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Villarreal's Baena reports Real Madrid's Valverde to police after car park aggression
"The Villarreal CF player Alejandro Baena suffered an aggression last night when he was going to the team coach after the game played against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. In the face of this situation, the player has decided to denounce the aggressor to the National Police."
IPL 2023: Lucknow Super Giants win toss, elect to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore
While Lucknow beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in their last game, Bangalore were given a 81-run thrashing at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders. In the head-to-head record, Bangalore lead Lucknow 2-0. After winning the toss, Rahul said pacer Mark Wood comes in for Romario Shepherd, with Yash Thakur too missing out.
Novak Djokovic targets fast start to clay-court season as he heads to Monte Carlo after a break
"I have done more training on clay, which is positive if you think about the clay season. I have not had much success in Monte-Carlo in the past two seasons. I haven't played great tennis here, so I am hoping this year I can start the clay season better than in previous years and build my form," Djokovic said in his pre-tournament press conference.
IPL 2023: Shubman Gill can break Kohli's record for most runs in a season, feels Ravi Shastri
"He has to be an opening batsman, because only then will he get many opportunities to score runs. I feel it is Subhman Gill because he is in good form and also because he plays top of the order. So he will get a good number of opportunities to score runs. The pitches are good, so if he can score 80-100 runs consecutively in two or three innings, then at that point of time only he will already have 300-400 runs," Shastri told Star Sports, the official TV broadcasters of IPL 2023.
IPL 2023: Rahul Tripathi's knock takes pressure off the batting unit, opines SRH skipper Aiden Markram
Tripathi played a brilliant counter-attacking knock of an unbeaten 74 off 48 balls. Together, Markram and Tripathi stitched a 100-run partnership off 52 balls that led to the completion of the game with almost three overs left.
With 47 needed off 36, Markram and Tripathi took on Mohit Rathee and hit him for three boundaries.
Charleston Open: Ons Jabeur stuns Bencic to clinch first title of the season
The Tunisian world No. 5 battled from a break down in the first set and then held her nerve in set two � to move to 15-4 in her Charleston career, beating the Swiss star 7-6(6) 6-4. This was her fourth career title and first of the season.Interestingly, Jabeur and Bencic were the first duo to face off in back-to-back finals in tournament history.
'Chin up, lad... You're a champion', KKR deliver heartwarming message to Yash Dayal after Rinku walks away with a win
While Dayal had a forgettable day, KKR came up with a heart-warming gesture to cheer up the bowler, who conceded 31 runs off the last over. Taking to Twitter, the Kolkata-based franchise wrote: "Chin up, lad. Just a hard day at the office happens to the best of players in cricket. You're a champion, Yash, and you're gonna come back strong."
Aussies Purcell-Thompson win Houston doubles title in match tie-break
The Aussies defeated third-seeded Britons Julian Cash and Henry Patten 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 in what was their first doubles final as a team, claiming victory at the Houston ATP 250 with their third match win in two days. The teams traded seven breaks of serve in the first set, but Purcell/Thompson did not drop serve in the second, saving the only break point they faced
Rahm zooms ahead on back nine, wins Masters, dedicates it to legend Seve on his 66th birthday
Rahm zooms finished with 69 and 12-under as Brooks Koepka faltered with 75 and ended at 8-under, just as the ageless Phil Mickelson did with his Masters best round of 65. Sam Bennett, the amateur, who threatened to create his own slice of history finished with 76-74 in the last two rounds and finished T-16 but was the top amateur.
Marseille slow down in title race with goalless draw at Lorient
Igor Tudor's side have lost four precious points in two recent league matches as they drew with mid-table Montpellier 1-1 at home last week, reports Xinhua. "It's disappointing. The match was within our grasp, but we were lacking when it mattered most," Marseille midfielder Matteo Guendouzi said."There's no pressure, there's still a lot of matches," the French international added.
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