Sports Highlights, July 26: Pogacar Nears His 4th Tour de France; Kurtz Becomes 1st MLB Rookie With Four Homers

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of everything sports on Saturday, July 26. It is a Saturday and a lot of thrilling sports action is coming our way.

Skipper Shai Hope's blistering ton (102) saw West Indies amass a mammoth 214/4 in 20 overs. Shai Hope's century came off 57 balls with 8 fours and six maximums.

The owner of Inter Miami called Major League Soccer’s suspension of Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba for skipping the All-Star Game a “draconian” punishment.

“They don’t understand the decision,” owner Jorge Mas said Friday of the one-game suspensions. “They don’t understand why not attending an exhibition match leads directly to a suspension.” (AP)

Tim David, you beauty! The lanky batter produces a gem of an innings to steer Australia to victory over the West Indies at St Kitts. His 102 not out sees him become the record the fastest T20I hundred by an Australian and the 3rd fastest against any Test playing nation.

As per The Associated Press, the NFL will fine about 100 players and two dozen club employees for violating league policy by selling Super Bowl 59 tickets for above face value. Club employees who violated the policy will be fined two times face value.

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics has etched his name in the record books to became the first rookie in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game, going deep in the second, sixth, eighth and ninth innings at Houston on Friday night. The record was previously held by Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 2002 at Milwaukee.

Star cyclist Tadej Pogacar is all set to win his fourth Tour de France after defending his lead on the final mountain stage of this year's race, with Thymen Arensman clinching a dramatic victory at La Plagne.

Former Man United star Christian Eriksen has been approached by Championship side Wrexham, owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Eriksen started in just 11 of his 23 Premier League appearances last season, scoring once and assisting two goals in the competition, but the midfielder is keen on staying at the top level of the sport.

Brickyard 400 organizers announced on Tuesday that 온라인카지노a Pacers All-Star Pascal Siakam has been selected as the pace-car driver for this weekend’s race at 온라인카지노apolis Motor Speedway.

Speaking about Siakam, he didn’t start playing basketball until he was 17 years old. He grew up in Cameroon and the three-time All-Star also is a two-time All-NBA selection and won an NBA title with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. (AP)

Copa America Femenina has come under scrutiny from the players who have complained about the training conditions for group-stage matches in the tournament in Ecuador and the lack of VAR, as well as near-empty stadiums for many games.

It is pouring down in Manchester as per sports journalist Boria Majumdar, who is present at the venue. As per his tweet, the Manchester Met department has forecasted rains till 1pm local time.

Joe Root scored a majestic 150, registering his 38th Test century and surpassing legends Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, and Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket with 13,409 runs. Now, only the iconic Sachin Tendulkar (15,921) stands ahead of him on day 3 of the ongoing 4th Test between England and India.

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Singles:

Sumit Nagal

Karan Singh

Aryan Shah

Doubles: Yuki Bhambri and N Sriram Balaji

Reserves:

Dakshineshwar Suresh

Sasikumar Mukund

Rithvik Bollipalli

Inter Miami CF star and captain Lionel Messi is "extremely upset" after he and his Inter Miami team-mate Jordi Alba were handed one-match bans for skipping Major League Soccer's All-Star game earlier this week. "Per league rules, any player who does not participate in the All-Star Game without prior approval from the league is ineligible to compete in their club's next match," MLS said in a statement on Friday.

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