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After a win over UAE, Nepal will take the last spot in Group A, alongside India and Pakistan, with the Asia Cup slated to take place in September. The top three finishes of Nepal, UAE, and Oman at the Premier Cup mean they will also feature in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in July, where they will take on 'A' Teams of five Full Members in the region.

Brecel, 28, had never won a match at the Crucible Theatre before this year's tournament but shocked seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-10 in the quarterfinals, winning the last seven frames consecutively, reports Xinhua. After coming from behind to defeat Chinese rookie Si Jiahui in the semifinals, Brecel established a final showdown with Selby and managed to hold a 9-8 overnight lead, even though his 39-year-old opponent made the first-ever 147 in a World Championship final last night.

The 26-year-old Zhang, who stunned Canadian player Denis Shapovalov in the second round, pulled off an even bigger upset against world No. 13 Norrie, rallying from one set down to win the match 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), reports Xinhua."I'm so happy, I didn't expect it before the match," Zhang said. "Especially since I was able to grit my teeth in the second and third sets after losing the first 6-2 so quickly." Zhang finished the intense match with 32 winners and only 21 unforced errors, while Norrie had 32 unforced errors.

The 27-year-old, who is second seed in the tournament, lost the opening set 6-4 to Alexander Shevchenko, who is currently ranked 96th in the world, but rallied to take the second set 6-1 and went on to win the third set 7-5 in a match that lasted two hours and 42 minutes, reports Xinhua. The win was the 300th in his professional career and books him a fourth round match against Asian Karatsev, who had a surprise win over 16th seed, Alex de Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

City's eighth consecutive league win followed their 4-1 home victory over Arsenal on Wednesday and lifted them one point ahead of Arsenal, who will face Chelsea at home on Tuesday. On Sunday, Pep Guardiola's side took an early lead when Erling Haaland smashed home his 50th goal of the season from the penalty spot after Tim Ream fouled Julian Alvarez. Fulham showed considerable resilience and equalized thanks to Carlos Vinicius in the 15th minute.

The Bavarians dominated possession from the outset, but they had to wait until the 37th minute before Coman provided the first clear-cut opportunity, testing Hertha goalkeeper Oliver Christensen with a shot on goal. Hertha kept all its men behind the ball, while Bayern gained momentum as Christensen had to defuse an attempt from Gnabry and Sadio Mane headed over the target from a promising position just before the break.

The Indian girls' team won gold in the medley relay while the boys' team finished with a silver medal. Bapi Hansda scripted history at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships on Sunday as he became the first Indian ever to win silver in the men's 400m hurdles event.Bapi clocked a time of 51.38s, easily his personal best. His timing was also better than the previous Championship Record of 51.96s. In the previous editions of the tournament, Bapi's timing in the final would have been good enough to secure gold.

He has become the first Asian to have achieved this feat.Tomy took 236 days and was among the 16 who set sail and he finished second when his boat- Bayanat reached the French Coast at 10.30 am IST.Only two, including Tomy, have completed the race which saw him circumnavigate more than 48,000 kms in the high seas. Incidentally, this feat was achieved by him after his previous attempt had to be aborted six years back when he suffered a serious injury.

Lin and Chen was trailing by 0-5 in the third game after losing the previous two against Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin of South Korea, but turned the tide and forced the match into the decider before they won by 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, reports Xinhua.Both Lin and Chen returned later for the semifinals of men's singles and women's singles. Chen went through another five-game thriller 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-4 against Adriana Diaz from Puerto Rico to advance to her third final of the tournament after women's doubles and the mixed finals.

The decision brings an end to the club's own TV network, which has been in operation since 1996, and leaves about 150 people who worked in the network, either on a permanent or freelance basis, without jobs, reports Xinhua. "FC Barcelona informs that it has notified its provider, TBSC Telefonica, the company which manages the club's television network Barca TV, that it will not renew its contract for services, which expires on June 30, 2023," the club explained in a statement.