Brendan Taylor scored 131, his first Test hundred in about eight years, as Zimbabwe ended day one of the first Test against Afghanistan in Sharjah on 326 for 5. Brian Bennett was unbeaten on 71 and Wessly Madhevere on 29.
Dejan Drazic scored twice and Lee Erwin struck late as Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat Odisha FC 3-2 in a five-goal ISL thriller at Salt Lake Stadium. The win took Mohun Bagan to the top of the table with 12 points from five matches.
Beth Mooney made an unbeaten 80 and Alana King took 4 for 35 as Perth Scorchers beat Sydney Thunder by 17 runs at Drummoyne Oval. The win kept the Scorchers unbeaten after three matches and put them top of the WBBL|12 table.
Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to reach a first Masters 1000 quarter-final, while qualifier Rinky Hijikata
Lenny Joseph scored twice in the second half as Ferencváros beat AC Milan 2-0 at San Siro in the Europa
Teun Koopmeiners and Randal Kolo Muani scored before half-time as Juventus beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in the Europa League. Mexx
Fifteen-year-old Tanvi Patri won silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, losing the women’s singles badminton final to China’s
India came from a goal down to beat Japan 4-1 in the Asian Champions Trophy final, scoring four times in
Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad completed a four-player IPL 2027 trade on Thursday, sending Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis
Amir Jangoo’s unbeaten 111 took West Indies to 235 for 4 after 70 overs as bad light cut 20 overs
