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While Red Bull and Max Verstappen were very much on a roll at the Singapore Grand Prix with victory in the sprint and then pole position, Britain’s George Russell was left having to roll with the punches. His vanishingly slight title hopes took another blow after he crashed out of the sprint race on the streets of the Marina Bay circuit.Verstappen’s pole was a mighty lap to beat the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc into second by five-hundredths of a second as the Dutchman enjoys his best form of the season. A 50th pole, his first in Singapore coming on the…

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the third day of the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Kingsmead, Durban!OVERNIGHT SCORESouth Africa 27/1 vs Australia 390 all out (Matt Renshaw 190; Wiaan Mulder 4/68) in 137.2 overs.TOSSAustralia won the toss and opted to bat first.PLAYING XISouth Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, David Bedingham, Temba Bavuma (c), Tristan Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje.Australia: Nic Maddinson, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey (wk), Beau Webster, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.SQUADSSouth Africa: Temba Bavuma (c),…

Arbeloa 11/4 from 9/2 after Fulham fall to late defeat at Ipswich. Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Manchester United’s failure to clinch victory against 10-man Spurs has seen the heat turned up further on manager Michael Carrick, and we now make the former United and Spurs midfielder favourite to be the next Premier League manager to go at 2/1. “Carrick was 5/2 before Saturday’s clash, with Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi narrowly ahead of him in the sack race market at 9/4, but they have now traded places with De Zerbi drifting out to 11/4 after Spurs grabbed…

Group ABihar vs Uttar Pradesh – Rajgir – begins 9:00AMGoa vs Baroda – Panaji – begins 9:30AMJammu and Kashmir vs Madhya Pradesh – Srinagar – begins 9:30AMVidarbha vs Puducherry – Nagpur – begins 9:30AMGroup BHyderabad vs Tripura – Securandarabad – begins 9:30AMAndhra vs Karnataka – Vijayawada – begins 9:30AMPunjab vs Assam – New Chandigarh – begins 9:30AMSaurashtra vs Chhattisgarh – Rajkot – begins 9:30AMGroup CJharkhand vs Kerala – Jamshedpur – begins 9:00AMBengal vs Delhi – Kalyani – begins 9:00AMGujarat vs Odisha – Ahmedabad – begins 9:30AMServices vs Maharashtra – Delhi – begins 9:30AMGroup DHaryana vs Himachal Pradesh – Rohtak –…

Former India opener and Mumbai batting legend Wasim Jaffer has questioned Yashasvi Jaiswal’s decision to take up wicket-keeping role at the age of 24, saying the Test opener should instead focus on his batting.Mumbai captain Siddhesh Lad on Thursday had said that Jaiswal has been working on wicket-keeping as a back-up skill to batting and leg-spin, with pictures of him putting in the hard yards behind the stumps surfacing ahead of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season.“I myself was surprised when I heard this. It is very difficult if you have not kept wickets since childhood. First of all, it is…

The Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season will begin with the first round of fixtures between October 11 and 14.Defending champion Jammu and Kashmir will take on Madhya Pradesh in its opening game in Srinagar, while runner-up Karnataka will take on Andhra in Vijayawada.Elsewhere, heavyweights Mumbai and Tamil Nadu will take on Chandigarh and Rajasthan respectively, while Jharkhand, which contributed five players to East Zone’s Duleep Trophy-winning side, will begin against Kerala.When is the Ranji Trophy 2026-27 opening round fixtures?The Ranji Trophy 2026-27 opening round fixtures will take place from October 11 to 14. Most matches will begin at 9:30 AM IST,…

IT is the much awaited return of EFL Championship action this weekend following elongated international break activities. A huge London derby gets the ball rolling and there are two other appetising fixtures offering local bragging rights. Accordingly, football betting odds provide fascinating reading. Here is my analysis of Sunday’s match between Southampton and Portsmouth, with a considered score prediction to assist your Championship betting on the contest. Southampton v Portsmouth Prediction Southampton Preview Fiercely contested South Coast rivalry set to unfold. Southampton’s 2-1 reverse at Wrexham before the international interruptions was a first loss during seven EFL games. Don’t forget…

Not everyone can bowl fast. Not everyone who can bowl fast bowls fast all the time.Is that a good thing? India head coach Gautam Gambhir is of the opinion that speedsters who have been given the gift of pace should let it rip.Mayank Yadav is part of the ilk that can bowl fast, very fast. In the series opener against the West Indies, the 24-year-old experimented too much with his pace. His slower deliveries, which lacked deception, were found out and feasted on by the powerful West Indians.The fast bowler turned out to be a fast learner. He quickly understood…

The Indian juggernaut has finally been halted.Chasing may be the preferred template in modern T20Is, but not when you have to hunt down 250. That was the tall order in front of the West Indies at the JSCA Stadium here on Friday.Conventional wisdom would’ve predicted an easy win for the defending team, but not against a marauding West Indian batting order.The Men in Maroon made light work of what looked like an insurmountable task, gunning down the target in 18.3 overs and pulling off a stunning six-wicket victory in the second T20I.IND vs WI, 2nd T20I – As it happenedAfter…

Toto Wolff has condemned accusations of bias in how he has managed his drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, with the Mercedes team principal describing those positing such theories as better off watching “Teletubbies or Mickey Mouse” rather than Formula One.With Antonelli leading Russell by 84 points in the world championship as they go into this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, the Italian’s first title is within his reach. The 20-year-old has driven superbly in only his second season in F1 but Russell has struggled with poor fortune and reliability issues that have stymied his championship challenge.At the last round, in…