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Nigeria’s national women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, will, in the early hours of tomorrow, face their biggest test yet since they lost their second group game at the ongoing Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The threat comes from Japan, who have been devastating in their games since the competition kicked off.
India's squad for the 1st Test against Bangladesh, starting September 19, was announced last week with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant making their much-awaited returns to the side. While Rahul played for India during the first two Test against England on home soil, Pant's last series in the whites for India, co-incidentally, was against Bangladesh in December 2022 before an unfortunate car accident accident sidlined him. With several senior players sidelined due to various reasons, Sarfaraz Khan made his much-awaited India debut against England and was an instant hit.
Super Falcons Manager, Randy Waldrum, has resigned from the job citing need to take care of his ailing his wife.
Avinash Sable will be competing in the men's 3000m steeplechase event in the Diamond League Final in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday. For the athlete, it would be an opportunity to make up for a disappointing Olympics, wherein he finished at the 11th spot. The showpiece is spread over two days for the first time and the field features top athletes from all continents, including an unprecedented number of Olympic medal winners, who will be vying for the top honours in 32 disciplines. Notably, this will be his maiden appearance in the Diamond League season finale.
The much anticipated one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand had to be called off due to rains and wet outfield in Greater Noida. While the final three days of the game saw rain resulting in play being abandoned, the first couple of days were had clear skies but the wet outfield didn't allow even the toss to be held. It was the first time in India's history of hosting Test cricket that a Test match had to be abandoned without a single ball being bowled. But, such a result isn't as rare in world cricket.
After a long gap of 45 days, the Indian cricket team is set to return to action next week as they take on Bangladesh in the first Test of a two-match series in Chennai. Ahead of the series opener, the Rohit Sharma-led side assembled in Chennai on Friday, with head coach Gautam Gambhir leading a training session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The series will be Gambhir's first Test assignement since taking over as head coach from Rahul Dravid in July. Since making their Test debut in 1932, India have featured in 579 matches. While they have won and lost 178 games each, a total of 222 matches have witnessed a stalemate.
Ireland v Australia, Saturday 2.30pm, Kingspan Stadium
:Britain selected Switzerland on Friday as their opponents for the semi-finals of the America's Cup challenger series which begin this weekend, meaning Italy will face the United States.