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India's Pant boosts World Cup hopes with IPL batting blitz
Rishabh Pant smashed an unbeaten 88 as he led Delhi Capitals to a tense IPL win over Gujarat Titans on Wednesday, boosting his chances of playing for India at the T20 World Cup.He has not only fired with the bat in the IPL but his sharp work behind the stumps prompted Delhi's director of cricket Sourav Ganguly and coach Ricky Ponting to back the India star for making the national team for the World Cup in June.
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Five-star Arsenal thrash Chelsea to open up Premier League lead
Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City.Leandro Trossard was also on target for the Gunners, who move three points clear of Liverpool and four of Manchester City.
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Unbeaten Stoinis ton helps Lucknow chase 211 to beat CSK
Australia's Marcus Stoinis hit an unbeaten 124 as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a target of 211 with six wickets and three balls to spare against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday.Lucknow looked in trouble at 88-3 after 11 overs but Stoinis put on 70 runs with Nicholas Pooran, who hit 34 off 15 balls, and an unbeaten 65-run stand with Deepak Hooda to achieve victory in 19.3 overs.
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Ruben Amorim: Portugal's next coaching superstar, tipped for Liverpool
Twenty years ago it was Jose Mourinho.- Influenced by Jorge Jesus - Amorim has described Mourinho as his reference, but he admits Jesus -– now managing Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia -- marked him more than any other coach after he spent seven years under his stewardship.
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WADA reject cover-up charge, China labels reports 'fake news'
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday rejected accusations of a cover-up during their investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive for a prescription heart drug and said they would take "whatever action necessary" in response to the allegations."I believe you will also have noted that the World Anti-Doping Agency has put out a very clear response," Wang said.
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Game on! Dutch darts world hits the Bullseye
The packed stadium shudders as thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans bounce around, chanting the name of their favourite player.Well-oiled fans, many in orange fancy dress, went crazy every time players hit the maximum 180, punctuating their screams with regular chants of "Stand up if you love the darts" which brought everyone to their feet.
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Bellingham brings Madrid to brink of title with Clasico winner
Jude Bellingham snatched Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Clasico win over champions Barcelona on Sunday with a "fundamental" goal to take them 11 points clear at the top of La Liga.Madrid's top scorer with 21 goals across all competitions, the former Borussia Dortmund man netted twice in Madrid's Clasico win over Barcelona in October and is shining in his first season in Spain at only 20 years old.
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