New Zealand storms into T20 World Cup Cricket final beating England

Today's first semi final of T20 World Cup Cricket was a big thriller between England and New Zealand. While most of the fans were almost certain that England will be playing the final match, the black caps proved their calculations wrong by defeating England by five wickets and qualifying for  final of the tournament to be played on Sunday.

New Zealand chased down 57 runs in the last four overs, the most target runs successfully chased by any team in men's T20Is at the death overs . Daryl Mitchell was declared Player of the Match for his unbeaten 72 that ensured victory for his team.

England batting first gave a target of 167 to the New Zealand, which they pursued relentlessly and defeated the English with five balls still remaining.

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French Open 2019: Frederer and Nadal to date in Semis on Friday

The heartbeats in Paris are getting stronger and faster as the ongoing French Open 2019 or the Roland Garros is reaching its crucial stage of semis. While Serena crashed out in the third round to make a history, men are doing pretty well without any major set back so far.

And in the first decided semi final Roger Federer and Nadal have a date to decide who moves into the final. The Federer-Nadal semi is being played on Friday. So who is going to march into finals is hard to tell for now, but most pin hopes on Nadal who feels more at home on the clay than Federer who is king of grass.

Rafael Nadal, the defending champion,  had an easy 6-1 6-1 6-3 win over Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals, while Federer had a rather tough time of playing down fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka in four sets.

20-times Grand Slam winner Federer is playing at Roland Garros for the first time in four years, having missed the 2016 event with a back injury and skipped the past two clay-court swings to preserve his body.

Nadal is playing his 12th semi-final at Roland Garros and has won the tournament on all of the 11 previous occasions he has reached this stage.

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Australian Open 2017: Nadal in his first Grand Slam semis in years

Rafael Nadal, the fourteen times Grand Slam winner, has qualified for a Grand Slam final since 2014 after beating Milos Raonic.

The Spaniard bat his Canadian opponent 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 6-4. He now faces 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov on Friday.

Nadal seems to have overcome his injuries that are plaguing him in recent years and have prevented him from defending any of his title. 

If all goes well, Nadal may regain his 2009 title by defeating 35 years old roger Federer who plays his semi against fellow countryman Stan Wawrink on Thursday.

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India beaten by the West Indies in ICC T20 World Cup Semis

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Those who saw the semi final of the on going T20 ICC World Cup Cricket tonight at Mumbai would remember it for a long time. The second semi final of the tournament between hosts India and Sammy's 11 of the West Indies was simply a classic display of strong nerves of the West Indies.

India was first to bat and gave a target of 193 to the West Indians with a massive 89 not out by Kohli. Indian scored 192 in all 20 overs.

Coming to bat, the West Indians infused thrill in the match as the target was within sight but with a few runs at hand. West Indies' Simmons was caught thrice but on each occasion a no ball was given and the lucky man went on hitting and was at 82 when a massive six brought victory to Sammy's men, with only two balls remaining. They won b y seven wickets.

It may be added that despite massive, rather 100%, support of the entire crowd watch the match, clapping for India and staying mum for the West Indies, the Sammy's boys were unnerved and concentrated on winning and they finally won.

West Indians now face England in the final. England moved to final by beating favourites New Zealand by 7 wickets.

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Serena Williams ousted from US Open by unseeded Italian Vinci

Nobody could believe it when unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci would all mighty serena Williams as entered the court to play her semi final match at the US Open. But she did it, much to the surprise for the home crowd cheering for Serena to win her fourth Grand Slam of the year.

Serena overpowered skinny Vinci in the first set 6-2, but that was all she could do it as Vinci rebounded and took the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to stun the American and make her space in the finals. Vinci did something which the Russian Maria Sharapova could not do in over one decade to beat Serena.

Serena's dreams were shattered by her unexpected ouster as she was attempting to become the first woman since Steffi Graff to win the calendar-year Grand Slam, and match Graff's 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

Just a year younger to Serena, Vinci is now the lowest ranking player to make the US Open final since Venus Williams in 1997. She will now play her countrywoman and former roommate Flavia Pennetta in the final on Saturday.

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Australia knocks out India from ICC World Cup race

So finally India crumbled today after an unbeaten spree in a bid to retain the ICC World Cup they had won last time. Australians proved too good for Dhoni XI and won the second semi final of the on going ICC World Cup tournament by 95 runs.

Smith's 105 helped Australia to a total of 328 for seven, the highest in a World Cup semi-final. Australia will now play their final on the Melbourne Cricket Ground against New Zealand on Sunday.

India now head home with a heavy heart and also bringing an end to some ridiculously planned campaign against Pakistan which had been on the air with a new sarcastic attack against Pakistan before and after each match.

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Africa Cup of Nations football semis halted because of troubled crowd

Although hosts Ghana won the semi final of the Africa Cup of Nations football yesterday against Equatorial Guinea 3-0, the match was halted for some thirty minutes due to a rowdy home crowd.

The semi final being played in the city of Malabo had the Ghana fans massed behind a goal after 82 minutes of the game to seek refuge from missiles being thrown at them.

Bottles rained down as police battled to gain control, while a helicopter hovered over the stadium.

Play was stopped as bottles continued to be thrown by the home supporters, littering the running track around the pitch. Chairs were also thrown after being ripped from the stands.

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Andy Murray's fiance' seen shouting x-rated rants during match with Berdych

It may come as a surprise to many, but in a rare show of emotions during critical stage of match between Andy Murray and Berdych, Murray's fiance has been found uttering x-rated rants openly.

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The 'ouburst' of emotions was observed during the semi-final of Australian Open yesterday between Britain's Andy Murray and Czech Tomas Berdych. Murray's fiance's has been observed unleashing extraordinary tirade at Murray's opponent.

Her gestures showed her saying 'F*****g have that, you Czech flash f***. These rather humilating rants came as Murray secured a break in the first set against Tomas Berdych.

Meanwhile, Andy Murray has defended his fiance's outburst calling it natural during tense moments of the play.

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Pakistan beat India in Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 semis

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The hockey match between India and Pakistan was nothing but sensational – both teams trying to overpower each other to reach the final of the Champions Trophy 2014. But in the end, Pakistan beat India 4-3 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in India on Saturday to play Germany in the final. Beating India in front of its fully charged home crowd was a scene to be seen.

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By beating Pakistan, Pakistan maintains its edge over India for never losing to it in the Champions Trophy. Pakistan has won Champions Trophy three times before and appeared in the final for eight times.

India has never been in Champions Trophy final. Their previous best was third in 1982. Pakistan has scored 50 goals against India in Champions Trophy matches. Overall, India have 307 goals against Pakistan while the men in green have 370 from all encounters against India.

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Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to qualify for ICC T20I final

Well, the Islanders did it - and did it superbly, beating Pakistan by 16 runs and stormed into the ICC T20I World Cup final.

Winning the toss, the Sri Lankans decided to bat first. But were restricted by the Pakistani bowlers to give any meaningful target till the last two overs, when they were in the 120s range. But thereafter, the hit hard and played aggressively to take the score to 139, giving a target of 140 to Pakistan. Jayawardne was the most successful batsman who scored 42 till he was bowled by Afridi.

Coming to bat, Pakistan's batsmen did not look like playing for an entry into the final - and even the Islanders bowlers did not let them do so either. Except for captain Hafeez who added 42, followed by 29 by Umar Akmal and 20 by Imran, none of the batsmen could stand in front of aggressive Sri Lankan bowlers. 

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Federer storms into Wimbledon Final for a Seventh win

What a day it was at the Centre Court Wimbledon this afternoon when the titans came to clash each other in the first semi final of the men's single event of the Wimbledon.

The match between the defending champion and world no.1 Serbian Novak Djokovic and world no.3 Swiss Roger Federer ended in classic victory byt eh Swiss over the deffending champion.

Federer having won the first set 6-3, lost the second set t Djokovic 6-3. But thereafter, it was Federer commanding the Serbian and finally won over the match 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.

Federer now marches into the Wimbledon final to realize his dream of equalling the seven times win record of of William Renshaw and Pete Sempras.

The result of the other semi final between British no.1 Andy Murray and Frenchman Tsonga is awaited - it remains to be seen whether Murray moves to final and win over Federer to make history hoping to end Britain's 76-year wait for a male singles champion at Wimbledon or it is Federer who equals the seven wins record of William Renshaw and Pete Sempras.

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