Messi, Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappe again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday.
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Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards
PARIS: World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday. The best women’s player was Spain’s Alexia Putellas for a second straight year. After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé’s France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years.
British teenager Brookes becomes the youngest world champion
Britain's Mia Brookes outclassed Olympic gold medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to become the youngest snowboarding world champion on Monday (Feb 27), when the 16-year-old won the woman's slopestyle title in Bakuriani, Georgia.
Snowboarding-British teenager Brookes becomes the youngest world champion
Britain's Mia Brookes outclassed Olympic gold medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to become the youngest snowboarding world champion on Monday, when the 16-year-old won the woman's slopestyle title in Bakuriani, Georgia.
Watch: Bizarre Run Out In New Zealand-England Test. Internet Equates It With Harmanpreet Kaur's
The ongoing second Test between England and New Zealand is turning out to be a thrilling contest. After being bundled out for 209 and getting a follow-on, the Kiwis changed the momentum of the game in their second innings and posted a whopping total of 483. On Day 4, England's score read at 48/1 with the visitors needing 210 runs to win on last day. From top knock to an amazing bowling action, the match has been a entertaining fest for the fans. However, a bizarre run out on Day 4 took the internet by storm as the fans compared it with the dismissal of India Women's captain Harmapreet Kaur's wicket during the semi-final of Women's T20 World Cup.
Chris Corning, the slopestyle medal king, earns bronze at snowboard worlds
U.S. snowboarder Chris Corning earned a record third world championships medal in slopestyle, taking bronze in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Monday.
England close in on series clean-sweep despite Kane Williamson century for New Zealand
England need another 210 runs to defeat New Zealand on the final day of the second Test – a win that would secure them a series clean-sweep.
Williamson surpasses Taylor as New Zealand's most prolific test batter
Kane Williamson cemented his claim as New Zealand's greatest test batsman after he eclipsed Ross Taylor as the nation's leading run-scorer on the way to an inspirational century against England in the second test on Monday.