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Hobart (Australia) – Fast-rising American Emma Navarro upset two-time champion Elise Mertens to secure her first WTA title on Saturday with a battling 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win at the Hobart International. In their first career meeting, the 22-year-old outlasted the Belgian top seed over a gruelling 2 hours 48 minutes to write another chapter in her burgeoning career. This time last year, Navarro was ranked 149 but has since soared to a career-high 31, having also reached the semi-finals in Auckland this month. She is 8-1 this season heading into…

WASHINGTON  – Kate Douglass clocked an American record of 2min 19.30sec to win the women’s 200m breaststroke on Saturday as the Pro Swim series meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, concluded. Douglass, who won 200m medley gold at last year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, erased the previous American record of 2:19.59 set by Rebecca Soni in winning Olympic gold in 2012. Douglass sliced 1.92sec off her personal best as she became the fourth-fastest performer ever in the event. Russian Evgeniia Chikunova tops that list with the world record of 2:17.55 set last…

The third and final Test match of the three-match series between Australia and Pakistan will start from Wednesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Australian captain Pat Cummins has announced his playing 11 for the third Test a day before. Pat Cummins said that in Sydney, Australia will play with the same playing 11 that won the Boxing-Day Test in Melbourne. This clearly means that the Australian team has not made any changes in its playing 11. This announcement made it clear that Scott Boland will be retained in the playing 11 and no…

The last match of the three-match ODI series between India and Australia women’s teams is being played on Tuesday (January 2). Both the teams are facing each other at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Australia captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and decided to bat first. Australia’s batting has started. Openers Phoebe Litchfield and Alyssa Healy are at the crease. The Kangaroo team has achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series after winning the first two matches. The Indian team is eyeing to end the series with a win. Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur made one…

The Indian team is starting its first match of the year 2024 from tomorrow (January 3). They will face South Africa in Cape Town. The Indian team would like to win this last match of the two-match Test series at any cost. After losing the first match, it needs a win in the Cape Town Test to draw this series. Will the Indian team be able to do this?  This match will be played between India and South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town. Team India’s record here has been very bad. The Indian team has so…

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has clarified that his plan is to spend more time with the Indian Army after retirement. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to play his last IPL season in 2024. Last season, he led Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title by defeating Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With this, Chennai Super Kings have reached Mumbai Indians’ record of the most IPL achievements. Dhoni holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the 106 Para TA Battalion…

MADRID  – Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino scored in each half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Lazio on Wednesday that secured them top spot in Champions League Group E, the first time since 2016 that they had reached the knockouts as group winners. A year after being knocked out of the competition in the group stage, Diego Simeone’s side went into the last matchday unbeaten and sure of a place in the last 16, but they needed at least a point against the Italian team to finish…

Choosing the playing eleven in view of the first T20 International match against South Africa is going to be a big headache for Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar Yadav will captain India in the three-match T20 International series against South Africa. Recently, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India did a great job and won the five-match T20 International series against Australia by 4-1. Team India now wants to repeat the same feat in the T20 International series against South Africa. The first match of the 3-match T20 series between India and South Africa…

Australia’s legendary opening batsman David Warner spoke openly on his former teammate Mitchell Johnson’s column before the Test series against Pakistan. Johnson wrote in his column for The West Australian, ‘As we prepare for David Warner’s farewell series, can anyone tell me why? Why has the struggling Test opener got a chance to decide his own retirement date? And why is a player who has been involved in one of the biggest scandals in Australian cricket history getting a hero’s farewell and why should he? Warner hit back As Australian captain Pat Cummins…

India has entered the final of World Cup 2023. India registered a memorable win in the semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. India defeated the Kiwi team by 70 runs. Rohit Brigade scored a huge score of 397/4 after winning the toss. In reply, New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 327 runs in 48.5 overs. While veteran Virat Kohli scored a historic century, fast pacer Mohammed Shami bowled a killer bowler. Let us take a look at the five heroes of Team India’s victory.…