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Sevilla sack manager Julen Lopetegui after Borussia Dortmund defeat
The news came after several weeks of speculation over the former Real Madrid and Spain coach's future, after a poor start to the season. Sevilla have won just one of their seven games in La Liga with just five points from 21 in the competition, while they have lost two and drawn one of their three matches in the Champions League.
Champions League: Real Madrid beat Shakhtar; Sevilla suffer defeat against Dortmund
Real Madrid raced into a 2-0 lead in the first half on Wednesday night, thanks to an excellent goal from Rodrygo in the 13th minute after a good pass from Aurelien Tchouameni. Vinicius Jr. doubled Real Madrid's lead in the 28th minute after linking up with Karim Benzema, and it looked like Shakhtar were in for a long night.
Australia rest bowlers for first T20I against England; call in Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Swepson and Nathan Ellis
Marcus Stoinis, Richardson and Agar re-join the squad for the England Series and the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Swepson and Ellis have been added to the squad for the opening game against England in Perth as selectors continue to prepare for the World Cup at home.
National Games: Boxers Lovlina, Jaismine, Hussamuddin off to winning starts
Flanked by former world championship medallist Shiva Thapa, Lovlina walked into the ring amidst cheers from the sizeable crowd, more so from the Assam contingent, and took firm control of the bout against Nishi Bharadwaj in the 75kg category. The difference in class was pretty evident between the opponents from either corner, with Nishi's short frame making it even more difficult for her to connect the punches and judge had to stop fight.
Japan Open: Fritz advances to second round with win over Duckworth
The third seed Fritz was forced to pull out ahead of the Seoul event last week due to Covid-19. After a week in full quarantine, he was cleared to make the two-hour flight to Tokyo in the nick of time, the morning of his opening-round match against Duckworth. "(I'm feeling) better than I thought I would be."I don't feel amazing, but I'm really happy that I was able to go through all that and still show up and win my match,'' Fritz said in his post-match press conference.
Big problem for Barcelona after Inter Milan defeat
Although Barca can look to a dreadful decision by the VAR not to award them a late penalty after a handball in the Inter penalty area, that should not disguise a poor performance on the night. The defeat means Barca have to beat Inter next Wednesday in Camp Nou and probably also Bayern Munich to book a place in the last 16 that is so important to the club's economy.
National Games: Karnataka teenager Hashika claims fourth gold in swimming
The 14-year-old Hashika Ramachandra dug deep into the reserves of her energy to slip past Astha Choudhury and touch the wall in 2 minutes 19.12 seconds for her third National Games record, including one as part of the Relay team, in four days.
Ostrava Open: Swiatek advances to quarters after Tomljanovic retires
Playing her first match since lifting her third Grand Slam trophy at the US Open, Swiatek found herself embroiled in a tight tussle against Tomljanovic before the Australian started to ail in the second set. Tomljanovic began to clutch her knee in the second game of the second set, and called it quits after holding serve to level at 2-2. Prior to that, Tomljanovic had been pushing the Pole to the limit. Swiatek raced out of the blocks, in complete command of her game and dominating play as she leapt out to 4-1
'Want to be fit and in positive frame of mind', Dhawan eyes 2023 ODI World Cup
The 36-year-old, who has scored 6647 runs in 158 ODIs, has led India in the 50-over format at many occasions. After captaining the ODI team in Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe, he will once again lead the side in the three-match ODI series against South Africa starting here on Thursday. The left-hander feels that he has been blessed with a beautiful career.
Turkey to send troops to Qatar for World Cup security upon request
"Upon request from Qatar, a motion was submitted to parliament on Saturday to deploy soldiers in the country for six months to provide security during the football tournament in November," the parliament said in a statement on Wednesday. The operation aims to "take necessary measures against various threats, especially terrorism, which may affect the security of the event," it added.
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