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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus moved into a politically-charged French Open quarter-final with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Sunday and immediately set the tone for the high-profile confrontation by boycotting Roland Garros media for a second time. Australian Open champion and world number two Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to reach the last eight in…
World number one Carlos Alcaraz crushed Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday and move a step closer to a blockbuster showdown with Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz fired 42 winners and broke seven times as he made light work of Italian 17th seed Musetti, who had won their only previous…
Former Indian cricket team skipper Sunil Gavaskar picked his preferred playing XI for India in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia and it came with a couple of surprises. In the race for wicket-keeper, he picked KS Bharat to retain his position as he has been playing for the side regularly. Gavaskar also went with two spinners…
Novak Djokovic battled into the French Open fourth round for a 14th consecutive year on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz also progressed, after women’s third seed Jessica Pegula and men’s seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev were dumped out of the tournament. Djokovic has made headlines for his comments about Kosovo this week but his on-court progress has been…
Nottinghamshire vs Yorkshire After three successive losses to start their T20 Blast campaign, Yorkshire finally opened their account with a thrilling eight-run win over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Tuesday (May 30). A Dawid Malan masterclass was the highlight of the visitors’ performance which also saw them come out with a brilliant display of defensive bowling at…
Mumbai Indians came up with another all-round show as they coasted to an eight-wicket win over UP Warriorz to stay undefeated in the Women’s Premier League at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday. After Alyssa Healy and Tahlia McGrath led UP’s charge with the bat, it was Saika Ishaque who began Mumbai’s fightback with the ball….
