Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Cricket-Head hammers hundred as Australia win record-scoring thriller v NZ

Travis Head’s fast hundred trumped Rachin Ravindra’s gallant 116 as Australia beat New Zealand by 5 runs within the highest-scoring match in World Cup historical past to remain on target for a semi-final slot within the 50-overs match on Saturday. Head smashed 109 off 67 balls in his first match of the World Cup and cast a breakneck 175-run opening stand with David Warner (81) to propel Australia to a commanding 388 all out on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.

Soccer-Brentford stun Chelsea in 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge

Brentford snatched a 2-0 win away at Chelsea on Saturday because the expensively assembled Blues failed to show possession into objectives as soon as once more and have been punished by a thumping header from defender Ethan Pinnock and a last-minute breakaway purpose by Bryan Mbeumo. The west London derby defeat was one more setback for Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino, whose facet had proven indicators of placing a poor begin to the season behind them just lately with two wins out of three and a 2-2 draw in opposition to Arsenal final weekend.

Soccer-Bellingham double permits Real to combat again and win Clasico at Barcelona

Real Madrid battled again to win 2-1 at Barcelona in a nervy LaLiga ‘El Clasico’ on Saturday because of a brace by high scorer Jude Bellingham within the second half. Barcelona produced a efficiency stuffed with verve and ability, with midfielder Ilkay Gundogan opening the scoring from shut vary within the sixth minute by making the most of a foul defensive mistake by the guests.

Cricket-Netherlands stun Bangladesh to say second win

The Netherlands climbed off the underside of the World Cup desk with an 87-run victory over Bangladesh on Saturday after Scott Edwards hit a feisty half-century and Dutch bowler Paul van Meekeren ripped by means of the Asian facet in a fiery spell. Chasing 230 to win, Bangladesh collapsed to 70-6 inside 18 overs with Van Meekeren (4-23) mowing down the center order and Bas de Leede dismissing set batsman Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 35, earlier than they folded for 142 in 42.2 overs.

Rugby-England declare bronze however want extra to problem the elite

From the place they have been on the finish of their dismal warm-ups, England’s World Cup was an unqualified success they usually have been inside three minutes of one of many nice sporting turnarounds. But they go away France nonetheless very a lot a piece in progress. They arrived amid the gloom of 5 defeats in six video games however completed on a excessive with six wins out of seven.

Soccer-Nketiah hat-trick fires Arsenal to 5-0 win over Sheffield United

Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah ended his scoring drought in beautiful vogue with a hat-trick in his facet’s 5-0 house thrashing of hapless Sheffield United within the Premier League on Saturday. The 24-year-old, who made his full England debut this month, had not scored for the Gunners since August and had just lately misplaced his place within the beginning line-up.

Alpine skiing-Swiss Gut-Behrami clinches slim win in big slalom World Cup opener

Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami narrowly received the ladies’s big slalom, edging out Italy’s Federica Brignone, whereas the favorite, U.S. Mikaela Shiffrin, completed sixth on the opening occasion of the 2022-23 World Cup season in Soelden on Saturday. The race may hardly have been nearer in sunny circumstances within the Austrian Alps as Gut-Behrami was solely two hundredths of a second quicker than Brignone with a complete time of two minutes and 18.94 seconds.

Motorcycling-Martin claims fifth straight dash win at Thailand Grand Prix

Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin led from begin to end to win his fifth straight dash of the season on the Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday to cut back the hole to championship chief Francesco Bagnaia to 18 factors. KTM’s Brad Binder completed second, lower than a second behind, whereas VR46 Racing’s Luca Marini was third. Ducati’s Bagnaia began on the second row however completed seventh.

Games-Brazil finds Pan Am gold on the seaside and within the ring

From the seaside to the ring Brazilians punched and spiked their technique to Pan American Games gold on Friday as the primary week of competitors in chilly Santiago got here to an finish together with the United States gold rush. Beach volleyball is taken into account a nationwide pastime in Brazil and underneath the fog shrouded Andes mountains the highest ranked ladies’s pair of Patricia Ramos and Duda Lisboa and males’s duo of Andre Stein and George Souto produced steely performances to return house with each titles.

Soccer-Bayern crush Darmstadt 8-0 with Kane hat-trick amid sea of purple

Bayern Munich pulverised Darmstadt 98 8-0 on Saturday with a Harry Kane hat-trick and all of the objectives coming within the second half to go high of the Bundesliga, as keeper Manuel Neuer’s damage comeback was overshadowed by a document three purple playing cards. The hosts, taking part in with 10 males, have been unstoppable after the break in opposition to nine-man Darmstadt, opening their account with Kane’s 52nd-minute diving header.

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