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Teenage debutant Marc Guiu said he will not be able to sleep after snatching champions Barcelona a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao just seconds after coming on from the bench on Sunday in La Liga, taking the Catalans up to third. Xavi Hernandez’s Barca will face leaders Real Madrid next Saturday in the Clasico just one point behind their bitter ...

Legendary batter Virat Kohli played a fantastic knock as host India clinch a four-wicket victory over mighty New Zealand in the 21st game of the World Cup in Dharamshala. Kohli missed his third century in this tournament and 49th in ODI carrier just for five runs but kept the pivotal role to win with two overs remaining the match at ...

Mohammed Shami’s five-wicket haul helped Team India to restrict New Zealand at 273 in their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Sunday. Asked to bat first, New Zealand lost two early wickets but the fiery partnership between Daryl Mitchell (130) and Rachin Ravindra (75) brought them back into the game, NDTV reports. For India, Shami took four wickets Kuldeep Yadav ...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior said he saw racist abuse by a “child” during his team’s 1-1 draw at Sevilla on Saturday in La Liga. Sevilla expelled a supporter for “racist and xenophobic behaviour”, the club said in a statement, with Vinicius thanking them for their quick action, as well as highlighting another incident, AFP reports. Spanish newspaper Marca ran ...

A huge win for South Africa as they have defeated the defending champions England by 229 runs in the 20th game of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Mumbai. The Proteas bowled out all of the English batters for 170 runs in just 22 overs while defending the mountain-like 399 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, pushing the champions ...

Sadeera Samarawickrama’s unbeaten 91 guided Sri Lanka to their first win of the World Cup against the Netherlands after three straight defeats. Sri Lanka overtook the target of 263 runs losing five wickets with 10 balls remaining in the 19th game of the tournament at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Saturday. In reply ...

Heinrich Klaasen hit a hundred as South Africa posted a mountain-like 399 runs against England in the 20th game of the World Cup on Saturday. The defending champions now need 400 runs to win this contest at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Being asked to bat, the Proteas lost Quinton de Kock (4) in the second ball of the innings but ...

England and South Africa will face off in the 20th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Both teams are heading into the match after being defeated by significantly weaker sides in their previous game. While England was stunned by Afghanistan in Delhi on October 15, South Africa is smarting a ...

Australia have made it two now as they have defeated Pakistan by 62 runs in the 18th match of the World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The five-time world champions bowled Pakistan out for 305 runs while defending the mountain-like total of 367 runs on Friday. In reply to the score, Pakistani openers came with positive mindsets to ...

Australia have got a mountain-like total against Pakistan in the 18th game of the World Cup in Bengaluru despite falling into a batting collapse at the end. The five-time world champions posted 367 runs losing nine wickets after the full 50 overs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Being asked to bat, two openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh ...