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Neymar at the double as PSG romp to easy Super Cup win

Paris St Germain's Neymar scored twice with Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos contributing the other two goals as they romped to a 4-0 victory over Nantes in the French Super Cup at the Bloomfield Stadium on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/vcs7tyk via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli bags India's third gold

Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India's third gold in the Commonwealth Games. Favourite to win the event, debutant Sheuli heaved 313kg (143kg+170kg) to grab the gold at NEC Hall on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/zc0J6xO via IFTTT

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule on August 1

The weightlifters will continue to carry India's medal hopes at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with two more weightlifting events lined up on Monday. The judokas will also be in fray for the first time in the Games. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/u5N42Kc via IFTTT

England women beat Germany to end major tournament wait at Euro 2022

England won a major women's tournament for the first time as Chloe Kelly's extra-time goal secured a 2-1 victory over Germany at a sold out Wembley on Sunday. In front of a record crowd of 87,192 for any match in the history of the European Championships, Kelly prodded home a loose ball from close range to end English football's 56-year wait for a World Cup or Euro victory. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/WYq6So5 via IFTTT

Badminton at CWG: Defending champions India enter semis of mixed team event

Defending champion India cruised to a 3-0 win over minnows South Africa to progress to the semifinals of the mixed team competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. India expectedly didn't put a foot wrong as they dished out yet another professional performance against South Africa to set up a likely clash with Singapore in the last four. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/MdsH1Ar via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Ghosal, Chinappa enter singles squash quarterfinals

Leading India squash player Saurav Ghosal on Sunday joined Joshna Chinappa in the singles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/nNTvVt0 via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi clinches silver

India's Bindyarani Devi raised her game to secure a silver in the women's 55kg category, providing the country's fourth weightlifting medal in as many categories at the Commonwealth Games here. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/VsNiGLx via IFTTT

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule on July 31

After suffering defeat in their first match against Australia, the Indian women's cricket team will lock horns against Pakistan in their Group A match at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/x2of5UO via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain cruises to quarterfinals

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) cruised to the quarterfinals of the women's light middleweight category with an easy 5-0 win against Ariana Nicholson at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/Evmj0BG via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Indian women's TT team goes down 2-3 against Malaysia in quarters

India women's table tennis team was knocked out of the Commonwealth Games 2022 after suffering a 2-3 defeat against Malaysia in the quarterfinals on Saturday. The Indian duo of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula fought hard against Malaysia's Karen Lyne and Li Sian Alice Chang in the first match of the women's quarterfinal tie to give India an opening group lead. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/4w3jOZ9 via IFTTT

Ronaldo says he will play in Man Utd's friendly vs Rayo Vallecano

The 37-year-old Portugal forward, who missed the club's pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia for personal reasons, reportedly wants to leave the club he rejoined last year. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/j1lNgcp via IFTTT

CWG 2022: India waste chances but trounce Ghana

If the measure of success was not the win but performance, then the Indian women’s hockey team fell short on Friday. Against a spirited Ghana, Savita Punia and Co. emerged 5-0 victors to get their campaign off to a good start but the aftermath will be assessment of their shortcomings, which were glaring. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/ygIOB6P via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Clinical Shiva outpunches Suleman in one-sided contest

There wasn’t quite the high-octane India-Pakistan vibe a hockey or cricket fan would relate to, but the flurry of punches exchanged between former Asian championship gold medallist Shiva Thapa and seven-time Pakistan national champion Suleman Baloch lit up the boxing ring at the National Exhibition Centre Hall 4 in Birmingham on Friday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/N7ickMr via IFTTT

1st T20I: Guys who are set need to bat longer, says Rohit

Rohit, and then Dinesh Karthik, lifted India to a competitive 190 from an uncomfortable 138 for six in the 16th over, a total which proved enough for the visitors to record a 68-run win in the first T20 International against the West Indies. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/1JQFbN6 via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Australia bounce back to win opener vs India

In the end, having let go of a golden opportunity to beat mighty Australia, the Indian women’s team was left heartbroken. For a while, fired by a sensational opening spell by seamer Renuka Singh Thakur, who took a T20I career-best 4/18, India seemed to be on top of the Southern Stars in the opening clash at Edgbaston on Friday, having reduced them to 49/5 in the eighth over in pursuit of 155. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/1F9eyhm via IFTTT

1st T20I: Rohit, Karthik set up crushing 68-run win for India

Rohit Sharma's elegant half-century and Dinesh Karthik's blazing finish were backed up by a solid bowling performance as India made short work of West Indies with an easy 68-run victory in the first T20I. While Rohit set up the platform with a 44-ball-64, it was Karthik's calculated assault -- an unbeaten 41 off 19 balls -- that took India to 190 for six. In reply, West Indies could only get to 122 for 8 in their 20 overs. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/ulnyFMT via IFTTT

Iga Swiatek powers past Gabriela Lee into Warsaw quarter-finals

Iga Swiatek's victorious homecoming continued with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of lucky loser Gabriela Lee to reach the Poland Open quarter-finals on Thursday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/e3t789X via IFTTT

Hetmyer recalled by West Indies to face India in T20I series

Shimron Hetmyer was recalled by the West Indies on Thursday for back-to-back Twenty20 series against India and New Zealand as the batsman seeks to secure a place at the World Cup. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/Q4TPGx6 via IFTTT

A carnival in the making, should SA and UAE get it right

A total of 11 Indian Premier League (IPL) trophies, three Champions League T20 trophies, followers in excess of 50 million on social media platforms across Twitter and Instagram, mass following across the world's largest cricket fanbase that's India, a healthy global diaspora to look at and television numbers crashing through the roof every single time these teams have walked out on the field. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/01XZgcv via IFTTT

Rossouw, Shamsi star as SA level T20I series against England

Rilee Rossouw's unbeaten 96 laid the foundation for South Africa's commanding 58-run win in the second Twenty20 international against England in Cardiff on Thursday as the Proteas bounced back to level a three-match series at 1-1. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/Kdp5f6h via IFTTT

Citing Kashmir, Pakistan pulls out on Chess Olympiad eve

Pakistan raised the Kashmir spectre to pull out of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram on the eve of the event, citing India's torch relay passing through Kashmir on June 21. ​​The 13-member Pakistani contingent had already checked into the team hotel in Mamallapuram when they were informed they would not be taking part. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/jqlrbLT via IFTTT

Birmingham CWG begins with a spectacular opening ceremony

The region's rich musical heritage and inclusivity were at the heart of the 22nd Birmingham Commonwealth Games opening ceremony here as a joyful evening offered a stupendous cornucopia of colour, light and dance. It was refreshing as the Birmingham Games is the first multi-discipline event since the start of the pandemic to be held without major COVID-19 restrictions. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/CPaZszM via IFTTT

1st T20I: Allen, Sodhi star as New Zealand rout Scotland

Finn Allen and Ish Sodhi both produced format-best displays as New Zealand overwhelmed Scotland by 68 runs in the 1st Twenty20 international at Edinburgh on Wednesday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/hcE2ZXm via IFTTT

Countries need to balance domestic leagues and international schedule: ICC

As the debate over the relevance of the ODI format rages, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is putting up a brave front to defend the only format of the game that has world champions every four years. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/rUYLzf3 via IFTTT

Alexandra Popp double sends Germany into Euro 2022 final

Alexandra Popp scored twice as Germany beat France 2-1 in their Euro 2022 semi-final on Wednesday to set up a clash with hosts England in Sunday's final at Wembley. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/tMXAsu3 via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Indian athletes set for Birmingham bash

United Kingdom has cooled down from the mind-boggling 40 degrees a week ago with a consistent spell of rain getting the reading down to 20 degrees. It comes as good news for the international athletes vying for glory at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beginning on Thursday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/SIl8unP via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Covid scare for PV Sindhu upon arrival in Birmingham

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu had a Covid-19 scare upon her arrival in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), when her RT-PCR test results showed some deviations, which resulted in the authorities forcing her into isolation for some time, TOI has reliably learnt. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/JeDa2VL via IFTTT

With some changes, I don't rule out a return to WC cycle: Magnus Carlsen

Almost nine years after winning his maiden World title in Chennai --Magnus Carlsen will be arriving in the city to represent Norway at the 44th chess Olympiad which starts on July 28. A few days ago Carlsen announced that he would not contest the World Championship final, where he was supposed to play Ian Nepomniachtchi. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/avlHQh6 via IFTTT

The shuttle soars, against all odds

It was a mere toss of the coin that launched the shuttle in Indian badminton. Just a coin toss to kickstart a sporting dream that has gone from strength to strength since. That's so hard to believe in today's times, when a dominant India dethroned four-time champions Indonesia for the Thomas Cup title two months ago. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/uIcodvC via IFTTT

Business of T20 leagues: Cricket all set to change again forever

This week marks the beginning of yet another global whirl that could alter the course of cricket once again for the fourth time in 45 years. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/MkANJSY via IFTTT

Formula 1 targeting fully sustainable fuel by 2026

Formula 1 is on schedule to use 100 percent sustainable fuel in its race cars by 2026, according to managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/n8dumZ4 via IFTTT

ICC terminates Cricket Russia's membership

According to ICC, Cricket Russia didn't have the appropriate status, structure, recognition, membership and competence to be recognized by the ICC as the primary governing body in the country. Russia didn't have in place a detailed governance system that is fit for purpose includes, as a minimum a detailed written constitution containing provisions covering membership, AGMs and voting rights, and adequate integrity related rules and regulations covering anticorruption, anti-doping and ethics. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/oCbRe5Q via IFTTT

Luis Suarez in pre-contract agreement to join Nacional

Luis Suarez has entered a pre-contract agreement to join Uruguayan club Nacional as a free agent, the former Liverpool and Barcelona striker said on Tuesday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/VRnLXr6 via IFTTT

Rafiq 'incredibly proud' of Majid, Qasim for speaking up on racism

Azeem Rafiq said he was "incredibly proud" of former Scotland cricketers Majid Haq and Qasim Sheikh for speaking out about the racist abuse they had suffered in their careers, which led to a damning review into Cricket Scotland. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/azOQtbA via IFTTT

Long term success in sports is about learning to fail: Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic Gold Medallist, on Monday shared the secret of long-term success in sports and the ways to deal with stress in competitive life. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/l1hzOkx via IFTTT

Bajrang Punia yearns for the top spot again after injury and rehabilitation

Try and reminisce the days before the Tokyo Olympics with wrestler Bajrang Punia as the central figure. There was a sense of anticipation in the air. He was touted to be India's biggest hope for an Olympic gold. Fans, the wrestling federation and certain sections of media thought it was a foregone conclusion. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/qIXhWoL via IFTTT

Axar Patel stakes claim for regular Team India berth

"Signed, sealed and delivered by Axar Patel." Former West Indies fast bowler-turned commentator Ian Bishop couldn't have chosen better words, soon after Axar smashed a full toss from Kyle Mayers down the ground - when six was needed off three balls - to pull off a thrilling two-wicket win for India in the second ODI against West Indies at Port-of-Spain. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/V4Gera2 via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Ravi Dahiya yearns for gold medal

To say Ravi Dahiya is shy will be an understatement. It is an onerous task to get words out of his mouth. At times, he stops midway through his sentences and then you've to prompt him. But on the mat he doesn't require any prompting, and seldom does he stop. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/CKA9tSy via IFTTT

Nick Kyrgios handed wildcard for US Open tune-up in Cincinnati

Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has been handed a wildcard into next month's U.S. Open tune-up event in Cincinnati, Ohio, organisers of the Western & Southern Open said on Monday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/Hn9z4Qt via IFTTT

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain says ‘mentally harassed’ ahead of Birmingham CWG

Lovlina Borgohain took to twitter to vent her frustration, complaining that her training had been hampered since one of her personal coaches (strength and conditioning expert Amey Kolekar) was sent back to India while her other coach, Sandhya Gurung, hadn’t been able to enter the athletes village in Birmingham. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/RLkMmZF via IFTTT

Live: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2nd Test Day 2

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I too won from fourth position: Anju Bobby George on Neeraj Chopra's silver

As the Tricolour went up at the World Athletics Championships at Oregon after nearly two decades with Neeraj Chopra bagging a historic silver, path-breaker Anju Bobby George, who opened India's account back in 2003 by winning the bronze in women's long jump, travelled down the memory lane on Sunday morning. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/0MSyXvI via IFTTT

De Kock warns multi-format cricketers could be on way out

Quinton de Kock believes it will become increasingly difficult for leading cricketers to play all three main formats, although he remains confident about the future for one-day internationals. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/b3RU4Q6 via IFTTT

In Nikhat Zareen's ring of fire, spirit soars while adversity melts

When Nikhat Zareen first took to the ring as a 12-year-old in her hometown of Nizamabad back in 2008, the sparring session with a boy had left the boxer with a blackened eye and a bloody nose. Her mother, Praveen Sultana, was furious. She was worried because it might hamper her child's marriage prospects. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/CsIg4qS via IFTTT

CWG 2022: Will rest and reset work for Lovlina Borgohain?

"You learn more from a defeat than a victory," were Tokyo bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain's words after her shocking pre-quarterfinal exit from the World Boxing Championships in May, her first major tournament in 278 days post her heroics in the Olympic Games. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/LRBcZz7 via IFTTT

2nd ODI: Hope to score a ton in next game, says Shreyas after India's win

Chasing a mammoth 312 to win, half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel helped India win the second ODI of the three-match series against West Indies by two wickets at Queens Park Oval stadium in Port of Spain on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/fFQu9Hp via IFTTT

'Incredible' Jonas Vingegaard wins Tour de France

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France on Sunday, ending the reign of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar after a gruelling three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/nyw8Llb via IFTTT

Fire for world title will continue to burn bright: Neeraj Chopra

Tokyo 2020 Olympics javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra scripted yet another history, becoming only the second Indian to bag a podium finish to win a silver medal in the World Athletics Championships 2022. He is the first male track and field Indian athlete to win a medal at the World Championships, ending 19-year-long wait for a medal at the Worlds. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/wyK3Z2H via IFTTT

2nd ODI: Axar Patel fires India to series-clinching win over West Indies

Axar Patel smashed a whirlwind unbeaten 35-ball 64, his maiden ODI fifty, as India scripted a sensational series-clinching two-wicket win over the West Indies in the second game. Set a stiff target of 312, the visitors were down to 205 for five in 38.4 overs but Patel revived India's chase with his six-hitting prowess to take the visitors home with two balls to spare on Sunday. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/mjLQSPv via IFTTT

Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World C'ships

Neeraj Chopra created history after becoming the first Indian athlete to win a silver at the World athletics championships with his best effort of 88.13m to etch his name in the record books. He, however, failed in his endeavour to become the first javelin thrower after Norwegian track and field great Andreas Thorkildsen to hold both the Olympics and World Championships titles at the same time. from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/zVcfgNY via IFTTT