Chennai Super Kings powered their way to a record-breaking 10th Indian Premier League final with a 15-run win over defending champion Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday. Gujarat will have another chance to meet Chennai in the final when they take on the winner of Wednesday's Eliminator between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants.
Juventus suffered a 4-1 defeat against Empoli in a Serie A match on Monday. This loss came in the wake of a recent ruling that penaliaed Juventus with a 10-point deduction due to their transfer activities, significantly diminishing their chances of qualifying for the Champions League.
There's a feel of a final before a final to this one. If ever there were two teams evenly matched on all fronts in the IPL, it's Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans.
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag believes that on the spin-friendly Chepauk track, Gujarat Titans will heavily depend on their star spinner Rashid Khan. Sehwag also termed Rashid as the trump card for the defending champions.
In a major career milestone, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Monday claimed world number one ranking in men's javelin for the first time ever. With a total of 1455 points, Neeraj became the new No.1 javelin thrower, surpassing the reigning world champion from Grenada, Anderson Peters, who held the second position with 1433 points. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points.
The race for IPL playoff spots will spill over to the final day of the league phase on Sunday with Royal Challengers Bangalore aiming for a berth when they take on table-toppers Gujarat Titans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here in the evening.
Defending champions Manchester City were on Saturday confirmed Premier League champions after second-placed Arsenal were beaten 0-1 away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal needed at least one point to stay mathematically alive in the title race but ended on the losing side against Forest. Arsenal's defeat ensured a fifth title in six seasons for the Pep Guardiola side.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said Aunshuman Gaekwad has given Indian cricket everything as a player, as a coach, as an administrator and as a selector.
Newcastle United registered a crushing 4-1 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion. With this win, Newcastle took a massive step towards clinching a top-four finish in the Premier League on Thursday.
In a remarkable display of skill, star batsman Virat Kohli achieved a magnificent century that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore into contention for the playoffs. Unfazed by criticism about his relatively lower strike rate in the IPL, Kohli expressed his indifference towards external opinions.
Chasemaster Virat Kohli fired his sixth ton, trumping Heinrich Klaasen's maiden IPL century as Royal Challengers Bangalore continued their strong march towards playoffs with a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a high-scoring thriller in Hyderabad. After a breathtaking 104 from Klaasen that lit up the Uppal Stadium, Kohli and Faf du Plessis put on their superhero capes as the duo made a mockery of the 187 chase.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli achieved a remarkable feat by equalling Chris Gayle's record for the most centuries in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.
After Rilee Rossouw's 82 not out guided DC to 213/2, Livingstone's 48-ball 94, which included 9 sixes, took Punjab close before they ended short at 198/8 in Dharamsala.
Young Ireland cricketer Harry Tector has made it to the top-10 in the latest ICC men's ODI batting rankings following his career-best 140 in the second match of the 50-over series against Bangladesh in Chelmsford.
Inter Milan reached their first Champions League final for 13 years as Lautaro Martinez's sole goal of the match gave them a 3-0 aggregate win against AC Milan on Tuesday.
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The MS Dhoni fever has reached Delhi and it is certainly going to raise the temperature in the peak-summer afternoon match against Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
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