Barty staved off a fightback from Collins to pick up her third Grand Slam title
Batting great Greg Chappell believes Australia can win the upcoming high-profile four-match Test series as India are "vulnerable" this time with injuries to key players like Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah.
From the 12th over onwards, Virat Kohli hit 67 from his last 29 balls, scoring at a strike rate in excess of 200 to take the match away from Pakistan's grasp in great style.
Dugout can really be at ease when he is batting: Rohit on Suryakumar
The fourth Test will be played from January 5-9 at the SCG, with Australia having retained the Ashes after winning the first three games.
South Africa remains one of the very few places where India have not won a Test series, and the Virat Kohli-led side is determined to end the wait this time around.
He was not part of the T20 scheme of things for past one year but Mohammed Shami was "always ready" in his mind because of the communication between him and the team management.
A struggling Indian team, severely depleted by a spate of on-field injuries and fitness-related problems, will be determined to avoid the ignominy of a clean sweep against Bangladesh in the final ODI of the three-match series.
Pakistan's pace bowling legend Wasim Akram believes One-Day Internationals become "run-of-the-mill" stuff and wants the administrators of the game to scrap the 50-overs format for good.
Rahul has scored only 22 runs in three games but the coach said that there is no chance of replacing him
Rohit Sharma's coach wants him to shed high-risk game
Indian cricket in 2022 was chaotic, to say the least and messy at most of the time both on and off the field.
I have no idea how that happened, lost for words, says Virat Kohli
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn capped a dazzling performance in the 100 metres hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal while Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump title in an action packed Monday morning at the Olympic Stadium
'He is at his best now, he is in the right frame of mind.' The tough times he has gone through will only make him a better player and a stronger personality.'
Shanaka has used only five bowlers of late but said he is ready to roll his arm over if the situation demands.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka, in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Serena Williams said on Sunday she will not compete at this week's Miami Open as the 23-times Grand Slam champion is recovering from oral surgery.
Jemimah Rodrigues's vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory
The Joy and Drama of Track and Field at the Olympics.
Rahane (207 batting) and Jaiswal (228) toyed with the North East bowling line-up
Rishabh Pant's disappointing outing against Zimbabwe isn't a cause of concern for head coach Rahul Dravid, who hinted that the flamboyant left-hander could start in the T20 World Cup semi-final against England at Adelaide on Thursday.
Australia's run-machine Marnus Labuschagne has displaced England captain Joe Root to claim the world's number one Test batter spot following a run of big scores in the ongoing Ashes series.
Stranger Things Season 4 is dedicatedly macabre and menacing, its deadly ambitions and volatile tempo keeps the mood edge-of-the-seat, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli thwarted Australia in a diligent partnership to push India to a position of strength and a 166-run lead at the close of day three of the first Test.
India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has accepted the fact that the sport will bring ups and downs.
American Justin Ress won gold in the 50m backstroke in dramatic circumstances at the World Championships in Budapest on Saturday after officials overturned his initial disqualification following a lengthy review.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday.
From Shabana Azmi in a video game inspired series to Ranveer Singh's miraculous transformation into Kapil Dev, OTT is loaded with goodies this week.
Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, nicknamed the 'Special Ks' as juniors, claimed their first major title
Sent in to bat on a grassy MCG pitch on Sunday, England were skittled for 185
Kyrgios and Kokkinakis were nicknamed the 'Special Ks' as juniors
Djokovic has never failed to win the tournament after making the semi-finals and he will be heavily favoured to claim a record-extending ninth title at his favourite Slam on Sunday.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Sukanya Verma had multiple migraines making sense of the utterly daft, warped and awful Ek Villain Returns.
Stars made their way to the Australian Open to cheer on Rafael Nadal.
Sachin Tendulkar faced six deliveries for raising funds for Bushfire charity
The Italian and Japanese battled shoulder-to-shoulder as the leading pair in the final 4km, but the Italian coped well with the pressure and accelerated in the final 300m to seal the gold medal.
Archer Kapil, who is part of the ongoing national camp at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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