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India's mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, finisher Rinku Singh, middle-order batter Tilak Varma and all-rounder Washington Sundar put in the hard yards on a hot Mumbai afternoon, a day ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final against England. Most of the other squad members had trained the previous evening at the Wankhede Stadium, and chose to rest on the eve of the big game. India and England are meeting in a T20 World Cup semi-final for the third consecutive edition, and it promises to be a fascinating contest between the visitors' spinners and the reigning champions' star-studded batting.

Erling Haaland returned for City after having sat out the 1-0 win at Leeds on Saturday with a minor injury but was ineffective. City struggled to break Forest down until Rayan Cherki made a fine run down the right and floated over a cross which Antoine Semenyo expertly volleyed in at waist height with his left foot. But Forest hit the home side in the 52nd with a classic counterattack which went almost the length of the field. It culminated in a brilliant back-heeled finish from midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White after Brazil forward Igor Jesus had nodded down a right-wing cross.

India will open their FIH Women's Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers campaign against Uruguay on March 8, followed by matches against Scotland and Wales on March 9 and 11 respectively

Vaishnavi Adkar recently made history by entering W100 Bengaluru Open final as a wildcard and became the first Indian woman to do so since Sania Mirza in 2009

Aston Martin in F1 2026: Adrian Newey’s first Aston Martin as full technical leader has endured a bruising pre-season, with reliability woes and Honda power concerns leaving the team off the pace ahead of the Australian Grand Prix

Brandon Miller scored 17 points as the streaking Charlotte Hornets reached a win-loss ratio of 0.500 with a 117-90 rout of the Dallas Mavericks. Elsewhere, Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a sluggish first half to beat Memphis Grizzlies 117-110