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 It was a superb day for the Indian shuttlers as most of them made it into the next round of the BWF World Championship 2021 played at Carolina Marin Stadium, Huelva, Spain on Tuesday. Lakshya Sen stunned higher-ranked Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in a thrilling three games. Both players started the match with long rallies as the Japanese took the initial lead before Sen put pressure on Nishimoto. The Indian showed great fighting spirit to comeback equalling the scores at 10-10. At the mid-game interval, Nishimoto had a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, the match ebbed and flow as both players fought for each point. Sen took a 20-18 lead before losing 2 points before taking the next 2 points to win the first game by 22-20. The second game began off brilliantly with both players taking alternate points. Nishimoto played aggressive badminton putting Sen under pressure. Again, there were long rallies but Sen looked tired. At the mid-game interval, Nishimoto took an 11-10 lead. Afte...

 The opening match of the Asian Men’s Hockey Trophy between India and South Korea ended in a thrilling draw played at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka on Tuesday.  Lalit Kumar Upadhyay put the Indian team in front with a brilliant field goal in the 3 rd minute. After that goal, the team continued to attack but the South Korean goalkeeper made brilliant saves to deny India doubled the lead. India went into the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. The second quarter also began off well for the Indian team with more circle penetrations, but the South Korean goalkeeper kept them at bay. India earned their first penalty corner but did not yield any results. Despite brilliant efforts by the Indian team, Korea's defense was solid. At the end of the first half, India still led 1-0. It was a perfect start for the Indian team in the 3 rd quarter as Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner into a goal in the 32 nd minute to double the lead. The South Korean strikers then uppe...

 The Australian Cricket Team started the second cycle of the ICC World Championship with a dominating 9 wicket win over England on the 4 th day of the 1 st Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Saturday. Nathan Lyon got the major milestone of picking 400 Test wickets dismissing Malan taking the inside edge to Labuschagne at short leg. Malan and Root added 162 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Soon after, Cameron Green produced a good delivery to get rid of England captain Joe Root to leave England in massive trouble.  Lyon took his 2 nd wicket dismissing Ollie Pope with a simple catch at slips. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler showed some intent with positive strokes keeping the Australian bowlers under some pressure. Cummins produced a snorter with second new ball grabbing the wicket of Ben Stokes. Hazlewood then got rid of Buttler providing an easy catch to Carey. Chris Woakes helped England to take the lead to keep delaying the inevitable. Lyon got wickets of Ollie Robinson cau...

 After two horrible days, the England Cricket Team made a strong comeback with a solid partnership between Malan and Root on the 3 rd day of the 1 st Ashes Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Friday. Starting on the overnight score of 343 for 7, Mitchell Starc played with intent and put the England bowlers under immense pressure with big shots. On the other hand, Travis Head also scored runs with ease making life tough for the visitors. England finally ended a brilliant 85 runs partnership for the 8 th wicket as Woakes got rid of Starc caught by Haseeb Hameed at deep square leg. Nathan Lyon also enjoyed his stay at the crease keeping the scoreboard ticking. Mark Wood dismissed Lyon hitting the splice caught by Robinson at square leg. Travis Head continued from where he left on the 2 nd evening to reach 150 off 143 balls. He was eventually bowled by Mark Wood trying to score quick runs as Australia posted 425 runs in the first innings with a lead of 278 runs. In their ...

 Thanks to brilliant knocks by Warner, Labuschagne, and Head, Australia ended the 2 nd day of the 1 st Ashes Test match in a commanding position played at Gabba, Brisbane on Thursday. Ollie Robinson got the early breakthrough for England getting rid of Marcus Harris with a good catch at slips. Robinson kept on producing nagging lines against Warner and Labuschagne. After surviving the initial spell by England pacers, Warner and Labuschagne did not allow Jack Leach to settle hitting him for runs keeping the pressure on England captain Joe Root. Warner was clean bowled, but Ben Stokes overstepped. Labuschagne looked in complete control reaching his fifty off 71 balls. At the end of the first session, Australia made 113 for 1. It could have been an ideal start for the visitors as Rory Burns dropped a simple chance off Warner in the very first over. Warner and Labuschagne kept the momentum going on for Australia keeping the scoreboard ticking with regular boundaries. Warner reach...

 The Board of Cricket Control for India announced a strong squad to face South Africa in the 3 match Test series starting from 26 th December at Centurion. Despite Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel being ruled out of the series due to injuries, the Indian team looks solid with the likes of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, and Mayank Agarwal as openers. The middle-order comprises Pujara, out of form Rahane, Hanuma Vihari returns to the squad who has been in superb form during the 3 unofficial matches against South Africa A. The Indian team batting looks promising with the likes of Shreyas Iyer who made his Test debut for India during the recently concluded home Test series against New Zealand. The South Africa tour will mark the return of Rishabh Pant who was rested during the whole series against the Kiwis. Wriddhiman Saha also has been included as the second wicketkeeper. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur comprise of fast bowling department. Bumra...

 It was a perfect start as Australian pace bowlers wreaked havoc on a rain-curtailed 1 st Day of the 1 st Ashes Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Wednesday. England captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to bat first. Mitchell Starc produced a peach to dismiss Rory Burns off the very first ball. The pitch at Gabba troubled the England batters. Things became tough for the visitors as Josh Hazlewood dismissed Dawid Malan caught by Alex Carey making his Test debut. Josh Hazlewood set up Joe Root brilliantly before producing an edge straight into the hands of Warner at slips to leave England in massive trouble at 11 for 3. Ben Stokes made his return to Test cricket after some time but was found wanting top-quality Australian pace bowling. The newly appointed captain Pat Cummins produced a good delivery caught by Labuschagne to put England under immense pressure. Ollie Pope came to the crease and looked confident with his defense technique. Haseeb Hameed opened with Rory ...