Undefeated Homan secures playoff berth at Pan Continental curling championship
Canada's Rachel Homan defeated South Korea's Eunji Gim 8-2 on Wednesday to secure a playoff berth at the Pan Continental curling championships.
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'State Of Urgency' In Rohit Sharma And Co's Training As They Look To Avoid Clean Sweep By New Zealand
Unexpectedly fallen behind 0-2 in a home series, the Indian team has adopted some desperate measures to improve its batters' outing against spot-on New Zealand bowlers, especially the spinners, as talks about a rank-turner for the third Test here has dominated the pre-match talks. The net session at the Wankhede Stadium reflected the state of urgency the team management is in ahead of the final Test beginning on Friday, as even veteran batters like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have found the going tough in this rubber.
Rohit Sharma Experiences Significant Drop In ICC Test Rankings
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has seen a dramatic decline in his ICC Test batting ranking, dropping to his lowest position since December 2018 in the latest ICC update on Wednesday. This update brought notable changes across the rankings, with one of the most striking shifts being Sharma's nine-place drop from 15th to 24th, according to Wisden. This marks his lowest ranking in nearly six years. Previously, he had fallen to 44th after scoring 63 not out and 5 against Australia in Melbourne in December 2018.
England prop Marler restores X account after haka post furore
England's Joe Marler reactivated his X account on Wednesday after the prop received backlash for his post saying the All Blacks' iconic haka is 'ridiculous' and must be binned ahead of their match against New Zealand.
Joe Marler says ‘ridiculous’ haka ‘needs binning’ – then deletes X account
Joe Marler has added extra spice to England’s clash with New Zealand on Saturday by claiming the pre-match haka should be scrapped.
UEFA pledges 1 billion euros in six-year plan to develop women's football
UEFA will commit 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion) of competition revenue and investment to develop women's soccer in the continent over the next six years, European soccer's governing body said on Wednesday.
Joe Marler says 'ridiculous' haka 'needs binning' – then deletes X account
Joe Marler has added extra spice to England's clash with New Zealand on Saturday by claiming the pre-match haka should be scrapped.
India Demanding "Rank Turner" For Mumbai Test? Coach Gives Sharp Retort
India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Wednesday insisted that they do not ask for tailor-made pitches in Tests and also backed out-of-form legends Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma, saying that they must be given "space and time to come back". After copping first-ever Test series loss at home in 12 years, India will strive to salvage their pride when they clash with New Zealand in the third and final Test from Friday. Playing on a track that assisted spinners, India lost the Pune Test by 113 run.