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Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday as Luciano Spalletti’s new team failed to claim a first win in this season’s Champions League. Dusan Vlahovic earned Juve a point in Turin by poking home Khephren Thuram’s low cross in the 34th minute and cancelling out Maximiliano Araujo’s early opener for the Portuguese champions. Juve are hovering above the elimination places in the league table with just three points from four fixtures in Europe’s elite club competition. “We had a difficult start but then took control of the game,” Spalletti told Sky Sport. “What gives…

Daniil Medvedev in action© AFP Former world number one Daniil Medvedev kickstarted his campaign at the Paris Masters on Tuesday with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win over Spaniard Jaume Munar. The 2020 Paris Masters champion began briskly on the vast centre court of the event’s new La Defense Arena home, claiming the opening set in under half-an-hour. Eleventh seed Medvedev then secured the crucial break in the sixth game of the second set and served out to set up a second-round meeting with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. Earlier, Canadian ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime kept alive his hopes of qualifying…

New Zealand vs West Indies Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) West Indies produced a power-hitting masterclass but still fell agonisingly short, losing to New Zealand by three runs in a high-scoring thriller at Eden Park on Thursday. The result levelled the five-match T20I series 1-1.New Zealand’s victory was built on Mark Chapman’s explosive 78 off just 28 balls, which propelled the hosts to 207 for 5 after a slow start. ‘They pull our players away’: Brian Lara explains West Indies cricket’s declineComing in with the score at 81/2 in the 12th over, Chapman tore into the West Indian bowlers, smashing…

Luis Diaz scored twice and was sent off as Bayern Munich maintained their perfect record this season with a statement 2-1 win away to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday in a glamour Champions League tie marred by an injury to Achraf Hakimi. The Colombian gave Bayern a fourth-minute lead at the Parc des Princes and pounced on slack defending to score again just after the half-hour mark. However, the former Liverpool winger was shown a red card in first-half stoppage time following a rash challenge on Hakimi which forced PSG’s Moroccan star off in tears. Joao Neves pulled one…

World number one Carlos Alcaraz said he had “no feeling at all” for the ball after he was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his opening match at the Paris Masters on Tuesday by 31st-ranked Briton Cameron Norrie. The six-time Grand Slam champion has failed to win the Paris Masters in five attempts and now faces losing his place atop the rankings should rival Jannik Sinner win the tournament.  After three weeks out of official competition due to an ankle injury which forced him to skip the Shanghai Masters, Alcaraz said he had come into the event in Paris…

Dhruv Jurel stays strong with unbeaten 132 With Rishabh Pant back in the Indian Test squad, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel may return to the bench. However, Jurel proved his batting value on Thursday at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, scoring a sublime unbeaten 132 (175b; 12×4; 4×6) for India ‘A’ against South Africa ‘A’. This was his third century in seven innings, including a previous 125 against the West Indies in Ahmedabad.On day one of the second four-day match, Jurel stood tall as India ‘A’ were bowled out for 255 in 77.1 overs.Jurel was left to score more than 50% of…

In what could mark a new beginning for Indian football, the game’s national federation AIFF has roped in two overseas-based players — Ryan Williams and Abneet Bharti — for the national camp ahead of the AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Bangladesh in Dhaka on November 18. The move reflects a bold shift in approach by the federation, opening the door for Indian-origin players and those willing to give up foreign citizenship to represent the country. The camp begins in Bengaluru on Thursday, with both players expected to join shortly. If cleared, both players will join the squad in…

Jannik Sinner began his tilt at a maiden Paris Masters crown which would return him to world number one with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Zizou Bergs on Wednesday, while reigning champion Alexander Zverev battled through a lengthy three-setter. Following the surprise exit of world number one Carlos Alcaraz at the round of 32 stage on Tuesday, a maiden crown in the ATP 1000 event in the French capital would return Sinner to the summit of the world rankings. But the Italian second seed showed no signs of feeling the weight of that pressure in his opening match…

Team India (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Shivam Dube credited tactical planning and composure under pressure for India’s commanding 48-run victory over Australia in the fourth T20I on Thursday, which handed the visitors an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking after the match, Dube said India’s total of 167 for 8 was more than defendable given the ground dimensions and bowling strength.“167 on this ground is definitely a good score because of the quality bowling we have — the spinners, the fast bowlers. I trust them and the…

Kylian Mbappe has been near-unstoppable this season. At Anfield on Tuesday, he hit a roadblock. Again. For the second year running, the Real Madrid forward had a night to forget on Merseyside as Liverpool won 1-0 in the Champions League, and Mbappe looked a shadow of the player who has been tearing defenses apart all season. “We were lacking that threat in the final third,” said Madrid coach Xabi Alonso, without naming Mbappe individually. But the France World Cup winner rarely looked capable of finding a breakthrough against a Liverpool team that has been so defensively fragile for…