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National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman feels the Indian Under-19 team's Asia Cup title triumph becomes more praiseworthy as it came despite the players' preparations being hit by inclement weather in the run-up to the tournament. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3zehBdV via IFTTT

England's young batters have been given a "wake-up call" by Australia in the Ashes series and must use it to kick-start their careers, assistant coach Graham Thorpe said. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3ELtx7Q via IFTTT

Chief selector Chetan Sharma has heaped praise on in-form opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has been selected for the upcoming ODIs against South Africa, saying that the Maharashtra batter would "do wonders" for the national team. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/31dyitc via IFTTT

Amid stinging criticism of Joe Root's captaincy in the wake of England's meek surrender in the Ashes series, former skipper Mike Atherton said all-rounder Ben Stokes is a viable alternative to replace the Yorkshireman. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3sI7A7v via IFTTT

The Indian team has not only won praise from former Indian cricketers but South African cricketing legends have also appreciated their performance. Former South African pace bowler Dale Steyn is all praise for Virat Kohli and company for the way they have played over the years. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3eBKaIv via IFTTT

Australia's Ashes campaign was thrown into chaos Friday with batsman Travis Head testing positive for Covid-19 and ruled out of next week's fourth Ashes Test against England. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3sMKegP via IFTTT

Chaos has reigned in the Premier League in December, with COVID-19 outbreaks decimating squads, forcing the postponement of 17 games and fueling talk of a pause in play that never materialized. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3mKRRR4 via IFTTT

Cricket Australia's high performance chief Ben Oliver said that a decision on Justin Langer's future would be made after the completion of the Ashes series, with the coach's contract set to expire in mid-2022. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3JxAEnY via IFTTT

Manchester United cruised to a morale-boosting 3-1 win against Burnley on the eve of Alex Ferguson's 80th birthday on Thursday to strengthen their push for a Premier League top-four finish. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3Ju4wBU via IFTTT

As news trickled in of Mumbai imposing Section 144 in the city and putting certain suburbs of the city under night curfew, the BCCI officials too locked themselves in a meeting to take a call on the upcoming domestic fixtures. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3pEYWEH via IFTTT

Six of K Rahul's seven Test hundreds have now come overseas, so it's hard to believe this is the same cricketer who missed 16 Tests in succession between Sept 3, 2019 and Aug 3, 2021, the most by an Indian batter during this period. This is the same batter who averaged a shocking 7.50 on India's last tour to South Africa in 2018, with a highest of 16. Rahul, make no mistake, took guard in Centurion with a point to prove. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3FMIAzC via IFTTT

Progress is measured in milestones, and Thursday's 113-run win over South Africa in the first Test is a quantum leap. India's first-ever Test victory at this bastion for the home team -- SA have now lost only three out of 27 Tests here, and never lost to any Asian team before this - brings definitive indication that Virat Kohli's men have upended traditional beliefs of the team being poor travellers. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EIZz4C via IFTTT

Second seed Malvika Bansod and eighth seed Mithun Manjunath registered convincing straight games victories to clinch the women's and men's singles titles at the All India Senior Ranking badminton tournament on Thursday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qCbfBa via IFTTT

The year 2021 had a packed sporting calendar after sporting action across the globe in 2020 almost vanished due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that is the reason sports persons hit the headlines not only for their historical on-field performances, but also for the controversies during the year gone by. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/32BjRzY via IFTTT

In cricket it is said that statistics and scorecards do not tell the full story. Similarly, India finishing at the 48th spot on the medal tally of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics does not really tell the complete story. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3mECWIg via IFTTT

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Neeraj, who clinched the historic gold with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt at the Tokyo Olympics, has been eyeing the coveted 90m mark for quite some time now. His personal best is 88.07m. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3sK4wrB via IFTTT

A captain sits in the selection committee to give his inputs but the decision-making power lies with the five-member BCCI selection panel while the coach doesn't have a seat on the table. "I think going forward, both should officially have a say, especially if the coach is experienced enough, like I was and now how Rahul (Dravid) is," Shastri told a TV channel. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EDlYAk via IFTTT

Novak Djokovic could still play at the Australian Open, a Serbian teammate said Thursday, despite the world number one's last-minute decision to pull out of the ATP Cup in Sydney. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EzcYMB via IFTTT

Boon, who is asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, would be replaced by Steve Bernard, a New South Wales-based member of the international panel of referees, said Cricket Australia. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/32Pg5CV via IFTTT

The fourth Test is due to start next Tuesday with Australia having already retained the Ashes, leading the series 3-0 with two matches to play. Both England and Australia are due to fly to Sydney via a chartered flight on Friday morning. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3eFpLSQ via IFTTT

Former Chelsea captain John Terry will return to the Premier League club to begin a coaching consultancy role at their academy, the team said on Wednesday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/33ZGQoB via IFTTT

Year 2021 saw some unprecedented moves both on and off the football field. If Lionel Messi's move from Barcelona to Paris St Germain (PSG) made jaws drop, Manchester United hit a jackpot by bringing Cristiano Ronaldo back into their fold and Mohamed Salah's hat-trick at Old Trafford took the Premier League by a storm. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3sHeyJO via IFTTT

It was cricket in fast forward in the morning session on Tuesday, and the Indian batters were at the receiving end. Just like that, with a wave of Lung Ngidi’s bowling arm, the tale went topsy-turvy. A horror morning ensured that seven Indian wickets fell for 49 runs as the team went from 278/3 to 327 all out, the side’s sixth-worst collapse for the last seven wickets against South Africa, and second-worst away from home. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3pz0VdD via IFTTT

Anshu Malik took Indian wrestling by storm. She lost to 2016 Rio Olympics champion, USA’s Helen Louise Maroulis, in the title bout of the women’s freestyle 57kg division. But the girl from Nidani in Haryana’s Jind district scripted history by becoming only the third Indian wrestler ever to make the gold medal round at the Worlds, that too, in her debut season as a senior wrestler. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3Hgi7e4 via IFTTT

Virat Kohli's watertight grip over Indian cricket loosened significantly in a mixed 2021 bag, when the team's winless run at ICC events continued but the 'Men in Blue' cherished a historic Test series triumph in Australia. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/32OmLRO via IFTTT

An Ashes series win in England in 2023 and defeating India in their own backyard are the two important milestones Australia opener David Warner is eyeing before calling it quits from Test cricket. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3eyFgfq via IFTTT

Locked at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) south center in Bengaluru for more than a year, both the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams were out on a mission to revive the sport’s lost glory in Tokyo. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3eztkKC via IFTTT

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo's statue has been installed in Calangute, Goa to inspire the youth and take football to next level in the state and country. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3FC0kOf via IFTTT

It’s been a hectic two months to cap off 2021 for two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. The 26-year-old has clocked thousands of miles in recent months as she hopped from Odense to Paris in October and then to Bali in November before ending the run at Huelva in Spain earlier this month. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/32NZX4E via IFTTT

For Kidambi Srikanth, it hasn’t been roses, roses all the way. But the refreshing floral fragrance enveloped him on his return from Spain as the kids from the Gopichand Academy handed him their presents one by one. The grin grew wider with each outreaching arm, the World Championships silver medal hanging from his neck felt light as a petal after shouldering the burden of an uncertain, painful period. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3HkTcWU via IFTTT

Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool had only themselves to blame for their shock 1-0 defeat at Leicester City as Mohamed Salah's penalty miss and Ademola Lookman's winner dented the Reds' title challenge on Tuesday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3JtF7IG via IFTTT

Swiss ace Roger Federer has already pulled out as he recovers from a knee injury and Nadal's plans are unclear after contracting Covid-19. Djokovic is on the entry list for the first Grand Slam of the year, which begins in less than three weeks, but has refused to confirm if he has been vaccinated from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3FBvAMZ via IFTTT

Novak Djokovic has not withdrawn from the ATP Cup despite claims he was almost sure to do so, Tennis Australia said on Tuesday, as other top players led by Naomi Osaka began arriving ahead of the Australian Open. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qrjS1n via IFTTT

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Cavani came off the bench to bag his first goal since October in the second half, ensuring Ralf Rangnick avoided a first defeat in four games as United's interim manager. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qwVV8G via IFTTT

England lost the Ashes in humiliating style on Tuesday but for Joe Root it has been an incredible 12 months with the bat, the skipper ending the calendar year with the third most Test runs in history. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3z2GxVF via IFTTT

England resumed on 31/4, still 51 runs behind, after a disastrous final hour on Monday against some outstanding fast bowling that left their Ashes dreams in tatters. Their survival rested on skipper Joe Root, but when he fell for 28, it was just a matter of time before the rest followed. Boland took 6-7 off four overs, equalling the record for the fastest five-wicket haul in 19 balls. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qxlw1i via IFTTT

Duanne Olivier was recovering from Covid-19 and had suffered a mild hamstring strain according to South African selection convener Victor Mpitsang explaining why he was omitted for the first Test against India at SuperSport Park. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/341EhCA via IFTTT

With players starting to arrive in Sydney for the men's season-opening ATP Cup, there was still no clarity on Monday whether top-ranked Novak Djokovic would be taking part in the team tournament or in the Australian Open that follows. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3mvqbjh via IFTTT

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Monday said Cricket Australia should act proactively in the wake of the COVID scare on the second day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test here and consider moving the Sydney fixture also to Melbourne. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3pspeds via IFTTT

While Virat Kohli remains the Test skipper, Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the T20 and ODI captain. "I think it's the right way to go. This could be a blessing in disguise for Virat, and for Rohit", Ravi Shastri said. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3HcAYXt via IFTTT

Romelu Lukaku came off the bench to lead Chelsea to a much-needed 3-1 victory at Aston Villa with midfielder Jorginho scoring two penalties in the Premier League on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3epANLU via IFTTT

Two England support staff and two of their family members tested positive for COVID-19, forcing a half-hour delay to the start of play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the entire camp waited to be cleared after undertaking rapid antigen tests. England then took three wickets in the first session to stage a mini comeback on Day 2. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qoKujC via IFTTT

Boland, who hails from the Gulidjan tribe in western Victoria state, is the first Indigenous man to play for Australia since Jason Gillespie, who won 71 caps and played his last Test 15 years ago. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3yZA3qj via IFTTT

Recalled England batsman Jonny Bairstow lamented Joe Root's loss of the toss after the touring side were again bowled out cheaply on day one of the third Test against Australia to leave their Ashes hopes on a knife-edge. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/30Zp8AB via IFTTT

Australia's recent success notwithstanding, head coach Justin Langer will have to wait until the end of the home season to know if his contract will be extended, according to the chief executive of the country's apex cricket body, Nick Hockley. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3yZwKzp via IFTTT

England crashed to 185 all out on day one of the third Test on Sunday, leaving their Ashes dreams on the brink of ruin in the face of a relentless Australian attack. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3qjjphq via IFTTT

It wasn’t the Indian Test captain Virat Kohli who walked in to address the media ahead of the Boxing Day Test, as is the norm. Kohli’s last such interaction did not go exactly according to plan, from the Indian cricket board’s point of view. Kohli had cleared the air on a lot of things about how he had been relieved of the ODI captaincy, including mentioning that he had not been asked to stay back, as BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had claimed. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3EuaqPR via IFTTT

An Algerian footballer, Sofiane Loukar, suffered a heart attack and died after colliding with his goalkeeper in a second division match in Oran on Saturday, a local news outlet reported. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/33RzNOJ via IFTTT