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Arsenal ease past Slavia to reach Europa League semi final
With the tie finely poised following a 1-1 home draw a week ago, the Gunners put in one of their best showings under Mikel Arteta to win 4-0 in Prague, DPA reported. Nicolas Pepe opened the scoring as his fine Europa League campaign continues, with an Alexandre Lacazette brace and a Bukayo Saka strike more than enough to see them through.
Not letting Ashwin bowl four overs was a mistake: Ricky Ponting
"He had bowled beautifully. Three overs, none for 14. Hadn't even conceded a boundary. Look he had a disappointing game in game one, but he has worked really hard in the last few days to make sure he adjusted and got things right in this game. I thought he bowled beautifully tonight. Probably a mistake on our behalf, and something we will be talking about later on," he further said.
Djokovic falls, Nadal beats Dimitrov at Monte Carlo Masters
World number one Djokovic, playing in his first tournament since winning a ninth Australian Open in February, suffered his first defeat of 2021 on Thursday, DPA reported. Evans, who had never before reached the last eight of a Masters 1000 tournament, won 6-4 7-5 with a performance that belied his relative lack of success on clay.
India women win gold, two bronze in Asian wrestling
The 25-year-old Haryana wrestler made a dramatic turnaround in the closing stages of the six-minute final bout to score a thrilling 10-7 win over Mongolia's Shoovdor Baatarjav. Trailing 1-4 after the opening three minutes, the Indian wrestler bounced back to level the score at 7-all in the second half of the contest. With just 12 seconds to go, she raced to a 10-7 lead to retain her crown.
IPL 2021: David Miller, Chris Morris take RR home after early scare
Things had looked difficult for RR as they lost three early wickets, including that of skipper Sanju Samson, and ended the powerplay period at an abysmal 26/3 while chasing DC's 147/8. The third over of the innings saw DC strike bowler Chris Woakes (2/22) take two wickets -- Manan Vohra and Jos Buttler.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah in BCCI's top grade of annual contracts
The trio, in the 'A+' category, will earn Rs 7 crore for the year. There are 10 players in the 'A' category who will get Rs 5 crore each while five players in category 'B' will get Rs 3 crore each. The 10 cricketers in the 'C' category will get Rs 1 crore each.
I know I am paid to slog: Chris Morris
Morris, who hit an unbeaten 18-ball 36 laden with four sixes, however, said he had no regrets on being denied strike although his reaction in Monday's match after being sent back by Samson was one of bemusement and a sarcastic smile.
Our task is not over till we get podium at Olympics: Manpreet Singh
"No doubt winning against a really strong team like Argentina in their home ground is a big confidence booster, but we shouldn't read too much into the results. We need to keep our heads down and remain focused on the areas that require improvement basis our performance here. Our task is not over until we stand on the podium in Tokyo," said Manpreet.
Virat Kohli named Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's ODI player of the decade
Kohli is one of five cricketers who have been named for each decade from 1971 to 2021. He was part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup at the start of the decade and went on to establish himself as one of the leading batsmen in all formats of the game, particularly in ODIs.
Mercedes 'under no illusions' as F1 heads to Imola
Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes prevailed in Bahrain the first time out but only just, with polesitter Max Verstappen of Red Bull seemed to have gone outside track limits late on when passing the Briton and having to hand back the lead, DPA reports. The thrilling duel whetted the appetite for the rest of the year and Mercedes have been itching to get back on track with an unusual three-week break so early in the season.
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