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England Captain Heather Knight Ruled Out Of Commonwealth Games And The Hundred Due To Injury

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 suffers crash in time trial, Rohan Dennis seals gold with Fred Wright taking silver

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 to fight Joseph Parker in Manchester on September 24

Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker will go head to head in an eagerly-awaited heavyweight clash at Manchester’s AO Arena on September 24.

CWG 2022: Boxers Amit Panghal, Jaismine Enter SFs To Ensure Five Medals From Ring

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.

CWG 2022: Mridul Borgohain Loses Fourth Round Match In Lawn Bowls, Fails To Qualify For Quarter-final

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.

Watch: Squash Star Saurav Ghosal In Tears After Historic Bronze In CWG 2022

Saurav Ghosal created history on Wednesday by winning India's first ever singles medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games. The world number 15 defeated England's James Willstrop 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 in the bronze play-off match to achieve the feat. It is worth noting that Ghosal was earlier outplayed by New Zealand's Paul Coll in the men's singles semifinals on Tuesday. While India wrote history with the bronze medal of Ghosal, it was the player's second medal in the history of the event. He had won a mixed doubles silver with Dipika Pallikal in the 2018 edition that took place in Gold Coast, Australia.

Marcell Coetzee on dropping out of Springbok mix: 'They clearly back the guys they have'

Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee remained level-headed about his latest omission from the Springbok squad after failing to crack the mix for the Rugby Championship.

Commonwealth Games 2022 schedule: Daily guide plus key events to watch out for

The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are under way - and you can scroll down down for a full day-by-day schedule for the event; all times are BST and subject to change.

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England Captain Heather Knight Ruled Out Of Commonwealth Games And The Hundred Due To Injury

Geraint Thomas suffers crash in time trial, Rohan Dennis seals gold with Fred Wright taking silver

Joe Joyce to fight Joseph Parker in Manchester on September 24

CWG 2022: Boxers Amit Panghal, Jaismine Enter SFs To Ensure Five Medals From Ring

CWG 2022: Mridul Borgohain Loses Fourth Round Match In Lawn Bowls, Fails To Qualify For Quarter-final

Watch: Squash Star Saurav Ghosal In Tears After Historic Bronze In CWG 2022

Marcell Coetzee on dropping out of Springbok mix: 'They clearly back the guys they have'

Commonwealth Games 2022 schedule: Daily guide plus key events to watch out for