Hazlewood makes the cut as Australia confirm WTC final squad
England batted with positive intent to take control of the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Saturday, moving on to 389-9 at the close on the third day with a 377-run lead over Australia.
Sinner is most likely to upset the applecart after the Italian's run to the Canadian Open title this month
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar return moist-eyed, elevated, after spending an evening with clowns and derring-do stunt artistes at Rambo Circus.
While Australia are prepared for a trial by spin in India they fully recognise the threat reverse swing may pose in the four-Test series starting next week, wicketkeeper Alex Carey said on Friday.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club Championships.
Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben Stokes and Head coach Brendon McCullum are leading the English Test team.
MCC "unreservedly apologised" to the Australian team after its few members allegedly abused several visiting players in the Lord's Long Room following Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz is the new big thing in men's tennis but says Novak Djokovic remains the favourite.
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
Manchester United's miserable season continued with a 3-2 home defeat by Galatasaray.
Bezzecchi came out with flying colours registering the best time to grab his third pole of the season.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Max Verstappen took his fifth pole position in a row at the British Grand Prix.
It's the first yellow card issued by a lady referee in the men's World Cup -- Stephanie Frappart is the umpire; Costa Rica's Oscar Duarte is the player -- and it all happened in the 76th minute of the match against Germany.
Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg.
Ahead of the final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey is hoping to get some runs under his belt with the sweep shot.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI between India and Australia played in Rajkot on Wednesday
City fans were in dreamland after their side finally lifted the Champions League trophy
MCC suspends 3 members after Lord's Long Room incident with Australian players
'A few of them throwing out some pretty big allegations and I just called them up on it and they kept going.'
Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted his team had endured an uncomfortable time before winning the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's.
'Kuhnemann put his hand up straight away and did a fantastic job'
The panel said in its verdict on Friday that it found the charge against him was not proved.
Every player in this team is hungry for success: Babar Azam
The game on Friday had enough positives for India, mainly the performance of Mohammad Shami and Suryakumar Yadav, but few questions still need to be answered ahead of the World Cup, beginning October 5.
Images from Day 5 of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.
Australia led England by 12 runs at the end of a tense and fluctuating second day to leave the final Ashes Test at The Oval on a knife-edge on Friday.
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
Novak Djokovic said any questions over whether he has genuinely been struggling with a hamstring injury at the Australian Open only give him extra strength and motivation.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen's Club Championships with a straight sets victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
South Korea scored an added time goal to beat already-qualified Portugal 2-1 at the World Cup in a comeback win that sent the Asian side into the last 16 ahead of Uruguay on the number of goals scored.
England will be eyeing their second T20 World Cup after a long wait of 12 years.
Alex Yee gave England a golden start to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Friday, staging a dramatic late charge to win the men's sprint triathlon.
England's white ball captain Jos Buttler said he doesn't want to condemn the players who are opting out of national commitments for T20 leagues as he understands their predicament as well.
Only two batters have managed to achieve this unique record before him.
The match is delicately poised after a see-saw battle on Monday with Australia on 107-3 in their second innings chasing a victory target of 281 to take a series lead.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Saturday.
Images from the third ODI between India and Australia in Chennai on Wednesday.
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