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Juve must improve to climb the table: Motta

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- Reuters - November 2, 2024November 2, 2024

Juventus must improve all aspects of their performances if they are to challenge in Serie A this season, manager Thiago Motta said on Friday, after four wins in 10 games has left them sixth. Despite remaining unbeaten in the league, just two wins in their last eight games have left Juve

India strike early after taking 28-run lead

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- Reuters - November 2, 2024November 2, 2024

Shubman Gill missed out on a century while Rishabh Pant scored a quick-fire 60 as India were dismissed for 263 in response to New Zealand's 235, before they restricted the tourists to 26-1 at tea on day two of the third Test in Mumbai on Saturday. Devon Conway was unbeaten on

Lewis run blitz leads West Indies to big victory over England

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- Agence France-Presse - November 1, 2024

Evin Lewis smashed a scintillating 94 as West Indies routed England by eight wickets in a rain- hit one-day international on Thursday. Lewis blasted an undefeated century to defeat Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Saturday and carried on where he left off against a new-look England in the first of a

New Zealand win toss, bat against India in third Test

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- Agence France-Presse - November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham on Friday won the toss and elected to bat against India as the tourists look for a series sweep in the third Test in Mumbai. The Black Caps sealed a first-ever Test series victory on Indian soil last week with an unbeatable lead in the three-match

Man Utd hope for Van Nistelrooy magic, Arsenal face Newcastle test

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- Agence France-Presse - November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Manchester United face Chelsea on Sunday with interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy at the helm while faltering Arsenal face a potentially tricky trip to Newcastle. Top-four hopefuls Tottenham and Aston Villa go head to head as the three teams in the relegation zone -- Ipswich, Wolves and Southampton -- each look

SAFF Women’s champion get heroik welcome in Dhaka

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- Times Report - October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Bangladesh women’s national football team which won the SAFF Women’s Championship 2024 returned to Dhaka on Thursday afternoon, greeted with fanfare and a warm welcome by officials, fans, and Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) leaders, who proudly celebrated the team’s remarkable achievement. The team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 2:15

Proteas thrashTigers by innings and 273 runs to sweep series 2-0

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- Times Report - October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

South Africa enforced the follow-on after bundling Bangladesh out for 159 after lunch on the third day of the second Test in Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Thursday. Mominul Haque (82) and Taijul Islam (30) put up some resistance with a 103-run ninth-wicket partnership before Mominul got dismissed to remain stranded

Alcaraz back in Paris with unfinished business at Bercy

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- Agence France-Presse - October 29, 2024October 30, 2024

Carlos Alcaraz approaches this week's Paris Masters hoping o make it a triple in the French capital in 2024 by adding the ATP 1000 title to his French Open win and silver medal at the Olympics. The Spanish world number two has never managed to progress further than the quarter-finals at

Spain’s midfielder Rodri wins men’s Ballon d’Or 2024

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- Agence France-Presse - October 29, 2024October 29, 2024

Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri was awarded the men's Ballon d'Or on Monday after winning a fourth consecutive Premier League title and Euro 2024, but Real Madrid boycotted the ceremony. The decision to award the prize for the world's best player to the midfielder came as a surprise, with Real

Pakistan white-ball coach Gary Kirsten resigns

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- Agence France-Presse - October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

Pakistan's white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten resigned on Monday after just six months in the job and a week before a tour of Australia begins. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the former South Africa Test player would be replaced by Test coach Jason Gillespie for the tour, in a statement