MELBOURNE--Cheteshwar Pujara's century formed the backbone of a dominant Indian batting display before Australia's openers survived a few nervous overs as the home side reached eight without loss at the end of a scorching day two in the third test on Thursday.
PITTSBURGH--The Pittsburgh Steelers can kick themselves for any of several costly moments this season that have left them in a precarious situation with respect to the postseason heading into Week 17. But they figure that's unproductive.
MELBOURNE--Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli combined to frustrate Australia for an entire session as India held the whip-hand at 215 for two at the close of a grinding opening day of the third test on Wednesday.
LONDON--Manchester City suffered their second straight defeat in the Premier League for the first time in two years after going down 2-1 at Leicester City in a goal-packed set of Boxing Day fixtures.
Windies ended their 3-month long tour of Asia defeating Bangladesh by 50 runs in the third T20 International to win the series 2-1, at the Sher-E-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.
