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MONTREAL: Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was promoted to the front row of the Canadian Grand Prix starting grid on Saturday (Jun 17) after Haas's Nico Hulkenberg collected a three-place penalty for an infringement in qualifying and dropped to fifth.
England player Moeen Ali has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for "spaying a drying agent" on his bowling hand on day two of the opening Ashes Test against Australia. "Ali was found to have breached Article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game," said the ICC in a statement. In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Ali's disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period.
Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not find a place in the Indian team for the all-important World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia. As a result, the Indian team paid the price as Australia posted a strong first innings total, before restricting India to low scores in both innings to clinch the title. Several current and former cricketers had questioned the team's decision to drop Ashwin, calling it a blunder.
On this day in 1983, legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev put on a historic performance by playing a magnificent knock of 175* runs against Zimbabwe in a must-win 1983 World Cup. It was one of the most prolific knocks of Kapil Dev, however, there is no footage of that game available as BBC covered other matches in the list of fixtures, considering India's past performance in the World Cup. Team India was headed to the match against Zimbabwe after defeating West Indies in their first match, ending their eight-year-long unbeaten run in the cricketing marquee event. Momentum was on their side.
Ireland's team at the Special Olympics joined competitors from around the world as the Games were officially opened in Berlin last night.
Dramatic thunderstorms rolled in overnight, with Greater Manchester residents being woken up with 2am flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder.
Australia batter Steve Smith's funny leave on the bowling of Stuart Broad has sparked meme fest on Twitter. Broad was breathing fire in the first session of the ongoing first Ashes Test on Saturday. England didn't have a good start on Day 2 but Broad later dismissed set batter David Warner and newcomer Marnus Labuchagne on consecutive deliveries to put his side on top. Steve Smith came in at number 4 and got the tough task to steady the Australian ship. However, before that he had to stop Broad from taking a hat-trick.
The seven African leaders — the presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda - say they're trying to help end the nearly 16-month-old war.