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Formula 2: Indian racer Jehan Daruvala wins Feature race at historic Monza
The 23-year-old started sixth on the grid but used a mix of strategy, race craft and tyre management to capitalise on a safety car and red flag-interrupted race and clinch a comfortable win. The win was Daruvala's first this season. It comes after the Red Bull-backed racer went from fifth to third in Saturday's Sprint race, making it two podiums from two races this weekend and eight this year. It was also his sixth top-three finish at Monza and second win at the track after the Indian won their last year.
Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel set to return for India's T20 World Cup campaign: Report
A report in Cricbuzz says both pacers have cleared their fitness test, which is central in their bid to make a comeback to the national side. "Both Bumrah and Harshal did not feature in India's failed campaign in the Asia Cup because of different injuries -- Harshal was out with a side strain and Bumrah was out of action since July due to a back injury.
England thrash Harmanpreet's India by nine wickets in opening T20I
Riding on an unbeaten half-century from Sophia Dunkley (61 off 41 balls), England overhauled the meagre target of 132/7 for the loss of just one wicket -- Danni Wyatt (24) -- in just 13 overs to complete the mauling of the visitors. After leg-spinner Sarah Glenn wrecked India's innings, returning figures of 4/23 -- her best figures in T20Is .
Iga Swiatek overcomes Ons Jabeur to lift maiden US Open trophy
Following Ashleigh Barty's surprise retirement in March this year, Swiatek was thrust into the role of No.1 at the age of 20 then, but she has since handled the pressure very well, proceeding to win 37 straight matches, including the French Open. On Sunday at the Flushing Meadows, rather than being intimidated by the No.1 ranking, the Polish tennis ace -- now 21 years old -- seemed quite inspired.
'He is more skilful than I'm', Sourav Ganguly praises Virat Kohli
Kohli, who went through a dry run of form, recently rediscovered his lost mojo during the Asia Cup 2022, where he hit his first international century after 1020 days. His ton (122 not out) versus Afghanistan was his first in the 20-over format as he touched the three-figure score in nearly three years - his last hundred coming in a Test match against Bangladesh in November 2019.
Stuart Broad joins McGrath as the second most successful pacer in Tests
Broad claimed 4-41 in 12.2 overs as South Africa were bundled out for 118 in their first innings of the Test on what is the third day of the match as the first day was washed out by rain and the second was abandoned due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But the four wickets on Saturday helped Broad move to 563 wickets in Test cricket, the same as Australian great McGrath.
Asia Cup 2022: Excited to play the final, says Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka
Sri Lanka reached the final of the Asia Cup by beating India, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Super Four stage. The Islanders have turned out to be unlikely finalists despite coming into the competition during difficult times for their country due to economic hardship. Because of the way his team has fought back after losing their opening match to Afghanistan, Shanaka said they are excited to play the final against Pakistan.
Road World Safety Series: Stuart Binny shines as India Legends beat South Africa Legends by 61 runs
India Legends, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, got off to a great start with the master blaster, Sachin rolled back years and showed why he is the 'God of cricket' with some brilliant cricketing shots. However, his innings were short lived as he fell to Makhaya Ntini at 16 runs off 15 balls. He was replaced by another legend Suresh Raina who showcased his class scoring 33 runs in 22 balls.
Formula 1: Leclerc takes pole position for the Italian GP as Verstappen, Sainz suffer grid penalties
Charles Leclerc's time of 1m 20.161s put him on pole by 0.145s over Red Bull's Verstappen, while Sainz was 0.268s off his teammate in P3. Verstappen has a five-place penalty, however, while Sainz will drop to 18th. While Sergio Perez qualified fourth for Red Bull, he will drop 10 places -- with fifth-place qualifier Lewis Hamilton dropped to the back row alongside Yuki Tsunoda.
Durand Cup 2022: Bengaluru FC reach semis with 2-1 win over Odisha FC
Diego Mauricio got the equalizing goal for the Juggernauts. The Blues thus become the second team after local giants Mohammedan Sporting to make it to the semifinals and have now made it to the last-four stage in all their four appearances in Asia's oldest football tournament.
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