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Netherlands records biggest win in Hockey World Cup history: The three-time champion Netherlands defeated Chile’s debutants by a score of a record-breaking 14-0 to qualify as the first team to the quarterfinals of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup. With three victories in as many games, the Netherlands finished first in Pool C with a

Spanish Super Cup: With a 3-1 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona has captured the Spanish Super Cup for the first time since the competition was revamped and moved to Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski, Gavi and Pedri scored a goal each at King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh to give Barcelona its first Super Cup trophy since

Malaysia Open Super 1000 titles: In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Akane Yamaguchi and Viktor Axelsen respectively won the women’s and men’s singles competitions at the Malaysia Open Super 1000. Yamaguchi, the reigning world champion, registered a come-from-behind win over world no. 4 An Se Young to clinch the Super Series Premier title. At the 2017 China

Women’s IPL: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years, pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the auction. The cricket board held an auction for the T20

Virat Kohli becomes fifth highest run scorer in ODI cricket: Star cricketer Virat Kohli became the fifth-highest run-scorer in history of ODI cricket, overtaking Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene to enter into top-five. Virat has 12,652 runs in 268 ODIs at the time he rose to the fifth-highest run-scorer position, with 45 tonnes and 65