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Ronaldo back for training with Manchester United after talks with coach Erik ten Hag
Ronaldo was dropped for United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea and made to train away from the squad after refusing to come on in last Wednesday's 2-0 win over Tottenham at Old Trafford. But after the talks with Ten Hag, Ronaldo resumed training with the first-team group and is in contention to start in Thursday's Europa League tie against Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
Champions League: Spanish giants Barcelona, Atletico Madrid face tough games in group stage
Barca are in third place in Group C, three points behind Inter Milan, but if Inter win their home match against Viktoria Plzen in a game that kicks off two hours before Barca's game at the Camp Nou, Barca can't finish second, having lost 1-0 in Milan before drawing 3-3 at home against Inter a fortnight ago.
'To hell with spirit of game', says Hardik Pandya about non-striker run-outs
"We need to stop making a fuss about this. It's a rule -- [as] simple as that. To hell with the spirit of the game. If it's there, [then] remove the rule -- as simple as that. The ones who have a problem, good for them; it's fine," Hardik said in an ICC Review Podcast, recorded before the start of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
T20 World Cup: Australia hammer Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, get campaign back on track
Disciplined bowling by the Aussies kept Sri Lanka quiet for the major part of their innings but Charith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne, with their late cameos, added 37 runs from the last 15 deliveries to help Sri Lanka to a respectable total of 157/6 in 20 overs after being invited to bat first.
'Virat Kohli should retire from T20Is': Shoaib Akhtar gives bizarre advice after India beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup
"He is back with a bang. I want him to retire from T20I because I don't want him to put his entire energy into T20I cricket. With similar commitment like today, he can score three centuries in ODIs," Shoaib Akhtar said on his YouTube channel. Akhtar, who has supported Kohli during his low phase, termed it the 'biggest' performance of his life.
PKL 9: I am looking to cross 1600 points in Kabaddi League, says raider Pardeep Narwal
Speaking after achieving this feat, Pardeep Narwal said, "In the beginning of my vivo PKL career, I just wanted to get selected in one of the teams. I didn't know that I would perform so well in the competition. However, I want to keep going and cross 1600 points within this season."
FIH Pro League 2022-2023: Hockey India names 22-member men's squad against Spain, New Zealand
The Indian team will be led by Captain Harmanpreet Singh and he will be ably assisted by the experienced midfielder Manpreet Singh. The team will also see some fresh faces in Mohd Raheel Mouseen, who was part of India's victorious outing in the FIH Hockey 5's earlier this year and S Karthi, who played his maiden tournament for India at the Asia Cup Jakarta.
Olly Stone, James Vince, Sam Billings in England squad for ODI series v Australia
From the current T20 World Cup squad, 11 players will remain in Australia when the series gets underway at the Adelaide Oval on November 17. Seam bowler Olly Stone, who will join Nottinghamshire from November 1, will be looking to add to his four ODI caps, having last played for England in this format in October 2018 against Sri Lanka.
Kane Williamson was spot on in decision-making v Australia but strategies need to be reassessed with every game: Ian Smith
Williamson orchestrated Australia's demolition in their opening T20 World Cup match and soon experts started drawing comparisons between Williamson and his opposite number Aaron Finch, who is going through a lean patch.
ICC events' "amazing stage" makes the gears go up a couple, says Boult on big win against Australia
While New Zealand have been right up there contending for the trophy in virtually every ICC tournament, their bilateral series record has not been at the same level, as has been recently witnessed in the T20I Tri-series played at home or the fixture against Australia in Cairns recently. Their performance, though, in ICC events has surprised experts, with the team finishing runners-up in the 2021 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE, emerging ICC World Test champions and finishing second best against England in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, to name a few.
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