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India-NZ ICC World Test Championship final from June 18
A formal announcement, however, is yet to be made by the ICC. It is expected that the announcement will be made this week. Earlier, the final was to be played at Lord's, London, but perhaps due to Covid restrictions over there, and related issues, apparently from the organisation that manages the ground, forced the ICC to relocate the match to Southampton's Ageas Bowl Stadium.
Naples calls for submission of ideas for Maradona statue
The submissions will be evaluated by a committee made up of city officials, prominent art critics, football players, and Maradona's son, Diego Armando Jr. Maradona, who died at the age of 60 on November 25, 2020 in his native Argentina, played for Napoli from 1984-1991, a period that included the team's only two Serie A championships.
Ashwin wins ICC Player of Month award for February
Ashwin, 34, played a crucial role with bat and ball as India raced to a 2-1 lead over England in their four-match Test series in February before eventually winning the series 3-1 in March. He was the highest wicket-taker in the series with 32 scalps and scored a century in the second Test in Chennai.
2nd ODI: India women thrash South Africa by 9 wkts
Jhulan Goswami lead a clinical bowling display by claiming four for 42 as the tourists were bundled out for 157 in 41 overs at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Half centuries by Smriti Mandhana (80 not out off 64 balls, 10 fours, three sixes) and Punam Raut (62 not out off 89 balls, eight fours) then led a strong reply as the hosts won with more than 20 overs to spare.
Djokovic breaks Federer's record for most weeks as world No. 1
18-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic grabbed his ninth Australian Open title last month. Federer had set the record in July 2012, surpassing American Pete Sampras' record of 286 weeks. Federer, Djokovic and Spain's Rafael Nadal have dominated men's singles tennis, particularly the Grand Slams, for nearly two decades.
Swiss Open: Sindhu suffers crushing defeat to Marin in final
Sindhu, who came into the final without dropping a game, matched the Spaniard in the opening exchanges of the first game. With this victory, world No. 3 Carolina Marin has won her third title of 2021. Earlier, Denmark's world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen beat Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-16, 21-6 to win his third title of the year in the men's singles final.
IPL to start on April 9, MI face RCB in opener
The matches will be played in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, the BCCI said. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the final and the rest of the playoffs. All matches will be played behind closed doors, with the BCCI saying that a call on allowing spectators will be taken at a later stage of the tournament.
Swiss Open: PV Sindhu reaches first final in 18 months
The Swiss Open is the first tournament that falls within the restructured qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics which will be held from July 23 this year. The qualification period ends on June 15 and, with the top 16 on the world rankings gaining automatic qualification, the seventh-ranked Sindhu is well-placed to make it to the quadrennial event.
India crush England in 4th Test, win series; enter WTC final
After Rishabh Pant had tilted the scales in favour of the hosts with an awesome century on Friday, Washington Sundar (96 not out) and Axar Patel (43) rubbed it in further, staying at the crease for one-and-a-half hour that blew away whatever hopes England had of making a comeback on Friday evening.
Six Indian boxers enter men's semi-finals at Boxam International
Commonwealth Games champion Vikas, who has already secured a berth for his third Olympics in Tokyo, got rid of Italian Mangiacapre in a 3-2 split decision. Apart from Vikas, five more Indian men boxers registered victories in their respective quarter-final bouts to assure India six medals in men's category at the 35th edition of the tournament.
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