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Laureus Awards: Messi, Nadal, Verstappen among nominees for Male Sportsperson of the Year award
Messi collected the one prize that had eluded him by leading Argentina to the World Cup while Kylian Mbappe, whose hat-trick in the final earned him the Golden Boot as the World Cup's leading goalscorer got shortlisted along with Nadal, who ended 2022 alone at the top of the all-time list of men's Grand Slam champions with 22 titles after victory in Australia and France.
Women's T20 WC: India have been very scratchy, need to put up best performance in semis, says Mithali
India suffered an 11-run defeat to England on Saturday as their chase ran out of steam in the final overs when they needed a daunting 31 runs from the final six deliveries. A final over of 19 papered over the cracks in India's effort, as England improved their tournament record against India to 6-0, also storming to the top of the Group 2 table.
Women's T20 World Cup: India clinch semis spot by beating Ireland via DL method in rain-hit match
Having lost to England in a crucial Group B match, India had to beat Ireland on Monday to seal their place in the last four. They managed to put up a decent score of 155/6 in their 20 overs. Ireland were 54/2 in 8.2 overs when rain stopped play. India eventually won the match as Ireland fell short of the revised target by five runs.
Babar Azam takes confidence from Ponting's praise, says will try to produce his best
"I think Babar's still got a little bit of improvement to come, which is a pretty scary thought with what he's been able to do, pretty much across all three formats over the last three, four years," Ponting said after Babar won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year for the first time and ODI Cricketer of the Year for the second straight year.
Border Gavaskar Trophy: Hazelwood ruled out of last two Tests due to injury
Australia coach Andrew McDonald confirmed that Hazlewood is flying home to continue his rehabilitation from an Achilles complaint, crciket.com.au reported. The injury which Hazelwood sustained in Sydney last month, had sidelined him from the first two Tests in India. Australia captain Pat Cummins has also flown back to Sydney due to a serious family illness but is expected to return for the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series in Indore.
Kyle Jamieson to undergo back surgery; likely to miss IPL 2023
As a result of surgery and the subsequent rehabilitation, Jamieson will miss the forthcoming Indian Premier League 2023 season, set to take place from March 31 to May 28, where he was snapped up by Chennai Super Kings for INR 1 crore. Jamieson's suspected back stress fracture is a reoccurrence of the injury that ruled him out of the England Test tour last June.
Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz clinches Argentina Open title on season debut
In his tournament debut, the Spaniard brushed aside Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his seventh ATP Tour title and his first since last year's US Open. "I felt very comfortable playing the final," Alcaraz said in post-match presser. "I knew that it was going to be really difficult. I started really focussed on what I had to do at the beginning, my game, my level. This is the level that I have to play in finals."
CLOSE-IN: Cricket is heading towards being a gentleman's game once again
This came about in the early days in England when the game was played by the affluent class who were considered to uphold the virtues of a 'Gentleman'. Cricket was played with a competitive attitude, however, played in a fair and honest manner. Although the game gradually brought in professionals it was still played to respect one's opponents and imbibe the values of good sportsmanship and friendship.
'Are you bowling like this so that I doesn't get a chance to bowl?' Axar in hilarious conversation with Jadeja
Coming off the six-month injury layoff, Jadeja has been sensational in the first two Tests as he was adjudged Player of the Match in both the Tests. The 34-year-old scalped seven wickets and scored 70 runs in the first Test in Nagpur and he picked up 10 wickets, including a career-best of 7/42 in the second innings of the Delhi Test.
Jadeja's batting gives him immense self-belief: Aakash Chopra
The left-arm spinner was all guns blazing in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy as he claimed a 5-wicket-haul and scored a half-century in the opener and also recorded his best bowling figures in an innings in Test cricket, taking seven wickets (7/42) to bundle out Australia for 113 in their second innings on day three of the second Test on Sunday.
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