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Nicholas Pooran, who had captained both white-ball teams, stepped down in November after West Indies' first-round exit from the T20 World Cup in Australia.The new captains will begin their tenures next month in the limited-overs leg of their South Africa tour, which also features two Tests.Kraigg Brathwaite remains captain of the Test side.
Karim Benzema scored two penalties as Real Madrid cruised to a 4-0 win over Elche on Wednesday. With this win, Madrid have cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight points.Madrid were without winger Vinicius Junior, suspended, while Eder Militao returned after injury, forcing Antonio Rudiger to drop to the bench.Bottom of the table visitors Elche, with only one win all season, were ideal opponents for Madrid to face to resume their league campaign against.Pablo Machin's side offered the hosts a guard of honour before the game and it only got more comfortable for Los Blancos from there.
Mohammad Azharuddin on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to appoint a one-man committee to oversee the election process in the cricket body. “The court has taken the right decision by appointing Justice (retd) L Nageswara Rao as it will be good for HCA. But I cannot understand why these people (opponents) are happy? I have done nothing wrong. In fact, these people should now be worried. They will be under scrutiny as they are the ones facing corruption charges,” Azhar told ToI. Stung by the remarks against him, Azhar hit back at former HCA office-bearers N Shivlal Yadav, Arshad Ayub, G Vinod, and K John Manoj, among others. “What they have done all these years everyone knows. Shivlal, Arshad and Vinod cannot come into the association or the board as they have finished their terms. What have these people done for Hyderabad cricket? Am I involved in the ACB cases? Have I done anything wrong in the association? I have only tried my best to clear up the mess created by these gentlemen,” he said. “The only thing Shivlal has done is to build the stadium but it is still not complete. I had to correct so many things to ensure that we got international matches. If I were not there, we would not have any matches. I have used my personal goodwill and got the games to Hyderabad. In fact, we got two matches in four months. The board is giving money to the association, just because of me. If I speak to the board officials, HCA will not get any matches,” he said and added, “The board will not release funds if they are not satisfied with the accounts.”
Talking about his match strategy, Nicolas later said: “Tseng is very good at counter punching, so it was important for me to be aggressive but at the right moments. He’s very intelligent on court. I’m just very happy to have gotten a win against someone who has been a top-100 player.”Sriram-Jeevan, NagalMukund through to QFsThe Indian doubles pairs of N Sriram Balaji-Jeevan Neduncheziyan and Sumit Nagal-Mukund Sasikumar were through to the quarterfinals after winning their round of 16 matches.
DOHA: Jessica Pegula, the WTA No. 4 in singles and doubles, spent long hours on her keyboard in January, writing about her mother Kim, who suffered a cardiac arrest which resulted in a brain injury. The 28-year-old sketched the stress and strain her family weathered in the last 8-months in an essay for The Players’ Tribune titled ‘I Want To Talk To You About My Mom’. On the sidelines of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, Pegula said that while she doesn’t journal regularly, she finds the process therapeutic. Pegula, who finished 2022 as the highest ranked American at a career-best No.3 in singles, is a stately force in the women’s game. Her parents – Terrence (billionaire businessman and petroleum engineer) and Kim – are principal owners of the NFL side Buffalo Bills and National Hockey League team
Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 1-0 win against Chelsea in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday. Adeyemi's 63rd-minute goal stretched Dortmund's winning run to seven matches in all competitions this year.Germany international Adeyemi sprinted more than 60 metres and slotted home against the run of play to give his team the advantage going into the return leg in London on March 7.Big-spending Chelsea's efficiency in front of goal has been an issue for the Premier League club this season with only one win in 2023, and it was evident again.They missed a number of good chances, including hitting the woodwork through Joao Felix but failed to find an equaliser with Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel denying Enzo Fernandez in stoppage- time.
The left-hander propelled Pakistan to a total of 165 for five after they were sent in to bat by Ireland. In reply, Ireland were bowled out for 95. Nashra Sandhu claimed career-best figures of four for 18 to hand Pakistan a resounding win .The slightly-built Muneeba had not previously scored a half-century in 44 T20 internationals although she made a one-day international hundred against the same opponents in Lahore last November.Muneeba and veteran Nida Dar (33) shared a third-wicket partnership of 101.
Maheesh Pithiya, an Indian spinner with an action similar to Ashwin's, in the nets, but that didn't work as such for them either.Australia lost the match by a huge margin - an innings and 132 runs - with Indian spinners taking 16 out of 20 Australian wickets in the match. Ashwin picked up three wickets in the first innings and then claimed a five-for in the second and took his overall tally to 457 wickets in Tests.