Indian Wells: Maria Sakkari beats Paula Badosa to set up Iga Swiatek final
Maria Sakkari beat defending champion Paula Badosa to reach the biggest final of her career at Indian Wells.
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Pakistan v Australia matches moved to Lahore amid rising tensions in Rawalpindi
Four limited-overs matches between Pakistan and Australia have been moved from Rawalpindi to Lahore, both countries' cricket boards confirmed on Saturday.
Shreyas Iyer is a future India captain
Shreyas Iyer has seen his name mentioned as a future India captain more than once and he is clearly a player who wants to lead.
Six Nations: England face being shown up by fired-up France
The final weekend of the Six Nations is a second-screen experience. Log off the phone though and fire up the calculator because the maths, as ever, could get messy.
India vs Australia, Women's World Cup, Live Score Updates: India Fightback With Wickets Of Alyssa Healy, Rachel Haynes
INDW vs AUSW, Women's World Cup, Live Updates: Australia opener Alyssa Healy scored a remarkable fifty but was soon dismissed by Sneh Rana for 72 runs while Rachael Haynes also departed for 43 runs in their bid to chase 278 runs vs India in the ongoing Women's World Cup at the Eden Park in Auckland. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar propelled India's score to 277/7 after some hard-hitting towards the end of the innings against Australia. Kaur remained unbeaten on 57 while Vastrakar got out on the last ball of the innings as she scored 34 runs off 28 balls. Earlier, India got off to a poor start after being put in to bat first by skipper Meg Lanning. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma both departed with India reeling at 28/2. However, half-centuries from Yastika Bhatia (59) and Mithali Raj (68) helped India recover in the middle-overs and laid down a perfect platform for batter to hit towards the end. (LIVE SCORECARD)
"You Might As Well Not Play Me": Glenn Maxwell's Words To Punjab Kings After Poor Run In IPL 2020
Australia batter Glenn Maxwell has opened up on his performance in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 for Punjab Kings, saying there came a time when he himself asked to be dropped from the playing XI looking at the composition of the side. In the 2020 season which was played in the UAE, Maxwell managed just 108 runs at a paltry average of 15.52. In the entire campaign, the Australian failed to hit a single six.
ICC Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj Equals Huge Record With Half-Century vs Australia
India Women's team captain Mithali Raj equalled Debbie Hockley's record of most 50+ scores in Women's World Cups following her brilliant half-century against Australia at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. Mithali along with Yastika Bhatia helped India recover from early blows after Darcie Brown had removed both openers, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, cheaply. The Indian captain played a knock of 68 to provide her team the perfect foundations of a late assault. With her 68-run knock, Mithali now has 12 50+ scores in Women's World Cups -- same as New Zealand's Debbie Hockley.
Watch: Nick Kyrgios Nearly Hits Ballboy After Smashing Racquet Following Indian Wells Loss To Rafael Nadal
A ballboy was nearly hit by Nick Kyrgios' flying racquet after the Australian hurled it at the ground following his quarterfinal loss to Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells. Kyrgios lost 7-6 (7/0), 4-7, 6-4 to Nadal and after shaking hands with the Spaniard proceeded to smash his racquet on the ground but it rebounded and flew towards a ballboy, who dodged it just in the nick of time. The video of the incident quickly went viral on social media. The Australian later shared a screenshot of his text messages where he apologised to the ballboy and promised to give him a racquet.