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ISL: Bengaluru FC edge Mumbai City FC in penalty shootout thriller to qualify for final
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved penalties at the start of the game and at the end of the shootout as Bengaluru FC won the tie-breaker after the fixture was tied on aggregate 2-2, following Mumbai City FC's 2-1 result after extra time. After 16 penalties were scored, Sandhu saved Mehtab Singh's penalty before Sandesh Jhingan scored the winning spot-kick to give the Blues a 9-8 win on penalties.
I-League 2022-23: Gokulam Kerala beat Sreenidi Deccan, consolidate third place for the season
In the penultimate game of the season, Gokulam Kerala's Sergio Mendigutxia's second-half penalty proved to be the decisive goal. The hosts however also owed their victory to the heroics of Shibinraj Kunniyil in goal. Kunniyil was rightly adjudged the Hero of the Match for his outstanding performance, reports I-League.
WPL 2023: Harmanpreet, Sciver-Brunt lift Mumbai Indians to fourth straight win
Needing 160 runs to win, MI were off to a brisk start as Bhatia, who was dropped in the second over, and Hayley Matthews took MI to 51/0 after six overs. Amongst runs, big hits and a dropped chance, there was an action-packed DRS call in the fifth over bowled by Sophie Ecclestone, featuring Matthews, who managed to stay in the middle after the third umpire stuck with the on-field decision of not-out.
Harmanpreet Singh's hat-trick puts India past Australia by 5-4
Riding on their impressive 3-2 win against reigning World Champions Germany, Indian attack powered through each quarter setting up some mouth-watering goals against Australia. It was a hat-trick by Captain Harmanpreet Singh (14', 15', 56'), and a goal each by Jugraj Singh (18') and Selvam Karthi (26') that helped in India's victory while Joshua Beltz (3'), Ky Willott (43'), Ben Staines (53') and Aran Zalewski (57') scored for Australia.
4th Test, Day 4: I am just carrying forward my confidence and batting really well, says Axar Patel
"The way I'm batting, I am happy to be contributing for the team. I am playing my game, backing my strengths. I am just carrying forward my confidence and batting really well," he said to broadcasters at the end of day's play. Though Axar has picked only two wickets in the series, he has managed to be a handy contributor with the bat lower down the order. "The talk in the first Test was to carry forward the confidence."
4th Test, Day 4: Virat Kohli makes a magnificent 186 as India take 91-run lead over Australia
If Shubman Gill was the talk of the town with his sparkling 128 on Saturday, it was Kohli's turn to be in the spotlight to break a drought of Test century which lasted 1025 days through his 364-ball stay at the crease, hitting 15 boundaries. He was also supported by a nice 44 from KS Bharat and an excellent 79 from Axar Patel.
India's Avani finishes 28th as Thai golfer Galitsky wins WAAP title
India's other player to make the cut, Nishna Patel (75) was tied 35th. Galitsky shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round at Singapore Island Country Club, giving her a four-day aggregate of 14-under par 274 and a five-shot win over Korea's Minsol Kim (70). The 16-year-old thus became the second Thai, after Atthaya Thitikul, to win the championship. Atthaya won in 2018 in Singapore and rose to number one in the World rankings last year.
4th Test, Day 4: Virat Kohli scores long-awaited 28th Test ton as India inch closer to lead
Kohli is unbeaten on 135 off 291 balls and has stitched an unfinished 79-run partnership with Axar Patel, who is 38 not out off 75 balls. While India collected 110 runs from this session, Kohli ending the wait for his 28th Test century and his first in the format since the hundred against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Kolkata, would be etched for long in the minds of spectators.
LLC Masters: World Giants stop India Maharajas by two runs in last-ball thriller
The edge-of-the-seat thriller followed after World Giants had posted 166 for 8 in 20 overs on Saturday night, riding on skipper Aaron Finch's 53 off 31 balls with seven boundaries and three sixes and Shane Watson's 55 runs off 32 balls with five boundaries and three sixes. A captain's knock of 68 from Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh's four-wicket spell for 13 runs for Indian Maharajas, unfortunately, went in vain.
La Liga: Real Madrid beat Espanyol as Valencia climb out of bottom three
Joselu's powerful finish in the eighth minute put Espanyol ahead, but Vinicius Jr scored an individual goal to equalize just 14 minutes later. Eder Militao then powered in a header off the underside of the bar in the 39th minute and Marco Asensio, who came on as a 70th-minute substitute, added a third in the 93rd minute, reports Xinhua. Iago Aspas scored twice as Celta Vigo continued their recovery with a 3-0 win at home to Rayo Vallecano.
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