Following an incident-packed morning on day three of the second Test in Canberra, the visitors went to lunch at 215 for seven in reply to Australia’s 534 for five declared. Dilruwan Perera was not out 10 with Niroshan Dickwella out for 25 on the last ball before the break. Sri Lanka resumed on a hot day at 123 for three on what appeared to be a perfect batting track....
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has an “economic, social and icon asset value of $56 billion,” according to a report by Deloitte Access Economics. It is “too big to fail.” The reef supports jobs, tourism, science, fishing and recreational sectors both as a result of actual activities and visits to the site and as a result of its global brand. Last year, UNESCO warned that the Great Barrier Reef was “in danger” due to the impact of developmental and coastal land uses, and the confusion that ensues from overlapping jurisdictions responsible for protecting the reef....
Due to the result it produced, the series has been on the receiving end of even more publicity. While India should be in high spirits, celebrating their first ever Test series in Australia, there are a few players in the Indian dressing room who might not be savoring as much of the joy as the others. Australia might have more players in this list, but India too have their fair share of flopped players....
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a disappointing start for the visitors as KL Rahul and Murali Vijay played poor strokes. Then Kohli was brilliantly caught by Usman Khawaja to reduce India at 19 for 3. Before the lunch break, Rahane chased a wide delivery and edged it to the slip cordon. Pujara looked solid even as India went into lunch at 56 for 4....
There were two decisions or tactics that were questionable as far as logical lexicon is concerned. Run-rate push never came:- There isn’t been any doubt that the series hasn’t been a briskly scoring one. Runs have been hard to come by due to some high-quality bowling. But at the MCG, India took the advantage on day 1 by just losing two wickets even though they put a mediocre 215 runs on the board....
What is clearly forgotten is that the current Indian pace attack is one of the best going around in the world right now. Though the Australian pace attack is a potent one, they are not a superior attack to India’s by any means. And it is not just the three frontline pacers – Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma - who bowled India to victory at Adelaide, but also the two others who were on the reserves – Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav – who are all world class bowlers....
Lanning (104), who opened the batting with Rachael Haynes (17), was at the crease for the first 42 overs of the match Monday before being caught off the bowling of Kate Cross (4/30). Her innings included 15 fours and one six as she notched a 51-run partnership with Sarah Elliott (14) and an 84-run partnership with Jess Cameron (40). Cameron (40) and Alex Blackwell (32) added vital runs to the total as the team gained some valuable match practice ahead of the Ashes Test which starts Aug 11 at Wormsley....
The Swiss star served 25 aces and lost just 16 points on serve in a 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Dolgopolov at Rod Laver Arena. Federer’s impressive performance saw him avoid facing a break point as he completed his second-round win in 1 hour, 33 minutes. MORE: Men’s champions of the 21st century | Best scenes in ‘16 A break in each of the first two sets set it up for the 17-time grand slam champion before he completed a comprehensive display in the third....
Under the UEFA regulations, any European soccer club who spend more than their generated revenue face possible sanctions, including, in certain circumstances, a ban from playing. However, Milan have asked UEFA to exercise its right to waive the FFP rules after Chinese entrepreneur Li Yonghong bought the club from Italian holding company Fininvest, and have presented a business plan to support their request. Last summer Milan, seven-times European champions, spent about 230 million euros ($270 million) on new players, which is likely to have an impact on their financial results this year and next....
SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Everton’s caretaker manager David Unsworth said he was still unaware of who would land the full-time role while refusing to admit the club are in a Premier League relegation battle after their 4-1 defeat at Southampton on Sunday. The heavy loss on the south coast followed the 5-1 hammering at the hands of mid-table Serie A side Atalanta in midweek as Everton’s miserable start to a season that promised so much took another downward turn....
The 23-year-old, who joined Abdullah Avci’s side from Adana Demirspor last season, gave them the lead on 25th minute, when he rose above his marker to head home a cross from Edin Visca. Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor made it 2-0 on 42nd minute with a perfect finish before former Swansea City star Bafetimbi Gomis pulled one back for Galatasaray on 55th minute. However, Adebayor restored Basaksehir’s two-goal lead just three minutes later, when he connected a pass from Marcio Mossoro before completing his hat-trick on 76th minute from the spot....
Aubameyang’s goal in the second half of Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Hertha Berlin was his 12th away strike in the Bundesliga campaign. The goal equalled the club record set by Lucas Barrios in 2009-10. With four league away matches left in the campaign, the Gabon international looks very likely to have the mark all to himself by season’s end. After going scoreless in his previous four games, Aubameyang now has eight goals in his last four games in all competitions, including a hat-trick against Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday....
“I was thinking of running for Governor of California in 2022,” wrote Huff, a long-standing Trump supporter. “But Cali is to far gone with American sell-outs like [Speaker of the House] Nancy Pelosi and [California Governor] Gavin Newsnom. I’m thinking a 2024 Presidential run is in order after Donald Trump leaves office.” If Huff’s suggestion he could run for president may be largely tongue-in-cheek, the claim Trump would leave office in 2024 was far from casual....
Just before halftime, Tigers fans began chanting “He hits women!” at the Sooners running back. MORE: 2016 SN All-Americans The incident occurred in June 2014, but the video wasn’t available to the public until Dec. 17, 2016, after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled to have it released under the Open Records Act. Mixon already was suspended for a year and charged with acts resulting in gross injury, which is a misdemeanor....
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Not every Twitter user has the feature just yet. It’s been launched on iOS devices, but only to a limited number of people. This will change, soon, though, as Twitter revealed that in the “coming weeks,” all iOS users will have access to the new audio feature. This first round of updates went live on Wednesday and adds an audio button to the page where users write their text tweets....
After seeing his team go 2-0 down early in the second half, Luongo struck in the 73rd minute with a volley from a partially-cleared corner before Matt Smith secured a point five minutes from time. James Meredith also completed 90 minutes for Millwall. Bailey Wright assisted Bristol City’s first goal in an entertaining 3-3 draw against Wolverhampton at the Molineux while Mile Jedinak returned from injury to play 45 minutes as Aston Villa’s match versus Middlesbrough finished goalless....
Ultimately, it was Denny Hamlin leading 146 laps and holding off an angry Austin Dillon in the last 20 laps to capture the checkered flag. MORE: State-by-state NASCAR drivers | Dale Earnhardt Jr. has his own vision on ‘good racing’ Making his 150th Xfinty Series start, Hamlin wasn’t shying away from contact throughout the whole race, even forcing his teammate Busch to slam of the brakes just 23 laps into the race....
But he’ll need to win the Ford 300 if he wants to prevent critics from questioning his second major NASCAR championship and wanting to place an asterik next to his name. Dillon has not won a Nationwide race this year. Every champion in the three national series has won at least one race on the way to the championship. Dillon could be the first driver to win a major NASCAR championship without having a victory....
