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Labuschagne ready and waiting as Green adds to Australia’s injury woes

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne celebrates his half century during South Africa vs Australia match at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa on September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS All-rounder Cameron Green will miss a substantial part of Australia's Cricket World Cup build-up after being struck on the head by a ball from Kagiso Rabada during the first one-day international against South Africa on Thursday.An Australia team spokesperson confirmed on Friday that Green will undergo an eight-day concussion protocol during which he will be monitored by the team's medical staff.He is unlikely to be available until the fifth and final match in Johannesburg on September 17.It adds to a list of injury concerns for Australia with the World Cup starting in India on October 5, less than ...

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May it rain harder on second day and these malicious plans not succeed: Venkatesh Prasad blasts ACC for adding reserve day only for IND-PAK

Even though there was no game scheduled at the 2023 Asia Cup on Friday, the tournament was still very much the buzz of the cricket town. With the Asian Cricket Council adding a reserve day for the India-Pakistan Super 4 game and the final, and for none of the other remaining games which’ll also feature Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the decision was met with widespread criticism. With the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh game scheduled for Saturday also under rain threat, the two sets of coaches would lend their thoughts on the subject. “Little surprised when I first heard,” Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood said about ACC’s decision to have different playing conditions. A reserve day for India Pakistan contest in Super 11 Asia Cup Super 4 stage has been added that effectively revised the Asia Cup playi...

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Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden pair suffers US Open heartbreak, loses in final | Tennis News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's Rohan Bopanna on Friday narrowly missed out on creating history as he and Australian partner Matthew Ebden suffered a heart-breaking 6-2, 3-6, 4-6 defeat to USA's Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury of United Kingdom in the US Open men's doubles final in New York.The 43-year-old Bopanna was looking to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the Open era but suffered a defeat in the thrilling finale that lasted just over two hours at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.The defeat for Bopanna meant his agonising wait to win his maiden men's doubles Grand Slam title continued. On the other hand, Ram and Sailsbury became the first team to win three straight US Open titles.Bopanna was playing the US Open final for the second time in his career and this time as the oldest player. He had fini...

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Why Mohammed Shami needs more game-time in the Asia Cup

As India had their first full-fledged training session since landing in Colombo on Tuesday, Mohammed Shami seemed quiet. After a session of football at the R Premadasa Stadium on an evening where the sun shined bright for the first time in the last three days, he went through the paces, when the rest of bowlers were engaged in a fielding session. Making a comeback into the national team after a brief break, which saw him skip the tour of West Indies and even the three-match T20Is in the Ireland, the four remaining matches of the Asia Cup and the three-match ODIs against Australia later in the month, is all that Shami has to find his groove back. A rhythm bowler, in the past, he has shown a tendency to hit the peak as the season progresses. He is worth giving the time because the skills ...

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Lamine Yamal becomes Spain’s youngest-ever player and goalscorer | Football News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Lamine Yamal, a mere 16 years of age, etched his name in the annals of Spanish football history as he made his debut for the national team during the Euro 2024 qualifier against Georgia on Friday. Not only did he become Spain's youngest-ever player, but he also marked his entry with a stunning goal.The right winger's moment of glory arrived in the 74th minute, as he displayed remarkable composure to find the back of the net after a precision cut-back from Nico Williams. The goal extended Spain's lead to a commanding 7-1, leaving spectators and pundits in awe.Yamal's exceptional debut surpassed the record previously held by his Barcelona teammate, Gavi, who also shared the pitch with him during the same match. Gavi had made his national team debut at 17 years and 62 days, but ...

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The man who beat death, a Datsun that has become an F1 car, snooping row, health concerns: Rugby World Cup begins in France

The Rugby World Cup kicked off on Friday in France, and is poised to be one of the most open World Cups. South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland and the hosts start as favourites, while England – who are in indifferent form – are placed in an easy pool. Fiji are dark horses. Here are some of the subplots on offer:With France hosting next year’s Olympic Games, the Rugby World Cup is a start of a sporting spectacle in the country, and organisers are readying to welcome 600,000 fans to France with a record 2.6 million tickets made available. Matches will take place across nine cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse, with the Stade de France hosting the opening games between France and the All Blacks, two quarterfinals, the two semifinals and th...

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KL Rahul keeps wickets at nets ahead of Pakistan clash

Can KL Rahul keep wickets for the entire duration of an ODI? That question has gathered steam after his inclusion in the India squad for ongoing Asia Cup and the upcoming World Cup. But on Friday, Rahul might have answered a few sceptics while keeping for nearly 45 minutes at nets. Even though Rahul has been batting quite fluently at the NCA match simulation process and at nets here, his wicketkeeping remained a subject of speculation. Rahul’s intense keeping drill at nets might have also brightened his chance of getting included in India’s playing 11 for the Super 4 match against Pakistan on Sunday. Rahul last played for India in an ODI match against Australia in Chennai in March this year. Going through various scenarios of a match was at the core of Rahul’s training at the Premadasa ...

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Buchi Babu Final: Kushwah’s unbeaten ton props up Madhya Pradesh against Delhi

Sumit Kushwah (MP, 100 batting). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madhya Pradesh opener Sumit Kushwah put his team in the driver’s seat with a well-crafted, unbeaten century (100 batting, 269b, 10x4, 1x6) against Delhi on the opening day of the Take Sports All India Buchi Babu tournament final here on Friday.Electing to bat, MP finished on a strong 271 for three, thanks to valuable half-centuries from opener Arham Aqueel (65) and later Aniket Verma (68). It was the second century in as many games for the 21-year-old after he scored one against TNCA XI in the semifinals in Dindigul last week. He looked compact in his defence and took his time in slowly accumulating runs.On an easy batting surface at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground, MP had no hesitation in opting to bat first, and ...

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We also would have liked to have reserve day: Bangladesh coach – Times of India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood and his Bangladesh counterpart Chandika Hathurusingha on Friday expressed displeasure over the unilateral decision to provide a reserve day for the Super 4 match between India and Pakistan.Earlier in the day, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that the Indo-Pak match could resume on September 11 if the rain plays spoilsport on September 10.However, the other matches will not have a reserve day though rain is predicted in the Sri Lankan capital through the Super 4s.Hathurasingha said he was not aware of the reason behind the sudden change in Asia Cup playing conditions."There is a technical committee (in Asia Cup) represented by every participating country – 6 nations. They might have decided it for some other reason," the Bangladesh coach...

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Asia Cup: KL Rahul keeps wickets at nets ahead of Pakistan clash – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Will KL Rahul manage to sustain the workload of wicketkeeping duties for an entire ODI? The question has been a hot topic of discussion, especially since his selection in the India squad for the ongoing Asia Cup and the upcoming World Cup.On Friday, Rahul addressed some of the doubts surrounding his wicketkeeping as he spent nearly 45 minutes behind the stumps during practice session.While Rahul has been displaying fluent batting form during match simulations and net sessions, his wicket-keeping skills have continued to be a big point of discussion.Rahul's intense keeping drill at nets might have also brightened his chance of getting included in India's playing 11 for the Super 4 match against Pakistan on Sunday.Rahul last played for India in an ODI match against Australia in...

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Stokes, Buttler help England post 291-6 against New Zealand in first match of ODI series

England’s Ben Stokes walks after losing his wicket during England vs New Zealand match. Credit: Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge Ben Stokes marked his return to one-day internationals with a half-century before captain Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone put on a rapid stand of 77 late in the innings to help push England to 291-6 against New Zealand in the first match of the Cricket World Cup warmup series on Friday.Stokes (52) opted to come out of ODI retirement ahead of England's World Cup title defense in India starting next month and was one of four batters to post fifties on a tough track at Sophia Gardens.Another was Dawid Malan (54), who was part of an emergency opening partnership with Harry Brook (25) because of injuries to Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy. Brook has been...

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Tata Steel Chess India Blitz: Praggnanandhaa scores five successive wins to lead with 6.5 points – Times of India

NEW DELHI: 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa took the 'Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2023' by storm, notching an impressive five consecutive wins on the tournament's opening day. As the dust settled, Praggnanandhaa stood tall with a commanding lead, amassing 6.5 points by day's end.This stellar performance came hot on the heels of his joint third-place finish in the 'Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2023' the previous day. On this occasion, Praggnanandhaa's winning streak was temporarily halted by Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk, who managed to secure a draw in the sixth round. However, the Indian prodigy experienced a pair of setbacks in rounds seven and eight, succumbing to successive defeats. Showing resilience and determination, he regrouped and finished the day on a...

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Asia Cup: Jasprit Bumrah re-joins Team India ahead of Pakistan clash – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has re-joined the squad just in time for their Asia Cup Super Four encounter against Pakistan, scheduled for Sunday in Colombo.Bumrah had returned home following India's tournament opener against Pakistan in Pallekele for the birth of his son Angad. The pacer was unavailable for India's second league match against Nepal, a rain-affected game that India won convincingly by ten wickets.As per a report in Cricbuzz, Bumrah will join the team for a practice session at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday evening. “Anticipating inclement weather, the Indian team may have to practice indoors, as they did on Thursday, unless the weather improves later in the evening, which has been the recent trend.”“Fortunately, there has been no rain in Colombo s...

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There will be no gold for the USA at the Basketball World Cup, after 113-111 loss to Germany

There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And for the second consecutive time in FIBA’s biggest tournament, there might not be any medal at all for the Americans. Instead, it’s Germany on the cusp of a world title. Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22 and Germany shredded the U.S. defense for much of the way in its first win over the Americans — 113-111 in the World Cup semifinals on Friday night. Obst hit the shot of the night, a 3-pointer with 1:15 left to put Germany up by four and just about snuff out a last-ditch U.S. rally. Germany led for 30 of the game’s 40 minutes, the U.S. led for about 4 1/2, and there was little question who was controlling play much of the way. “We knew the task at hand, and that was to go win,” U.S. guard Austin Reaves sa...

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Federico Chiesa and Lorenzo Pellegrini out of Italy squad for Euro qualifiers

Federico Chiesa and Lorenzo Pellegrini are both out of Italy’s squad for the Euro 2024 qualification games with North Macedonia and Ukraine through injury, the Italian football federation (FIGC) announced on Friday. Luciano Spalletti and his squad leave on Friday for Skopje where they will face North Macedonia on Saturday, but Chiesa and Pellegrini have both returned to their clubs after picking up muscle injuries.Most Read 1 Jawan box office collection day 1: Shah Rukh Khan delivers biggest opening in history of Hindi cinema, earns Rs 129.6 crore worldwide 2 Jawan Movie Review Live and Box Office Updates: Shah Rukh’s film shatters all previous records See More “Subjected this morning to diagnostic tests, the J...

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Players should have been convinced to look at bigger picture: Sunil Gavaskar on Asia Cup venue fiasco

Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar wants someone to find the “real story” behind Asia Cup ‘Super Four’ matches not being shifted out of Colombo to a much drier Hambantota and feels at times, even players need to look at the “bigger picture”. The Asia Cup, which is being hosted by PCB, is being held in a ‘Hybrid Model’ with India playing all their matches in Sri Lanka after refusing to travel to Pakistan. With heavy rains predicted in Colombo through the week, there were talks of shifting matches to Hambantota but Asian Cricket Council has stuck to its original itinerary. “Well, somebody should find the real story. It appears from cricketing points, that it was probably the players who didn’t want to go to Hambantota. “So administrators, had to at last moment, change it from Hambantota to Colo...

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ICC World Cup 2023: Sachin Tendulkar presented with ‘Golden Ticket’ by BCCI secretary Jay Shah | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah presented India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar with the 'Golden Ticket' ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023. This prestigious tournament is scheduled to take place in India from October 5 onwards.The World Cup will feature ten teams competing at ten different venues, with the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad serving as the venue for both the tournament opener and the final.As a part of BCCI's "Golden Ticket for India Icons" initiative, a photo of Shah presenting Tendulkar with the 'Golden Ticket' was shared by the BCCI on their X handle. "An iconic moment for cricket and the nation! As part of our "Golden Ticket for India Icons" programme, BCCI Honorary Secretary @JayShah presented the golden tic...

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Asia Cup 2023: Reserve day only for India-Pakistan Super 4s game causes an uproar

K.L. Rahul attends a practice session head of the Asia Cup 2023 one-day international match against Pakistan on September 10. | Photo Credit: AFP It’s my bat, I will set the rules. The rule that’s been the mantra in gully cricket seems to have been adopted for the Asia Cup as well, with a reserve day having been added for only one of the six Super 4s matches — between India and Pakistan. That a reserve day will be added for the marquee clash was being whispered ever since the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) decided against moving the remaining matches from Colombo to Hambantota. On Friday, a notification issued for ticket-holders confirmed the move. “If adverse weather suspends play during the Pakistan vs India game, the match will continue on September 11 from the point it was suspended,”...

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Asia Cup: India vs Pakistan Super Four match to have a reserve day | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Considering the current weather conditions, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Friday made the decision to include a reserve day for the Super 4 match between India and Pakistan. This highly anticipated match is scheduled to take place on September 10 in Colombo.However, there will not be a reserve day for any of the other Super 4 matches in Sri Lanka.If rain disrupts the marquee clash between India and Pakistan on September 10, the game can resume from where it was stopped on the following day, ensuring a fair and complete match outcome.07:25Asia Cup: India open their 'Super 4' campaign vs Pakistan"A reserve day has been incorporated for the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4's match between Pakistan and India scheduled to take place on 10th September 2023 at R. Premadasa International C...

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Are you angrey at me? Mitchell Starc reveals his fiery net battle with Steve Smith

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has revealed an anecdote from nets of 2017 Champions Trophy in England when then-skipper Steven Smith took a dig at the bowlers after the game against New Zealand in the press conference. “We played New Zealand in the first game and admittedly we didn’t bowl that well, but it was a washout. I remember Smithy, who was the captain didn’t say anything to the bowlers about it but said it in the media like had a bit of a crack.” Starc recalled speaking on the Willow Talk podcast.Most Read 1 Jawan box office collection day 1: Shah Rukh Khan delivers biggest opening in history of Hindi cinema, blockbuster eyes Rs 150 crore worldwide debut 2 Jawan Movie Review Live and Box Office Updates: Shah Rukh’s film sha...