World Sports: Mumbai Win Record 42nd Ranji Title - As It Happened

A lot transpired in today's sporting action. In Ranji Trophy final, Mumbai recorded it's 42 title with a win over Vidarbha by 169 runs on the final day at the Wankhede Stadium. Pakistan Super League saw Peshawar Zalmi take on Multan Sultans in Qualifier 1. In football, Kevin de Bruyne was ruled out Manchester City's quarter-final tie against Newcastle United. England and other nations announced their respective squads with international games coming thick and fast. Get all the updates and highlights from world sports on March 14, Thursday, right here. (Cricket News | Football News)

In the final round of fixtures, from the first leg Inter Milan lead Atletico Madrid 1-0 and PSV and Borussia Dortmund are level at 1-1.

PSV XI: Benitez, Dest, Boscagli, Schouten, Teze, Veerman, Mauro Junior, Til, Tillman, De Jong, Bakayoko.

Borussia Dortmund XI: Kobel, Sule, Hummels, Maatsen, Ozcan, Can, Brandt, Sabitzer, Malen, Sancho, Fullkrug.

Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak, Hermoso, Witsel, Savic, Llorente, Lino, De Paul, Koke, Molina, Morata, Griezmann.

Inter Milan XI: Sommer, Bastoni, De Vrij, Pavard, Dimarco, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Barella, Dumfries, Martinez, Thuram.

Atletico Madrid defeated Inter Milan on penalties to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals, eliminating last season's runners-up. It concluded 2-2 on aggregate at the end of extra time after Inter squandered a two-goal lead. Atletico goalie Jan Oblak then emerged as the hero, saving penalties from Alexis Sanchez and Davy Klaassen before Inter's Lautaro Martinez blasted his penalty over as the Spanish team progressed in dramatic fashion.

In the fourth round at Indian Wells, world number two Aryna Sabalenka was unexpectedly defeated by American Emma Navarro. Sabalenka, who successfully defended her Australian Open title in January, succumbed to the 23rd seed 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. The California audience roared on the local hope as she advanced to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal.

Borussia Dortmund advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in three years, courtesy of goals from Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus against PSV Eindhoven. Dortmund took the lead in the third minute as Sancho sent a low driving strike from the boundary of the box. Edin Terzic's team had a second goal disallowed because Niclas Fullkrug was declared offside in the build-up.

Bournemouth staged one of the greatest Premier League comebacks, rallying from 3-0 down to defeat Luton in a seven-goal thriller at Vitality Stadium. Tahith Chong, Chiedozie Ogbene, and Ross Barkley scored for the Hatters in the first half, and they led 3-0 at the break. However, Bournemouth improved significantly after the interval, with Dominic Solanke's superb goal launching a miraculous comeback that was completed by Illia Zabarnyi's bundled finish and Antoine Semenyo's scorching double, making them only the sixth club in Premier League history to overcome a 3-0 deficit.

Tom Lockyer met medics who helped save his life when he returned to the scene of his on-field cardiac collapse for Luton's rescheduled match against Bournemouth. Lockyer, 29, was hospitalised for five days after his heart stopped for two minutes and forty seconds during the Hatters' cancelled Premier League encounter at the Vitality Stadium on December 16.

Dutch football star Quincy Promes, who was convicted in absentia last month by an Amsterdam court of involvement in cocaine smuggling and sentenced to six years in prison, has reportedly been arrested by authorities in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors who will seek his extradition.

World number two, Aryna Sabalenka, suffered a surprise defeat to Emma Navarro in the fourth round of Indian Wells. Sabalenka had recently defended her Australian Open title in January but lost to the 23rd seed, Navarro, 6-3 3-6 6-2. Navarro received support from the crowd as she secured her first WTA 1000 quarter-final. Meanwhile, Coco Gauff, the third seed, won 6-0 6-2 against Belgium's Elise Mertens. Playing on her 20th birthday, the 2023 US Open champion, Gauff, won the first set in just 25 minutes. After a brief interruption, Mertens managed to level the second set at 2-2. However, Gauff regained control and won four games in a row, securing her place in the quarter-finals for the second consecutive year.

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, who is in line to take over as Pakistan cricket team’s head coach, is yet to make up his mind despite the PCB accepting his remuneration demands. According to sources on the board, Watson has demanded $2 million annually, which is approximately 46 million rupees per month, the highest fee ever paid to a foreign coach, according to PTI reports.

Royal Challengers Bangalore began their pre-tournament camp without their numero uno Virat Kohli, who might take a few more days to join before the team starts its IPL campaign against reigning champions Chennai Super Kings on March 22, according to PTI reports.

Although Mumbai won the match by a big margin, there were some tense moments on the morning of the fifth day when Wadkar and Harsh Dubey batted through the entire session. Vidarbha's openers, Taide and Shorey, failed to take advantage of their opportunities. Karun Nair played a measured innings in the middle order, scoring 74 runs and taking up a lot of time. Mumbai was always in control of the match, but they felt some pressure when Harsh Dubey and Akshay Wadkar batted superbly this morning to make the game a little more interesting. Dubey scored a fifty, and Wadkar scored a century, but Tanush Kotian took a crucial wicket shortly after the start of the second session.

The AIFF on Thursday named 26 probables for the India under-23 camp ahead of their two friendly matches against their Malaysian counterparts on March 22 and 25 at Kuala Lumpur. The camp for the probables will begin in New Delhi on Friday and the final squad of 23 players will travel to Kuala Lumpur on March 20, according to PTI reports.

India's dismal performance in the recent Olympic Qualifiers for boxing has triggered a coaching crisis just four months before the Paris Games as High-Performance Director Bernard Dunne has stepped down while foreign coach Dmitry Dmitruk is likely to be shown the exit door very soon, according to PTI reports.

Dunne, a former Irish professional boxer who was appointed as the HPD in October 2022, sent out his resignation from Italy, where he was with the Indian team for the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifiers.

The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in northern Italy will be run by the world's fastest athletes at the Paris Olympics. They have been made with one clear goal, according to AP reports. After three world records and 12 Olympic marks were set on the track in Tokyo three years ago, expect more records to fall at the Stade de France.

The dubious dismissal of Karnataka opener Prakhar Chaturvedi in the recent Col. CK Nayudu Trophy U23 final against Uttar Pradesh has raised concerns about the standards of umpiring in domestic matches, according to PTI reports. The unsavoury incident happened in Karnataka’s first innings after Chaturvedi played a pull against UP pacer Kunal Tyagi well away from his body.

The Belgium Football Association unveiled the new home and away kits for its male and female internationals on Thursday. The home kit continues with the traditional red colour worn by the national teams, whose players are nicknamed the Red Devils and Red Flames. But, the away kit is a tribute to Belgian cartoonist Hergé and the character that made his fame: Tintin, the intrepid reporter. It is composed of a blue jersey with a white collar, brown shorts, and white socks, according to reports from AP.

It is not just MS Dhoni's captaincy, or his players' relaxed outlook that makes Chennai Super Kings so dominant in the IPL, for bowling coach Dwayne Bravo also attributes the consistent run to the lack of outside interference, according to PTI reports. Without an iota of doubt, Chennai Super Kings are the most consistent team in the history of the Indian Premier League, having made maximum appearances in the playoffs besides winning the tournament five times.

The triumphant Mumbai team will receive an additional Rs 5 crore for its unprecedented 42nd Ranji Trophy title after the state cricket association doubled the prize purse on Thursday, according to PTI reports. Mumbai won a record-extending 42nd Ranji title after beating Vidarbha by 169 runs on the fifth and final day of the summit showdown at the Wankhede Stadium.

According to PTI reports, former Sri Lanka cricketer Lahiru Thirimanne sustained minor injuries after a road accident, leading to his hospitalisation in Thrippane, Anuradapura, local media reported on Thursday. According to a report in 'Ada Derana', the 34-year-old Thirimanne was admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital "with minor injuries sustained in the accident".

Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Bernd Leno (Fulham), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona)

Defenders: Waldemar Anton (Stuttgart), Jan-Niklas Beste (Heidenheim), Benjamin Henrichs (Leipzig), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittelstädt (Stuttgart), David Raum (Leipzig), Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Chris Führich (Stuttgart), Pascal Groß (Brighton), Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)

Forwards: Maximilian Beier (Hoffenheim), Niclas Füllkrug (Borussia Dortmund), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart).

Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale

Defenders: Jarrad Branthwaite, Ben Chilwell, Lewis Dunk, Joe Gomez, Ezri Konsa, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Kyle Walker

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Conor Gallagher, Jordan Henderson, James Maddison, Declan Rice

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Cole Palmer, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney, Ollie Watkins

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Kevin De Bruyne will miss Manchester City’s FA Cup quarter-final against Newcastle on Saturday with a minor groin injury. The news emerged after the City playmaker was not included in Belgium’s squad for their international friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and England later this month.

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Additional tickets for the 2024 T20 World Cup, including the India-Ireland clash, will go on sale from March 19. In a release, the International Cricket Council said tickets for 13 additional matches in the USA and West Indies will be released next week. The tickets for 37 games are already on sale. India open their campaign against Ireland in New York on June 5. Rohit and Co play arch-rivals Pakistan at the same venue on June 9, the tickets for which have been over-subscribed more than 200 times. The ticket sales for the tournament starting June 1 began on February 1 with a public ballot. (PTI)

And with that, we call it a wrap on our sports coverage for March 14. We hope you liked our coverage of all the sporting across the globe. Till then, goodbye!