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The Australians showed why they are the team to beat on the women’s circuit with an imperative performance in the previous ODI. They will be looking to sustain their winning run in the 50-over format at the expense of India, who showed signs of promise with both the bat and ball in the first game. With the likes of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana looking to make amends, the Aussies should be in for a tough time in this fixture....

Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at Wembley by their bitter rivals, with Harry Kane’s 74th-minute effort from 12 yards cancelling out Aaron Ramsey’s opener. Things could have been much better for the Gunners, but Aubameyang was unable to convert from the spot in second-half stoppage-time after being nudged over by Davinson Sanchez in the box, with Hugo Lloris denying the striker. A win would have seen Arsenal move to within just one point of third-placed Spurs, but Xhaka is refusing to blame Aubameyang and is still convinced the Gunners’ mentality can help them secure Champions League football next season....

Ramsey was inspirational off the bench as Aubameyang’s double helped Arsenal to a 4-2 north London derby win over rivals Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday. Wales midfielder Ramsey teed up Aubameyang for a fine finish that made it 2-2 before Alexandre Lacazette and Lucas Torreira struck for the Gunners at Emirates Stadium. And Ramsey had high praise for Aubameyang, who is the top goalscorer in the Premier League this season, after Arsenal leapfrogged Spurs to move into the top four....

Salah’s Egypt and Aubameyang’s Gabon will join Libya and Angola in Group F in the second phase of African qualifying for the finals in Qatar. Group D pits Cameroon and Ivory Coast together along with Mozambique and Malawi, while Nigeria will face Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic and Liberia in Group C. Africa Cup of Nations holders Algeria will meet Burkina Faso, Niger and Djibouti in Group A, while 2019’s beaten finalists Senegal were drawn with Congo, Namibia and Togo in Group H....

In Gus Malzahn’s first season as Tigers head coach, Auburn led the country in rushing with 328.3 yards per game and was 11th overall with 501.3 yards per game. And Malzahn thinks — no, he expects — the offense to get better in 2014. MORE: SN picks Auburn’s 10 best all-time | Top 25 players | Best QBs | WRs | RBs And why not? For the first time since he moved from high school to college, he’ll be coaching his starting quarterback for a second season....

It is the first SEC win for Auburn, which lost to LSU and Mississippi State earlier this season. Quarterback Sean White completed 17 of 27 passes for 255 yards but it was running back Peyton Barber’s two touchdowns that carried the Tigers. MORE: College football: Best photos from Week 7 Auburn and Kentucky kept it close, with the Tigers scoring early in the first quarter off running back Kerryon Johnson....

MORE: Top moments of 2013 | Top plays | College football icons FAN SHOP: Get your BCS Championship gear here Dec. 31, 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl: Auburn 43, Virginia 24 Jan. 10, 2011 BCS Championship: Auburn 22, Oregon 19 Jan. 1, 2010 Outback Bowl: Auburn 38, Northwestern 35, OT Dec. 31, 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl: Auburn 23, Clemson 20, OT Jan. 1, 2007 Cotton Bowl: Auburn 17, Nebraska 14 Jan. 2, 2006 Capital One Bowl: Wisconsin 24, Auburn 10 Jan....

The IPL-style football tournament for youngsters in Mumbai’s Vile Parle (East) was last season was contested by eight Franchise teams, who played each other in a round robin format. The 7-a-side tournament is played over two halves of 15 minutes each with each team having a squad of at least 10 players with three Under-21 players allowed, but only if they were part of the PPL when they were in the U-19 while the rest of the squad is made of Under-19 boys, i....

How To Play Wordle While Wordle has spawned plenty of copycats and clones, the original was created by the developer of powerlanguage and was purchased by the New York Times Game in February. This is where the original is still hosted, and everything in this article will be about the NYT’s version. Other Wordles might have slightly different rules and will probably have different answers. Here is how to play this version....

Studies show that up to 74 percent of mothers and 70 percent of fathers show preferential treatment toward one child. Despite research showing that a favorite tends to be the youngest of two children, this aunt claimed her brother’s favoritism toward his oldest child has caused a full-on family rift. Although only 10 percent of parents admit to having a favorite child, according to research by YouGov, these parents made their stance extremely clear, the aunt wrote in a popular online post that has sparked intense reactions online....

When Chase Elliott snared the pole position for Sunday’s Daytona 500, the opening race of his first full NASCAR Sprint Cup season, he was merely adding to what is becoming something of a tradition. MORE: Daytona 500 winners | Dillon’s Daytona pole could mean a lot First, it was the second consecutive Daytona 500 pole for the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team. Second, he it was just the latest rookie hot lap to take the coveted spot....

Hoy qualified two horses for Tokyo after finishing second on Vasily de Lassos and ninth on Bloom Des Hauts Crets in the three-day event at the Strzegom Horse Trials in Poland that concluded Sunday. The 60-year-old has already won four Olympic medals — gold in the three-day team at Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000, and silver in the individual three-day event in Sydney. He becomes the 14th athlete to compete at eight or more Olympic games....

The One-Day world champions plunged to a 47-run defeat to South Africa at the Guyana National Stadium here on Tuesday, after their batting collapsed for 142 in pursuit of 190 for victory. Finch top-scored with 72 but was the only frontline batsman in double figures as his counterparts struggled to counter the Proteas’ combined pace and spin attack on a difficult track. “I think that we can adjust. We’ve worked hard on it since we’ve landed here....

There has not been a bilateral test series between the two nations since the last 9 years. The first series was held around the middle of the year (July-Aug) in 2003 in Australia.The Bangladesh team played under the leadership of the all-rounder Khaled Mahmud and Australia was led by the legendary Steve R Waugh. The first test was held in Marrara stadium, Darwin. This was the first time that a test match was held outside the Australian capital city....

Kuldeep’s bowling turned heads on the very first day of the match, getting the wicket of David Warner followed by a fantastic chinaman and a wrong-un to clean bowl Peter Handscomb and Glenn Maxwell respectively. India won the match, and the performance also led to his selection for the limited-overs squads for the West Indies tour. While Kuldeep instantly grabbed the opportunity to seal a place in the ODI and T20 side, the main reason he did not get selected for too many Test matches was the strong performances of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on subcontinent wickets....

Having lost their opening two games in Group H, Adelaide breathed some life into their continental campaign on Wednesday night in a thrilling match at Coopers Stadium. Up against a team that had lost just two of their past 16 matches in all competitions, Adelaide took the lead after half-time thanks to Baba Diawara’s penalty but after surrendering the lead with 19 minutes remaining, the home side needed goals from Sergio Cirio and Mark Ochieng to earn a point....

(Reuters) - Syria’s team spirit has kept the war-torn nation in contention to qualify for their first soccer World Cup and Ayman Hakeem’s side will need to muster more of the same attitude to deliver a storybook ending to their remarkable journey. For the fourth time in five games Syria scored in the dying seconds when they met Iran on Tuesday as Omar Al Soma slid the ball through the goalkeeper’s legs to earn a 2-2 draw that sets up a two-legged playoff with Australia next month....

Robbie Kruse’s first-half tap-in secured a crucial away goal for the Socceroos before Syria were awarded a questionable penalty that was dispatched by Omar Al Soma late in the second period. There were several opportunities for the green-and-gold to put the tie out of reach before Syria equalised. How did the Australian players rate in the performance? Mat Ryan - 8: Made a superb save deflecting a shot on to the post in the second half....

Germany 2-1 Greece Reigning ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was rock solid against Alexander Zverev but he could not save Greece from going down to Germany 1-2 by the end of the tie in Brisbane. Tsitsipas blew away the 2018 ATP Finals winner Zverev 6-1, 6-4, breaking the German’s serve four times. Germany won the other singles rubber though as Jan-Lennard Struff made short work of Michail Pervolarakis 6-4, 6-1....