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'Doesn’t waste people': Baron Corbin lauds Triple H's style of management

Vince McMahon as the head of WWE creative, Triple H has made quite a few changes including bringing back the former superstars.The Game, who took over WWE creative in July has brought new energy and life according to Baron Corbin. The former United States Champion Corbin lauded Triple H's style of management but admitted that he his still getting used to the changes. "The show has gotten new energy, new life, and for me being on Monday nights, I’m still adjusting and being on the new schedule, getting into the roster and digging into who we can work with and who we want to beat up and who has the most punchable face, besides me. It’s fun, it’s nice, we’re not rushing anything," said Corbin.

India's lower-order batters will make difference in Test series: Australia coach McDonald

Andrew McDonald believes India's strong lower-order batting, comprising Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel among others, will be the "differentiator" in the three remaining Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Jadeja and Patel played a pivotal role with the bat in the first innings, slamming 70 and 84 respectively, as India amassed 400 runs in response to the visiting team's total of 177.That, along with Rohit Sharma's century and sterling bowling performances from Jadeja and Ashwin, helped the hosts thrash Australia by an innings and 132 runs inside three days at Nagpur to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.The two teams will play the second Test in New Delhi from February 17, and McDonald said India's lower-order batters will challenge his side.

NFL's QB shuffle puts premium on offensive, defensive plans

Tennessee quarterbacks coach Pat O'Hara called six-year journeyman Joshua Dobbs hours after a loss on Christmas Eve, asking him to come to the team headquarters on Christmas Day.Though he had signed just four days earlier, the Titans decided to turn the offense over to Dobbs and coach Mike Vrabel insisted the game plan would remain the same.Well, it really didn't. It couldn't.Dobbs was just one of many quarterbacks thrown into the heat of battle due to a rash of injuries at the league's premier position, making devising a game plan even more challenging. Those offensive schemes are tailored around the projected starter with opponents plotting to derail those plans.

Sania Mirza and partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands crash out of Abu Dhabi Open

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a straight-set defeat against the pair of Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegemund in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open here.The Sania-Bethanie duo lost 3-6, 4-6 to their Belgian-German opponents in the match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes Monday night to make an early exit from the tournament.Sania, a six-time Grand Slam winner, is set to retire from professional tennis after playing in the Dubai Tennis Championships beginning February 19.Last month, Sania and Rohan Bopanna had finished runners-up in the mixed doubles in the Australian Open in Melbourne as they lost to Brazilians Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos in the final.

DC IPL 2023 team squad complete list

Here is the full list of players bought by DC at the auction in Kochi on Friday.Bought: Mukesh Kumar (Rs 5.5 crore), Rilee Rossouw (Rs 4.6 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 2.4 crore), Ishant Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Phil Salt (Rs 2 crore)

Leander Paes laments state of Indian Davis Cup, says will take a decade to lift standard

Davis Cup World Group 2 added more woes to the condition.India suffered a 2-3 loss to Denmark in their away fixture earlier this month to get relegated to World Group 2 for the first time.Voicing his concern on the current state of Indian tennis, icon Leander Paes believes it will take a "better half of a decade" to lift the standard."I feel like it's going to take a few years, until the Davis Cup team has some serious talent in it," said the player with a record 45 doubles victories in Davis Cup.

Hockey World Cup: Post debacle, it's time to fix accountability

India hockey coach Graham Reid quits after poor World Cup show; analytical coach Clark, scientific adviser Pemberton resign tooBHUBANESWAR: Hiring and firing coaches is nothing new. In fact, that's the only constant in Indian hockey. Less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the FIH World Cup, Indian hockey's off-field magnum opus began on Monday with the 'resignation' of chief coach Graham Reid and his team including analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell David Pemberton. This curtails their contract which is until the 2024 Paris Olympics.Hockey India has said that they will serve a three-month notice period, which probably gives the former time to work out the new coaching team. That said, this knee-jerk reaction leaves the team in the lurch, especially with eight months to go for the Asian Games. While the cracks in the Indian think-tank started to appear last year, the cookie crumbled following the hosts' ninth-place finish at the World Cup.

WPL Auction 2023 Players List: Who got whom

It was a two-way battle between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore for Mandhana where the latter eventually outbid the Mumbai-based franchise. Mandhana's base price was Rs 50 lakh.WPL AUCTION LIVE UPDATESIndia's T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur became Mumbai's first buy of the day as she was bought for Rs 1.8 crore.

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'Doesn’t waste people': Baron Corbin lauds Triple H's style of management

India's lower-order batters will make difference in Test series: Australia coach McDonald

NFL's QB shuffle puts premium on offensive, defensive plans

Sania Mirza and partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands crash out of Abu Dhabi Open

DC IPL 2023 team squad complete list

Leander Paes laments state of Indian Davis Cup, says will take a decade to lift standard

Hockey World Cup: Post debacle, it's time to fix accountability

WPL Auction 2023 Players List: Who got whom