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INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Bangalore Reach The Finals Of IPL In A Royal Way
RCB are on fire in this season’s IPL. Put into bat, Gujarat notched up 158 runs in their 20 overs with Dwayne Smith top scoring with a 41 ball 73. In reply, RCB faltered early on as none of their batsmen got going. In this crunch game AB de Villiers scored a brilliant 79 runs to take his team home. RCB won by 4 wickets and moved into the finals. For GL, Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a great spell and finished off with figures off 4/14.

Sunrisers Outplayed Kolkata In Delhi
Batting first SRH piled on a fighting 162 runs in 20 overs. On the other hand, KKR struggled to get runs on the board as the entire team collapsed like a pack of cards. They managed a mere 140/8 and handed a 22 run victory to Sunrisers. From here on Gujarat and Hyderabad face each other in qualifier 2. The winner of that game will meet RCB in the finals on Sunday.

FOOTBALL

India And South Korea Play Out A Draw In AIFF Youth Cup
India and South Korea played out a 0-0 draw in their last group league match of the AIFF Youth Cup. India did not perform well and finished last in the tournament without a single win.

TENNIS

Sania Mirza And Martina Hingis Advance To The Second Round Of French Open
Yet again the popular pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hinges outplayed their counterparts Russia’s Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova 7-6 (4), 6-2 and moved into the second round of the women’s doubles in the French Open tournament.

Leander Paes And Martina Hingis Start Off With A Win In The French Open
Indo-Swiss tennis partners Leander Paes and Martina Hingis beat opponents Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 6-4, 6-4 and entered the mixed doubles pre quarter-final of the French Open.

BOXING

India’s Sonia Lather Enters Final Of World Boxing Championships
24 year old women boxer Sonia Lather won against Kazakhstan’s Aizhan Khojabekova and further stormed into the final of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship.

 


 

GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE UPCOMING WEEK

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Sri Lanka Tour Of England

  • Friday, 27 May – 31 May, 2016 :: 2nd Test Match

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