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Lorenzo Sonego enters semi-finals of Eastbourne International
Sonego took a 3-0 lead, winning 65 percent of his first-service points in the opening set. He broke Bublik twice in the second set to battle through in 79 minutes. "I am really happy with the match because it is not easy playing against Bublik, because he is an amazing talent. It was really tough in the second set, but I am happy with the match," Sonego said after the match.
Daniil Medvedev enters Mallorca Open tennis semi-finals
The Russian, who had lost in the first round of the Halle Open, has been in dominant form and has moved into the last-four stage without dropping a set. "I feel like it was a funny match. Maybe [it was] not the highest level, but I'm really happy to win and be in the semi-finals here. I'm looking forward to tomorrow," Medvedev said after the match.
Powerful BCCI fails to ensure warm-up games for Team India in England
India's loss in the World Test Championship (WTC) final exposed chinks in its batting against the moving ball as New Zealand bowlers made the ball talk and picked wickets regularly, skittling out India for 170 on the sixth -- reserve -- day and putting their team on road to victory when it looked like the Test would end in a draw.
Last chance to qualify for Olympic: Spotlight on men's, women's relays
The goal of the women's 4x400m relay team, comprising Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Archana Suseendran, and S Dhanalakshmi, is to clock 43.05 seconds to win a smooth passage for the Olympics. Only top 16 world ranking teams in the women's 4x100m will be eligible to compete at the Olympics starting on July 23. India's current world ranking is 20.
India the new 'chokers' of international cricket?
The last decade had begun well and offered hope to India, promising a decade of dominance in which they bagged multiple tournaments. India won the 2011 50-over World Cup and followed it up with the 2013 Champions Trophy. But since 2014, India have tripped at the final hurdle several times.
India fail to crack the NZ code again in ICC tournaments
The last time India managed to beat New Zealand was back in the 2003 50-over World Cup under Sourav Ganguly when left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan took four wickets as India skittled out the Kiwis for 146 and won by seven wickets in Centurion.
Williamson finally takes NZ to pinnacle of Crowe's dream
Ahead of the 2015, 50-over World Cup final, an ailing Crowe desperately wanted to see a New Zealand team win an ICC tournament. Barring the ICC knockouts title in 2000, the cupboard of Kiwis was dry with Crowe himself missing out on the 1992 World Cup as captain as his side lost a close semi-final.
Kohli wants best-of-three WTC final, Williamson backs one-off Test
India were on Wednesday beaten by New Zealand by eight wickets in the inaugural WTC final, a one-off event. "Look, firstly I am not in absolute agreement of deciding the best Test side over the course of one game, to be very honest. If it is a Test series, it has to be a test of character over three Tests," said Kohli in the post-match press conference.
'Pretty satisfying': Bradley-John Watling savours his last Test, biggest of career
New Zealand beat India by eight wickets to win the WTC final as Watling took five catches behind the stumps. "It's been a lot of hard work for a long time for our team as a group. And to get over the line like that, was pretty satisfying," said Watling who suffered a finger injury during the first session but returned after treatment.
WTC triumph makes up for 2019 World Cup final loss: Ross Taylor
"This would have to be the highlight of my career. At the start of my career, I felt we probably did not have the side to do this," said Taylor, who had postponed his retirement two years ago. The right-handed batsman had earlier said he would have retired had New Zealand lifted the 50-over World Cup in 2019. They lost to England in the final.
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