India opener Mayank Agarwal and New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel have made huge progress in the ICC Test Player Rankings after outstanding performances in the second Test of their ICC World Test Championship series in Mumbai.
Vice-captain Sanjay scored a brilliant hat-trick but it was not enough as defending champions India were stunned by unfancied France in their opening Pool B match of the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup, in Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday.
Veteran all-rounder Hafeez, playing in his first Test since 2016 and his 51st overall, frustrated Australia en route to his 10th century before being trapped in front of the wicket for 126 by pace bowler Peter Siddle in the final session.
Nadal has a habit of truly coming into his own at Roland Garros, as his 100-2 win-loss record testifies.
The winner will be named on August 26, along with UEFA's women's player of the year and Champions League positional award winners, at the Champions League group stage draw in Istanbul.
Danny Ellis leads the field after the penultimate round in the six-day Final Qualifying Stage of the US PGA Tour.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray at the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing in the first round with his first hardcourt win of the season.
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, on a comeback trail from injury, began her campaign in the tournament with a 7-5. 6-2 win over Joanne Zuger of Switzerland. She was joined in the second round by compatriot and seventh-seed Rebecca Marino.
Sandeep finishes 23rd, Irfan and Rahul 47th and 51st
Bayern Munich conceded a stoppage-time equaliser through VfB Stuttgart striker Serhou Guirassy from the penalty spot for a 2-2 on Saturday, the champions' third consecutive Bundesliga draw.
A round-up of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Chelsea reached the Champions League quarter-finals as a first-half goal from Raheem Sterling and a controversial penalty by Kai Havertz overturned a first-leg deficit.
RoundGlass Punjab FC scripted history on Saturday as they clinched the I-League title with a game to spare.
Jugraj made his International debut against France during the FIH Hockey Pro League matches in South Africa
Ancelotti replaces Zinedine Zidane, who left Real last month.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday night.
In the two years that President Pranab Mukherjee has spent so far at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the country's first citizen has shown a marked preference for playing the gracious host over being a travelling head of state.
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Vaishali, sister of the Indian chess prodigy and GM R Praggnanandhaa, scored impressive victories over Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) and Russia's Valentina Gunina on the opening day of the Blitz championship.
India captain Virat Kohli retained his top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped a place to fourth position.
Verma, who had regained the top position last week, garnered 26 rating points for her knock in the final
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has surpassed India's Virat Kohli in becoming the world No.1 T20I batter for the longest period of time after he maintained his top spot in the latest ICC T20 batting rankings.
Hamilton said he only realised the significance of what he had done when he came into the pitlane after taking the chequered flag.
Saudi Arabia's 2-1 victory over Argentina is rated the biggest shock in World Cup history.
Images from the Euro 2024 qualifying matches on Friday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Nations League matches played on Sunday.
New Zealand were bowled out for 249 in the first session but Sri Lanka struggled to get going during Patel's spells and finished on 227-7, trailing by 22 runs.
India had topped the five-team league standings with three wins and one draw
Rafael Nadal is the oldest title winner in the history of the clay-court tournament.
Title contenders Germany and Nigeria on Monday qualified for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup from Group B with wins over New Zealand and Chile respectively.
The times at the Istanbul Park circuit, hosting a Formula One race for the first time since 2011, were largely meaningless.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Playing at the Parc des Princes against the team who denied them the title last year was the perfect occasion for PSG, owned by big-spenders Qatar Sports Investments since 2011, to wrap up their fifth title in the Qatari era.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton, who started on pole position in Sochi hoping for a 91st Formula One victory to equal Ferrari great Michael Schumacher's all-time record, finished third behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
New Zealand pace spearheads exploited a tricky Basin Reserve wicket to bowl India out for under 200 twice with Jamieson's height and delivery angle providing plenty of problems.
Registering a jump of 10 places in the rankings, Uttar Pradesh occupied the second position in 2019 as against 12th in 2018.
India's lone goal came from the sticks of Dilpreet Singh in the 34th minute.
India's men's hockey team slumped to its second defeat in the FIH Pro League, beaten 3-5 by Spain in the second match of their two-legged tie, at the Kalinga stadium, in Bhubaneswar, on Sunday.
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