India thump Proteas in first T20

India’s Hardik Pandya The South African cricket team’s preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup in India in February, have gotten off to an unpromising start. India thumped the Proteas by 101 runs in the first of five T20 Internationals in Cuttack on Tuesday evening. The hosts were sent in and scored 175 for the…

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Arsenal make it six out of six with easy win over Club Brugge

Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli celebrates scoring their third goal with Arsenal’s Noni Madueke. Noni Madueke scored two goals and Gabriel Martinelli netted another as Arsenal kept up their 100% run in the Champions League to stay top of the standings with a comfortable 3-0 triumph at Belgium’s Club Brugge on Wednesday. Arsenal’s sixth win in as…

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Alonso under pressure but upbeat as Real prepare for City clash

Real Madrid Manager Xabi Alonso during a match. Real Madrid Manager Xabi Alonso faces mounting pressure ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League group-stage meeting against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, but the Spaniard was confident the team could turn their poor form around. Sunday’s 2-0 loss to Celta Vigo, in which Real were reduced to nine players…

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Atalanta turn the tide to beat Chelsea in Champions League battle

Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca in action with Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah. Atalanta sealed an important Champions League comeback victory, overturning Chelsea 2-1 at home on Tuesday through goals from Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere. The win put the Bergamo side near the top of the Champions League table, giving them a major step toward direct qualification…

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The year’s top tennis, golf, motor sports and cycling stories

[FILE IMAGE] McLaren’s Lando Norris in action during a race Starting with tennis, Jannik Sinner wins the Australian men’s singles, Madison Keys the women’s title Jannik Sinner retained his Australian Open title with an emphatic 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 win over Alexander Zverev, breaking new ground for Italian tennis and leaving his German rival smarting after…

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Norway’s Reitan wins Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City

Kristoffer Reitan is the new Nedbank Golf Challenge champion. Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan has become the sixth successive foreign winner of Africa’s major, the Nedbank Golf Challenge, at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City. The 27-year-old captured his second career win on the DP World Tour and his second of the year, beating South…

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