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Feb- 2024 -21 February
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez ready for Inter Miami MLS opener
Miami: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez are fit and ready to play for Inter Miami in the club’s opening match of the Major League Soccer season against Real Salt Lake City, manager Gerardo Martino said. The former Barcelona teammates will be the headline acts in Wednesday night’s clash at Inter Miami’s renamed Chase stadium in Fort Lauderdale, though they are not guaranteed starters. “Messi and Suarez are ready to play, if 90 minutes are required, we will see this depending on the team’s needs,” Martino told a news conference. Messi missed much of Inter Miami‘s pre-season because of an adductor strain while Suarez has overcome a knee problem. The other half of Inter Miami’s contingent of former Barcelona stars – defender Jordi Alba…
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15 February
Rohit Sharma becomes India’s 4th-highest run-maker in international cricket
Rajkot: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday overtook former skipper Saurav Ganguly to become the fourth-highest run-maker in international cricket. Rohit accomplished this feat against England in the fourth Test at Rajkot. In the match, Rohit scored his 11th Test ton, a knock of 131 runs in 196 balls, with 14 fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 66.83. Now in 470 international matches, Rohit has scored 18,641 runs at an average of 43.35. He has also scored 47 centuries and 100 fifties for India, with the best score of 264. Above him are the stars like Sachin Tendulkar (34,357 runs), Virat Kohli (26,733 runs) and Rahul Dravid (24,064 runs). In 57 Tests, Rohit has scored 3,958…
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Jan- 2024 -6 January
David Warner signs off scintillating Test career with fairytale finish
Sydney: It was a fairytale finish for David Warner, as the retiring opener showed his class one last time with a match-winning fifty in his farewell Test and Australia bagged yet another win at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Pakistan had their moments, but Australia showed their class as they swept the series 3-0. There was never a dull moment when Warner took to the field. He finished his Test career as Australia’s fifth-leading run-scorer in the format. Warner hit 57 off 75 balls until his fairy-tale last innings came to an end just after midday on day four, leaving Australia 11 runs short of victory. As Warner went off to handshakes with the Pakistan squad and then waved his bat…
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5 January
2024 T20 World Cup schedule unveiled: India to face Pakistan on June 9
Hyderabad: The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the schedule for the highly anticipated T20 World Cup on Friday. For the first time in cricket history, 20 teams are participating in the event, with 55 matches scheduled to be played. India, Pakistan, Ireland, USA, and Canada are placed in Group A. India is set to clash with arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9 in New York. Similarly, Group B comprises England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, and Oman. Group C includes New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea, while Group D consists of South Africa, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The event, commencing on June 1, is scheduled to be held across the United States and the West Indies. The finals are…
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4 January
IND vs SA second Test | India levels series against South Africa in shortest ever Test in history
Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of 6/61 as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a target of 79, after Aiden Markram had struck a magnificent, counterattacking 106 off 103 balls before lunch. The hosts completed the chase in the second session with skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer remaining not out on 17 and 4 respectively. This is the shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled, bettering the previous best that involved Australia and South Africa at the MCG way back in 1932. A total of 106.2 overs were bowled in…
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3 January
Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam’s run ends in pre-quarters at Inter-University Volleyball Championship
Hyderabad: Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam’s (TMV) good run came to an end in pre-quarterfinals of the Inter-University (South Zone) Volleyball Championship held at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh recently. TMV lost to Nagarjuna University Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 14-25,17-25,19-25 to end their campaign. Earlier, TMV recorded victories over Agricultural Science University and Rajiv Gandhi University Health Science of Karnataka, Satavahana University of Telangana and Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswavidyalayam of Andhra Pradesh to storm into pre-quarters of the championship. Results: Pre-Quarters: TMV lost to Nagarjuna University (Guntur, AP) 14-25,17-25,19-25; TMV (TS) bt Agricultural Science University (KAR) 25-12, 25-12, 25-14; TMV (TS) bt Satavahana University (TS) 25-12, 25-17, 25-12; TMV (TS) bt Rajiv Gandhi University Health Science (KAR) 25-10, 25-16, 25-14; TMV (TS) bt Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswavdiyalayam…
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Dec- 2023 -29 December
Telangana swimmer Shivani bags two gold medals at South Zone Aquatic Championship
Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Shivani Karra bagged two gold medals in the girls category of the 100m butterfly and 200m medley events in the ongoing 34th South Zone Aquatic Championship at BSA Swimming Pool, Bengaluru, Karnataka on Thursday. In the 100m butterfly event, Shivani grabbed top honours with a timing of 1:12.88s and finished ahead of Ritika Gokul of Karnataka and P Vedasri of Andhra Pradesh in second and third places respectively. She continued her good form to win the 200m medley with a timing of 2:44.08s as K Lasya Sri of Andhra Pradesh and Sumanvi V of Karnataka finished in second and third spots respectively. Another Telangana swimmer Sri Nithya Sagi won gold medal in 400m freestyle event and also bagged…
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29 December
SA vs IND: India penalised for slow over rate during Boxing Day Test against South Africa
Team India have been fined 10 percent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the first Test in Centurion. Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration. SA vs IND, 1st Test Day 3 Scorecard | Report Following Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. In addition, as per…
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26 December
SA vs IND: Rabada rattles India as Rahul displays grit on rain-hit day
Centurion: Kagiso Rabada was at his lethal best, knocking the stuffing out of India‘s batting ‘prima donnas’ with a fifer on a track offering extra and variable bounce as South Africa took control of the proceedings on the opening day of the first Test here Tuesday. KL Rahul (70 batting, 105 balls) continued his love affair with Supersport Park, displaying excellent temperament on a difficult pitch taking India to 208 for 8 in 59 overs when rain forced early stumps. Rabada (5/44 in 17 overs) bowled two of the most intimidating and incisive spells witnessed in recent times to completely rock the Indian batting line-up, which struggled to cope with the conditions. One of the finest fast bowlers in contemporary cricket, Rabada…
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23 December
Priyanka meets wrestler Sakshi Malik, assures of support for fight in justice
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday met Olympian wrestler Sakshi Malik to express her solidarity and assured her of her support in every way in her fight for justice.Priyanka Gandhi arrived at the residence of Malik and met her and other wrestlers. Assuring Malik of her support in every way in the fight for justice, she also said that the women players, who have brought glory to the country across the world, accused BJP MP and then WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment, but the BJP government did not take any action against him, and on the contrary, the victims were tortured in various ways. “The BJP is still standing with the accused and is rewarding…
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