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David Warner to be sentenced on August 18 for middle range drunk driving

The Indian trio of Aryaveer Dewan, Yusha Nafees and Gurveer Singh advanced to the men's singles third round on the opening day of the competition on July 20

Devika, the Thailand Open Super 300 champion, rallied after dropping the opening game but could not sustain the momentum, losing 19-21, 21-19, 13-21 to World No. 20 Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the women's singles opening round

Chauhan and Ojha added 155 runs for a solid fourth wicket stand that spread across the two match days after which India found themselves ahead by 289 runs

Evenepoel completed the 26.1-kilometer individual time trial in 32 minutes, 19 seconds, more than a minute faster than Mattias Skjelmose, the previous quickest, before the Belgian rider waited to see Pogacar cross the line with the second-best effort of the day

I'll also hold on to all the good memories, Messi wrote in Spanish on Instagram, alongside a photo of himself wearing his loser's medal following the world champions' extra-time loss to Spain

Video replays showed several players involved in a scuffle, including Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes. He appeared to shove Spain's Eric Garcia by the throat. When Spain substitute Gavi jumped in to intervene, Paredes pushed him to the ground

After clinching the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship in 2008 and 2012 with the philosophy of tiki-taka, La Roja suffered a decline in successive global events from 2014 to 2022. Under coach Luis de la Fuente, the Spaniards have added more fluidity to their possession-based approach and reaped the ultimate reward of a second World Cup triumph

Arjun loses to compatriot Nihal; Firouzja regains sole lead after a stalemate with Abdusattorov; Niemann and Andreikin split the point

England has won only three of its last nine bilateral ODI series, and two of those have come this year

The Spanish captain, who led La Roja to their second world crown, couldve easily been overlooked for the Golden Ball honours for the glamorous numbers of Messi (eight goals & four assists) or Mbappe (10 & four)

Spains World Cup-winning team received a heros welcome in Madrid, with an estimated 1.8 million fans celebrating the historic triumph. The victory over Argentina secured Spains first mens World Cup title since 2010, making it the first nation to simultaneously hold both the mens and womens FIFA World Cup titles.

By the time Rodri lifted the trophy after the 1-0 victory over Argentina, Spain had beaten Portugal, Belgium, France and the defending champion in successive knockout rounds

The quadrennial showpiece captured the imagination of the Americans in an extraordinary summer; the leading players largely lived up to expectations in the expanded edition; there were moments when it resembled the beautiful game was taken over by the US

Once the league concludes over the weekend, Sathiyan will head straight to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship (CTTC), Indias final major assignment before the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya

Spain passed, pressed and controlled the final. These eight graphics trace how their dominance in possession, territory and chance creation prevented Argentina from mounting a meaningful attack until the closing stages of extra time

It is hard to fully appreciate our achievement right now, but this group reached two consecutive World Cup finals

Ultimately, the goal belongs to 47 million people not just me or the 26 players, said Torres, referring to Spains approximate population

Rudi Garcia is not continuing as Belgium coach after failing to reach agreement with the countrys soccer federation on a contract extension

Among his many achievements, Sobers's 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958 stood as the highest individual innings in Test cricket for 36 years

His death was announced on July 20 by his former club Newcastle, where he had been both a player and coach. Keegan revealed last month that he had stage four cancer

India were well-placed at 253 for three in 65 overs when the umpires were forced to call off the day's play due to bad light.

Spain smothered the opposition with possession and positional football

Lets just leave the former skipper to his devices. He knows not to overstay his welcome; lets accord him that respect, because it isnt a privilege but a right he has earned

Fox vaulted from 56th in the Official World Golf Ranking to 22nd after capturing the Claret Jug over the weekend at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England

The triumph was built around the impressive performances of top draft pick Ahona Ray and a promising youngster, Somdev Sengupta

The former India skipper feels its time to hand over the captaincy to Smriti in the white-ball formats

The Indian think-tank needs to draft in at least one more seasoned pacer to nurture the next generation of quicks; keeping spinner Kuldeep out of the XI time and again is hurting the team

It was here in MetLife in 2016, when Messi had missed in the Copa America final shootout against Chile and announced his international retirement before making a comeback 47 days later to complete his redemption arc

The top-ranked Indian player gets the better of World champion Gukesh

Barely seconds after the final whistle at the FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey, a few Spain and Argentina players got involved in a brawl. As the Spanish substitutes rushed onto the pitch to celebrate their 1-0 win, Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes shoved Spains Gavi to the ground.

What should have been a celebration of Spain's team in the football World Cup turned into tragedy, said the municipality of of Ciudad Rodrigo in a Facebook post

Rohit did admit that it was disappointing to lose the series after starting off with a win in Birmingham

All-rounder Harshit Rana sustained a hamstring tear during the T20I series, ruling him out of the ODIs; In the second ODI, Washington Sundar complained of hamstring injury while Jasprit Bumrah developed an impact injury

After a scrappy World Cup run built on a series of narrow victories, Argentines were confident they could pull off a second victory in a row in the final in New Jersey

Fans watch FIFA World Cup final on a giant screen set up at Peoples Plaza in Hyderabad. Several licensed bars, clubs and microbreweries too hosted live screenings.

Torres deserved winner came 16 years and eight days after Andres Iniesta also scored in extra time to lift the Spaniards to their first World Championship with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands