Courtesy the win, Hyderabad remain on course to qualify for the playoffs. Chennai & Delhi are already through with Mumbai in the 3rd spot. In the bottom half, Kolkata, Punjab and Rajasthan are fighting for the 4th spot with 10 points each to their credit. 

India may have lost the Tri-nation series final vs Australia but Harmanpreet&nbsp;Kaur's&nbsp;girls are still high on confidence&nbsp;as they gear up to take the Aussies once again but this time in the Women's World T20 opener on Friday in Sydney. Though the women in yellow have dominated the tournament with 4 titles to their name, 3-time semi-finalists&nbsp;India too boast a formidable unit to go the distance this time around.

Faf du Plessis has decided to step down as South Africa's Test and T20 skipper with immediate effect. du Plessis captained South Africa in a total of 112 international matches across all 3 formats since December 2012. South Africa has had a poor run under him lately and managed&nbsp;to win just 1 Test series since July 2018. Just recently against England, the Proteas&nbsp;were humbled in&nbsp;the Test series in their own backyard.&nbsp;However, the 35-year-old will continue to be available for selection as a player in all 3 formats.&nbsp;Though not official yet but Quinton de Kock&nbsp;who had already replaced du Plessis&nbsp;as South Africa's full-time ODI&nbsp;captain is now&nbsp;expected to lead the Proteas in other formats as well.&nbsp;
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Tottenham continued to rise on the Premier League points table after they edged out Aston Villa 3-2 in a five-goal thriller on Sunday night. The stunning away win for Spurs came after Son Heung&nbsp;min rescued them twice including an injury-time goal which gave the visitors 3 points on the night. Spurs now are just 1 point behind Chelsea in the 5th place who have a game in hand in the race for next season's Champions League qualification.&nbsp;

Srinivasa&nbsp;Gowda, the Kambala&nbsp;Jockey who rose to stardom last week after being compared to the legendary sprinter&nbsp;Usain&nbsp;Bolt has turned down Sports Minister&nbsp;Kiren&nbsp;Rijiju's offer of trials at the Sports Authority of India. Gowda&nbsp;who&nbsp;prefers focussing&nbsp;on his traditional sport of Kambala&nbsp;went viral after a video claimed that he&nbsp;finished 100mtrs in 9.55 secs&nbsp;which is faster than Bolt's World record of 9.58 secs.&nbsp;On Saturday&nbsp;Kiren&nbsp;Rijiju,&nbsp;the sports minister of India after recognising Gowda's&nbsp;talent invited the 'Desi&nbsp;Usain&nbsp;Bolt' for trials.&nbsp;

World junior 400 meter Champion and Asian Games Silver medallist, Hima&nbsp;Das will compete in the 200m race at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The shift has reduced her chances of qualifying at the individual event during the summer games due to the huge difference in the qualifying time which is 22.80 seconds.&nbsp;Hima's&nbsp;personal best is 23.10 seconds which she clocked in 2018. Owing to&nbsp;her poor health and back injury that affected her training regime the Athletics&nbsp;Federation of India have decided that&nbsp;Hima&nbsp;will shift back to the longer format which is the 400m race only from next year.

India is most likely to host England in a Day-night Test at the refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera in January-February 2021. The decision was reportedly taken at BCCI's apex council meeting in Delhi on Sunday. BCCI officials also approved a budget of Rs 2 crore on an ad-hoc basis to the Indian Cricketers' Association. The England tour is scheduled for July 2021 where India will play a five-match Test series, out of which one will be a day-night Test.

New Zealand's pace spearhead Trent Boult&nbsp;returns to action as he was named in the 13-member Test squad for the series vs India which starts from Friday. Boult, who last played for New Zealand in December 2019 is making a comeback from a hand injury. The Kiwis have also named fast bowler Kyle Jamieson&nbsp;in the squad for the 2-match Test series vs India. The 1st Test will be played in Wellington and starts on Friday.&nbsp;

After scoring a match-winning goal Portuguese football club&nbsp;Porto's Moussa Marega&nbsp;walked off the pitch as he was racially abused by the fans. Marega&nbsp;had pointed to the colour of skin while celebrating the goal but fans chose to abuse him instead. Despite numerous requests by the team's staff and his fellow players, Marega&nbsp;walked off the pitch and was visibly furious. Racism in football doesn't seem to end despite efforts by the leagues across the world and Moussa&nbsp;Marega&nbsp;became the latest victim.&nbsp;

After thumping hosts South Africa in the Tests, England came out on top in the T20 series as well after they beat the Proteas by 5 wickets in a high scoring encounter on Sunday night in Centurion. Chasing 223 with the series on the line, England crumbled under pressure but skipper Eoin&nbsp;Morgan smashed a 22 ball unbeaten 57 to take the 3 Lions past the finish line. Interestingly, in his whirlwind knock, Morgan hit 7 sixes but didn't feel the need to score a four. England thus won the 3 match T20 series 2-1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mesut&nbsp;Ozil scored his first goal for Arsenal in over 10 months as his side thumped Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday. 4 goals were scored at the Emirates by Arsenal as they beat 13th placed Newcastle to register their 1st win in last 7 outings under new manager Mikel&nbsp;Arteta.&nbsp;Aubameyang,&nbsp;Nicolas Pepe&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Alexandre Lacazette&nbsp;also got on the scoresheet apart from Ozil&nbsp;as Arsenal completed a rout to enter the top 10 on the points table.&nbsp;

BCCI chief Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;on Sunday said that India will play day-night Test during Australia's tour later this year, for which a formal announcement will be made soon. The former skipper added that the second Test of the next home series against England will be a day-night Test and&nbsp;the board will try to have at least one day-night Test in each series in the future. Interestingly, last month Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;had said that team India is ready for a day-night Test anywhere in Australia.&nbsp;

Mayank Agarwal&nbsp;ended his poor run and wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh&nbsp;Pant found his form as India's warm-up match against New Zealand&nbsp;XI ended in a draw. Agarwal&nbsp;who was going through a wobbly form since the 2nd Test against Bangladesh scored 81 off 99 balls while Rishabh&nbsp;Pant found composure&nbsp;with his aggressiveness and scored 70 off 65 balls. The match was called off an hour after lunch with India scoring 252/4 in 48 overs&nbsp;in their 2nd inning.&nbsp;

A below-par show by the Indian batsmen vs New Zealand&nbsp;XI was overshadowed by the fast bowlers on day 2 of the 3-day tour game as the hosts were bowled out for 235, 28 runs short of India's 1st innings total. Mohammad Shami who was rested for the final 2 ODIs&nbsp;against the Blackcaps&nbsp;was at his usual best and finished as the highest wicket-taker with 3 scalps. His partner in crime Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah&nbsp;whose form was a bit concerning after going&nbsp;wicketless in the ODI series also struck form and picked up 2 wickets, giving away just 18 runs in 11 overs. Umesh Yadav and&nbsp;Navdeep Saini&nbsp;too picked up 2 wickets as India's pace attack once again looks lethal ahead of the 2-match Test series.

18-yr-old rising shuttler&nbsp;Lakshya Sen registered a glorious&nbsp;21-18, 22-20, the biggest of his career, over World Number 7&nbsp;Jonatan Christie, to almost snatch victory for India in the Asia Team Championships on Saturday. However, Lakshya's heroics went in vain as India lost 2-3 to defending champions Indonesia settling for a Bronze along with Japan. The 18-year-old's&nbsp;sensational game kept India in the fray after Sai&nbsp;Praneeth&nbsp;retired&nbsp;hurt in the opening game of the first singles.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India has asked its Pakistani counterpart not to allow the unauthorized Indian kabaddi&nbsp;team to use the national flag in the final of the circle style World Cup. The Indian team will play Pakistan in the finals on Sunday in Lahore. The contingent is under investigation by the Sports Ministry because it reportedly went to Pakistan without any official permission or for an unrecognized Kabaddi&nbsp;World Cup. The&nbsp;Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India&nbsp;in a statement said that the players don't represent India and also&nbsp;added that it had not received any invitation for a World Cup in Pakistan

Two of the most successful&nbsp;IPL sides Mumbai&nbsp;Indians and Chennai Super Kings will open the 2020 edition of the tournament.&nbsp;Defending champions&nbsp;Mumbai&nbsp;will host their arch-rival Chennai for the 13th edition of the glitzy tournament at the Wankhede on 29th March. Although BCCI has not released the official schedule, the franchises&nbsp;tweeted out&nbsp;their fixtures and reports say the final will be played on 24th May in Mumbai. Reports also suggest that the league phase will be extended by a week to avoid double-headers on Saturdays.&nbsp;

Barcelona edged past Getafe&nbsp;after a hard-fought 2-1 win in the La Liga&nbsp;on Saturday to go level with table toppers Real Madrid. Barcelona scored twice in 6 minutes after Antoine Griezmann&nbsp;opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. However, Getafe&nbsp;fought back with a goal in the 66th minute but were denied further goals by the Barca keeper. Now, both Barcelona and Real Madrid have 52 points on the table with a 2-goal difference.&nbsp;

"This is insane!", is what Liverpool manager Jurgen&nbsp;Klopp&nbsp;had to say after his side registered a narrow 1-0 win against Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday, moving closer to winning their first top-flight title in 30 years. Attacking midfielder&nbsp;Sadio&nbsp;Mane came off the bench and netted the only goal of the game with just 12 minutes remaining on the clock. With this win, the Reds have extended their gigantic&nbsp;lead with 76 points on the charts and are now unbeaten in 43 league games.&nbsp;

Rajasthan's Bhawana&nbsp;Jat&nbsp;booked a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after bagging gold in the 20km race walk event at the National Championships in Ranchi. Bhawna&nbsp;clocked a record timing&nbsp;of 1 hour 29 minutes and 54 seconds. The qualifying time for Olympic is 1 hour 31 minutes, and Bhawana was well within the stipulated limit. Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh's Priyanka&nbsp;Goswami&nbsp;came second, missing the&nbsp;qualifying mark by just 36 seconds.
Sports was a tough choice for Bhawana. Daughter of a farmer from a small village in Rajasthan's&nbsp;Rajsmand district, Bhawana's fortunes changed after she got a job with the Indian Railways in 2016 on a sports quota. She went from strength&nbsp;to strength&nbsp;winning district level tournaments to Rajasthan's state-level athletics championships.

Fast bowler Ishant Sharma&nbsp;is all set to fly to Wellington to join the Indian squad for a 2-match Test series that starts from 21st February after he cleared a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy. The 31-year-old was ruled out for 6 weeks after he picked up an ankle injury during Delhi's Ranji&nbsp;Trophy game against&nbsp;Vidarbha&nbsp;on 21st January. On February 4&nbsp;Ishant&nbsp;was named in the Test squad subject to a fitness clearance.&nbsp;

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