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Napoli concede first home defeat in Serie A
The Partenopei were a sensation since the start of the season, as they only conceded one defeat in the domestic league and ran away from the table with a huge 18-point advantage before Friday's game, reports Xinhua news agency. The home side entered into the Stadio Maradona with eight consecutive Serie A wins and dominated the game with a 65 per cent ball possession.
Dortmund overpower Leipzig to jump atop in Bundesliga
Leipzig caught the better start on the road and came close with five minutes played when Dominik Szoboszlai unleashed a hammer from long range before Christopher Nkunku pulled wide from a promising position two minutes later, reports Xinhua news agency. The hosts thought they had opened the scoring out of the blue, but Julian Brandt's goal was ruled offside.
PVL: Kolkata Thunderbolts bow out in semis, lose to Bengaluru Torpedoes
The neck-and-neck battle saw the Torpedoes move an inch ahead with Tsvetelin Tsvetanov and skipper Pankaj Sharma's attacks. Janshad kept setting up Ashwal to keep the Thunderbolts closer to the opposition. But Pankaj's dominant show from the service line troubled Kolkata's defence and Bengaluru took control.
Para-shuttler Mandeep Kaur becomes world No.1 in women's singles SL3 category
Kaur participated in the recently concluded Spanish Level II Para-Badminton International tournament, which serves as one of the qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, held in Vitoria Gasteiz Spain between 20th-26th February 2023. She clinched a silver medal in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 category along with her mixed partner Chirag Baretha and also won a bronze medal in the women's singles SL3 category.
WTT Star Contender Goa 2023: India's campaign ends with Manika, Sutirtha's exit in pre-quarters
Sutirtha and Manika, the two surviving home country hopefuls, met with superior opponents on the day. Sutirtha came up well-short against the experience and guile of Portuguese Fu Yu (wr #19) in her last 16 match. The veteran with the pen-hold grip pulled off a 3-0 (11-5,11-7,11-5) win to move to the quarters. This was the second time Sutirtha has lost to Fu.
PMR Open ATP Challenger: Purcell, Palan, Nardi, Zekic reach semis; India's Vijay-Aniruddha in doubles finals
Indian pair of N Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Aniruddh Chandrashekar kept the country's hopes alive reaching their second finals in a row in the doubles event. The 24-year old Australian Purcell kept his dream run on the Indian swing of the ATP challengers going as he stormed into his third straight semi-final in as many weeks with a 6-0,6-2 annihilation of the No. 5 seed Francesco Maestrellli of Italy in 56 minutes.
WPL 2023: My approach is to make youngsters comfortable, says Harmanpreet Kaur
"As a young kid, it is very difficult to talk to a senior. So my approach is always to go to them and talk to the youngsters. When I entered the team, Jhulu di (Jhulan Goswami) and Anjum di (Anjum Chopra) made me feel very comfortable and I'm trying to follow the same thing here," said India and Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet on the eve of the WPL opener.
ISL 2022-23: Bengaluru FC advance to semis with 1-0 win after Kerala Blasters FC forfeit match
Sunil Chhetri scored the only goal of the match in the seventh minute of extra time to add a ninth consecutive win for his team, which confirmed a semi-final berth for them. The Blasters dominated possession in the first half but couldn't get past Gurpreet Singh Sandhu in the Bengaluru FC goal.
Arsenal, Man City start early but Liverpool v Man Utd the big Premier League game
Arsenal's 4-0 win over Everton on Wednesday night lifted them five points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table, and Mikel Arteta's side will expect to take three points from their home match against struggling Bournemouth, who are second from bottom. Arsenal will know Manchester City's result by the time they kick-off, as City get the ball rolling on the weekend with a home match against Newcastle United.
Ind vs Aus: Indore pitch for third Test rated 'poor' by ICC, handed three demerit points
ICC Match Referee Chris Broad submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials and after consulting with captains of both teams. Following the assessment, the venue has received three demerit points. Following the assessment, the venue has received three demerit points. The report has been forwarded to the BCCI, who now have 14 days if they wish to appeal against the sanction.
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