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Swapnil Kusale wins India's third Paris 2024 Olympics quota place in shooting
India's tally from the rifle/pistol World Championship now stands at 32 medals, including 12 gold, eight silver and 12 bronze medals and they remain firmly in second place behind China in the standings. They have also now won two Paris quotas at the event, with Rudrankksh Patil picking up the first in the men's 10m air rifle, earlier in the championship.
Indian junior men's hockey team beat Malaysia 5-2 in Sultan of Johor Cup
Amandeep (6'), Araijeet Singh Hundal (10'), Boby Singh Dhami (20'), Sudeep Chirmako (26'), and Sharda Nand Tiwari (56') scored for India in the match. Malaysia's goals were scored by Shahmie Irfan Suhaimi (13') and Muhammad Mamat (52'). India showed intent right away in the match, with captain Uttam Singh pressing deep inside the circle in the first minute.
T20 World Cup: Rohit and my understanding and vision for the game is similar, says Virat Kohli
"It's a great space to be while batting out there in the middle with SKY. He has a lot of fun in the middle because of his skills and ability. He just asks how the ball is coming from the wicket and then, within 2-3 balls, he gauges the wicket and then gets going." "During our partnerships, he says that he will take his chances and just wants me to be there with him. So, I play a different role when I'm out there with him.
Premier League: Manchester City thrash Brighton 3-1; Nottingham Forest stun Liverpool 1-0
Haaland's 16th and 17th goals of this Premier League season, as well as De Bruyne's scorching strike, earned a welcome three points for Man City as we bounced back from defeat away at Liverpool. Liverpool slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, which put another dent in their title aspirations as the Reds slumped to their third defeat in 11 matches. They have won four matches and drawn four too.
Stockholm Open: Tsitsipas surges into final with win over Ruusuvuori
The top seed broke Ruusuvuori's serve five times in the pair's maiden tour-level meeting, finding consistency behind his groundstrokes to overpower the Finn in 74 minutes. The win improved Tsitsipas' record in Stockholm to 7-0 and maintained his unbeaten record at the ATP 250 event. The Greek will hope to seal a second title at the hard-court event when he returns on Sunday for the championship match against Holger Rune.
T20 World Cup, Aus v NZ: Finch says the focus is on next game, Aussies not looking too far ahead
After openers Devon Conway (92 not out off 58 balls) and Finn Allen (42 off 16 balls) took New Zealand to a mammoth 200/3 in 20 overs, Tim Southee (3/6) and Mitchell Santner (3/31) ensured that Australia never got going in their tall chase to be skittled out for just 111 in 17.1 overs, with no batter reaching 30 runs.
Napoli Cup: Berrettini overcomes McDonald to reach final
In a hard-fought clash at the ATP 250 event, Berrettini struggled on serve in the first set and was troubled by a foot injury, receiving a medical timeout at 2-5 in the opener. However, the second seed stuck to the task at hand and slowly turned the match around. He fired 10 aces and struck 30 winners across the second and third sets to advance after two hours and 25 minutes on home soil.
PKL 9: Clinical Jaipur Pink Panthers Decimate Telugu Titans 51-27
If the Titans hoped to end their miserable run with an inspiring performance, then this may well have been the time to turn up. Except, almost right from the onset, it was the Pink Panthers who were on top. They rushed into a lead, and it took the Titans till they were down by six points to score their first point of the game.
T20 World Cup, Eng vs Afg: 'He's thriving with extra responsibility,' Buttler hails Curran's attitude
The left-arm pacer employed the short ball, alongside the occasional full delivery to great effect to remove Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi and become the first cricketer from England to take a five-for in T20Is.
PKL 9: Bharat's inspiring performance helps Bengaluru Bulls stun U Mumba
Bharat scored a whopping 16 points in the match, while Vikash Kandola contributed with eight points. Guman Singh picked up a few raid points and helped his side take a massive lead at 6-1 in the 5th minute. Soon after, the Mumbai side inflicted an All Out and attained a stronghold of the match at 10-3.
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