wickets in the World Test Championship final this week, will go straight into a 14-day quarantine on arrival home via Singapore. The apart, four members of the playing XI -- skipper Kane Williamson, pacer Kyle Jamieson, opener Devon Conway, and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme -- will stay back in England to play the T20 Blast.
World No.3 Simona Halep withdraws from Wimbledon
"It is with great sadness that I'm announcing my withdrawal from The Championships as my calf injury has not fully recovered," Simona said on the Wimbledon website. The 29-year-old world No.3player, who won the Wimbledon in 2019 -- the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic -- suffered a tear in her left calf during her second-round match against Germany's Angelique Kerber at the Italian Open in Rome in mid-May.
India to have camp, intra-squad games in Durham from July 15
The team is currently taking a break after the loss to New Zealand in the World Test Championship final. "As far as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are concerned, their schedule remains the same. They [India] have a camp in Durham from July 15," said a statement from ECB in response to a query from IANS.
Off-form Kohli's Test century drought continues
Kohli, who is well-placed to end his career as the player with most Test centuries - he is just six short of Sachin Tendulkar's 49 ODI tons - endured the year 2020 as the first calendar year of his international career since 2008 without a triple figure mark. Since his November 2019 Test ton against Bangladesh, he has managed just three half-centuries in eight Test matches. The 24.64 Test average in this phase in 14 innings is well below his career average of 52.04.
Sehwag's Mirzapur meme after India loss in WTC final goes viral
The meme shows the lead actor in 'Mirzapur', Pankaj Tripathi -- who plays the character Akhandanand Tripathi aka Kaleen Bhaiya -- scolding Anjum Sharma, who portrays 'Sharad Shukla', one of the antagonists in the serial. Sehwag, India's only twin-triple centurion in Tests captioned the meme, "Aapse better umeed kiye the hum (I had better expectations from you)". The meme has since got more than 52,000 likes.
Liverpool co-owners buy 15% stake in Rajasthan Royals
London-based venture capitalist Manoj Badale's investment firm Emerging Media owns the majority stake. "Such an investment is testament to the global standing of the IPL and India as an attractive investment destination," Badale said. Gerry Cardinale, founder and managing partner of RedBird, said, "The IPL is a dynamic league with a global audience and forward-thinking mindset regarding fan and player engagement."
England thrash Sri Lanka, take 2-0 lead in T20I series
The visitors' batting was exposed again in seaming conditions with the Kusal Perera-led side only managing 111/7 in the allotted 20 overs. Kusal Mendis was the highest scorer with 39 runs. Six Sri Lankan batsmen couldn't cross the single-digit mark. In reply, England scored the winning revised target of 103 (D/L Method) in 16.1 overs with 11 balls to spare. England managed 108/5 in 16.1 overs.
Williamson's boys, best players is our history: NZ greats
Leading former New Zealand cricketers such as Brendon McCullum and Richard Hadlee are awestruck with the showing of skipper Kane Williamson's boys in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India here and feel this is probably the country's greatest-ever team. New Zealand had, on Wednesday, become the first World Test Championship winners.
Almiron guides Paraguay into Copa America quarterfinals
Paraguay went ahead just after the half-hour mark when Braian Samudio powered in a header at the far post following Almiron's in-swinging corner on Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Newcastle United midfielder then converted a penalty after Gary Medel was deemed to have brought down Carlos Gonzalez.
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