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NELSPRUIT, South Africa : New Zealand coach Ian Foster has urged his side to "man up" when they play their first test in South Africa since 2018, kicking off the Rugby Championship in Nelspruit on Saturday by seeking to put behind them a horror run of form.
Bowler Michelle White hailed the Commonwealth Games for instilling belief in her, after she finished fourth in the women’s para pairs in Leamington Spa.
Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The 22-year-old from Haryana notched up a 5-0 win over Agnes in the super heavyweight quarterfinal to take India's medal count in boxing to six at the showpiece. Earlier, Jasmine beat New Zealand's Troy Garton by a 4-1 split verdict in the women's lightweight (60kg) quarter-final, while Panghal too won his flyweight (48-51 kg) quarter-final against Scotland's Lennon Mulligan to assure two more medals for India.
England captain Heather Knight has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games and The Hundred tournament due to a hip injury. "England Women's captain Heather Knight has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games and The Hundred. The hip injury she sustained in the first T20I against South Africa has failed to settle down as expected and Knight will continue to receive treatment," said England Cricket in a tweet. "Nat Sciver will remain Team England's captain in the Commonwealth Games. No replacement player can be named, so England will compete with a 14-person squad," it added.
Geraint Thomas took third place at the Commonwealth Games time trial on Thursday afternoon despite a huge early setback after falling off his bike. Thomas had been one of the favourites going into the race but suffered a huge setback when he crashed early on. The incident cost him around 30 seconds, and he was 28.49 seconds off gold at the race finish.
Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker will go head to head in an eagerly-awaited heavyweight clash at Manchester’s AO Arena on September 24.
Amit Panghal and Jaismine Lamboriya won their respective bouts to take India's medal count in boxing to five at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Panghal ensured a fourth medal from the boxing ring after winning his flyweight (48-51 kg) quarter-final against Scotland's Lennon Mulligan. Later in the day, Jaismine beat New Zealand's Troy Garton by a 4-1 split verdict in the women's lightweight (60kg) quarter-final. In the men's bout, it was an unanimous verdict in favour of the Indian southpaw, who had won a silver medal during the last edition in Gold Coast.
Indian Lawn Bowls player Mridul Borgohain lost his section D, round 4 match to Ross Davis of Jersey at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Thursday. Borgohain lost to Davis by 13-21 after 18 ends. With this loss, he has failed to qualify for the quarterfinals. He has earned a fourth-place finish in Section D, with two wins and two losses. He had opened his campaign with a loss to Shannon McIlroy of New Zealand. After that, he got two wins against Chris Locke of the Falkland Islands and Iain Donald Smith McLean of Scotland. After these two wins, he lost to Davis.