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ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup: Manika Batra becomes first Indian woman to win medal at Continental meet
Competing at the Huamark Indoor Stadium here, India's top-ranked female table tennis player at world No. 44, Manika defeated Hina, the 2021 Table Tennis World Cup bronze medallist, 4-2 (11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 11-2) in the playoff to decide the third place.
FIFA World Cup: Balde call-up means 17 Barcelona players now in Qatar
The decision taken by Spain coach Luis Enrique, to call Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde into his squad means that Barca have supplied 17 players to the Qatar World Cup. The club now have the most players in Qatar, followed by Bayern Munich and Manchester City, who have 16 players at the tournament.
Rishabh Pant be given the opportunity to open, can go gung-ho in the powerplay: Dinesh Karthik
Now Dinesh Karthik, the veteran wicketkeeper-batter who was preferred by the Indian team ahead of Pant for the lone keeper's slot since the Asia Cup and till the T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh, feels that the young left-hander be given a chance to open the batting for the side in T20Is as he can be attacking from the word go.
Ashwin explains why Rahul Dravid and support staff opted to take a break from New Zealand tour
Now, ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin explained that why Dravid and other members of the support staff have taken the break, citing the mental and physical fatigue while preparing for a marquee tournament like the recent Men's T20 World Cup in Australia.
England will have to win 50-over World Cup to be called one of the greatest white-ball sides: Morgan
Buttler's side defeated Pakistan in an almost one-sided final at the MCG recently to add to the ODI World Cup Morgan and his team won in 2019 at Lord's defeating New Zealand. Now, Morgan, who retired from international cricket recently, has said there is no reason to believe England cannot do it again in the ODI World Cup in India next year.
Cummins meets Adam Gilchrist to 'heal the rift' between current and former players: Report
Langer, who was coach of the Australian side from 2018 till the time the home team won the Ashes 4-0 in early 2022, reportedly did not enjoy a great rapport with senior players resulting in things reaching a crisis stage on a couple of occasions. Cricket Australia then offered the former opening batter a six-month contract extension till the T20 World Cup, which he rejected and decided to step down ahead of the crucial away Test series against Pakistan.
We don't fight hard enough when the chips are down: Ian Healy on Australia's performance
The 58-year-old great said it's time for Australian cricketers to improve their public image and engage with the masses. Crowds were negligible for Australia's matches during the ICC T20 World Cup at home and the trend continued during the home team's big win against England in the opening One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, which raked in only 15,000-odd spectators.
CLOSE-IN: T20 World Cup 2022 was a 'Comedy of Errors'
One should have got a clue about the roller-coaster ride that one was to experience from the very first match of the tournament, when Sri Lanka, the T20 Asian champions lost to Namibia. The next to tumble was West Indies, known for their T20 skills, against Scotland first and Ireland, thereafter. Sri Lanka managed to salvage their defeat by qualifying for the Super 12. However, the calypso-singing West Indian side had to exit in shame.
Formula 1: Max Verstappen leads Russell, Leclerc in second practice in Abu Dhabi
One of eight drivers to sit out first practice for various 'rookie' runs, Verstappen quickly got up to speed in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to produce a benchmark time of 1m 25.146s on the soft compound tyre. Russell finished three-tenths back after encountering traffic in the final sector of his push lap on the red-marked rubber. Leclerc was another tenth adrift in third, followed closely by first-practice pace-setter Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz.
ATP Finals: Djokovic downs Medvedev in thriller
Despite having already qualified for the semifinals, the Serbian pushed himself to his limits against Medvedev, prevailing 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(2) to top the Red Group with a 3-0 record, handing the 2020 champion a third straight third-set tie-break loss at the event. Djokovic is aiming to create more history this week and tie Roger Federer's record six triumphs at the prestigious year-end event.
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