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South Africa levelled the five-match T20 series against West Indies 1-1 on Sunday (local time) when they beat the hosts by 16 runs in the second T20I here at the National Cricket Stadium.

The Dutch caused problems for the Czech initially with their pace on Sunday, but Matthijs de Ligt and Denzel Dumfries lacked accuracy upfront, reports Xinhua.

The tournament hosts began the match on Sunday with Neymar and several other regular first-team players on the bench as head coach Tite continued his rotation policy, reports Xinhua.

Belgium defeated Portugal on Sunday to progress to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Euro 2020. During the match, Hazard left in the 85th minute after being taken down by physical challenges several times.

Nataraj's Sunday's effort, which came in a time trial, has created a new national record, which was enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds

England Women successfully chased a target of 202 runs with 91 balls to spare, thanks to opener Beaumont (87 not out off 87 balls) and Sciver's (74 off 74) unbroken 119-run third-wicket partnership

Among the players who are fighting for a place in the T20 squad for this year's World Cup are the capped trio of Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson

Deepika wins individual, mixed and team event competitions at the World Cup Stage 3

Dhawan will lead a second-string India team, featuring as many as six uncapped players, in the series against Sri Lanka comprising three ODIs and an equal number of T20 Internationals starting July 13

'Interim' president John Manoj said Azharuddin had violated the constitution on many counts and let the SGM decide on the future course of the association

Lewis smashed seven sixes and four boundaries in his 71-run knock to upend South Africa's total of 160/6 in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of just two wickets

After breezing through the group stage at Euro 2020, Italy was made to fight for its 2-1 victory over Austria on Saturday in a last-16 game that came to life in extra time

The team defeated Mexico 5-1 in the finals and as a result, this side has now won two gold medals in 2021.

The silver medal winners will be provided Rs 2 crore as cash prize and the bronze medal winners Rs 1 crore, Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin said.

Kesper Dolberg (27th minute, 48th minute), Joakim Maehle (88th) and Martin Braithwaite (90+4th) were the scorers in a contest that became one-sided as the game progressed.

“It is a proud moment to be the flag-bearer for the country in the Olympics. I am really excited as you will not get that opportunity again. This is the opportunity where you will be there,’’ said Sindhu

Mithali will be seen marshalling her troops once again, a familiar sight in Indian cricket, when they take on England in the first ODI on Sunday. Over the years, she has proved that with sheer dedication and hard work

In a neck-and-neck final clash, the duo dropped just two points each to be locked 148-all after the regulation five ends. The world number five Schaff started the shoot-off with a nine and Verma, showing nerve of steel

All the competitors in women's 100m final race returned with mediocre timings even as Dhanalakshmi emerged as the fastest woman of the tournament, clocking 11.52 seconds, ahead of Sri Lanka's Amasha de Silva (11.59)

Already assured of a silver, the Indian duo was on par with Russia's Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov at 12-12 before losing the last two series to go down 12-16.

Besides the duo, vice-captain of India's Tokyo Olympics-bound men's team Harmanpreet Singh and women's team members Vandana Katariya and Navjot Kaur were nominated for the Arjuna awards.

The 17-year-old batting sensation, who has taken world cricket by storm, has so far played 22 T20 Internationals but was inexplicably not picked for the last home series against South Africa Women

However, the team's inspirational skipper Kane Williamson and a few others were not part of the group that landed here on Saturday morning.

The 27-year-old, who represented India in the 2016 Rio Olympics, made the Tokyo Games 'A' standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.1 seconds.