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SEVILLA FC TIES UP WITH FC BENGALURU UNITED TO GROW BRAND

January 19, 2021

Sevilla FC has finalised a partnership agreement with FC Bengaluru United and Nimida Sports business group as part of the Spanish football club’s expansion plans to grow its brand internationally. The objective of this agreement is to reinforce Sevilla FC’s presence in the Indian market, keeping in line with the...

THE BOY HAS BECOME A MAN ON THIS TOUR: SEHWAG

January 19, 2021

BRISBANE: Former Indian cricketers, including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag on Monday lavished rich praise on Mohammed Siraj after the right-arm fast bowler picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. On Monday, Siraj returned with figures of 5/73 in just his third Test as India...

Siraj and Shardul shine as India keep its chances alive

January 19, 2021

India will need 324 runs more, with all their wickets intact, when they come out to bat on Tuesday to win the fourth and final Test against Australia at The Gabba. India reached 4/0 in their chase on 328 in the extended final session on Monday before rain started pouring...

HOSTS WEREN’T AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH, SAYS PONTING

January 18, 2021

BRISBANE: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitted he is a “bit disappointed” with how the hosts performed on day three of the fourth Test against India, saying that they allowed visitors’ batsmen to be “way too comfortable at the crease”. He said, “I was a bit disappointed with the way...

AUSSIE SKIPPER TIM PAINE GETS TROLLED BADLY FOR DRS GAFFES

January 18, 2021

BRISBANE: Australia made a few bizarre review calls on the third day of the fourth Test against India which has led to captain Tim Paine coping with some criticism on social media. Paine had decided to review decisions for catches off Mayank Agarwal and later Navdeep Saini, both of which turned...

TEAM INDIA’S COURAGE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS ‘DABANNG’: SEHWAG

January 18, 2021

BRISBANE: Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Sunday lauded the courage shown by the Ajinkya Rahane-led side in the fourth and final Test against Australia. “Gabba the Dhaba for these two guys. If there is one word to describe the courage of this Indian team, it’s Dabanng. So daring and brave,”...

OUR PLAN WAS TO HANG IN THERE TO TIRE AUSTRALIA BOWLERS: THAKUR

January 18, 2021

BRISBANE: India’s Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar on Sunday kept calm and ignored the on-field chatter to frustrate a tiring Australian bowling line-up to add 123 for the seventh wicket and reduce the first-innings deficit in the fourth and final Test at the Gabba. “They were trying to have a conversation...

SURE, I WILL GET A BIG SCORE: SUNDAR TO DAD BEFORE GABBA INNINGS

January 18, 2021

NEW DELHI: While fans are going gaga over Washington Sundar making a half-century on Sunday, his father is upset for not getting a Test century. Sundar scored 62 off 144 balls and shared a 123-run seventh wicket partnership with Shardul Thakur. “I am disappointed he did not get a 100. When...

Thailand Open: Marin, Axelsen win singles titles

January 18, 2021

Spanish Olympic champion Carolina Marin and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen won the women’s and men’s singles titles, respectively, at the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament in Bangkok on Sunday. Marin, 27, beat Chinese Taipei’s top seed Tai Tzu Ying in straight games in an ominous display of form as she...

THAKUR, SUNDAR FIGHTBACK BRINGS INDIA BACK IN THE GAME

January 18, 2021

The record-breaking partnership between Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar brought India back in the contest on Day 3 of the fourth Test against Australia at the Gabba on Sunday. At stumps, Australia were at 21/0 in their second innings. The hosts are leading by 54 runs. David Warner is unbeaten...

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