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Anisimova outlasts Sabalenka, Swiatek fells Bencic to lock in Wimbledon final

* Anisimova battles past top-ranked Sabalenka in three sets* Swiatek continues to fly high on grass by crushing Bencic* Wimbledon to crown eighth consecutive first-time championLONDON: Amanda Anisimova tore up the script and soared into her maiden Wimbledon final by outclassing world number one Aryna Sabalenka with fierce determination and fearless shot-making on Thursday and will meet Iga Swiatek for a shot at Grand Slam glory.Anisimova’s 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory extended her record over her equally powerful rival to 6-3, and kept alive American dreams of a third women’s Grand Slam champion this year after Madison Keys won the Australian Open and Coco Gauff won the French Open.Standing in her way will be five-times major winner Swiatek, who continued her new-found love affair with grass this year to blaze into her first final at the All England Club with a breezy 6-2 6-0 demolition of Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.In Saturday’s final, Anisimova, 23, will look to become the first American to win Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2016.“This doesn’t feel real right now, honestly,” a beaming Anisimova said shortly after her big battle.“Aryna is such a tough competitor and I was absolutely dying out there. Yeah, I don’t know how I pulled it off.

Desert Vipers launch talent pathway program to develop UAE’s future cricket stars

DUBAI: The Dubai-based Desert Vipers cricket franchise have unveiled a talent pathway and development program aimed at identifying and nurturing the UAE’s most promising young players, it was announced on Thursday.

Tales of cricketing renaissance in Africa

Six weeks ago, I reported on a Test match between England and Zimbabwe played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Despite brave individual performances, Zimbabwe was beaten by an innings and 45 runs.

Kariman Abuljadayel becomes Al-Nassr’s first cross-country skier

JEDDAH: Saudi Olympian Kariman Abuljadayel has made history once again, this time by becoming the first cross-country skier to join Al-Nassr Club, the first Saudi sports club to officially add a winter sport to its roster.

LIV Golf announces partnership with HSBC

LONDON/NEW YORK: LIV Golf and HSBC have announced a partnership aimed at growing the game worldwide.

Shubman Gill, the ‘Prince’ who is now India’s new cricket king

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: India captain Shubman Gill continued to give fresh meaning to the phrase “leading from the front” with a stunning innings of 161 in the ongoing second Test against England at Edgbaston on Saturday. The 25-year-old’s second century of the match took his overall tally for the game to 430 runs, a figure bettered by India great Sachin Tendulkar, Test cricket’s all-time leading run-scorer, just three times in a series, let alone a match, during his celebrated career. Following his commanding 269 in the first innings, Gill also became the first batsman in 148 years of Test history to make score of 250 and 150 in the same match. All that came after Gill’s 147 in his first Test as captain, India’s five-wicket loss in last week’s series opener at Headingley. But beyond the statistics, it is the way Gill has played that has impressed seasoned observers. In the first innings at Edgbaston, he batted in near flawless-fashion for eight-and-a-half hours, with his offside driving standing comparison with cricket’s most elegant batsmen. But in the second innings, with quick runs required to set up a declaration, Gill made 161 off just 162 balls, including 13 fours and eight sixes. India are now well-placed given England, with seven wickets standing, still need a mammoth 536 more runs on Sunday’s final day to achieve what would be a Test record fourth-innings victory chase of 608. “Gill is outrageous,” England fast-bowling great Stuart Broad, well used to working out world-class batsmen during a career that yielded 604 Test wickets, told Sky Sports after Saturday’s close. “As a bowler, I’d be looking for technical things so I could expose him, but he’s not shown any obvious signs of dismissal and he’s played

England in Deep trouble after India captain Gill’s superb double century

BIRMINGHAM, UK: India captain Shubman Gill scored a superb maiden, record-breaking Test double-century before stand-in fast bowler Akash Deep took England in consecutive balls at Edgbaston on Thursday. Gill’s commanding 269 was the cornerstone of India’s first-innings 587 on the second day of the second Test. England were 77-3 at stumps — a huge deficit of 510 runs. Deep only played because India rested Jasprit Bumrah, the world’s top-ranked Test bowler who is only due to play in three games in this five-match series to minimize the effects of a back injury. The 28-year-old Deep conceded 12 runs in his first over, but his second was a double-wicket maiden that left England faltering at 13-2. He had Ben Duckett, fresh from a superb 149 in England’s five-wicket win in the first Test at Headingley, edging to third slip.

England v India test series trophy named after Tendulkar and Anderson

England and India will play for a new test series trophy named after cricket greats James Anderson and Sachin Tendulkar, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday.

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Anisimova outlasts Sabalenka, Swiatek fells Bencic to lock in Wimbledon final

Desert Vipers launch talent pathway program to develop UAE’s future cricket stars

Tales of cricketing renaissance in Africa

Kariman Abuljadayel becomes Al-Nassr’s first cross-country skier

LIV Golf announces partnership with HSBC

Shubman Gill, the ‘Prince’ who is now India’s new cricket king

England in Deep trouble after India captain Gill’s superb double century

England v India test series trophy named after Tendulkar and Anderson