World Sports: Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan Reportedly In Line To Make Test Debuts; Nagal Jumps In ATP Rankings - As It Happened

In the Indian Super League fixture, Punjab FC beat Kerala Blasters, coming from a goal down to win 3-1. Hosts Ivory Coast defeated Nigeria in the summit clash of the Africa Cup Of Nations 2023. Sumit Nagal jumped 23 spots to land in the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings, providing India more good news from the world of Tennis. In the NFL Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers.

Here's all that happened from the world of sports on February 12.

Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2-1 to take a giant step towards the top four in the English Premier League. In La Liga, Barcelona were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by Granada FC. In Italy, reigning champions Napoli were defeated 1-0 by AC Milan. In Paris 2024 Football qualifiers, Brazil lost 1-0 to rivals Argentina with the Samba Boys missing out on a ticket to the Olympics for the first time since 2004.

In what comes as a shocking news to the sporting world, Kenyan marathoner Kelvin Kiptum has passed away in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday.

Star player Patrick Mahomes threw the winning touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman as the Kansas City Chiefs have defeated San Francisco 49ers by 25-22 to land back-to-back Super Bowl titles!

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift's boyfriend and the Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions.

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Despite the absence of many of the sport’s biggest names, the first day of the swimming events saw a world record at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday. Teenager Pan Zhanle swam the fastest 100 meters in history as he led off China’s gold medal-winning 4x100 freestyle relay team. His time of 46.80 seconds — with a split time of 22.26 — took six hundredths off Romanian David Popovici’s world record from 2022 and established the 19-year-old as one to beat in swimming’s marquee race at this year’s Paris Olympics.

As per reports swirling around, KS Bharath is set to be dropped from the playing XI for the Rajkot Test and could be replaced by Dhruv Jurel.

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India's leading singles player Sumit Nagal on Monday jumped 23 spots to break into the top-100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career. The win at the Chennai Open challenger event on Sunday pushed Nagal to 98th in the latest singles rankings led by Serbian Novak Djokovic.

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The ninth edition of New Delhi Marathon, recognised by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) as a national event and a qualifying meet for Paris Olympics, will be held at the JLN Stadium on February 25. The top five finishers among the elite runners - both men and women - will receive prize money. Both the men's and women's marathon winners will pocket Rs 1.5 lakh while the second place finishers will get Rs 1 lakh.

Former English cricketer Stuart Broad believes his national team has a great opportunity to beat India over the upcoming three tests and win the series, mainly due to the fact that the hosts will be without Virat Kohli.

"(The) first two matches were very competitive and it is one of the most exciting India-England Test series that I have seen. It is the most level series," Broad says.

"India won the last Test but England's playing style ('Bazball') is quite effective in India. With Virat not in the team, it is a great opportunity for the England team."

Reports claim Sarfaraz Khan could be in line to make his much-await Test debut against England in Rajkot, replacing KL Rahul in the line-up. Rahul, who was ruled out of the match due to an injury, has subsequently been replaced by Devdutt Padikkal in the squad.

A brace from Wilmar Jordan and a successful penalty from Luka Majcen helped Punjab FC come from a goal down to beat Kerala Blasters 3-1 in the Indian Super League. It was only Punjab's third win of the season and it moves them up to ninth in the table.

Commonwealth champion Sangram Singh will return to the ring after a six-year absence at this month's International Pro Wrestling Championship. Singh will face Pakistan's Muhammad Saeed upon his return.

Najmul Hossain Shanto has been named the new all-formats captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team, albeit with a catch: his captaincy will expire in one year!

“We discussed about captaincy at length…after the lengthy discussion we reached in consensus to appoint Najmul Hossain Shanto as the captain of Bangladesh in all three formats for this year,” BCB president Nazmul Hassan said after a board meeting. (PTI)

Former India player Saurabh Tiwary will hang up his boot following Jharkhand's final Ranji Trophy match of the season. Tiwary, who represented four franchises in the Indian Premier League, revealed his intentions of joining politics in the near future. "I have got everything from Jharkhand and politics is the appropriate platform to give back to the state," he said.