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Champions League 2022: Barcelona's Lewandowski faces quick return to Munich
Lewandowski scored a hat-trick in his Champions League debut for Barca at home to Viktoria Plzen last week, but Bayern will be much tougher opponents as they look to continue their recent positive results against Barca. The 8-2 defeat that Bayern inflicted on Barca in August 2020 was traumatic for the Catalan club, as were two 3-0 losses in the group stage last season, which went away to ensuring that Barca failed to qualify for the knockout stage of the competition.
Durand Cup 2022: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan United to qualify for semifinal
Bartholomew Ogbeche (6'), Akash Mishra (45') and Javi Siverio (68') found the back of the net for Manolo Marquez's team while Martin Chaves (29' pen) scored at the other end from a spot-kick in an entertaining 3-1 win for HFC. This win knocks Rajasthan United out of the competition while Hyderabad are set to face Bengaluru FC in the second Semifinal in a few days.
Coach McDonald happy with depth in Australia ODI squad and its recent progress
Australia has won back-to-back ODI series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe and have done even while the team is undergoing changes with captain Aaron Finch announcing his retirement. The issue facing Australia now is to find a replacement for Finch as a white-ball skipper and opener.
National Games: Harmeet Desai-led Gujarat aim for record medal haul in table tennis on home turf
Table tennis competition would be held from September 20-24 at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium in Surat and the fans would be hoping that local boy Desai would come to the party just like the last edition of the Games in Kerala. However, Gujarat would be gunning for team gold this time with former world No. 1 in U-18 and U-21 categories, Manav Thakkar and the up-and-coming Manush Shah lending support to the captain.
India's squads for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, Australia, South Africa T20Is announced
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. Standby players - Mohd Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath named ICC Women's Player of the Month for August
The emerging star of the women's game beat team-mate Beth Mooney and India's Jemimah Rodrigues for the monthly award after she played a major role in helping Australia claim the gold medal in Birmingham. McGrath finished the tournament as the joint second-highest wicket-taker with eight scalps from five matches, while also making a couple of strong contributions with the bat.
We are very excited and looking forward to playing the World Cup at home: P.R. Sreejesh
Sharing his thoughts on the World Cup draw, the 34-year-old said, "It is an interesting pool. England, Spain and Wales all three are really good teams. Having played England and Wales at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games recently, I feel it will be a tough competition.
CSK winning IPL 2021 after losing the toss was a huge learning for us: Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka
Shanaka added that the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had lifted the IPL 2021 trophy despite losing the toss to Kolkata Knight Riders, and there were ample lessons from that contest to not be disheartened when Pakistan won the toss. After Pakistan won the toss, they sent Sri Lanka in to bat.
Real Madrid keep up 100 per cent start as Barca win in Cadiz
Vedat Muriqi headed Mallorca ahead in the 35th minute on Sunday evening, but Fede Valverde equalised in first-half injury time. The Uruguayan collected the ball inside his own half and slalomed his way into the Mallorca area before scoring a magnificent goal. Vinicius Jr was looking to lead Madrid in Benzema's absence, but Mallorca held firm until the 72nd minute when the Brazilian scored with a left-foot shot, reports Xinhua.
Junior World Championships: Unnati, Anupama, Sankar to lead India's challenge
The tournament was not held for the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The team was selected after a selection process that included two All India Ranking tournaments and a selection trial in Raipur. Hooda had topped the girl's singles trials with S. Rakshita Sree and Upadhayaya finishing second and third respectively.
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