India declared their second innings at 246/5, setting a target of 410 for Sri Lanka on the penultimate day of the third and final Test against India at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Tuesday.
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Alex Hales in the England cricket team
To make blind cricket more popular in India, the president of CABI urges to Union Sports ministry to make it a recognized sports in the country.
Pep Guardiola is happy with Manchester City's performance against West Ham United and wants to see his team's performance against other top players from English Premier League.
Although, Germany dominated the hosts in their Pool B match at Bhubaneshwar in HWL, India will still qualify for the quarter-finals.
Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Paul Pogba will feature for Manchester United against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night (December 5), while Sergio Romero is set to start the final Champions League Group A clash at Old Trafford.
Dinesh Chandimal was unbeaten on 98 with Sadeera Samarawickrama giving him company at his personal score of 4 not out as the visitors reduced the first innings deficit to 266 runs.
In the other Pool A match of the day, Belgium rode on a hat-trick from Loïck Luypaert to thrash Spain 5-0.
Antonio Conte said in an interview he is happy with how Chelsea performed in a match against Newcastle. Conte says he is also looking forward to seeing England against Belgium in the World Cup.
Chanu is the world champion in the 48 kg category, only the second Indian woman to win a gold medal at the worlds.
Italian football club AS Roma has announced that Greek defender Kostas Manolas has put pen on the paper to sign a contract with boss Eusebio Di Francesco's team.
Samuel Ward scored his second of the evening in the 56th minute to silence the packed stadium as England walked away 3-2 winners.
Arjun Atwal enjoyed a solid front nine 32 before adding his fifth birdie on the 14th hole.
Spain on Friday afternoon were drawn to face reigning European champions Portugal, Morocco and Iran in Group B and should be favourites to reach the last 16.