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Tennis: Ramos-Vinolas reaches last-four stage at Cordoba Open
Ramos-Vinolas' first-serve percentage was 93 per cent, and he also sent down four aces while converting six of 10 break points on Friday evening.He will meet Argentine Federico Coria on Saturday for a place in the final. The latter advanced after Francisco Cerundolo was forced to forfeit their quarterfinal mid-match because of injury, reports Xinhua.
WPL: Delhi Capitals appoint Jonathan Batty as head coach; Hemlata Kala, Lisa Keightley to be assistant coaches
Batty, 48, has coached the Oval Invincibles women's team to The Hundred titles in 2021 and 2022 apart from also coaching the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League and the Surrey Women's side. "I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining Delhi Capitals as Head Coach for the inaugural WPL. It's a huge honour to have been granted this opportunity by the management.
PVL Season 2: Calicut Heroes overcome nervousness, vow to carry the momentum forward
In their first match against Mumbai Meteors, Calicut Heroes were stunned by the Prime Volleyball League debutants in the opening set. The Calicut Heroes came back to stage a rousing win however it was made possible after the players decided to shrug off the nervousness. In our mind, we knew we had good potential. We had already prepared and we had worked hard on every position be it block defense or service.
BCCI ropes in female auctioneer for Women's Premier League Player Auction: Report
A report in Cricbuzz says Mallika Sagar, a Mumbai-based art collector consultant for Modern and Contemporary Indian art and partner in Art India Consultants firm, will oversee the auction. Incidentally, Mallika, an auctioneer at the Pundole's in Mumbai, had conducted the auctions of the 2021 Pro Kabaddi League.
1st Test, Day 3: Axar Patel, Shami plunder runs as India score 400, take 223-run lead
Resuming at the overnight score of 321/7, the Indians added 79 runs to their total in just overs on the third morning with Axar Patel and Mohammed Shami raising 52 runs for the ninth wicket after Patel and Ravindra Jadeja had capitalised on the platform provided by skipper Rohit Sharma on the second day with a magnificent century.
Champions League: Bayern's Nagelsmann puzzling over tactics ahead of Paris duel
The tensions of the past days and weeks caused by several in-house struggles appear to have been moved into the background like a theatre scene. The club is spreading the news of the first cautious peace talks between coach Julian Nagelsmann and keeper Manuel Neuer, who attacked the club after the dismissal of his favourite goalkeeper-coach Toni Tapalovic.
Serie A: Giroud ends Milan's dismal run with winner against Torino
The Rossoneri headed into the new year with poor form as they suffered an exit in the Coppa Italia and a Supercoppa setback to city rivals Inter Milan. They also conceded three consecutive defeats in Serie A and only collected two points from the past five rounds, reports news agency Xinhua.
Messi, Mbappe and Benzema nominated for 2022 FIFA Best Men's Player
Messi captained Argentina to lift the FIFA World Cup trophy in Qatar last year, beating France in a dramatic final. Messi won the tournament's Golden Ball, while his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Mbappe secured the Golden Boot with eight goals. Mbappe's compatriot Benzema won last year's Ballon d'Or for winning UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles with Real Madrid but missed the World Cup due to injury, reports news agency Xinhua.
Women's T20 WC: Inspired Sri Lanka sink South Africa on opening night
Having set South Africa 130 to win, Athapaththu's spinners took control with guile and discipline to secure a first T20I victory over the Proteas since 2016. Sri Lanka made a slow start on Friday night, eking four runs out of the first three overs, but Athapaththu soon hit her stride and carved back-to-back fours off Nonkululeko Mlaba. Opener Harshitha Samarawickrama was far less fluent.
Guardiola totally 'convinced' Man City are innocent of financial fair-play charges
Speaking to the press for the first time since Manchester City were accused of breaches of financial fair-play rules for the period 2009-2018 by the Premier League earlier this week, Guardiola said his "first thought is we've already been condemned." "We are lucky we live in a country where everyone is innocent until proven guilty. It seems like we have already been sentenced," he added.
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