Weekly Digest: From Wimbledon's tie-break rule to Messi's injury

A round-up of all that happened in the world of sport over the last seven days.

Published : Oct 22, 2018 00:01 IST , Chennai

John Isner of the U.S. and France's Nicolas Mahut, right, posing for a photo next to the scoreboard following their record-breaking men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.
John Isner of the U.S. and France's Nicolas Mahut, right, posing for a photo next to the scoreboard following their record-breaking men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.
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John Isner of the U.S. and France's Nicolas Mahut, right, posing for a photo next to the scoreboard following their record-breaking men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.

CRICKET

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Prithvi Shaw won the man-of-the-series award for his tally of 237 runs.
 

K. L. Rahul (33*, 53b, 1x4, 1x6) and Prithvi Shaw (33*, 45b, 3x4) raced to the 72-run target as  India  romped home by 10 wickets to complete a 2-0 series win. ( REPORT )

Thanks to a 246-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India waltzed to its target of 323 to take a 1-0 series lead. (REPORT)

Mumbai  clinched the national one-day title after a gap of 11 years with a four-wicket victory over  Delhi  at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. ( REPORT )

England wrapped up the ODI series with a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern victory as Sri Lanka slumped to an 18-run defeat on another rainy day in Kandy. (REPORT)

Medium pacer  Mohammad Abbas  picked up his maiden ten-wicket haul in a match to fire Pakistan to a 373-run win over Australia in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (REPORT)

India skipper  Virat Kohli  sought to put the uncertainty surrounding the two-drop spot to rest, backing  Ambati Rayudu  as the long-term option.  ( REPORT )

Sanjay Manjrekar, who is now a popular television commentator, has been named in the International Cricket Council ( ICC) ’s Umpire Selection Panel.( REPORT )

The  BCCI  is unlikely to come under the National Anti-Doping Agency ( NADA)  ambit anytime soon despite the constant push from the  International Cricket Council  (ICC), said Indian board’s acting president  CK Khanna. ( REPORT )

The BCCI announced the  India A, India B  and India C teams for the  Deodhar Trophy  starting from October 23 in New Delhi. ( REPORT )

Banned  Pakistan  leg-spinner  Danish Kaneria  finally confessed to  spot-fixing  after years of denial.( REPORT )

The  sexual harassment allegations against Rahul Johri  should have been probed by an independent panel and his resignation sought in the interest of fairness, top  BCCI  office-bearers said. ( REPORT )

Former Sri Lanka captain  Sanath Jayasuriya  has been charged with two counts of breaching the  International Cricket Council  ( ICC)  Anti-Corruption Code and has been given two weeks starting October 15 to respond. (REPORT)

FOOTBALL

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Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates against Genoa
 

Jose Mourinho  was involved in a furious touchline bust-up after  Ross Barkley  struck a last-gasp equaliser to hand  Chelsea  a 2-2 draw against  Manchester United  at Stamford Bridg. ( REPORT )

Lionel Messi  was substituted with an arm injury that makes him a doubt for next weekend's Clasico but the  Barcelona  captain inspired a 4-2 home win against  Sevilla  to send his side top of  La Liga. ( REPORT )

Julen Lopetegui  looks to be on the brink of being sacked as  Real Madrid  head coach after a shock 2-1 home defeat to  Levante  extended the European champion's abysmal run of form. (REPORT)

Juventus  dropped points in Serie A for the first time this season as  Genoa  held it to a 1-1 draw in Turin on Saturday. ( REPORT )

Mohamed Salah's first goal in five club appearances ended Liverpool's four-match winless run in a valuable 1-0 victory at lowly  Huddersfield  Town. (REPORT)

Cristiano Ronaldo  became the first player to score 400 goals across Europe's top five leagues as he netted the opener in Juventus' home  Serie A  clash with  Genoa  on Saturday. ( REPORT )

Lionel Messi  suffered a fractured arm after an awkward fall in  Barca's 4-2 win over Sevilla  on Saturday and he stands to miss some crucial matches as a result. ( REPORT )

NorthEast United rode on Bartholomew Ogbeche's hat-trick to complete a superb turnaround and defeat  Chennaiyin FC  4-3. (REPORT)

HOCKEY

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Manpreet Singh drew first blood for India in Saturday's encounter against arch-rival Pakistan.
 

India beat arch-rival Pakistan 3-1 for its second win in as many games at the  Asian Champions Trophy . (REPORT)

Braces from Lalit Upadhyay, Harmanpreet and Mandeep helped India comfortably beat Asian Games champion Japan 9-0 in the third Round Robin match of the Asian Champions Trophy. (REPORT)

Former India goalkeeper  Akash Chikte  has been handed a two-year suspension for a positive test for steroid Nandrolone in an out-of-competition test. (REPORT)

India failed to script a perfect finish to its Hockey5s campaign at the third Youth  Olympic Games  as both the men and women teams lost in the summit clash to settle for their maiden silver medal here. (REPORT)

ATHLETICS

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India's Sanjivani Jadhav won among the Indians in the women's elite Airtel Delhi Half Marathon flanked by Parul Chaudhary (silver) and Monika Athare (bronze), in New Delhi.
 

Ethiopia's Tsehay Gemechu won the women elite Airtel Delhi Half Marathon while Sanjivani Jadhav won among the Indians in the women's elite. (REPORT)

Olympic gold-medallist Sanya Richards-Ross, who is in India to promote the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, says running was her form of poetry. (READ)

Praveen Chitravel, a farm labourer’s son from Tamil Nadu, clinched a bronze medal in the men’s triple jump to give India its second athletics medal in the ongoing  Youth Olympics . (REPORT)

BADMINTON

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Saina Nehwal lost in the Denmark Open final.
 

Indian ace  Saina Nehwal  put up a brave fight but lost 13-21, 21-13, 6-21 to Chinese Taipei's  Tai Tzu Ying  in the  Denmark Open  final on Sunday. ( EPORT )

TENNIS

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World number one Simona Halep
 

Wimbledon  will introduce tie-breaks in the final set of all events for the first time next year, but only once the score in the deciding set reaches 12-12, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced. (REPORT)

Veteran Indian tennis player, Leander Paes, is undecided on retirement, yet. (REPORT)

Elina Svitolina  ended her long losing streak against  Petra Kvitova  with a masterful straight-sets victory in the opening match of the  WTA  Finals. (REPORT)

Sixth seed  Daria Kasatkina  of Russia won her first  Kremlin Cup  title on Saturday when she beat Tunisian qualifier  Ons Jabeur  in a tough three-setter. (REPORT)

World number one  Simona Halep  has withdrawn from the  WTA  Finals as she has not fully recovered from a back injury. (REPORT)

Caroline Wozniacki beat Karolina Pliskova in the last four in Singapore last year, but it was a different story in their White Group opener. ( REPORT )

Elina Svitolina  ended her long losing streak against  Petra Kvitova  with a masterful straight-sets victory in the opening match of the  WTA  Finals. (REPORT)

Stefanos Tsitsipas  claimed his maiden ATP World Tour crown at the  Stockholm Open,  ending Ernests Gulbis' fairytale run in Sweden. (REPORT)

Australian firebrand  Nick Kyrgios  called time on his season on Thursday after an elbow injury forced him out of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. (REPORT)

South Korea's  Hyeon Chung  has confirmed his presence for the second edition of  Tata Open  Maharashtra, an ATP 250 event. (REPORT)

SHOOTING

According to  Manu Bhaker,  her  Asian Games  performance in Palembang was a morale-booster that helped her perform well in the  Youth Olympics. More on it here .

BASKETBALL

LeBron James finished his first game for LA Lakers with 24 points, five rebounds and five assists. (REPORT)

GOLF

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Becky Morgan after winning the Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurugram on Sunday.
 

Becky Morgan secured her first professional title with a two-shot win at the Hero Women's Indian Open. (REPORT)

After a sublime third round,  Shubhankar Sharma  shot a modest 74 to finish a distant Tied-55th at the  CJ CUP  @ NINE BRIDGES. (REPORT)

KABADDI

Bengal Warriors, a win away from topping Zone B, was never in the game and slipped to its first defeat in four matches. (REPORT)

 

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