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Virat Kohli hits 7th Test double hundred, goes past Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag
October 11 (India Today) - Virat Kohli went past Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar for the most double hundreds in Test cricket by an Indian. Kohli now has 7 double centuries in 81 Tests. Virender Sehwag made 6 double centuries from 104 Tests while Sachin Tendulkar had 6 double hundreds in 200 Test matches. Kohli brought up his 7th double...
Iranian women attend football match for 1st time in 4 decades, national team wins 14-0
October 11 (Reuters) - Iran handed Cambodia a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on an historic day in Tehran as goals flowed in World Cup qualifiers across Asia with Japan, South Korea and Australia securing comfortable wins on Thursday. Striker Karim Ansarifard scored four times and Sardar Azmoun netted a hat-trick for Iran who claimed a second straight win in Group C....
Dasun Shanaka joins MS Dhoni in elite list as Sri Lanka clean sweep Pakistan 3-0 in T20I series
October 10 (India Today) -An inexperienced Sri Lanka side thrashed top-ranked Pakistan by 13 runs in the final T20I at Gaddafi Stadium to pull off a momentous 3-0 series sweep in Lahore. The victory holds more significance because Sri Lanka outplayed Pakistan in their own backyard in absence of some of their most senior players. With the 13-run win over...
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 77 helps Sri Lanka secure first-ever series win vs Pakistan
October 8 (India Today) - Homecoming of cricket in Pakistan. Security arrangements and senior Sri Lankan players pulling out. Result - a 2nd string Sri Lanka side visiting Pakistan for 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. On Monday, however, the same 2nd string side did what no other team from the island nation had managed to do before: beating Pakistan in...
Novak Djokovic takes Japan Open with eye on Tokyo Olympics
October 7 (AFP) - World number one Novak Djokovic clinched the Japan Open on Sunday, dispelling concerns about the shoulder injury that forced him out of the US Open. The Serbian star crushed Australian qualifier John Millman 6-3, 6-2 to mark his 10th win in a tournament main draw debut. Djokovic, playing in his first Japanese competition, dominated throughout the...
Champions League: Liverpool win seven-goal thriller after stunning Salzburg fightback
October 3 (Reuters) - European champions Liverpool gave up a three-goal lead to Austria’s Salzburg before recovering to win 4-3 in an enthralling Champions League Group E match at Anfield on Wednesday. Mohamed Salah, who scored twice, grabbed the 69th-minute winner for Liverpool after Salzburg, managed by American Jesse Marsch, had stunned Anfield with three goals either side of halftime...
Roy Keane backs Solskjaer despite Manchester United’s worst start in 30 years
October 1 (Reuters) - Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane lent his support to the club's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after their latest disappointing result left them with a point from a 1-1 draw at home to Arsenal on Monday. United are in 10th place with just nine points, their worst start after seven games for 30 years, and...
No flag, no anthem for Russian pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova who won gold at IAAF World Championships
September 30 (AP) - Three medalists on the victory lap. Only two with flags. That's the reality for Russian pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova after winning gold at the world championships on Sunday, officially as a neutral athlete. But pole vaulting's a sisterhood and Sidorova's defeated rival, Sandi Morris of the United States, was her strongest advocate despite the doping sanctions...
IAAF Athletics World Championships: Runner wins hearts by helping rival cross the finish line
September 28 (AP) - You didn't need a stopwatch or a measuring tape to identify the biggest winner on the first night of track and field's world championships. The gold medal for sportsmanship went to Braima Suncar Dabo, the 5,000-meter runner from Guinea-Bissau who stopped his own race to help a struggling competitor finish Friday night. Dabo held up an...
World Athletics Championsips seek Bolt successor
September 27 (AFP) - The first World Athletics Championships of the post-Usain Bolt era gets underway in Doha on September 27 with the sport desperately seeking a new superstar as it tackles a slew of ongoing doping controversies. More than 2,000 athletes from over 200 countries and territories will take part across 10 days of competition at Doha’s Khalifa International...
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