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France captain Hugo Lloris announces retirement from international football
Lloris made his international debut as a 21-year-old in a friendly against Uruguay in November 2008. The goalkeeper captained the French side on record 121 occasions since 2010. He also has a record of 145 appearances for France in 14 years of his career.
IND v SL, 1st ODI: Let Ishan keep wickets instead of KL Rahul, suggests Venkatesh Prasad
Taking to Twitter, Prasad said: "Think fair would have been to give chance to a man who scored a double hundred in India's last ODI, and in a series where India lost two games and the series. Have all the time in the world for Gill, but no way you drop a player for scoring a double ton.
LaLiga Santander: 10 main storylines from the weekend's action
There was a huge match in Spain's capital on Sunday night, as FC Barcelona visited Atletico de Madrid, with Barca earning an impressive 1-0 victory courtesy of a first-half Ousmane Dembele strike. That makes it two wins from two now for Xavi in his meetings as a coach with Diego Simeone, while the result also means FC Barcelona pull three points ahead of title rivals Real Madrid.
Malaysia Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal suffer first-round exit
Srikanth, who is struggling with his form, was handed a 19-21, 14-21 straight-game defeat at the hands of Nishimoto in 42 minutes of play while Nehwal lost 12-21, 21-17, 12-21 to the world no 13 Chinese Han Yue here at Axiata Arena.
FA Cup: Arsenal fend off Oxford United to reach fourth round
A tense first half at the Kassam Stadium saw both sides struggle to create chances, with neither team able to produce a moment of magic when it mattered, reports thefa.com. However, the second half showed renewed intent from the 14-time champions and Elneny's header and Nketiah's brace saw them seal a deserved victory
U19 Women's T20WC warm-ups: India, Pakistan claim confidence-boosting wins
It might not have been the best day with the bat for Shafali Verma (run out for 10), though the 18-year-old with 72 senior white-ball appearances came through with her off-spin, reports icc-cricket.com. Verma has taken just seven senior international wickets across 24 overs
World Athletics publishes timetable for Paris 2024
According to the timetable, 48 events will be spread over 11 competition days, starting with the men's and women's 20km race walk races on August 1 and ending with the women's marathon on August 11, reports Xinhua news agency. All finals of 43 in-stadium events will be held in nine evening sessions, while those of five road events will take place in the morning on four different days.
ASB Classic: Barrere survives Isner serving storm, Cyclone Hale in Auckland
The World No. 88 survived 28 aces from sixth-seeded Isner to advance 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-3, reports atptour.com. Avenging a four-set loss to Isner in the second round of Roland Garros last year, Barrere cracked a clean cross-court service return winner off an aggressive Isner second serve in the eighth game of the third set to claim the only break of serve in the match.
I have not decided to give up the format: Rohit Sharma on his T20I future
Rohit is set to make his return to competitive cricket through the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Guwahati on Tuesday, after sustaining a left thumb injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh on December 7. That injury made him unavailable for the third ODI, Tests against Bangladesh as well as the T20I series at home against Sri Lanka. In his absence, Pandya led India to a 2-1 series victory earlier this month
NSCI Snooker Open: Yasin Merchant, Ishpreet, Kreishh record easy first-round wins
Meanwhile, Yasin's prodigies Ishpreet Singh Chadha and Kreishh Gurbaxani, both from Mumbai also comfortably won their respective matches to advance to the Round of 32 in the Rs 13 lakh prize-money event at the NSCI billiards hall here on Monday.
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