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Leagues Cup: Messi's Inter Miami to face Charlotte in last eight
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Corey Baird put Houston ahead with an early strike at the PNC stadium and it took until the 80th minute for the visitors to equalize as Patrick Agyemang fired home after combining with Jaylin Lindsey, Xinhua reported.
"You can't win...in one or two days, you've got to... be consistent", Rohit Sharma reveals India's World Cup plan
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While India may not have advanced past the semi-final stage in the last two Men's Cricket World Cups, the skipper believes his side can emulate the 2011 success of his compatriots. 
Canadian Open: Pliskova overcomes Zhu Lin, sets up second round clash with Swiatek
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Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic scored a 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-2 victory over China's Zhu Lin in their first-round match. Pliskova, who was the runner-up in Montreal two years ago, took 2 hours and 22 minutes of play to overcome Zhu at the WTA 1000 event on Monday.
Canadian Open: Madison Keys holds off Venus Williams in opener; Brady beats Ostapenko
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In the sixth career meeting between the two Americans, Keys secured her fourth win over Williams with a steady performance from the baseline. Seeded 13th in Montreal, Keys has been in resurgent form since the start of the grass season. She has made the quarterfinals or better in her last three tournaments, including last week at the Mubadala Citi DC Open.
La Liga: New season, new name, but same teams set to challenge
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It, however, marks the dawn of a different era for the reigning champions, FC Barcelona. With seasoned players Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets exiting the club during the summer, the addition of Ilkay Gundogan, Oriol Romeu, and Inigo Martinez should ably fill the void. 
Asian Champions Trophy hockey: India survive pressure to prevail 3-2 over Korea in key clash
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The Indian team defeated defending champions Korea in a thrilling encounter which could have seen India winning by a bigger margin if the Indians had made better use of their opportunities including a penalty stroke. Nilakanta Sharma (6'), Harmanpreet Singh (23') and Mandeep Singh (33') scored in India's win while Kim Sunghhyun (12') and Jihun Yang struck for Korea. The victory put India on the top of the pool table.
Kylian Mbappe will not train with PSG's first team squad amid contract stand-off
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PSG begin their French title defence at home to Lorient on Saturday and it is understood Mbappe will train with the 'loft' group rather than the 'A' training group, which is players who could feature for the first team, BBC reported.
Marriage will not hamper my career as a cricketer, says Ruturaj Gaikwad’s wife Utkarsha
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“I will continue to play cricket for as long as I wish and as long as my body allows me. One can be 200 per cent sure about it, not just 100 per cent,” Utkarsha said in a freewheeling chat with ‘Coffee, Cricket Aani Barach Kaahi’, a Marathi cricket podcast.
Daniel Vettori replaces Brian Lara as head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad
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"Kiwi legend Daniel Vettori joins the #OrangeArmy as Head Coach. Welcome, coach!" Sunrisers made the announcement on Twitter.
He had told me that you are all-format cricketer: Tilak Verma credits Rohit Sharma for his success
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Tilak, who was India's leading scorer with 39 off 22 deliveries in the first T20I in Trinidad, came up with another gem of innings in the second match on Sunday as he scored 51 off 41 deliveries, studded with five fours and a six.
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