 India's Ramkumar Ramanathan and his partner Tomislav Brkic from Bosnia and Herzegovina crashed out of the first round of the Wimbledon 2022 men's doubles event, here on Thursday.

Wimbledon 2022: Ramkumar Ramanathan makes first-round exit in men's doubles

 After being named as India's skipper for the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston, the pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Friday received "tips and tricks" on captaincy from his 'very excited' mother.

New skipper Bumrah receives captaincy 'tips and tricks' from her 'excited' mother

 Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, top male steeplechaser Avinash Sable and long jumper M Sreeshankar will lead the Indian charge at the World Athletics Championships to be held at Eugene, Oregon in the US, from July 15-24.

Neeraj Chopra, Sable among 22 picked for World Athletics Championships

 Star wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler was on Thursday named as England's new white-ball captain, taking over from ODI World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan, who retired from international cricket earlier this week.

Jos Buttler succeeds Eoin Morgan as England white-ball captain (Ld)

 With regular skipper Rohit Sharma ruled out of Edgbaston Test due to Covid-19, India now have a selection puzzle to solve. With Shubman Gill now a certainty to open the batting as K.L Rahul underwent a sports hernia surgery in Germany, Sharma's absence meant India will be without their top two run-scorers from the four Tests played last year.

ENG v IND, 5th Test: Could K.S Bharat open the innings for India at Edgbaston?

Tokyo Olympian wrestler Deepak Punia will join compatriot and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia for a government-funded training camp at the Michigan University in the United States ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Deepak Punia to join Bajrang in U.S. training camp

Two-time champion Petra Kvitova and No. 4 seed Paula Badosa of Spain won their respective women's singles second-round matches in contrasting styles as they set up a tantalising third-round clash in Wimbledon on Thursday.

Wimbledon 2022: Kvitova, Badosa set up third-round clash with contrasting wins

 Star wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler was on Thursday named as England's new white-ball captain. The 31-year-old Buttler replaces World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, who retired from international cricket this week after injury and form struggles.

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