Sports News Highlights: Indian Ministry Raises Budget By Over Rs 350 Crore; Australia Thrash Sri Lanka In Galle

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Aston Villa forward Jhon Duran completes his £64m move to Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr. The Colombia striker leaves Villa Park to join Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi club having scored 12 goals in 29 appearances this season.

Hyderabad Superstars sealed their place in the semi-finals of the inaugural edition of the World Pickleball League despite a 2-3 defeat to Chennai Super Champs on Friday.

The semi-finals lineup has been confirmed with Bengaluru Jawans, who finished at the top of the table, facing Hyderabad Superstars and Mumbai Pickle Power, after an impressive league run, taking on Pune United. (PTI)

Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Rizwan ©, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Hasnain.

Six more current or former tennis players linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium were given suspensions of varying lengths — one was barred for 15 years — and fined, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday.

That brings the total to about 30 players punished for their connections to the syndicate run by Grigor Sargsyan, who was previously given a five-year custodial sentence. (AP)

England skipper Jos Buttler didn't agree with India's ploy to use Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute for half centurion Shivam Dube, a master stroke that saw the hosts seal the five-match T20I series with 15-run win in the fourth game here on Friday.

"I think either Shivam Dube put on 25 mph with the ball or Harshit Rana has improved a lot with his batting," the skipper said.

Indian superstar Virat Kohli was on Friday felicitated by the Delhi and District Cricket Association for playing 100 Tests, a milestone he achieved back in March 2022. Kohli has played 23 more Tests since that landmark game. But considering he is in the national capital for his first Ranji Trophy match since November 2012, the DDCA decided to honour him.

Werder Bremen bounced back after missing an early penalty to beat Mainz 1-0 in the Bundesliga and move within touching distance of the Champions League qualification places.

Werder Breman 1-0 Mainz

Less than a week after splashing out a world-record fee for Naomi Girma, Chelsea has spent big again to bring England midfielder Keira Walsh back to the Women's Super League. Walsh left European champion Barcelona after 2 1/2 years to join Chelsea for a reported 400,000 pounds ($496,000) on Friday.

Jayson Tatum라이브 바카라 jumper with 0.7 seconds left gave the Boston Celtics a 118-116 victory over the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

Jharkhand have beaten Tamil Nadu in their Ranji Trophy Elie Group D match by 44 runs.

Sri Lanka, who were bowled out for 165 in their 1st innings, are 16/2 in their second innings, following on to Australia.

"Batting has always been my number one (love) or close to my heart. That's a very satisfying day (on Friday), and at the same point of time before sleeping (it) gives me a wonderful feeling and I've always had a good sleep post that," the all-rounder said in a video posted by BCCI on 'X', formerly Twitter.

Dhaka Capitals have won the toss and have opted to bat.

A major security lapse occurred at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in a mad rush to get near Virat Kohli as three over-enthusiastic fans barged into the field of play on day two of the Ranji Trophy game between Delhi and Railways despite a large presence of security personnel.

Alana King evoked the memories of Shane Warne's delivery to Mike Gatting in 1993, when she bamboozled Sophia Dunkley. That too came from the Shane Warne End at the MCG.

Australia's Beth Mooney became the country's first woman cricketer to score hundreds in all the three formats.

Australia women have defeated England women by an innings and 122 runs to clean sweep the Ashes.

The government's flagship Khelo India programme to scout and nurture athletes at the grassroots level was the biggest beneficiary as the allocation for sports was hiked substantially by Rs 351.98 crore in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.

Bengaluru teenager Abhay Mohan, who won one of the two premier single-seater National Championships in the prestigious MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championships in 2024, has won his first National Championship Trophy at a glittering awards ceremony.

Odisha 180 & 394 Vs Services 199 & 46/0 

Chhattisgarh 406 Vs Chandigarh 283 & 222/4

Madhya Pradesh 670/7D Vs Uttar Pradesh 404/2

Karnataka 304 & 108/3 Vs Haryana 450

Pondicherry 427 & 41/2 Vs Uttarakhand 273

Vidarbha 190 & 355 Vs Hyderabad 326 & 23/1

Maharashtra 418 Vs Tripura 270 & 135/2

Badminton: Karnataka beat Uttarakhand 3-1

Gold - Karnataka

Silver - Uttarakhand

Bronze - Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan

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