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Batting first, India piled on the runs with Cheteshwar Pujara scoring a magnificent 193 and Rishabh Pant scoring a flamboyant 159. There were contributions from Mayank Agarwal as well as Ravindra Jadeja. India declared their innings on a huge score of 622-7. Australia came to bat with some determination but soon they were left bamboozled by Kuldeep Yadav as the chinaman ended up with a fifer in his first ever Test match in Australia....

The limited-overs teams return as they square off in a three-match ODI series as the build-up to the most important event of 2019, the World Cup gets underway. Australia haven’t had the best of times in the 50-over format. They’ve lost five consecutive bilateral series and their last series win back in January 2017 against Pakistan at home. In fact, since the Champions Trophy in 2017, they’ve won a mere three ODI matches....

However, the same cannot be said for the home team. Tim Paine’s team had failed miserably with the bat in the third Test match. The Australian selectors have hinted at a potential change in the playing XI by naming Marnus Labuschagne in the Australian squad for the fourth Test. With everyone except Pat Cummins failing to perform well at Melbourne, we can expect the Australians to make some serious changes....

Australia Women were ruthless in the second ODI. After electing to bowl first, the Southern Stars bowled brilliantly as the none of the English batters got going. Sophie Ecclestone top-scored with the bat as the England Women were bundled out for 129 in the 46th over. The wickets were spread among the Aussie bowlers. The hosts got off to a shaky start but a well-composed inning from Ellyse Perry helped them chase down the total with five wickets in hand....

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nine Australians detained by police for stripping down to their underwear at Sunday’s Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix must face the consequences of their “foolish prank,” Australia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Photos and videos of the group drinking beer from their shoes while wearing underwear emblazoned with the Malaysian flag at Sunday’s race drew an outcry on social media and in the Malaysian press, with many calling it a sign of disrespect....

Leclerc led all 58 laps in Melbourne as he increased his championship lead to 34 points on a day when his main rivals all hit trouble. Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz spun out on the second lap after trying to recover from a poor start, while Verstappen had struggled with tyre graining before suddenly stopping on Lap 39 with a mechanical issue. Red Bull rescued some points in the constructors’ championship, with Sergio Perez 2nd - but he was a distant 2nd to Leclerc....

The Swiss was far from comfortable as he overcame a finger injury to beat the Italian 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in their second-round clash on Rod Laver Arena. MORE: Must-see photos from Australia | Sportal.com’s live coverage | Sharapova avoids huge upset It was the second straight match Federer appeared to struggle to for rhythm and consistency, having tallied up 37 unforced errors against Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun on Monday. But the 17-time grand slam winner feels a challenging start to the tournament will help his cause for a fifth title....

Djokovic claimed a 12th consecutive win over Seppi, prevailing 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (6) at Melbourne Park on Friday. PHOTOS: Striking scenes from Australia | Aussie Open winners since 2000 The 10-time Grand Slam champion, however, did not have it all his own way against the 28th-seeded Italian, especially in the third set when he was forced to fend off two set points in the tiebreak. And speaking afterwards, Djokovic lamented certain aspects of his game on Margaret Court Arena, a rare match away from Rod Laver Arena....

This is Federer’s first official tournament since coming back from a six-month hiatus due to a knee surgery and its subsequent rehabilitation.The former World No. 1 will meet the winner of the second semi-final between the ninth seed Rafael Nadal and 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov. Federer in control in initial stages The four-time Australian Open winner had his first chance to break in the fourth game which he couldn’t convert due to an error off his backhand....

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Celtic’s ‘Lisbon Lions’ have entered history as a group of working class lads from Glasgow coached by a former coal miner who in 1967 became European champions. But on the field at the Estadio Nacional on May 25 50 years ago was a player who didn’t quite fit the stereotype. A lanky dental student at Glasgow University, Jim Craig initially signed for Celtic in 1963 as an amateur in order to complete his studies....

Soccer player and Bryant family friend Sydney Leroux memorialized 13-year-old Gianna by getting a tattoo of the number two. Vanessa Bryant, the wife and mother of Kobe Bryant’s four daughters, shared a photo of Leroux’s new artwork on her Instagram on Monday, the day of Kobe and Gianna’s memorial. “#2 Leroux. Thank you for honoring my Gigi. I love you,” Vanessa Bryant captioned the photo. Leroux, 29, an Olympic gold medalist and National Women’s Soccer League star, sports a No....

SUMMARY Next Tuesday, Japan host Thailand and Saudi Arabia are at home to Iraq. You’d assume home wins there (though Australia will be praying for an upset in either or both). But, the reality is, three points is desperately needed on Tuesday night against UAE in Sydney. Any other result would be a big blow for Australia’s quest to finish in the top two.

Ahead of Sunday’s BNP Paribas Open finals, Moore alleged that female players “ride on the coattails of the men” and should “thank God Roger Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born,” claiming the duo have carried the sport. He has since apologized. MORE: Classic photos of Serena Williams “Ray Moore’s comments towards women’s tennis were disparaging and made in poor taste, as Ray has subsequently acknowledged,” Kermode said in a statement released Monday....

The opening rubber will feature American Taylor Fritz take on Russia’s Karen Khachanov. Both men will be looking to get their team the early lead before the main attraction featuring Daniil Medvedev and John Isner. Both Fritz and Khachanov won their opening encounters convincingly but that is not where the similarities end. The two have a very similar style of play centered around aggressive baseline hitting. That was on display in their respective matches on Day 1 and we can expect more of the same in this contest....

Both Spain and Serbia went on to win their respective semifinals matches in what was the whitewash of their opponents. Serbia beat Russia in the first semi-final match while Spain went past hosts Australia in a high octane match. They had both remained unbeaten in pool matches and had topped their groups. Serbia won 3-0 against Russia in the first semifinal, winning both the singles matches and one doubles match....

First round 4-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Pablo Carreno, Spain, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 Oleksandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, bt 5-Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Albert Ramos, Spain, bt Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-2, 6-0 Joco Sousa, Portugal, bt 6-Marcel Granollers, Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 8-Pablo Andujar, Spain, bt Julian Reister, Germany, 6-4, 6-3 7-Juan Monaco, Argentina, bt Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1 3-Fabio Fognini, Italy, bt Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 6-1...

The 28-year-old finished last campaign as the leading scorer in Germany’s top flight with a stunning 31-goal return but his future has since been shrouded in uncertainty. Liverpool’s Keita chase hits barrier Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian are among the sides to have been linked to the Gabon international’s services. Aubameyang’s repeatedly stated desire to represent Real Madrid at some stage in his career also lends little stability to his status as the star attraction at Signal Iduna Park but Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc believes he will remain under new head coach Peter Bosz....

Wolfsburg are third in the Bundesliga and have been impressive in recent weeks. In their last Bundesliga game, they beat Freiburg 3-0 with goals from John Brooks, Wout Weghorst and Yannick Gerhardt. They followed that up with a 1-0 win in the DFB-Pokal against Schalke, with Weghorst scoring the only goal in that game. Wolfsburg have 35 points in 19 games so far, but only three points separate them from seventh-placed Borussia Monchengladbach....

This simple, smart home upgrade is one of our favorites, and it works out great in an apartment as a simple upgrade to make sure you aren’t locked out. We love the auto-unlock feature that unlocks our door when we get home. It is smart enough only to do this when returning from a trip out of the building, and only when we are approaching our door on our floor....