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VAR drama as Palace earn 3-1 win at Man Utd

VAR drama
VAR drama

Manchester United’s season got underway with a shock 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace as Wilfried Zaha grabbed a late double for the visitors in the Premier League on Saturday although VAR was once again the centre of attention.

United looked off the pace early on as Andros Townsend put Palace in front after seven minutes, with the home side’s campaign starting a week later than initially scheduled due to last season’s Europa League commitments running into mid-August.

Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay went close as United chased an equaliser but the hosts could have gone in two goals behind at halftime, with only a brilliant David De Gea save keeping a goal-bound Jordan Ayew strike out.

United brought Mason Greenwood on at halftime but their task was made more difficult when the VAR decided that referee Martin Atkinson should ………..

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England beat Australia in thrilling first T20

England beat Australia
England beat Australia

England produced a brilliant comeback to beat Australia by two runs on the final ball of their first T20 international in Southampton on Friday after the visitors looked to be cruising to victory in their first competitive match for six months.

Seemingly in control while chasing England’s 162-7, Australia were pegged back as they lost quick wickets and were left needing 15 off Tom Curran’s final over.

Marcus Stoinis missed the first ball, smashed a massive six off the second, but then missed the third….

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Djokovic cruises into US Open second round

Djokovic cruises
Djokovic cruises

Center. Photo: ReutersPre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open Monday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win.
The world number one dispatched unheralded Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-1, 6-4,6-1 under floodlights at an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

The Serbian superstar took just 23 minutes to win the first set before laboring to a narrow victory in an hour-long second set.

With Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer absent, Djokovic is looking to close the gap on them in the race for the all-time men’s singles Grand Slam record.

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Individual practice: Everything is new for Mominul Haque

Mominul Haque
Mominul Haque

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque said that everything seems to be new to him since he joined the individual training programme arranged by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. 

It is the second phase of the individual training programme. There were only 14 cricketers who had joined the first phase that completed before the Eid.

“Since I came to the field after more than four months, everything looks new to me. It might take some times to be accustomed to the new normal. I missed being in the field much. ……..

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