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Iga Swiatek to take on Tunisian Ons Jabeur in US Open final
Iga Swiatek will meet No.5 seed Ons Jabeur in Saturday's women's singles final after the Tunisian thrashed No.17 seed Caroline Garcia of France 6-1, 6-3 to become the first player to advance to the final in Wimbledon and at the US Open in the same season since Serena Williams in 2019.
Test debut was special, hope to get a chance to put on the whites soon: Issy Wong
Bowling fast has been a constant dominator in young pacer Issy Wong's life, something which she admits is in her nature. Called 'Human Hurricane' by her mother for doing everything at 100 miles an hour, Issy prefers bowling faster due to lots of hard work put into it over solving a rubik's cube in just 33 seconds.
Matthew Hayden named Pakistan team mentor for T20 World Cup
This will be Hayden's second stint with the Pakistan side after being their consultant batting coach during last year's T20 World Cup in the UAE, where the side reached the semifinals after defeating India, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia in the Super 10 league matches.
IOC Session in Mumbai postponed, final warning to issued to IOA over governance, delayed elections
The IOC Executive Board (EB), in a meeting on Thursday, also issued a final warning to the Indian stakeholders to resolve their ongoing internal disputes, governance shortcomings and ongoing court cases due to which the elections, to be held in December 2021, have been delayed.
My only goal in Asia Cup was to improve; T20 World Cup is our target, says Kohli
"My only goal (coming into the Asia Cup) was that, all those things I needed to improve from the team's perspective, I will come and try in the tournament," said Kohli, who struck his 71st international century in the massive 101-run victory against Afghanistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday evening.
CLOSE-IN: Indian cricket gets derailed and needs to be put back on track expeditiously
This has encouraged and stimulated India to play it at every opportune time available. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been the bonanza that the BCCI is thriving on and cricket stars are exploding in abundance. Many, unfortunately, are like the 'shooting stars' that have passed by without one having the time to make a wish. Every Indian cricketer, whether established or upcoming, has just one goal in mind and that is to get a lucrative IPL contract.
Asia Cup 2022: Asif Ali, Fareed Ahmed fined 25 per cent match fees for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Asif was found to have breached Article 2.6 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "using a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match". On the other hand, Fareed was found to have breached Article 2.1.12, which relates to "inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel.
Maintaining record of winning every season is still a 'really big goal': Hamilton
The seven-time champion added that despite maintaining the record, he doesn't care about beating or holding records in F1. Hamilton challenged for a win last time out at Zandvoort as Mercedes attempted a one-stop strategy that was ultimately dashed by late cautions, before Max Verstappen took his fourth straight victory.
Asia Cup 2022: Went back to the drawing board; came back fresh, excited, says Virat Kohli
After being given Player of the Match award, Kohli had no qualms in admitting that going back to the drawing board in his one-and-a-half months away from the game led to him coming back fresh and excited. The unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan was Kohli's first international century since scoring one in India's first-ever pink-ball match against Bangladesh in Kolkata in November 2019.
IOC issues final warning to IOA over governance, elections; postpones IOC Session in Mumbai to Sep/Oct 2023
Given the current situation related to the IOA, the IOC EB also decided to postpone the 140th IOC Session to be held in May-June 2023 in Mumbai to September/October 2023, the IOA informed in a press conference after its Executive Board (EB) meeting in Lausanne on Thursday. The IOC gave the Indian Olympic Association time till the next IOC Executive Board meeting in December 2022 to put its house in order over internal squabbles, resolve issues related to governance, conduct elections according to the Olympic Charter, and also settle the various court cases before that.
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