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Sankar Muthusamy bags world junior silver after going down in final
The fourth seeded Indian saved six match points in the second game but lost the final 14-21, 20-22 to become only the fourth Indian to win a silver medal in the competition. Aparna Popat(1996), Saina Nehwal (2006) and Siril Verma (2015) are the other silver medallists from India with Saina bagging the only world junior crown for the country in 2008.
ISL 2022-23: Jamshedpur FC register first win of season, beat NorthEast United FC 1-0
Skipper Peter Hartley scored the only goal for Jamshedpur as NorthEast United recorded their worst ever start to a ISL season with their fourth consecutive loss. The hosts received a defensive boost as Hartley returned to the starting line-up and Eli Sabia dropped to the bench. An injury ruled midfielder Germanpreet Singh out of this game, and he was replaced by Farukh Choudhary. Marco Balbul switched to a five-man backline as he made five changes to the side that lost against East Bengal last week.
Ashwin in disbelief after Kohli drops a dolly in India-South Africa match
The ball went straight into the hands of Kohli but the former India captain ended up dropping it. It was one of the easiest catches and Kohli's drop left Ashwin shocked. Neither captain Rohit Sharma nor the fans could believe Kohli dropping the catch. The video of Ashwin's reaction has gone viral now on social media.
Spain beat Colombia 1-0 to win FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
A late own goal by Ana Guzman in the 82nd minute was the difference between the two sides. The two teams had also met in the group phase, with Spain winning 1-0. In presence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, alongside top officials from the Asian Football Federation (AFC) and All India Football Federation (AIFF), Spain successfully defended the title which theySpain beat Colombia 1-0 to win FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
French Open badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty clinch men's doubles title
With this, Satwik and Chirag's also won their first-ever super 750 and second BWF World Tour title this year. This was their fourth BWF World Tour title, but the previous three were lower tier tournaments. Their first, the Hyderabad Open 2018, was a Super 100 tournament while the Thailand Open 2019 and India Open 2022 were both Super 500 events.
T20 World Cup: India fell a little short with the bat, admits captain Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav stood up to make a counter-attacking 68 off 40 balls and shared a stand of 52 for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Karthik, who contributed with only six runs in the partnership, as India made a decent 133/9 in 20 overs, which South Africa chased down with two balls to spare.
T20 World Cup: Using short balls was risky, but variable bounce assisted us, says Temba Bavuma
"We were watching the games that were played here (in Perth). Obviously it (using short balls) was risky but the variable bounce assisted us. We kept mid-off and mid-on up, which made us predictable but we backed ourselves," said Bavuma in the post-match presentation ceremony.
PKL 9: Vikash Kandola helps Bengaluru Bulls beat Jaipur Pink Panther
Both Bengaluru Bulls and Jaipur Pink Panther team played out a close contest throughout the match and were locked at 30-30 in the last few minutes of the match. But Vikash pulled off a magnificent SUPER RAID to help his team defeat the Panthers. Bharat effected a fantastic raid in the 7th minute and helped his team inflict an ALL OUT to take a massive lead at 10-3.
PKL 9: Narender stars in Tamil Thalaivas' second straight victory
While Naveen, Ashu and Manjeet struggled with their raiding, Delhi's defending was abject, as they failed to register a single tackle point in the entire first half. The Thaliavas made hay every time they got a chance, registering two more ALL OUTS to go into the break leading at 32-11.
T20 World Cup: Miller, Markram fifties lead South Africa to top of Group 2 with five-wicket win over India
After Suryakumar Yadav slammed a brilliant counter-attacking 68 off 40 balls to help India post a decent 133/9 after Lungi Ngidi led a fine Proteas bowling performance with 4/29, Miller (59 not out off 46 balls) and Markram (52 off 41 balls) rescued South Africa from a shaky 24/3 with a 76-runs stand off 60 balls for the fourth wicket to complete the chase with two balls to spare.
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