From the Indian U-19 side winning their fifth World Cup title to China winning a record-breaking Asian Cup, here are the top sporting headlines from the past week.

LOCUST

India beat England by four wickets in North Sound, Antigua on Saturday to win the U-19 World Cup. It was the fifth U-19 World Cup title for the Indian team. (REPORT)

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Indian cricketers wore black armbands in the first ODI against the West Indies to pay tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, who died in Mumbai on Sunday at the age of 92. (REPORT)

Justin Langer resigned as Australia manager on Saturday, just weeks after leading the side to a 4-0 Ashes series victory over England, with Cricket Australia saying he had turned down an extension short term of his contract. (REPORT)

England head coach Chris Silverwood has resigned after the team’s sweet surrender in the Ashes series against Australia. (REPORT)

Joe Root has been confirmed as Test captain ahead of England’s West Indies tour next month after batting coach Graham Thorpe resigned, becoming the latest casualty in England’s infamous Ashes series, the England and Wales Cricket Board. (REPORT)

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said on Saturday he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, five months after suffering a stroke following emergency heart surgery. (REPORT)

The group stage of the Ranji Trophy will be played between February 16 and March 5. (REPORT)

Australia retained the Women’s Ashes after beating England in the first One-Day International of the multi-format series on Thursday. (REPORT)

SOCCER

Manchester United made an embarrassing early exit from the FA Cup after losing to Middlesbrough in a penalty shootout at Old Trafford. (REPORT)

China came back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat South Korea in the Women’s Asian Cup final to win the title for a record ninth time. (REPORT)

Vietnam beat Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in their history at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai… ( REPORT)

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel tested positive for Covid-19 just hours before the Blues’ FA Cup win over Plymouth Argyle. (REPORT)

India’s national senior men’s football team will play two international friendlies against Bahrain and Belarus on March 23 and 26, respectively. (REPORT)

Athletic Bilbao snap a three-game losing streak against Real Madrid to advance to the Copa del Rey semi-finals for the third consecutive season. (REPORT)

A study by governing body UEFA has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has cost European clubs seven billion euros ($7.91 billion) over two seasons, even as player salaries at top teams grew 2% to €11.9 billion ($13.45 billion) during the period. (REPORT)

Indian women’s national team midfielder Yumnam Kamala Devi has announced her retirement from football. (REPORT)

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has completed his move to Barcelona on a free transfer after terminating his contract with English Premier League club Arsenal. (REPORT)

Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood has been released on bail pending further investigation, police said on Wednesday after the 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault on a woman. (REPORT)

The 2021-22 I-League season will resume on March 3 in Kolkata after a brief break, due to the Covid outbreak at team camps. (REPORT)

Frank Lampard will get another chance as Premier League manager after being signed by Everton. (REPORT)

Brentford have signed Denmark international Christian Eriksen as a free agent for the remainder of the season, the Premier League club have announced. (REPORT)

WATCH

Some top wrestlers, including Tokyo Olympics medalists Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia, will attend a special training camp in Teteven, Bulgaria, from February 5-23.

The 14-member squad will include four acrobatic wrestlers and four Greco-Roman wrestlers, along with four sparring partners and two coaches. (REPORT)

HOCKEY

Indian veteran hockey goalkeeper PR Srejeesh on Monday won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his performances in 2021, becoming the second Indian to receive the accolade. (REPORT)

Sushila Chanu scored twice as India’s women’s hockey team made their FIH Pro League debut, beating China 7-1 in the first leg of the home-and-away tie. In the second leg, India won 2-1. (REPORT)

Keeping in mind the upcoming major international tournaments including the World Cup, Hockey India on Saturday announced a probable roster of 33 members for the junior women’s camp. (REPORT)

TENNIS

Indian pair Rohan Bopanna and second-seeded Ramkumar Ramanathan beat top-seeded Australian pair of Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith to win the men’s doubles title at the Tata Open Maharashtra at Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Sunday. (REPORT)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will arrange a meeting with former tennis world number one Peng Shuai during the Beijing Winter Olympics, but meeting details will not be shared in advance, a- he said on Sunday. (REPORT)

Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro is eyeing an imminent retirement from the sport, saying recurring injuries mean two tournaments in Argentina and Brazil this month will “possibly” be his last. (REPORT)

Nick Kyrgios has been left out of Australia’s Davis Cup squad to face Hungary next month despite his recent doubles victory at the Australian Open, despite partner Thanasi Kokkinakis being selected by captain Lleyton Hewitt. (REPORT)

Ramkumar Ramanathan will spearhead India’s challenge against Denmark in the Davis Cup Tennis World Group play-off match to be played on the grass courts of Gymkhana Club on March 4-5. (REPORT)

Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem said on Thursday he hoped to return to action in Indian Wells in March, after being sidelined since June last year with a wrist injury. (REPORT)

World number six Matteo Berrettini has been left out of Italy’s Davis Cup squad for next month’s qualifier against Slovakia due to a “split decision” with captain Filippo Volandri, the Italian Football Federation announced on Thursday. tennis. (REPORT)

Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan were included in the core group of athletes under the Ministry of Sports’ Target Olympic Podium Program (TOPS) on Thursday until the Asian Games in Hangzhou later this year. (REPORT)

Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have declared that they will participate in the next edition of the Laver Cup. (REPORT)

Public prosecutors in Serbia on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that Novak Djokovic used a false positive test for COVID-19 to try to enter Australia and compete at the Australian Open. (REPORT)

Roger Federer thinks he will know by “April-May” whether or not he can return to tennis. (REPORT)

SHOOTING

As COVID-19 cases are starting to decline across the country, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has decided to hold the selection trials for rifle and pistol shooters in March and April this year. (REPORT)

TABLE TENNIS

Indian paddler Suhana Saini has won a bronze medal after losing to Romania’s Elena Zaharia in the Girls Under-19 Semi-Final at the ongoing WTT Youth Contender Tunis 2022 Championships in the Tunisian capital. (REPORT)

Manika Batra jumped six places to enter the top 50 of the world women’s singles rankings for the first time. In the men’s singles standings, G Sathiyan moved up to 33rd position while Sharath Kamal slipped two places to 34th. (REPORT)

CHESS

P. Harikrishna got off to a calm start after a draw with Alexie Shirov, but Vidit Gujrathi lost his way to Levon Aronian in the first round of the €150,000 FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin on Friday. (REPORT)

Fresh off his debut in the elite Tata Steel tournament, R. Praggnanandhaa will return to take on the world’s elite, including world number one Magnus Carlsen, in the $150,000 Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament starting on February 19. (REPORT)