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Spinners, Renuka, Smriti help India clinch seventh Women's Asia Cup title, outplay Sri Lanka by eight wickets
On a pitch which was tailor-made for the spinners to excel as the ball kept low and turned square, pacer Renuka Thakur shined with 3/5 in three overs while Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/16) and Sneh Rana (2/13) had economical spells with the ball apart from Deepti Sharma conceding just seven runs in her four overs to keep Sri Lanka to 65/9.
India's Rudrankksh Patil becomes world champion in 10m rifle men, secures quota for Paris Olympics
With this victory, the 18-year-old Patil also secured a quota place for India for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This is India's second quota in shooting for the Summer Games after trap shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta, who had won the first in the men's trap at the Shotgun World Championships in Osijek, Croatia. Silver medallist at the Junior World Championships in Lima last year and a gold medallist at the Junior World Cup in Suhl earlier this year, this was Rudrankksh's first medal of any hue at the senior level.
ISL 2022-23: Spirited 10-man Chennaiyin FC hold rivals Bengaluru FC to 1-1 draw
Roy Krishna scored inside five minutes to give the Blues an early advantage but Prasanth Karuthadathkuni scored at the stroke of half-time to restore parity. The Marina Machans finished the game with ten men after goalkeeper Debjit Majumder was sent-off late in the second half. It did not take long for the first goal as Roy Krishna silenced the stands of the Marina Arena in the fourth minute.
Firenze Open: Musetti soars into semis with win over McDonald
In front of a packed Italian crowd, the 20-year-old opened his shoulders to fire an array of winners against the American, striking 23 winners to earn his 26th tour-level win of the season in 77 minutes at the ATP 250 event. The third seed, who has already qualified for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals, will next face top-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime or eighth-seeded American Brandon Nakashima in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Premier League: Manchester City look to leave Liverpool out of title race in another busy weekend
The weekend kicks off as new Brighton coach Roberto de Zerbi looks for his first win since taking charge after a draw away to Liverpool and a narrow defeat to Tottenham. De Zerbi's visit to Brentford gives him the chance to make it third time lucky. Tottenham's home game against Everton is Saturday's standout match: Spurs are third in the table, while Everton have become hard to beat, despite their setback at home to Manchester United last weekend.
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: India lose to Morocco by 3 second-half goals
The game started with Morocco making the initial attacks, while India slowly made some efforts to grow into the game. The first serious attempt at the goal came in the second minute when Morocco's Samya Masnaoui made a rather tame effort, which was cleared by the Indian defence. Masnaoui tried a curler in the next minute but it went directly at goalkeeper Melody Keisham, who gathered it comfortably.
PKL 9: Arjun Deshwal stars in Jaipur Pink Panthers' win over Haryana Steelers
Deshwal, who was in top form, earned 14 points to win, while Rahul Chaudhari and Sunil Kumar also made useful contributions for Jaipur. Rahul Chaudhari began the match on a high for Jaipur Pink Panthers, as he not only earned two raid points but also eliminated the dangerous Manjeet in the first raid. But a minute later, Mohit caught Rahul to bring parity in the match.
Shami replaces Bumrah in India's Men's T20 World Cup Squad; Siraj, Shardul remain with the team as reserves
"The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah's replacement in India's ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad. Shami has reached Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up matches," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) honorary secretary Jay Shah informed in a release on Friday.
Australia-New Zealand T20 WC Super 12 opener at Sydney Cricket Ground sold out
Hosts Australia, led by Aaron Finch, will begin their title defence of the T20 World Cup in front of a capacity crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a re-match of the 2021 final against Kane Williamson-led New Zealand on Saturday. ICC also said that over 600,000 tickets have already been snapped up by fans to watch the first ever Men's T20 World Cup played in Australia.
Firenze Open: Musetti dispatches Zapata Miralles in second-round clash
The third seed displayed confidence in all facets of his game, delighting a vocal home crowd with an array of classy winners to close out victory against Zapata Miralles in just 69 minutes at the indoor ATP 250 event. Musetti hit 21 winners to the Spaniard's eight in the pair's first tour-level meeting. With the win, the Italian is into his sixth tour-level quarter-final of the season and his third on indoor hard courts (after Rotterdam and Sofia).
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