It was yet another clinical performance by the Indian team as they beat New Zealand by 7 wickets in the 3rd ODI to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5 match ODI series.

With the news of World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni's&nbsp;return to the pitch, there is a burst of happiness among cricket fans in the country. However, former captain Kapil&nbsp;Dev feels that Dhoni&nbsp;is on his last legs of his career and&nbsp;needs to do more than just IPL&nbsp;to be considered for the T20 World Cup later this year. The 61-year-old said that Dhoni&nbsp;has not played since&nbsp;a year and he must play more to be a part of the T20 World Cup as there shouldn't be different parameters for different players.&nbsp;

Citing Coronavirus&nbsp;threat, India on Friday decided to pull out of the&nbsp;shooting World Cup in Cyprus scheduled from March 4th to 13th.&nbsp;A source in the National Rifle Association of India told the Times of India that the Indian team withdrew on the advice of the government. The deadly virus has so far killed close to 3000 people.

3-time Olympic swimming champion from China&nbsp;Sun Yang has been handed a 8-year-ban for breaching&nbsp;anti-doping rules,&nbsp;the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Friday. The 28-year-old had refused to cooperate with&nbsp;anti-doping officials in September 2018, hence the World Anti-Doping Agency filed a complaint against Sun in the court of sport. The ban means that Sun Yang who was the first Chinese man to win a swimming gold at the Olympics will now not be allowed to defend his 200 metres freestyle title at the Tokyo games.

Many cricket&nbsp;pundits and players have opposed the idea of reducing Test cricket to 4 days from the 2023 cycle of the World Test Championship and former India captain and coach Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;also has a similar outlook. During&nbsp;The Hindu's annual thought conclave Kumble&nbsp;who is currently the chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee&nbsp;said he doesn't support 4-day Tests. The former India captain said that if it was four days, it wouldn&rsquo;t be a Test match.&nbsp;&nbsp;

What can be a major blow to Team India, an in form Ishant&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;may miss the 2nd Test vs New Zealand. If reports are to be believed, the ankle injury which the fast bowler suffered during a Ranji&nbsp;Trophy game in January has flared up again. Even though Ishant's&nbsp;injury was expected to take a longer time to heal but he cleared a fitness test&nbsp;at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru&nbsp;and was included in the playing XI for the Wellington Test.&nbsp;Ishant&nbsp;justified his selection with a 5-wicket haul. If he is ruled out of the Christchurch Test, Umesh&nbsp;Yadav&nbsp;is expected to replace him in the Playing XI.

The Velodrom&nbsp;in Berlin witnessed history when Denmark's men's team not only bagged a glorious Gold but also registered&nbsp;their 3rd World record at the Track Cycling World Championship on Thursday. The 4-men team had already broken defending champions Australia's record on Wednesday and now clocking a time of&nbsp;3:44.672 for the 4,000 metres event, the team beat New Zealand&nbsp;in the final. The Danes&nbsp;were 1.5 seconds faster than the previous record and have now established themselves as favourites for the upcoming&nbsp;2020 Tokyo Olympics.&nbsp;
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As India prepares to host the FIFA Women's Under 17 World Cup, the focus once again returns on the legacy that the tournament will leave behind. The Tournament director of this edition Roma Khanna in an interview to editorji&nbsp;confirmed that the event will help rear the next generation of footballers in the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;By hosting the 2nd ever World Cup after having the men's under 17 tournament in 2017, the organising committee is aiming to develop and maintain the existing infrastructure that the country has. The Championship kicks off on 2nd November later this year and will be played at 5 venues across India.&nbsp;

After skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli called&nbsp;Wriddhiman&nbsp;Saha&nbsp;the best keeper in modern-day cricket and played him in the last Test series at home, many fans were left surprised with&nbsp;Rishabh Pant's selection over&nbsp;Saha&nbsp;in the first Test vs New Zealand in Wellington. But head coach Ravi Shastri&nbsp;justified as to why the young wicketkeeper-batsman was given a go-ahead.

With the impressive swing of his&nbsp;bat throughout India's T20 series in New Zealand, all-rounder KL Rahul&nbsp;has retained his 2nd position on the ICC's&nbsp;T20I World rankings. The 27-year-old smashed a total of 224 runs in the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand&nbsp;which India won 5-0. with 823 points, Rahul&nbsp;is behind Pakistani batsman Babar&nbsp;Azam&nbsp;who has amassed&nbsp;879 points. Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;too retained his 10th spot with 673 points, even though his performance&nbsp;in the New Zealand&nbsp;tour has been below par so far.&nbsp;

After a crushing defeat in the first Test, India are now left with no breathing space as the 2nd and final Test at Christchurch is a do or die affair for them. New Zealand exposed India's weakness against swing and Hagley Oval is expected to have a similar&nbsp;pitch. Moreover, this ground is the most successful home venue for the Kiwis who have lost just 1 of their 6 Tests here, whereas India will play its first Test at the&nbsp;Hagley Oval on Saturday. Virat Kohli's men had a perfect wake up call in Wellington and the number 1 Test side is surely up for the Kiwi challenge and will look to avoid their first Test series defeat in 17 months.

India's head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed that young Test opener Prithvi Shaw is fit to play in the 2nd Test in Christchurch after he skipped a compulsory&nbsp;practice session on Thursday amidst an injury scare. Shastri&nbsp;also revealed that the call on the only possible change in the playing XI will be taken by the management. Reports have suggested that India may pick&nbsp;Ravindra Jadeja&nbsp;over&nbsp;Ravichandran Ashwin&nbsp;for Christchurch match.

Manchester United rained goals in the 2nd leg of the Europa&nbsp;League thrashing&nbsp;Belgium side Club Bruges&nbsp;5-0 on Thursday. United's&nbsp;new signing showed impeccable strength with Odion&nbsp;Ighalo scoring his 1st goal for the red devils and Bruno Fernandes&nbsp;scoring his 2nd for the club. United were on full strength as Scott McTominay&nbsp;returned&nbsp;from an injury to convert for his side in the 41st minute. Adding further damage Fred scored twice in the final 10 minutes to book his side's berth in the final-16 of the competition.&nbsp;

It was a scene of disbelief as Arsenal suffered a last-second 2-1 upset at the hands of Greek side Olympiakos&nbsp;in the 2nd leg of the Europa&nbsp;League on Thursday. The gunners' first attempt at the goal didn't even come until the 77th minute, but some hope was salvaged for the home fans after skipper Aubameyang&nbsp;equalized the visitors'&nbsp;opening goal. Just 7 minutes past that,&nbsp;Youssef El Arabi&nbsp;chipped the decider, ending Arsenal's campaign and moving further in the competition.&nbsp;

Injuries are now following Test opener&nbsp;Prithvi Shaw&nbsp;to New Zealand&nbsp;as he missed the practice session on Thursday due to swelling in his foot. Shaw who scored 16 &amp; 14 in the 1st Test skipped the compulsory practice in Christchurch. According to media reports,&nbsp;Shaw will undergo a blood test to verify the reasons behind the swelling in his foot.&nbsp;In his absence, the management is likely to sub-in Punjab's prolific run-getter Shubhman&nbsp;Gill. Gill on Thursday had an extra-long session in the nets under the watchful eyes of head coach Ravi&nbsp;Shastri.&nbsp;

Reaching the 2nd straight World T20 semifinal is no mean feat. But Team India knows that these wins are coming despite their major batters contributing much to the total. All three margins of the win were less than 20 runs each with the last game against New Zealand&nbsp;coming down to just 4 runs. Despite Shafali&nbsp;Verma&nbsp;taking the bowlers to the cleaners, the rest of the batters are falling short. Skipper Harmanpreet&nbsp;Kaur&nbsp;has had a forgettable&nbsp;run with just 11 runs in 3 games. Senior player Veda Krishnamurthy&nbsp;has scored just 35 in as many games. A big knock from the senior pair is just around the corner and hopefully,&nbsp;it comes during the knockout stages.&nbsp;

After a few nervous moments right at the end, Team India powered through to reach the semifinals&nbsp;of the Women's World T20 in Melbourne on Thursday. Shafali&nbsp;Verma&nbsp;once again played a whirlwind knock of 46 off 34 balls at the top to power India to 133/8. Rest of the batters failed to impress but the bowlers came to the party to help India. In reply, New Zealand&nbsp;were almost out of the game but a late surge in the final two overs&nbsp;almost got the White Ferns to finish line. Eventually, India won by 4 runs and qualified for their 2nd straight World T20&nbsp;semifinals.&nbsp;

English Premier League side Manchester City produced one of the most iconic comeback in modern day European football as they stunned Real Madrid at home 2-1. After being a goal down against the 13-time European Champions, City rallied back with goals from Gabriel&nbsp;Jesus and Kevin de Bryune. Madrid skipper Sergio Ramos also picked up a red card right towards the end which will haunt Los Blancos&nbsp;in the return leg.

Ahead of the 2020 edition of the&nbsp;Indian Premier&nbsp;League, the 2016 winners Sunrisers&nbsp;Hyderabad&nbsp;have appointed David&nbsp;Warner&nbsp;as their new skipper. Warner who stepped down from SRH&nbsp;captaincy duties in 2018 after&nbsp;the ball-tampering scandal&nbsp;is once again back to lead the orange army. Warner replaces Kane Williamson who lead the team in 2018 and 2019 in IPL. In the 2020 auctions, Sunrisers&nbsp;bought&nbsp;7 new players and have also replaced Tom Moody with Trevor Bayliss&nbsp;as their head coach.

Tons from&nbsp;Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis&nbsp;helped Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;register a record-breaking 161 run victory against West Indies in the 2nd ODI&nbsp;in Hambantota. It is Sri&nbsp;Lanka's&nbsp;biggest win against West Indies in 50 over cricket. Mendis&nbsp;and Fernando put together a stunning 239 run stand for the 3rd wicket after being left at 9/2. The Windes&nbsp;in reply were bowled out for just 184 in 39.1 overs. Wrist spinners&nbsp;Wanindu Hasaranga&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lakshan Sandakan&nbsp;took 3 wickets each.&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lankans who have already clinched the series will face the visitors for the final ODI&nbsp;on 4th March.

An all-round show by visiting Australia helped them beat South Africa in the 3rd and final T20 and win the series 2-1 on Wednesday in Cape Town. Batting first, Australia smashed 193/5 courtesy quickfire&nbsp;half-centuries from David Warner and Aaron Finch. In reply, the Aussie bowlers ran through South Africa's batting order as Mitchell Starc and Aston Agar picked up 3 wickets each to bowl the hosts for a mere 96. A 97 run win for the visiting side helped them win the 3-match T20 series 2-1.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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