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Shiffrin equals Stenmark's record with 86th World Cup title
The American took an early lead in the first run and dominated the second to finish 0.64 seconds ahead of Federice Brignone of Italy for the victory, reports Xinhua news agency. The win also matched the all-time world record of the most FIS Alpine World Cup race victories, set by Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark. Shiffrin has already broken the world record for female skiers.
Venezuela name Argentine Batista as head coach
The 52-year-old replaces compatriot Jose Pekerman, who departed after a 15-month spell that included five wins, a draw and four losses, reports xinhua news agency. "I am here to announce that Fernando Batista will be in charge of our men's team ... to lead this great Vinotinto project," FVF president Jorge Gimenez told a news conference.Batista, who was previously the manager.
LLC Masters: Asia Lions start strong, defeat India Maharajas by nine runs
The Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat first. India Maharajas' opening bowling pair Ashok Dinda and Irfan Pathan struck early dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan for 5 runs and Asghar Afghan for 1 run of 2 balls in quick succession. Misbah-ul-Haq walked onto the pitch following the two dismissals and added some momentum to the innings. Misbah got into the groove hitting.
Golf: Nishna, Avani only Indians to make cut in Women's Amateur Asia Pacific
While Nishna and Avani made the cut, the other four Indian girls, Mannat Brar (76-77), Anika Varma (74-81), Lavanya Jadon (78-79) and Vidhatri Urs (77-81) missed the cut, which fell at 6-over 150. Thailand's Eila Galitsky and Sophie Han of Hong Kong, China, joined overnight leader Minsol Kim of Korea on top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage.
WPL 2023: UP Warriorz captain Healy credits spinners for thumping win over RCB
Excellent outings from spinners Sophie Ecclestone (4/13) and Deepti Sharma (3/26) helped UP Warriorz bowl out RCB for 138 despite a fighting half-century (52 off 39) by Ellyse Perry in a WPL 2023 match. After Perry, Sophie Devine (36 off 24) was next top-scorer for RCB as other batters struggled to get going against a disciplined UP bowling attack.
Real Madrid play key game against Espanyol
Carlo Ancelotti's side will kick off nine points behind FC Barcelona, but knowing that Barca have a difficult visit to play Athletic Club Bilbao on Sunday and that next weekend, they travel to the Camp Nou for the second league 'Clasico' of the season. A win against Espanyol will cut the gap at the top to six points ahead of Barca's game on Sunday and should Barca drop.
FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23: India register 3-2 win against Germany
Goals were scored by Harmanpreet Singh (30+) and Sukhjeet Singh (32' and 43') for India while Paul-Philipp Kaufmann (45') and Michel Struthoff (58') scored for Germany. India had begun this season of the prestigious league with a 4-3 and 7-4 win against New Zealand followed by a 2-3 loss and 2-2 (3-1 SO) win against Spain in the home games played in October-November last year.
WPL 2023: Healy, bowlers power UP Warriorz to 10-wicket win over RCB
Ecclestone (4/13) and Deepti (3/26) helped UP Warriorz bowl out RCB for 138 despite a fighting half-century (52 off 39) by Ellyse Perry. After Perry, Sophie Devine (36 off 24) was next top-scorer for RCB as other batters struggled to get going against a disciplined UP bowling attack.
WPL 2023: RCB win toss, opt to bat first against UP Warriorz
"Would like to bat first. Looks like a good wicket. We've seen in the tournament a good total on the board helps. As a bowling unit, we had a word about bowling plans with regard to the short boundaries. Not the way we wanted to start, but it's a long tournament, we want to keep our heads high," said Mandhana at the toss.
4th Test, Day 2: India trail Australia by 444 runs after Ashwin picks six-fer to bowl out visitors for 480
With the pitch still in favour of stroke play at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Rohit was pristine in his timing, flicking and cutting off Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon with relative ease. On the other hand, Gill sweetly played a short-arm jab on a short ball from Cameron Green, before dancing down the pitch to smash a six off Lyon at the stroke of stumps.
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