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Thailand Open: Sameer Verma eases into quarters, HS Prannoy crashes out
Verma led the match from the start and took the opening game in less than 20 minutes. Having beaten the eighth seed Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the opening round, the world number 31 took his game a notch higher as he won the second game 21-9 to march into the last eight. Verma will now face world three Anders Antonsen for a place in the semi-finals.
PCB sign deals with broadcasters to take Pak cricket to United Kingdom, New Zealand
After sport networks PTV Sports and SuperSport had acquired Pakistan and Africa region's media rights for Pakistan cricket, respectively last year, the PCB has now signed partnerships in North America, the Caribbean, New Zealand and the UK.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes top goalscorer in football history
The Supercoppa is a traditional clash between the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia winners. Juventus was missing Paulo Dybala, Matthijs de Ligt and Alex Sandro, but Juan Cuadrado returned to the starting line-up after recovering from Covid-19. Meanwhile, Napoli had to do without Victor Osimhen and Fabian Ruiz.
Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj-Ashwini enter mixed doubles' quarters
Satwiksairaj and Ashwini defeated their German opponents 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted for 56 minutes. In the first game, the Indians banked on their powerful strokes from the backcourt and eventually went on to seal it with a scoreline of 22-20.
Rahul scores in injury time as Kerala beat Bengaluru 2-1 in ISL
An acrobatic first-half effort from Cleiton Silva in the 24th minute handed Bengaluru the lead before substitute Lalthathanga Khawlhring netted the equaliser in the 73rd minute. The game looked to be heading for a draw before Rahul scored a brilliant individual effort in injury time.
Aizawl beat Gokulam Kerala 2-0 for first win in I-League
Aizawl FC started the match on an attacking note and it seemed the club from Mizoram was trying to prove a point, attacking in droves from the word go. In the third minute, Aizawl FC could have taken the lead had Lalremsanga's header off a cross from the right flank not been heroically saved by the opposition custodian.
IPL's top wicket-taker Lasith Malinga quits franchise cricket
Malinga, 37, had been with MI for 12 years, right from the first IPL season in 2008. He is the highest wicket-taker in the history of the league with 170 wickets from 122 matches at an economy rate of 7.14. The right-arm bowler blamed the Covid pandemic and the travel restrictions that come with it as the reason for quitting franchise cricket.
IPL 2021: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch released by RCB; Sundar, Siraj among those retained
RCB have also released India all-rounder Shivam Dube, Sri Lanka fast bowler Isuru Udana and England all-rounder Moeen Ali among others. Veteran South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn had opted out of the IPL earlier in the year and has been included in the list of players released.
IPL 2021: Lasith Malinga among seven players released by Mumbai Indians
MI have also released Australia fast bowlers James Pattinson and Nathan Coulter-Nile and New Zealand fast bowler Mitch McClenaghan. The IPL players auction is expected to take place next month.
IPL 2021: KKR retain Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik; release Tom Banton
Kuldeep played just five matches in the 2020 season before falling out of contention for a spot in the playing XI. He played just one ODI during India's recently concluded tour of Australia and couldn't make it to the playing XI in the four-Test series even after frontline spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were injured.
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