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Cristiano Ronaldo not a distraction, says Portugal coach Santos
"This is something that has not even been discussed," Santos said at the pre-game press conference on Wednesday. "This conversation has not come up at any moment, not even from him." Santos said that the team is in good shape and well-prepared for Ghana who "will cause us a lot of problems", reports Xinhua. "Ghana is a very well-organised team. Their game against Switzerland showed that. African teams have a lot of talent, unpredictability, and are always improving tactically.
'We aren't going to change,' says Spain coach Enrique
Spain got a flying start to their 2022 World Cup campaign, but their next rivals, shocked by Japan 2-1 earlier on Wednesday, will go into Sunday's match knowing that another loss could mean out of the tournament. "I know this team isn't going to relax. We are going to play Germany and we are going to try and do the same. We will always try and play out games the same way," he said, reports Xinhua.
Pune to host fourth season of Tennis Premier League
The All-India Tennis Association (AITA) and Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) backed league is set to tee-off from December 7 and will run till of December 11. Pune will host the revolutionary tennis league for the first time since the league's inception. The beautiful Balewadi Stadium part of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex will be the venue for the fourth season of the innovative tennis league.
PKL 9: Maninder Singh helps Bengal Warriors win against Bengaluru Bulls
Maninder Singh and Shrikant Jadhav starred for the Warriors with 12 & 9 points respectively. The Bengal Warriors drew first blood in the fast-paced early exchanges, with Maninder Singh's Super Raid giving them the momentum. The Bulls however landed a Super Tackle on Maninder with Aman leading the defensive charge and Bharat chipped in with raids, as the contest started to even out close to the 10-minute mark.
Abu Dhabi T10: Bangla Tigers off to a winning start against New York Strikers
The architect of the Bangla Tigers' win was opener Evin Lewis who hit 58 runs off 22 balls with seven sixes and two boundaries to help post an impressive total of 131 for 5 in 10 overs. New York Strikers, despite an unbeaten 45 off 19 balls with three boundaries and four sixes from skipper Kieron Pollard, could not attain their target.
World Cup: Spain decimates Costa Rica 7-0
Spanish fans could not have it better on a pleasant evening in Doha as Costa Rica failed to even take a shot at the goal, suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Europeans. Teenage star Gavi, who also plays for Barcelona, became the youngest player since Brazil's Pele to score a World Cup goal as he confidently steered home the ball in the 74th minute, taking his side ahead by four goals to nil.
Shahbaz replaces Jadeja in India's squad for Bangladesh ODIs, Kuldeep Sen comes in for Yash Dayal
The 33-year-old Jadeja is yet to recover from his knee injury and will continue to be under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team. The star all-rounder had to leave India's Asia Cup campaign after the group stages to undergo surgery because of a long-standing knee injury and had also later missed the T20 World Cup.
PKL 9: Aslam Inamdar stars in Puneri Paltan's big win against Jaipur Pink Panthers
The Puneri Paltan kept raging on and inflicted an ALL OUT in the 17th minute to take the lead at 16-14. Moments later, Akash Shinde carried out a brilliant raid, catching out Reza Mirbagheri and Abhishek KS. Shinde continued to shine as Puneri Paltan led at 20-16 at the end of the first half.
Japan stun Germany in dramatic World Cup comeback
The four-time world champions took a first-half lead through Ilkay Gundogan's coolly dispatched penalty and looked likely to add to their advantage early in the second half. However, after a couple of near misses from Serge Gnabry and goalscorer Gundogan, and a stunning series of saves from Shuichi Gonda, Japan made their move.
ICC Men's ODI rankings: England lose top spot to New Zealand after 3-0 series loss against Australia
England suffered a big defeat of 221 runs (D/L method) in the rain curtailed third ODI on Tuesday after losing the first two ODIs by six wickets and 71 runs respectively. New Zealand, who had lost pole position to England in September this year, have now regained the No.1 status in the ODI Team Rankings chart.
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