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Chasing an improbable 413-run victory target, Australia were reeling on 133-7 at lunch on Saturday and staring at an embarrassing defeat inside three days as they continued to struggle against Sri Lankan spin. Mitchell Starc (four) and Peter Nevill (seven) were in the middle at the break with the visitors still 280 runs shy of the victory target. Resuming on 25 for three, Australia captain Steve Smith (30) and deputy David Warner (41) showed positive intent as Sri Lanka attacked with spin from both ends....

Mike Gatting said he was “happy”, 20 years on, to have been bowled by the “ball of the century” that kick-started Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne‘s career as one of cricket’s greatest bowlers. Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of one of the most celebrated deliveries of all time when Warne, making his Ashes debut at Manchester’s Old Trafford ground, saw his first ball pitch outside leg-stump and then spin viciously across bemused England batsman Gatting to clip the top of the off-bail....

The Kangaroos, courtesy a spectacular innings of 162 by Andrew Symonds, piled on 463 runs in their first innings. India came back strongly and registered 532, aided by tons from Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S Laxman. Despite trailing by 69 runs, Ricky Ponting’s men weren’t ready to throw in the towel as they racked up a mammoth score of 401 runs in their second innings, setting India a target of 333....

A 2-1 season-opening defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion was followed up by a calamitous 4-0 thrashing to Brentford at the weekend. The Red Devils now sit bottom of the Premier League table and have started the campaign where they left off from last time out. The aforementioned report claims that Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw are urging the higher-ups to sign more players....

It was a rare occasion as Juventus’ new talisman was rested as they went on to face Atalanta. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Turin from Real Madrid only this summer but settled in quickly with his new teammates and surroundings. He has already proven vital for Juventus in front of goal and their latest match was no exception. With Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, Juventus struggled to put the ball into the net as Atlanta were leading the match 2-1 for major halves of the game and Juventus were with a man less on the pitch after Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off....

After being quizzed about the incident after the game last night, Ronaldo insisted that the kick was unintentional and admitted that it shouldn’t have happened, saying “It was instinctive. They could have shown me a yellow card. If I kicked him on purpose he would not have got up. I shouldn’t have done it.” Video footage, however, shows that despite Ronaldo’s protestations to the contrary, the Portuguese superstar appeared to deliberately aim a kick at Cases, after the Sporting Gijon midfielder had barged him off the ball with his shoulders....

In case you didn’t know… After winning three consecutive Champions League, Ronaldo shockingly ended his nine-year tenure with Real Madrid. Los Blancos’ greatest goalscorer moved to Juventus last summer and later revealed that he left because he felt he was no longer indispensable at the Spanish capital. Since his arrival to Serie A, the 34-year-old Portuguese talisman has taken Italian top flight by storm. Ronaldo remains one of the top goalscorers in the Serie A but truly depicted his caliber against Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League....

The reports emerged after several publications claimed that Ronaldo travelled to Paris last week and met PSG owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who apparently wants Ronaldo to be the successor to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. According to magazine France Football, Ronaldo took a private jet last week to meet Al-Khelaifi, and PSG manager Laurent Blanc also apparently told the 31-year-old “I would love work with you.” The magazine also claimed that it was the fifth time Ronaldo had met with the PSG owner....

The Portugal striker sat out the unconvincing 3-1 at Atalanta over the weekend as he continues to contend with a knee injury. However, Ronaldo is seemingly in line to feature in the Group D contest against Atleti, an opponent the former Real Madrid star has scored 25 times against in his prolific career. “Yesterday he did the training sessions with his team-mates,” Sarri said. “He seems to be growing [stronger]....

Copenhagen, Jan 30 (IANS/EFE) Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo will design a line of men’s underwear for the Danish firm JBS Textile Group, the company said Tuesday. The line will consist of two collections, one styled more for young people and the other for men more interested in fashion and who want to keep up with “the latest trends”, JBS Textile Group said in a statement. The line will include underwear and socks, and each year Ronaldo will come up with new products....

The player is in Los Angeles, USA, along with his Real Madrid team-mates to participate in two games of the International Cup of Champions, to be held in the same stadium on August 3. The tournament features 8 teams – MLS side L.A. Galaxy and 6 other European clubs, Serie A sides Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, English sides Chelsea and Everton and another La Liga outfit in Valencia apart from Madrid....

For the first time in his career, Real Madrid young prodigy Martin Odegaard was included in Norway’s starting 11 on Saturday. On numerous occasions, the 16-year-old was locked in battle with his Real Madrid teammate Croatia’s superstar Luka Modric who came out better in this match-up. In the first 20 minutes, Norway had a few promising attacks but Croatian defenders did not let their opponents to trouble goalkeeper Danijel Subasic....

They are rare conditions, estimated to affect 1 in 10,000 infants born. Some estimates put the number closer to 1 in 3,000, based on new information from sensitive prenatal scans. Types of Congenital Lung Malformation The terminology around congenital lung malformations is still in flux, and some conditions are known by more than one name. One of the more common types is congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM). It is also known as congenital cystic adenoid malformation (CCAM)....

Sergei Bugorkov, 28, even persuaded the boy’s mother to stage a fake disappearance to cover up the death of her son, Vova Pashschenko, police say. Prosecutors in the Krasnodar Krai region of southern Russia have charged Bugorkov with the murder of a minor. According to police, closed-circuit video footage from the family’s apartment block shows Bugorkov carrying the boy’s body away zipped inside a checkered laundry bag. Later, Bugorkov and Vova’s mother - named only as Alena, 31 - staged a riverside family picnic close to where Bugorkov buried the boy’s body, and the couple later told police he had ran after a cat and they never saw him again....

The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the sports ministry, BCCI and the city government on a plea seeking a direction for the ministry to take control of the cricket board and its affairs, including the IPL. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath asked the central and Delhi governments as well as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to file their responses within four weeks and posted the matter for Aug 14....

To achieve this objective, the WHO issued a Vaccine Equity Declaration (VED) and partnered with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the Vaccine Alliance to spearhead the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative. Nearly 7,000 individuals and hundreds of organizations have signed the VED, which implores political and commercial entities to support COVAX by safely and effectively accelerating manufacture, approval, and allocation processes. Currently, 190 countries and economies are backing COVAX....

The event is organised by Wild Warrior, which has former India tennis star Somdev Devvarman as a co-founder, a release said. The events to be held are: A sprint triathlon (ocean swim, bike, run), sprint duathlon (run, bike, run), both individual and team, a 5K run and one-km beach side obstacle course race and will start at 6 a.m. Wild Warrior co-founder, Vikram Menon said, “Obstacle course races are slowly gaining popularity as a serious sport around the globe....

The president’s own treatment came in stark contrast to the news emerging from hospitals around the country: overwhelmed hospitals, reused PPE, and patients told to take Tylenol after being turned away from the emergency room. While President Trump received quick and effective treatment, the reality for many in the United States often includes a struggle to stay insured and healthy during the pandemic. Since September 2020, 12.6 million people have been unemployed in the United States, leaving millions uninsured....