Sydney McLaughlin broke the women's 400 metres hurdles world record with a time of 51.90 seconds in the final of the US Olympic athletics trials on Sunday.
With his four-wicket tally in the WTC final, Ashwin surpassed Australian pacer Pat Cummins who had 70 wickets to his name from 14 Tests
A summary of Thursday's matches in the Europa League.
Australian captain Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon visited Wingello, a town of about 500 people in hard-hit New South Wales, on Wednesday, days after it was devastated by the flames.
Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has urged the International Cricket Council to review its existing 15-degree arm/elbow extension law for bowlers.
Former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed feels the categorisation of Test and limited overs spinners is the need of the hour. According to Mushtaq, skill-wise, Lyon and Ashwin are on par with greats like Saqlain Mushtaq and Muttiah Muralitharan but not best suited for the one-day game.
Cricket Australia's new CEO, Nick Hockley and Todd Greenberg, the CEO of the Australian Cricketers' Association will also make an appearance.
'Ultimately, this shows what happens if you do a piecemeal investigation and leave questions unanswered. It will keep biting you on the backside and does not do anyone any good.'
The Australian captain also said that Bancroft's comments won't be held against him during future team selections.
Nathan Lyon took 5-68 as a dominant Australia dismissed New Zealand for 251 before the home batsmen took over to extend their lead to 243 by the close of play on the third day of the third and final Test in Sydney on Sunday. Already 2-0 down in the series after thumping defeats in Perth and Melbourne, New Zealand have been ravaged by illness and injury and now face a huge battle to avoid a third heavy loss before they head home. Images from Day 3 of the third Test in Sydney on Sunday.
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc clarified that they had no knowledge that a foreign substance was being applied on the ball.
The trio of Bancroft, Smith and Warner were banned for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.
Images from soccer matches played across different leagues in Europe on Sunday
Chappell cites Joel Garner while telling Manjrekar that Ashwin is among the best right now
Australia maintained their perfect record against the south Asians on home soil and continued their recent good form in Tests since retaining the Ashes in England.
With each passing year questions are inevitably asked about whether Nadal's vice-like hold on the French Open will be loosened. Each time, the answer has been an emphatic NO.
Penpix of the top men's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday:
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Murray to practise with Djokovic in Rome before return from injury.
Images from Day 5 of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia, at Edgbaston, on Monday.
Clarke said their statement finds no mention of the incident's chief protagonist, Cameron Bancroft
What the media said after Australia breached 'fort' Edgbaston to take a 1-0 lead in the Ashes Test series
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
A first-half double from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid cruise to a 3-0 victory away to Cadiz that moved them top of La Liga.
'Betrayed by Ronaldo'
She has never defended a Grand Slam title before and that has made Sofia Kenin edgy.
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc along with spinner Nathan Lyon played all four Tests against India. While Cummins and Hazlewood starred with the ball, Starc and Lyon had to toil hard for wickets.
Shubman Gill opened the innings for KKR in last year's IPL but he is ready to play any role this season as per his team's needs.
Rahane also pointed how the coach's contribution was the key to the team's success.
Promoted to No. 5, Pant played aggressively from the outset, and held his nerve to hit the winning runs as India reached 329 for 7. His knock included nine fours and a six as he stuck to his natural game in the high-pressure closing stages.
'After Adelaide we didn't discuss about what happened, we just wanted to play our game, show a good attitude, show good character on the field.'
Thakur, Sundar talk us through their record-breaking partnership.
Having finally bowled India out for 336, Australia finished Day 3 on 21 for no loss, an overall lead of 54 runs in the final match of a see-saw series which remains level at 1-1.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar came down heavily on India opener Rohit Sharma for throwing his wicket away with a reckless shot, on Day 2 of the fourth and final Test against Australia, in Brisbane, on Saturday.
Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
Labuschagne said Australia were expecting a little more help from the fifth day pitch but credited India for hanging on for a remarkable draw.
'There's no way in the world he was trying to change Rishabh Pant's guard.'
Ashwin responded to Prithi's tweet by saying that it brought him to tears and thanked her for being there with him.
Paine admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by David Boon
Langer feels that spinner Nathan Lyon will have a role to play on the final day of the Pink Test as the wicket will support spin on Monday.
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