Weekly digest (Nov 19-25): Mary Kom’s 6th gold to Aus women winning World T20

A round-up of all that happened in the world of sport in the last week.

Published : Nov 26, 2018 00:44 IST , CHENNAI

Mary Kom celebrates after receiving her gold medal on Saturday.
Mary Kom celebrates after receiving her gold medal on Saturday.
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Mary Kom celebrates after receiving her gold medal on Saturday.

Cricket

India beat Australia by six wickets in the third and final T20I in Sydney to level the three-match T20I series 1-1. ( REPORT )

Australia women’s cricket team beat England by eight wickets in the final, thereby sealing a fourth ICC T20 World Cup win. ( REPORT )

New Zealand beat Pakistan by four runs in the first Test of the ongoing three-match series, in one of the small margins of defeats in terms of runs. ( REPORT )

Bangladesh beat West Indies by 64 runs in the first Test. ( REPORT )

Shannon Gabriel was handed a one-Test suspension for making intentional contact with Imrul Kayes. ( REPORT )

The Australia men’s cricket team and its captain, Aaron Finch, were fined for slow over-rate in the first T20I against India at Gabba, Brisbane. ( REPORT )

Domestic cricket

Rajasthan, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were among the teams which won their third round of Ranji Trophy fixtures. ( REPORT )

Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) responded to the Committee of Administrators’ directives by amending its constitution and bringing it in line with the new BCCI constitution. ( REPORT )

Football

ISL

Pune City recorded its first win of the ongoing ISL season, beating Jamshedpur FC 2-1 at home Wednesday, straight from the international break. ( REPORT )

Bengaluru FC edged FC Goa 2-1 in a topsy-turvy battle Thursday. ( REPORT )

On Sunday, Jamshedpur FC returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-1 win over defending champion, Chennaiyin FC. ( REPORT )

Premier League

Manchester City remained top of the table with a 4-0 win over West Ham United. ( REPORT )

Liverpool remained two points within Manchester City with a 3-0 win over Watford. ( REPORT )

Chelsea was thumped 3-1 by Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium. ( REPORT )

Manchester United was held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. ( REPORT )

Arsenal beat Bournemouth 2-1 away from home Sunday, thanks to a Jefferson Lerma own-goal and a calm finish from close range from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. ( REPORT )

LaLiga

Real Madrid was beaten 3-0 by Eibar at Ipurua Municipal Stadium Saturday. ( REPORT )

Barcelona held Atletico Madrid to a 1-1 draw at Wanda Metropolitano after Diego Costa had headed the home side ahead with 17 minutes left to play. ( REPORT )

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich was held to a 3-3 draw at home by Fortuna Dusseldorf. ( REPORT )

Borussia Dortmund moved seven points clear at the top of Bundesliga with a 2-1 win over Mainz. ( REPORT )

Earlier in the week, Borussia Dortmund activated the option to make Paco Alcacer’s loan move a permanent one from Barcelona, signing him until 2023. ( REPORT )

Others

Juventus beat SPAL 2-0 with Cristiano Ronaldo getting on the scoresheet once again. ( REPORT )

Inter Milan beat Frosinone 3-0 thanks to a double from Keita Balde. ( REPORT )

CONMEBOL postponed the Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate after an attack on the Boca Juniors travelling coach Saturday. ( REPORT )

Tennis

Elias Ymer defeated Prajnesh Gunneswaran to the Pune Challenger title Saturday. ( REPORT )

Mahesh Bhupathi said that India will have the advantage of playing Davis Cup against Italy on grass next February. ( REPORT )

Croatia completed the Davis Cup win over France, with Marin Cilic beating Lucas Pouille in the opening rubber on Sunday to complete a 3-1 triumph. ( REPORT )

More sports

Athletics

British sprinter Nigel Levine was banned for four years after failing a drug test. ( REPORT )

Badminton

Sameer Verma successfully defended his Syed Modi World Tour title with a 16-21 21-19 21-14 victory over China's Guangzu Lu. ( REPORT )

Saina Nehwal lost to China's Han Yue in the final, going down 18-21 8-21 in 34 minutes. ( REPORT )

Boxing

Mary Kom won her sixth gold medal in World Championships, beating Hanna Okhota in the 48kg final bout of the Women’s World Boxing Championships on Saturday. ( REPORT )

Golf

Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry claimed Belgium’s first World Cup of Golf title. ( REPORT )

Phil Mickelson called Tiger Woods the greatest golfer of all-time. ( REPORT )

Hockey

Pakistan hockey team entered India for the 2018 Hockey World Cup through the Wagah Border. ( REPORT )

Belgium and Netherlands also arrived for the World Cup starting in Bhubaneshwar on November 28. ( REPORT )

Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, while Fernando Alonso bid farewell to the sport. ( REPORT )

Shooting

Rahi Sarnobat won the gold medal in the women's 25m sports pistol event of the 62nd National Shooting Championships with a score of 36. ( REPORT )

Kynan Chenai won the men’s trap gold medal by beating Lakshay Sheoran 43-42 in the final of the National Shotgun Championship. ( REPORT )

Anjum Moudgil finished the National Shooting Championship with four gold medals. ( REPORT )

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