One of the oldest rivalries in cricket 'The Ashes' resumes on Thursday, as Australia take on England in the 1st Test in Birmingham. Fresh from their maiden World Cup triumph, the 3 Lions will look to bring the urn back home. The Aussies may have won just 1 Test series since thumping England 4-0 in the last Ashes, but with the return of David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, the Kangaroos are stronger than the last time. But history backs the hosts, as England haven't lost to Australia at home in almost 2 decades. With both sides evenly matched on paper, fasten your seat belts for a rollercoaster&nbsp;Ashes ride.

One of the oldest rivalries in cricket 'The Ashes' resumes on Thursday, as Australia take on England in the 1st Test in Birmingham. Fresh from their maiden World Cup triumph, the 3 Lions will look to bring the urn back home. The Aussies may have won just 1 Test series since thumping England 4-0 in the last Ashes, but with the return of David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, the Kangaroos are stronger than the last time. But history backs the hosts, as England haven't lost to Australia at home in almost 2 decades. With both sides evenly matched on paper, fasten your seat belts for a rollercoaster Ashes ride.

The Commonwealth Games Federation on Monday green-lighted India to host the shooting and archery championships in 2022. The decision also comes after India threatened&nbsp;to boycott the Birmingham Games for dropping shooting and archery from the schedule as they are considered optional sports by the federation. The 2 championships will now be held in Chandigarh&nbsp;and the medals from the 2 events will be added to the final tally a week after the conclusion of the&nbsp;Birmingham Games in 2020.&nbsp;

After beating Australia in the opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup, India beat Bangladesh by 18 runs in a hard-fought match on Monday. Without Smriti Mandhana, 16-year-old Shafali Verma gave India a solid start with a 17-ball 39. However, 2 wickets each from Salma Khatun and Panna Ghosh coupled with several confusions on the pitch restricted India to a total of 142. Bangladesh's skipper Nigar Sultana took charge scoring 35 runs in 26 balls, but leg-spinner Poonam Yadav once again displayed a fantastic performance as she took 3 wickets giving away just 18 runs in four years. With this, girls in blue have registered their 2nd straight win of the tournament and sit on top of their Group.

US President Donald Trump's 2 days visit to India is subject to a number of&nbsp;memes and trolling on social media. After Trump's speech at the Motera&nbsp;Cricket Stadium on Monday, ICC&nbsp;too jumped in to action. During his speech, Trump praised Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar&nbsp;and Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;and in the process mispronounced the little master's name, calling him 'Soochin' with his signature pout. ICC&nbsp;took to Twitter to troll Trump, tweeting various pronunciations and asking if anyone knows the right one.&nbsp;

He might be surrounded by American football and baseball all the time but visiting President Donald Trump does know a thing or two about cricket. During his rally at Ahmedabad's&nbsp;Motera&nbsp;Cricket Stadium, Trump praised the two stalwarts of Indian cricket.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A piece of good news for an already struggling team India, the all-rounder&nbsp;Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;is all set to make a come back after he was out of action for five months&nbsp;due to a lower back injury. The fit-again 26-year-old will first play in the DY Patil&nbsp;T20 tournament.&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;who&nbsp;last represented India&nbsp;on September&nbsp;22 last year against South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;will be&nbsp;assessed on the basis of&nbsp;his performance and progress by the national selectors and could be available for national team selection.&nbsp;

The iconic Motera cricket ground that hosted American President Donald Trump and PM Narendra Modi has got a rich history of its own.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s the largest cricket stadium in the World and the 2nd biggest stadium overall after North Korea&rsquo;s &nbsp;Rungrado May Day Stadium.&nbsp;The new facility can seat over 1,10,000 fans which is over 10,000 more than the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was recently renovated by the Gujarat Cricket Association at a cost of over Rs 800 crore.&nbsp;Back in the day, Motera first hosted a match in Nov 1983 when India played West Indies in a Test match. The last match played at this ground was a T20 encounter between India and arch-rivals Pakistan. At Motera Cricket Ground, Sunil Gavaskar completed his 10,000 career runs during a series vs Pakistan in 1987.&nbsp;Kapil Dev also broke Richard Hadlee&rsquo;s then world record of 431 wickets. In 1999, Sachin Tendulkar also smashed a double hundred in Motera against New Zealand.&nbsp;
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In a not so happening Ice hockey match, a 42-year-old emergency back up keeper David Ayres&nbsp;proved a blessing in disguise for the Carolina Hurricanes who were playing against Toronto&nbsp;Maple Leafs.&nbsp;After the team lost its top 2 stoppers to injury,&nbsp;Ayres, who generally&nbsp;drives the ice resurfacing machine lived hs chance to the best when&nbsp;his saves helped his team.

After losing the 1st Test to New Zealand in just 4 days, Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;blamed the batsmen for the loss. Kohli&nbsp;said, "It's a game where we didn't show enough competitiveness. We let ourselves down massively in the first innings with the bat". Despite suffering their 1st loss in the World Test Championship, Captain Kohli&nbsp;is optimistic for a quick turn around, "There is no doubt that we will try to win the next Test. We are not going to win in any other fashion. Whatever is required to do as a batting, bowling and fielding unit to be able to do that, we will do it. We are not bothered about another loss but we are not going to take a backward step."

South Africa staged an incredible comeback to level the 3-match T20 series vs Australia as they won the 2nd encounter in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Quinton de Kock&nbsp;smashed a 47 ball 70 which helped South Africa post 158/4 from their 20 overs. In reply, Australia were in cruise control with David Warner scoring a quick 67 not out. Needing 25 from their last 3 overs, the Aussies cracked under pressure as they fell short of the target. The 12 run win for the hosts ensures that the 3rd and final match will be the series decider.&nbsp;

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang&nbsp;netted a brace as Arsenal edged past Everton a goal fest on Sunday night. The Gunners who are still in the 9th spot on the table beat Everton&nbsp;3-2 despite going a goal down in the 1st minute of the game itself. The win helped Mikel Arteta's&nbsp;side to remain 9th on points as they avoided a loss once again in their last 10 games in all competitions.&nbsp;

Bruno Fernandez scored his maiden goal for Manchester United as they thumped relegation-threatened Watford in the Premier League on Sunday. Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood too got on the scoresheet as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men registered a comfortable win which took them to the 5th spot in the league, 3 points behind Chelsea in a race for a Champions League berth next season.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Trent Boult and Tim Southee&nbsp;were on fire on the 4th day morning in Wellington as they helped New Zealand&nbsp;crush Team India by 10 wickets to win the 1st Test. India lost their last 6 wickets for 47 runs in the morning as Southee&nbsp;finished with 9 wickets in the match. The Kiwis chased down the 9 run target with ease as they ended India's 7-match winning streak in Tests. This was also the first loss for Virat&nbsp;Kohli's men in the World Test Championship.&nbsp;

A nine-year-old Australian boy who was bullied at school over his height was the star of a rugby exhibition match on Saturday.&nbsp;Quaden&nbsp;Bayles received a warm reception as he led out the National Rugby League&rsquo;s Indigenous All Stars team for their match against the Maori All-Stars. The team&rsquo;s fullback, Rabbitoh Latrell, had extended him the invite after a heart-wrenching video of Bayles went viral on&nbsp;Facebook. In the video shot by his mother after a bullying incident at school, an inconsolable Bayles was heard saying he wants to kill himself. He was reportedly bullied by one of his schoolmates over his height. Bayles, in fact, has a genetic disorder that results in dwarfism.&nbsp;

After Barcelona's emergency signing, Martin Braithwaite&nbsp;had an ideal debut where he assisted Lionel Messi&nbsp;with his fourth goal on Saturday against Eibar.&nbsp;The Danish player just like any regular Messi&nbsp;fan was overwhelmed after the football&nbsp;star hugged him. The footballer jokingly vowed to never wash his clothes after he gave his 'first' assist to&nbsp;Messi. The 28-year-old expressed his admiration, saying that Messi&nbsp;made him feel comfortable on the pitch and was very happy to have an 'extraordinary' debut.

Serie A matches in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto will not be played on Sunday due to&nbsp;fear of the coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak, the Italian govt has confirmed.&nbsp;The matches were postponed after Italy reported two coronavirus&nbsp;deaths.&nbsp;Inter Milan's game against Sampdoria is among three Serie A fixtures that have been called off. The suspension also includes Verona v Cagliari and Atalanta v Sassuolo.&nbsp;There was no indication of when the games might be rescheduled.

The 3rd day of the 1st Test started with India taking a wicket on the first ball as&nbsp;Ishant&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;registered impressive&nbsp;figures of 5 for 68. However, the Kiwi batting line up survived the attack long enough to take a 183 run lead before they were bowled out. India was hoping to not repeat the day 1 disaster but with Prithvi Shaw, Pujara and Kohli&nbsp;removed early by Trent Boult, the task fell on Mayank&nbsp;Agarwal's&nbsp;shoulder to carry the innings forward. Agarwal&nbsp;smashed a 99 ball 58 to bring India's game back to life before he was dismissed by Tim Southee. Day 3 ended with India on 144 for 4, trailing by 39 runs, indicating that the Kiwis are still very much in control.&nbsp;

Levante&nbsp;registered a shocking 1-0 win against Real Madrid in La Liga&nbsp;on Saturday, inflicting Real's first league defeat since October last year. The Zinedine&nbsp;Zidane's side displayed a lukewarm&nbsp;performance&nbsp;which was used by the visitors to score through&nbsp;Jose Luis Morales' volley in the 79th minute. Eden Hazard failed to convert in the 2nd half before he limped off the field with a foot injury that has been confirmed to be serious by Real's&nbsp;manager.&nbsp;

Barcelona hammered Eibar&nbsp;5-0 in La Liga&nbsp;on Saturday as Lionel Messi&nbsp;tore through Eibar's&nbsp;defenses, netting 4 goals. The star-forward opened the scoring for his side and added another 2 before half time. Barca's&nbsp;emergency&nbsp;signing&nbsp;Martin Braithwaite&nbsp;then assisted Messi&nbsp;in scoring his 4th goal of the game. With this, the Catalan giants move on top of La Liga&nbsp;charts with 55 points.&nbsp;

Chelsea landed a huge blow to Tottenham's&nbsp;top-4 hopes after they beat the visitors 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Playing against the team of their former manager Jose Mourinho, the blues showed fantastic&nbsp;skills and added 2 goals to the scoreboard. An own goal by&nbsp;Antonio Rudiger&nbsp;that deflected into the net was the only achievement of the game for Tottenham who were playing without Harry Kane and Son&nbsp;Heung-min. With this, Chelsea sits on the 4th spot on the table, 4 points clear of Tottenham.&nbsp;

Defending Premier League champions Manchester City registered their 2nd win since the 2-year ban by UEFA&nbsp;after they beat Leicester&nbsp;City 1-0 on Saturday. Both sides wasted numerous opportunities to add to the score, after which striker Gabriel Jesus came off the bench and scored a late winner in the 80th minute. City has now solidified its place in the 2nd spot on the Premier League table, 19-points behind Liverpool.&nbsp;

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