After New Zealand and Spain played out a 2-2 draw earlier in the day, World No. 20, the lowest ranked side in the competition, France needed an outright win to qualify for the cross-overs and they came out with intent to achieve the goal.
Gujarat Titans leg-spinner Rashid Khan became only the second overseas spinner in the history of the Indian Premier League to attain the milestone of 100 wickets on Saturday. The Afghanistan spinner accomplished the feat when he snared his first victim during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders at D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
Spain and Japan have six points and will play each other on Monday for top spot in the group
The goal gave Argentina all three points and condemned their neighbors to a losing start to their Copa campaign.
Augsburg's victory lifted them out of the relegation zone into 15th place.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and fast bowler Jason Holder have achieved career-best rankings in bowling after helping the West Indies to a series-deciding 17-run victory in the fifth match against England in Bridgetown.
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.
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.
Deshorn Brown (23rd) scored in his first start for the Blues before goals by Rahul Bheke (25th) and Sunil Chhetri (61st) sealed the tie in favour of the home side.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
In terms of days, Dale Steyn has spent 2,320 days at the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, the most by any bowler since World War II.
Barcelona extended their LaLiga lead to eight points thanks to second-half goals by Jordi Alba, Gavi and Raphinha that gave them a 3-0 home win against Sevilla
Images from Day 1 of the second Test between India and Australia, at the Arun Jaitley stadium, in Delhi, on Friday.
Bayern edge closer to Bundesliga title after win at Arminia
A summary of Friday's action in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
India, who are also without three key players in Lalremsiami, Salima Tete and Sharmila Devi from the historic fourth-place finish in the Tokyo Olympics, had won the first match 2-1 on Friday. That win was the first against the Netherlands in over a decade.
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships on Friday.
Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud in the French Open final to win a men's record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Goals from Matti Steinmann (6th) and Anthony Pilkington (68th) secured the victory for SCEB
India remained third, while star batsman Virat Kohli maintained his second spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on Sunday.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand ended his campaign with a draw against Peter Svidler of Russia, while another Russian Sergey Karjakin emerged the new challenger for the next World Championship match after the conclusion of the Candidates chess tournament in Moscow.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
'My strength is to bowl wicket-to-wicket and not give batsmen room,' says the destroyer-in-chief of the England innings.
World champions Australia rallied from a two-goal deficit to prevail 4-3 over Olympic gold medallists Germany to bolster their position in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre.
Photos from matches played in the French Ligue 1 and Serie A matches played on Saturday
Mbappe becomes PSG's all-time highest goal-scorer as French champions extend lead
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A round-up of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
The Indian women's team will tour Sri Lanka from September 11 to 16 for the third round of the ICC Women's Championship, cricket's governing body announced on Monday.
Mohammed Shami led India's fight-back with a career-best five-wicket haul as India snapped nine wickets for 53 runs to dismiss South Africa for 177 and avoid a humiliating whitewash in the three-match series.
How sweet it is: Eubanks's climb up the ranks is 'icing on the cake'
Barcelona twice threw away the lead to draw 3-3 at Levante on Tuesday in a potentially fatal blow to their chances of winning the La Liga title.
Chelsea kept alive their remote Premier League title chances with a 2-0 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, set on their way by an exquisite strike from Hakim Ziyech which was quickly followed up by a Thiago Silva header.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
The 23-year-old Kazakh, whose previous best performance in a Grand Slam was reaching the quarter-final at the French Open last year, would like TO create history on the hallowed turf of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
The rhetoric that we are fed daily needs to be measured against performance and the facts. That is not happening, points out Aakar Patel.
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