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With 16.8 seconds left and 108-109 on the scoreboard, all that LA Lakers had to do is get one basket to clinch their record-equalling 17th NBA title, but Miami Heat managed to hang on to record a victory.

On Friday evening, Djokovic survived a fightback from fifth seed Tsitsipas as he had to battle it out for almost four hours to secure a hard-fought 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1 semi-final win in the ongoing French Open.

However, former Australian cricketer Brett Lee feels that holding him for later stage could have backfired. He blamed CSK for throwing away the match from such a comfortable position.

Maxwell has so far scored 1, 5, 13, 11, 11 not out and 7 in six matches drawing criticism. KXIP will have to get something out of Maxwell. You cannot keep an overseas player’s spot like this.

Their batting unit, led by Smith and Sanju Samson, was firing in the first two matches. However, these batters are awfully out of form even before the tournament reached the half-way stage.

Mor, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to a silver medal feat at the Sultan of Johor Cup 2019, believes this new turf will give players from this region the exposure of playing on turf from a very young age.

In the match against Tsitsipas, Djokovic won the first two sets comprehensively, but the fifth-seed Tsitsipas staged a comeback and won the third and fourth set, sending the match into the fifth and final set.

On Friday evening, Rabada returned with figures of 3/35 in his 3.4 overs and in the process took his tournament tally to 15 to hold onto the Purple Cap. He is followed by Mumbai Indians' Jasprit Bumrah, who has 11 wickets in six games.

Delhi Capitals' bowlers fired with the ball to defeat Rajasthan Royals here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Both were offered contracts from two different clubs namely, Odisha FC and Punjab FC, after being impressed with their abilities. However, they decided to go for Punjab FC. Ranjan is 15 years old while Sunil is 16 and they are step-brothers.

Also, 16 swimmers are allowed in 25 M, 50 M 8 lane pools according to the SOP issued for opening of swimming pools outside the containment zones.

All-rounder Stoinis continues to shine as Capitals maul Royals

For Nadal, it was a 99th win at Roland Garros since his 2005 debut and put him just one victory away from equalling Roger Federer's all-time record of 20 Grand Slam titles

Majji Lalitha emerged from the rear and topped the B Group

The Chennai and Bengaluru teams are in intriguing mid-table battle

After the qualifying matches in 29 cities across the country, Jain College Bengaluru joined Loyola College from Chennai as the second team from the south zone

KKR back on course after their win over Chennai team

The 23-year old Pant has had fair degree of success for Delhi Capitals in the ongoing IPL, having scored 171 runs in five games with a strike-rate of nearly 140

The Lakers took a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series on Tuesday, leaving Miami needing to stage a miracle to keep their championship hopes alive

It was difficult for the first couple of days after returning to training as we were training very intensely in March prior to the lockdown being imposed.

The 28-year-old has previously played for both the Melbourne Renegades and Stars and the Perth Scorchers in the WBBL, and comes back to the competition after a hiatus during last edition of the tournament.

A steep ramp in the final couple of kilometres saw Groupama-FDJ's Demare drift back and seemingly out of contention, but the 29-year-old fought back before propelling himself out of the final bend to surge past all his rivals to secure his 12th win

"We're proud to deepen our partnership with Sports Entertainment Network (SEN), in what's already shaping up as a massive summer of cricket," said Hockley as per a Cricket Australia media release.

In the match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ravichandran Ashwin paused before delivering the ball when Aaron Finch left his crease too early.