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National Games: Pole vaulter Rosy breaks national record; Aldrin beats Sreeshankar for long jump gold

The 24-year-old Rosy cleared 4.20m to go past VS Surekha's earlier national mark of 4.15m set in 2014. Her two Tamil Nadu team-mates, Pavitha Vengatesh and Baranica Elangovan were distance second and third with efforts of 4m and 3.90m respectively. In men's long jump, Jeswin Aldrin of Tamil Nadu beat Commonwealth Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar of Kerala for the gold in a high-quality competition to qualify for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

India vs South Africa: Rain threat looms over sell-out 2nd T20I; arrangements in place, say organisers

Enthusiasm has been high among people in the run up to the match, with all tickets being all sold out for the first international cricket game since the COVID-19 pandemic.

'He deserves it': Teenage Bellingham named Dortmund captain

Borussia Dortmund's 19-year-old English midfielder Jude Bellingham has been named captain for the first time ahead of his side's away Bundesliga clash with Cologne on Saturday. Bellingham, who was added to the Dortmund leadership group in the summer alongside Marco Reus and Mats Hummels, was given the captain's armband after Hummels was ruled out due to illness.

Won't go deep into medical reports, will wait for official confirmation: Rahul Dravid on Jasprit Bumrah

Rahul Dravid on Saturday said he won't go deep into his medical reports and will wait for an official confirmation regarding his availability for the showpiece in Australia. India suffered a big setback when their pace spearhead Bumrah was ruled out of their final preparatory series against South Africa due to stress fracture in his lower back. "We are awaiting the official confirmation on the next steps. As of now, he's officially ruled out of this (SA) series. But we will see what happens over the next few days," Dravid told reporters on the eve of the second T20I against South Africa.

Irani Trophy: Mukesh swings, Sarfaraz sizzles as Rest of India take control

At stumps, Sarfaraz's unbeaten 125 off 126 balls took Rest of India to 205 for 3 after Mukesh's swing and scorching pace from young guns Kuldeep Sen (3/41) and Umran Malik (3/25) demolished the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy Champions for a meagre 98 in 24.5 overs. In the presence of chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma and his colleague Sunil Joshi, Sarfaraz gave an exhibition of his wide array of strokes that included 19 boundaries and three sixes. Coming in when the Rest were tottering at 18 for 3, in the post lunch session, Sarfaraz played one of his most counter punching knocks to take the stuffing out of Saurashtra attack while adding 185 for the unbroken fourth wicket stand with Hanuma Vihari (62 batting off 145 balls).

A T20 coach should be like a football manager: John Buchanan

John Buchanan has overseen an era of Australian cricket that dominated world cricket like very few teams have. As a coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders in formative years of IPL, he has seen the transition of cricket. Now, he is back as a coach in the Legends League Cricket.

Abhimanyu Easwaran to lead Bengal in Syed Mushtaq Ali

The 19-member squad did not feature veteran Manoj Tiwary and Anushtup Majumder, who have decided to focus more on red-ball games this season. The duo, however, might play the Vijay Hazare Trophy (50-over) meet scheduled after the shortest format games next month.

Advani, Laxman among six Indians to qualify for knockout stage of World Men 6-Red Snooker Championship

Pankaj Advani and defending champion Laxman Rawat were among the six Indians to qualify for the knockout stage of the World 6-Red Snooker Championship. Besides Advani and Laxman, Dhvaj Haria, Kamal Chawla and S Shrikrishna have also made it to the last 32. Advani won all the four group stage matches with a scoreline 4-0, 4-1, 4-1, 4-2 and secured top position in his group.

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National Games: Pole vaulter Rosy breaks national record; Aldrin beats Sreeshankar for long jump gold

India vs South Africa: Rain threat looms over sell-out 2nd T20I; arrangements in place, say organisers

'He deserves it': Teenage Bellingham named Dortmund captain

Won't go deep into medical reports, will wait for official confirmation: Rahul Dravid on Jasprit Bumrah

Irani Trophy: Mukesh swings, Sarfaraz sizzles as Rest of India take control

A T20 coach should be like a football manager: John Buchanan

Abhimanyu Easwaran to lead Bengal in Syed Mushtaq Ali

Advani, Laxman among six Indians to qualify for knockout stage of World Men 6-Red Snooker Championship