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Leeds, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-deciding third and final ODI against India here today. England have made one change to their playing eleven bringing in James Vince for an injured Jason Roy. India, on the other hand, have made three changes, replacing Umesh Yadav, Siddharth Kaul and KL Rahul with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Dinesh Karthik respectively. Teams: India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya,…

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Leeds, Jul 16 (DIN NEWS) Their middle-order frailties laid bare in the previous match, India would be aiming to plug the loopholes in tomorrow’s deciding third and final ODI against England, where a win would fetch Virat Kohli’s men their 10th successive series triumph. Smarting from their 86-run loss at the Lord’s after winning the first game in Nottingham by eight wickets, India have their task cut out. Victory in London confirmed England’s spot as the No.1 ODI side in the ICC Rankings. A win for India at Headlingley will…

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Paris, Jul 16 (DIN NEWS) It was a victory for all of France and the home crowd did it justice, pouring into Paris’ Champs-Elysees Avenue by the tens of thousands to celebrate in an explosion of joy. France’s 4-2 win over Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow on Sunday marked the second time in 20 years that France has won the World Cup, and came at a time when the people feel needy. “It represents enormous things,” said Goffrey Hamsik, dressed in a hat resembling a rooster –…

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New Delhi, July 15 (DIN NEWS) Continuing his rich vein of form, India’s Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan won his third Challenger-level doubles title of the season with partner Austin Krajicek, as they prevailed in a tense final of the Winnetka event in the USA. The Indo-American pair lived up to its top billing by eking out a 6-7 (4) 6-4 10-5 win over second seeded Roberto Maytin and Chrtistopger Rungkat to win the the trophy at the USD 75,000 hard court tournament. Jeevan, who had qualified for the Wimbledon but fell in…

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Bangkok, Jul 15 (DIN NEWS) Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu’s title drought this year continued as she suffered a straight-game defeat against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the summit clash of the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 badminton tournament here today. Second seed Sindhu struggled with her consistency throughout the duel as fourth seeded Okuhara dominated the proceedings to beat the Indian 21-15 21-18 in exactly 50 minutes. It was Sindhu’s third disappointment in a final this year following her defeats in the summit clash of the…

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London, Jul 14 (DIN NEWS) Australia’s Aaron Finch made an unbeaten 131, the highest score by a Surrey batsman in a Twenty20 match, as his side ended Sussex’s unbeaten start to English cricket’s Blast tournament with a 52-run win at Hove. But it might have been a different story for the Australia Twenty20 captain had he not been dropped on just one by Sussex paceman Jofra Archer. Finch then made Sussex, coached by former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie, pay with a blistering 79-ball innings including 10 fours and seven…

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London, Jul 14 (DIN NEWS) England captain Eoin Morgan opted to bat after winning the toss in the second ODI against India. Both teams are fielding unchanged squad for the match. Teams: India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (captain), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood.

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Hyderabad, Jul 13 (DIN NEWS) The stage is set forthe 28-day Hyderabad monsoon racing season 2018-19, scheduled to begin at the Malakpet race course here on July 16. A total stakesmoney of Rs 9.89 crore besides trophies worth Rs 14.74 lakh would be given away during the monsoon racing season which will conclude onOctober 29. At the customaryseason-eve press conference last night, Hyderabad Race Club Chairman R Surrender Reddy said the stakes were expected to go up further with the division of races adding stakes offered here was the highest…

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Nottingham, Jul 13 (DIN NEWS) India captain Virat Kohli is tempted to play his ‘key weapons’ Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in the upcoming five-Test series against England, considering the wrists spinners’ stellar performance in the ongoing limited overs leg of the tour. While Kuldeep has already played two Tests, Chahal is yet to earn the coveted cap in the longest version of the game. “Anything is possible with the selections for Tests and there might be a few surprises. Kuldeep is making a strong case for himself and so…

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Moscow, Jul 12 (DIN NEWS) Ecstatic Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic is confident tiredness will not be an issue for his side when they face France in the World Cup final despite once again coming through extra time to beat England on Wednesday. Croatia came from behind to win 2-1 in the semi-final clash in Moscow, with Mario Mandzukic claiming the winner in the 109th minute after Ivan Perisic had earlier cancelled out Kieran Trippier’s free-kick opener. Dalic’s side were clearly exhausted, but they managed to fight on to the end…

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