Dan Sheehan defends Ross Byrne over ‘harsh’ media coverage
Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan believes the media have been “harsh” in their judgement of fly-half Ross Byrne as his Leinster team-mate prepares for a first start in the Guinness Six Nations.
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Sania Mirza Ends Tennis Career With First Round Defeat In Dubai
A glorious chapter and an illustrious career came to an end in Indian sport on Tuesday as Sania Mirza played her last match as a professional tennis player at the WTA Dubai Duty Free Championships. Sania, who is one of the greatest tennis players ever to emerge from India, closed her glorious career with a first round defeat, losing the contest in straight sets with American partner Madison Keys in Dubai Tuesday. Sania and Keys lost 4-6 0-6 to the formidable Russian pair of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in exactly one hour. The 25-year-old Veronika is ranked 11th in singles and number five in the doubles while Liudmila is world number 13 in doubles.
"Skill Level Is Not There": India Legend's Damning Verdict On Australia Batters
Former Indian cricket team skipper Dilip Vengsarkar was extremely critical of the Australian batsmen after the visitors were beaten comprehensively in the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Sunday. The first session of Day 3 saw Australia lose eight wickets for just 80 runs with most of them gifting their wickets while playing the sweep shot. The sweep has been a preferred shot for foreign batsmen on Indian soil as it allows them to navigate the spinners better. However, Vengsarkar believes that the margin of error is too low and the Aussies lacked the proper skill set.
Sky's the limit for Djokovic after matching Graf, say younger rivals
Novak Djokovic has shown that age is not a barrier and the 35-year-old will continue to break records, his younger rivals on the ATP tour said as the Serbian star looks to overtake Steffi Graf as the player with the most weeks at world number one.
Umpire Nitin Menon to officiate in all 3 India-Australia ODIs
Cricket Council has chosen Menon, who is the on-field umpire in all the four Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, to continue in the same role in the three-match ODI series between the two countries in March too. In fact, the entire umpiring panel for the ODIs will be from India.As per a noting on the ICC website under the section: ‘ICC Umpire and Referee appointments,’ Menon and KN Padmanabhan will be the on-field umpires in the first ODI at Mumbai on March 17, while Virender Sharma will be the third umpire.
Jasprit Bumrah yet to get clearance from NCA, BCCI to monitor workload ahead of IPL: Report
Bumrah, who has been out of action at the international level since September 2022 due to back issues and missed the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh tour and the home series versus Sri Lanka and New Zealand, is not part of either the Test or the ODI team.Fans were expecting to see Bumrah in action in the last two series against Australia in Indore and Ahmedabad. However, the selectors did not pick him for either the Test team or the ODI squad against Australia.It is now clear that he was not considered for the matches against Australia because he is yet to get clearance from the NCA.
You've got to play safe in India: Australia batting coach
Aussie batting coach Michael Di Venuto also joined in the raging debate saying the batters committed a blunder by trying to push the scoring rate in the second Test, which the visitors lost to India by six wickets.Di Venuto said Australia's batting plans were working well till a dramatic collapse saw them lose eight wickets for 28 runs.Steve Smith's dismissal to the sweep shot triggered the collapse as Australia were all out for 113 in 31.1 overs, giving India just 115 runs to win the Test, which the home side did in 26.4 overs to go 2-0 up and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
WorldSBK Phillip Island Test: ‘Racing is different, they will push!’ - Bautista
Alvaro Bautista’s WorldSBK title defence got off to a strong start after the Aruba.it Ducati rider topped pre-season testing at Phillip Island.