Sports News Highlights Feb 12: Ranji Semifinal Line-up Decided; Rybakina Through To Qatar Open Quarterfinals

🌺Welcome sports lovers! Here you will find the latest scores and live updates of all major sporting events on Wednesday, February 12.

Australia squadඣ: Steve Smith, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. [Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly]

Team India have been dealt a major blow ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025 with key pacer Jasprit Bumrah being ruled out due to a lower back injury, Board of Cricket 👍Control for India (BCCI) confirmed late on Tuesday.

🍎The suspension of Elena Rybakina’s former coach Stefano Vukov “remains in place,” the WTA Tour confirmed on Tuesday, Feb 11 after they completed an internal investigation into a potential breach of its code of conduct.

🐷Worrying signs for Arsenal and their fans, with latest reports coming in from Dubai is that their lead attacker Kai Havertz has sustained a calf injury in training and could miss crucial games for the PL title chasers.

The Pakistani selectors have included uncapped left-arm pacer Akif Javed in the national team as a replacement for the unfit Haris Rauf 🌟for the remaining matches of the ongoing tri-series.

It seems that Chennai Super Kings and Maharashtra Ranji Team captain Ruturaj Gaikwad 🌜was at the Man City vs Real Madrid, Champions League tie. The cricketer posted the same on his Instagram story.

ℱIndia made a sizzling start to their campaign, delivering a 5-0 thrashing to Macau in their opening group D tie of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship.

💜Afghanistan off-spinner AM Ghazanfar has been ruled out of both the ICC Champions Trophy and the IPL due to a lower back fracture that will keep him on the sidelines for at least four months, the country's cricket board announced on Wednesday.

🥃England captain Jos Buttler has won the toss and opted to bowl.

India🐓 (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh

England꧟ (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Tom Banton, Liam Livingstone, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood.

🏅Commonwealth Games gold medallist table tennis player Manika Batra's father Girish passed away due to cardiac arrest.

Fifty in the 1st ODI.

Fifty in the 2nd ODI.

Fifty in the 3rd ODI.

Will he go onto make a big one today? Track IND vs ENG 3rd ODI, here.

♔Kevin Durant has become the eighth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points. He sank two free throws with 1:11 left in the third quarter of the Memphis Grizzlies vs Phoenix Suns clash in the NBA. Durant finished with 34 points, but Phoenix lost for the fifth time in its last six games.

♉Chasing the United States' 152-run target, Oman have got to 63 runs for the loss of one wicket at the halfway stage of their innings in the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two. They need 89 more runs at an asking rate of 3.56, with nine wickets still intact. Captain Jatinder Singh is at the crease and alongside him is Hammaz Mirza.

ꦗ A staff member at FIFA has reportedly been arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip from Zurich. “FIFA is aware of ongoing legal proceedings in Miami in relation to a private matter of a person that is employed by FIFA,” the world football body said in a statement. “FIFA has no further comment at this stage.”

🌄Elena Rybakina is in action in the Qatar Open 2025 Round of 16 against Rebecca Sramkova.

🐬Defending champions Yokohama of Japan have earned another win in the Group stage of AFC Champions League. They defeated China's Shanghai Shenhua 1-0 to maintain top spot in Group A of the league stage.

♔Saint-Etienne supporters have been banned by French authorities from traveling to Marseille for this weekend's Ligue 1 game between the two clubs with the biggest fan bases in France.

ꦓ In an order published Wednesday, France's interior ministry said there is a “real and serious risk of confrontation” between the rival fans.

ꦅ Second-placed Marseille takes on struggling Saint-Etienne at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday.(AP)

𒅌With Kerala's draw against Jammu and Kashmir. The semifinal line-ups have been confirmed.

• Kerala vs Gujarat, Semi Final 1

• Vidarbha vs Mumbai, Semi Final 2

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