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China's 'Slow bird' Zhu Lin nearing destination after Australian Open breakthrough
On Sunday evening, Zhu walked onto the centre court of the Rod Laver Arena -- the largest venue in Melbourne Park with a capacity of 15,000 seats -- for a fourth-round clash against former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka. After crashing out of the qualifying campaign 15 times, exiting seven times in the opening round and reaching the round of 64 four times.
BCCI, PCB likely to clash over calendar at ACC board meeting
According to the report, the point of contention for the two parties is BCCI secretary Jay Shah's announcement on the ACC's calendar for 2023, which the PCB alleges was made "unilaterally" without consulting them. Jay Shah is also president of ACC. The PCB has sought an emergency ACC Board meeting, which PCB chairman Najam Sethi announced will take place next month, ESPNCricinfo said in a report on Monday.
I-League 2022/23: Churchill Brothers eye top four spot with win over Real Kashmir
When the two met in the reverse fixture in November, then league leaders Real Kashmir overcame a winless Churchill Brothers side 1-0 -- Ibrahim Nurudeen scoring the all-important goal. However, both teams have experienced a drastic change of fortunes since then.
Hockey World Cup: Germany outplay France 5-1 to seal berth in quarterfinals
Germany, who had finished second behind Belgium in Pool B on goal difference after both teams had finished with seven points from two wins and a draw, scored just before the end of the first quarter and then added three goals in the second period as they led 4-0 at half-time. The first two goals came off two faulty defensive traps by the French.
Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Alex De Minaur to set up quarterfinal clash with Rublev
In a dominant display, former world No 1 moved freely to dispatch the Australian 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 at the Rod Laver Arena. The Serb will next play Andrey Rublev after the fifth seed saved two match points en route to edging Holger Rune in a five-set thriller. In their first ATP head-to-head meeting, Djokovic was locked in from the first ball.
Ishan Kishan avoids lengthy suspension on hit-wicket appeal against Tom Latham in first ODI: Report
The incident happened on the fourth ball of the 16th over when Latham, playing his first ball of the match, went deep in his crease and tapped off left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav through the leg side. Kishan suddenly went up in appeal and was joined in the same by captain Rohit Sharma.
Australian Open: Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna pair advances to mixed doubles quarterfinals
The Indian pair defeated Japan's Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay's Ariel Behar 6-4, 7-6(11-9) in their second-round match to set up a quarterfinal clash with Latvian-Spanish duo Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez. Sania and Bopanna, the Rio Olympic semifinalists, had earlier beaten Australia's Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville in the first round.
Premier League: Nketiah makes last-minute winner for Arsenal as Haaland scores hat-trick for Man City
The striker scored a left-foot volley in the 90th minute to decide an edge-of-the-seat game that Arsenal deserved to win, although it also highlighted Manchester United's continued improvement under Erik ten Hag, reports Xinhua news agency. Marcos Rashford's hot streak continued in the 17th minute when he put United ahead, but Nketiah's first goal of the match quickly leveled the scores seven minutes later.
Barca, Real Madrid to continue head-to-head in La Liga
Barca lacked spark in attack without Robert Lewandowski, but goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen produced another solid display in goal to snuff out any threat from Getafe. Barca's win meant Real Madrid kicked off their game away to Athletic Club Bilbao six points off the back of the table, but an excellent goal from Karim Benzema in the 24th minute (his 19th against the Basques) put them ahead in an even first half.
ILT20: Rovman Powell, Joe Root power Dubai Capitals to 16-run victory
The MI Emirates didn't get off to the best of starts as they lost Muhammad Waseem, Will Smeed and Nicholas Pooran with just 26 runs on the board. However, the MI Emirates captain Kieron Pollard didn't lose hope. He smashed Akif Raja for a six and a four and kept the MI team in the game at 83 for three at the end of the twelfth over.
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