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T20 World Cup: Clinical Afghanistan rout Scotland by 130 runs
Afghanistan produced a dominating display of power-hitting before Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped apart the rival batting line-up with his five-wicket haul as the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup on Monday.
Rohit Mor wins, Sanjeet gets bye in world boxing championship
Debutant Rohit Mor (57kg) gave India a winning start after Asian champion Sanjeet (92kg) received a first-round bye, along with one other boxer from country, as record participation presented an expectedly strong field across weight categories at AIBA World C'ships.
T20 WC: Scan done, Hardik Pandya fit to go for New Zealand game
In what comes as good news for Team India ahead of the next game against New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup, all-rounder Hardik Pandya is fit for the match after hurting his shoulder in the opening encounter against Pakistan on Sunday.
Harsin still mum on vax status as mandate looms
With Auburn last week mandating a Dec. 8 deadline for all university employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, head coach Bryan Harsin on Monday again declined to divulge whether or not he had received the vaccine or planned to receive it.
Team's valuation would be a multiple of a few times over 10 years: Goenka
City-based billionaire Sanjiv Goenka, who bought the Lucknow franchise for a whopping Rs 7,090 crore during the IPL bidding in Dubai on Monday, said the team's valuation "would be a multiple of a few times" over the next 10 years.
IPL 2022 to have 74 matches, each team to play 7 home, 7 away games
The Governing Council of the IPL had issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to acquire the right to own and operate two new franchises. Pursuant to the tender process, various interested parties submitted their bids for the new franchises. The bids were submitted by the authorised representatives of the interested parties in Dubai on Monday.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes a dig at India over T20 WC victory
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday highlighted the need for improving ties with India, but cheekily said that after his country's victory against the latter in the T20 World Cup it was "not a good time" for such a conversation, according to a media report.
In my lifetime I wanted to see Pakistan beat India in World Cup: Akram
Fast-bowling great Wasim Akram is delighted to see Pakistan end India's winning run against them in the World Cup in his lifetime but wants the team to forget the landmark triumph and focus on the task ahead.
IPL: RPSG, CVC make winning bids for Lucknow and Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new members of the Indian Premier League (IPL) family as it will now be a ten-team affair from the next season. The bidding took place at the Taj Hotel in Dubai on Monday and it is the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) (Lucknow) and CVC Capital Partners (Ahmedabad) who will join the cash-rich league as the new owners.
World top-15 players Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to lead Canada at Davis Cup
Sports/Tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will lead Canada at the upcoming Davis Cup Finals international tennis tournament. They join Vasek Pospisil as returning players from the team that advanced to the final tie of the 2019 event before losing to host Spain.
