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Both teams have gotten a fair idea of their one another which adds more spice to this Test match. Although they have momentum on their side, England will be considered slight favourites with Rory Burns and James Anderson’s injuries hurting them. With an unassailable lead up for the taking, South Africa will hope for their stars to turn up and deal the killer blow at St. George’s Park. Here are a few tips to help you pick your Dream11 team for SA vs ENG....

This was the ninth pre-quarter-final defeat in the last 10 tournaments for the struggling Chinese legend, whose ranking has now nosedived to 13th. Dey will next face the seventh seed Toby Penty of England for a place in the semi-finals. 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap also joined Dey in the last-eight stage of this tournament. The eighth seed made short work of Germany’s Alexander Roovers 21-14, 21-12 to set up a quarter-final clash with World No....

In the opening match of the championship, hosts Nepal defeated Maldives 108 – 89. Nepal took the first quarter. Despite Maldives dominance in the last quarter and taking it by 34 – 27, it could not stop the hosts to win the match comfortably by 108 – 89. Sadish Pradhan top scored with 30 points for the hosts. In the Second match of the day, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka 72 – 70 to start their campaign with a win....

And it might be then when the rest of us find out who’s playing quarterback for the Crimson Tide. Alabama released its depth chart Monday and transfer Jacob Coker and Blake Sims share the starting spot on it. Saban told reporters Monday that he’s not ready to say which one will take the field first. “We feel like both guys have been doing a very, very good job,” Saban said....

“I watch him too much and I think too much about him,” Murray told the New York Times. “I wish I could help myself.” MORE: Letang injury has repercussions | Potential first-round matchups | Current standings Murray’s squad has been working hard in recent days to fulfill his blueprint for last place. Meanwhile, McDavid, a consensus future NHL superstar and odds-on favorite to be the first player off the board June 27, has been leading OHL Erie into the playoffs....

Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading 19th goal 1:19 into overtime, and the Sabres won their 10th straight by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Tuesday night. Rasmus Ristolainen scored off a deke around Brent Burns, and Nathan Beaulieu also scored for Buffalo, which hasn’t lost since Nov. 4. The streak matches the longest in Sabres history and is the NHL’s best run since the Columbus Blue Jackets won 16 in a row from Nov....

“My daughter Sara is enjoying her academic pursuits. Annoyed at all the baseless speculation about her joining films,” Tendulkar posted on Twitter on Monday. Rumours were rife that Sara, 17, would be making her Bollywood debut opposite Shahid Kapoor in an upcoming movie. Meanwhile, Sachin has been excited about his own film debut. In March, the master blaster invited his fans to suggest the title for his biopic, conceived by Mumbai-based production company 200 Not Out in co-ordination with World Sports Group, the firm that manages Brand Sachin....

Though there is no formal announcement of this yet, Sachin will be playing his 200th Test in front of his home crowd, reports NDTV. The Cricket Association of Bengal is also willing to host this eventful match at Eden Gardens.However the underlying fact is that neither Kolkata or Mumbai can host this match according to the rotation policy of BCCI. A senior BCCI functionary said: “Since Sachin has expressed something, it is difficult to say no....

Tendulkar was playing his 200th Test in Mumbai on 14 November, 2013, when the process to give him the Bharat Ratna was underway. On November 15, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sent the proposal to confer the Indian legend with Bharat Ratna to President Pranab Mukherjee, revealed the RTI reply. Sports enthusiast Hemant Dube who had sent the RTI query said that the decision was finalised within those 24 hours....

Over the yers, much has been made about the Sacramento Kings’ drafting woes. Their history of passing over star talent and striking out on picks has made the Kings a team people have looked at come draft season with derision, much of it earned. They haven’t made the playoffs since 2005-06, the second-longest drought in North American sports behind the Mariners, and poor drafting combined with questionable personnel decisions have played a major part of that....

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Steele, who has appeared as a host of ESPN’s flagship program since 2007, alleges ESPN retaliated against her after her appearance on “Uncut with Jay Cutler,” a podcast hosted by former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler. During the podcast, Steele questioned why President Barack Obama identified as Black, said women in sports journalism are partially to blame for harassment over what they wear, and called Disney’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate “sick” and “scary....

Srikanth’s encounter was Warriors’ trump match and a defeat set them back in the tie. Praneeth who had beaten Srikanth last year in the Singapore Open to win his first Super Series title was completely dominant in the match and after the initial burst of points from the Denmark Open winner, it was Praneeth who controlled the opening game with his precision. He went into the break with a slender 7-8 deficit but after the interval, Sai displayed great precision to win the opening game....

New Delhi - World No.2 Saina Nehwal retained her place in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings released Thursday. City-mate P.V. Sindhu currently playing in the Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei also kept her 16th place. London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap, Mumbai’s Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Verma also retained their positions in the men’s singles rankings. While Kashyap is at a career-best No.7, Jayaram and Verma are 30th and 38th, respectively....

Jakarta -India’s badminton star Saina Nehwal Sunday said staying relaxed in crunch situations helped her win two titles in as many weeks and she is not thinking about the London Olympics yet. Saina beat the formidable Li Xuerui of China 13-21, 22-20, 21-19 to win her third Indonesia Open title in four years. The World No.5 had won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event in Bangkok last Sunday....

Payton — who used to be a member of the NFL competition committee, which agreed upon the taunting emphasis for 2021 — opened up about the rule in an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show.” Payton believes the rule is unpopular because of how NFL referees are calling it. “I think it’s been over-officiated,” Payton told Patrick. “I sat in on the discussions and I don’t think any of us that discussed it saw it where it is now....

The veteran cornerback was carted off the field after suffering an injury to his lower right leg in the team’s preseason opener in Baltimore. MORE: NFL exhibitions: Week 1 action | Washington TE Paul breaks ankle, done for season A replay showed Browner was hit in the leg by teammate Hau’oli Kikaha during a goal-line play on the game’s opening series. He tried to limp off the field before trainers placed him on the cart....

Zenger News obtained the nighttime footage from Vitaliy Kim, the governor of Mykolaiv Oblast in Ukraine, on Thursday. “And this is the moment of the strike,” Kim said. “Yes, at 3 o’clock in the morning, the Russian occupiers hit one of our humanitarian headquarters with two rockets. “Thousands of tonnes of products intended for children, the elderly and those who need help were completely burnt.” The footage clearly shows the two rockets plummeting to the ground and causing massive explosions....

Rossiya 1 TV host Vladimir Solovyov declared Russia was in a “holy war” against Ukraine and the West as he critized U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders. Solovyov said: “We live in latter days. What’s happening in Ukraine won’t stay in Ukraine. A holy war is underway. We’re fighting for the right of mankind to live in its original state, as designed by the Creator. “Those fools who are trying to fight they aren’t fighting against us, they’re at war with God....

The U.S. think tank said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had made substantial gains around Lyman and in northern Kherson Oblast over the previous 24 hours, where Russian groupings had been among Vladimir Putin’s best conventional fighting forces. Geolocated footage backs Russian claims that Ukrainian troops are pushing east of Lyman from where Russian soldiers retreated last Saturday and may have broken through the Luhansk Oblast border, towards Kreminna....