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Gravel World Championships: What is it? When is it? Mathieu van der Poel set to return after hotel incident

Mathieu van der Poel will return to racing at the inaugural Gravel World Championships this weekend, his first outing since his arrest at the Road World Championships in Australia. The Dutch star spent the early hours in custody before the men’s road race in Wollongong after an altercation with two teenagers, who were knocking on his hotel door as he tried to sleep. Ad Although he was granted conditional bail to compete in the race, he soon abandoned.

Nick Kyrgios 'weathers storm' to reach Japan Open quarter-finals

Despite his slow start, the maverick Australian emerged victorious in typical crowd-pleasing style, showing off with aggressive aces and some exaggeratedly effortless points. The 27-year-old, who was knocked out in the last eight at the US Open, said that despite Majchrzak breaking his serve, there was "never really doubt in my mind that I was going to win". "I've barely been broken all year," so when "the opponent doesn't really do much to break me it's quite frustrating," he said after the 1h 21min match.

Canada's Shapovalov advances to quarter-finals at Japan Open

Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Japanese qualifier Rio Noguchi on Thursday.

A look at how former ICC T20 World Cup champions lifted the trophy

ICC T20 World Cup is one of the biggest and most exciting spectacles of the sport. Ahead of the upcoming edition of the tournament in Australia from October 16 to November 13 this year, let us have a look at how former champions lifted the prestigious trophy.

South Africa to host England in ODI series despite launch of new T20 league

Cricket South Africa on Thursday announced the schedule, with the first two games in Bloemfontein on January 27 and January 29 and the final match at Kimberley on February 1. The tour will clash with a new 33-match SA20 league, which is due to start on Jan. 10, but it is expected that the ODIs will be played between the end of the group phase of the T20 league and the start of its playoff round.

Cricket-S.Africa to host England in ODI series despite launch of new T20 league

CAPE TOWN : South Africa will host England in a three-match series of one-day internationals in January, even though they are launching a new Twenty20 league at the same time.

Graham Reid and Janneke Schopman voted FIH coaches of the year for men's and women's teams

This is the second consecutive time Reid won the award, while India coach Sjoerd Marijne was the winner of the FIH women's coach of the year award last season. Under Australian Reid, India has reached many new highs, which includes winning its first Olympic medal (bronze) at the Tokyo Games in 2021, after a gap of 41 years. India also won a silver medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, climbing back onto the podium after missing out in the previous edition in Australia.

South African all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius ruled out of T20 World Cup

The pace bowling allrounder, who was the joint-highest wicket-taker for South Africa in the T20 World Cup last year, sustained the injury during the third T20I against India in Indore -- the only match he played in the series.

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Gravel World Championships: What is it? When is it? Mathieu van der Poel set to return after hotel incident

Nick Kyrgios 'weathers storm' to reach Japan Open quarter-finals

Canada's Shapovalov advances to quarter-finals at Japan Open

A look at how former ICC T20 World Cup champions lifted the trophy

South Africa to host England in ODI series despite launch of new T20 league

Cricket-S.Africa to host England in ODI series despite launch of new T20 league

Graham Reid and Janneke Schopman voted FIH coaches of the year for men's and women's teams

South African all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius ruled out of T20 World Cup