Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 22nd October 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
India Vs New Zealand, First ODI, Mumbai
India won the toss and chose to bat first in the first ODI against New Zealand in Mumbai. Dinesh Karthik replaced Manish Pandey. India will play three One Days, and three T20I’s against the Kiwis. India was 250/6 at the time of writing.
South Africa Vs Bangladesh, 3rd ODI, East London
South Africa continued their impressive batting performance in the third ODI as they were 335/6 in 47.0 overs at the time of writing, as they chose to bat first after winning the toss. Aiden Markram made his ODI debut as South Africa dropped Hashim Amla in the last ODI.
Zimbabwe Vs West Indies, First Test, Bulawayo
Zimbabwe bundled out West Indies for 219 in the first innings of the first Test. Kyle Hope and Shai Hope were the major contributors for the Windies as they scored 56 and 90 respectively. Zimbabwe was 101/3 at the time of writing. Craig Ervine was batting at 27, and Sean Williams was playing at 2.
English Premier League
Huddersfield Town Vs Manchester United
Huddersfield shocked title contenders Manchester United as the won 2-1 at first home thanks to two first-half goals. This was United’s first loss in 12 matches. Marcus Rashford who came in as a substitute in the second scored the consolation goal for the tourists.
Manchester City Vs Burnley
Manchester City took a five-point lead at the top of the league table as they defeated Burnley 3-0. Sergio Aguero returned to action after a car accident had ruled him out. He also got his name on the scoring sheet by converting a penalty in the 30th minute.
Chelsea Vs Watford
Chelsea came back from 2-1 down to win the match 4-2 courtesy a brace by Batshuayi. Chelsea moved to the fourth spot after this win and Watford impressive season continued as they stay in the top five.
LA LIGA
Barcelona Vs Malaga
Barcelona defeated Malaga 2-0 and maintained a four-point lead at the top of La Liga. The win came courtesy a controversial early goal by Gerard Deulofeu.
SERIE A
Napoli Vs Inter Milan
Napoli maintained a two-point lead over Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A as the two teams drew their match against each other.
FIFA Under-17 World Cup, 1st Quarter-final, Mali Vs Ghana
Mali progressed to the Semi-Final of the Under-17 World Cup as they defeated Ghana 2-1. Mali dominated the match as they attempted 19 shots in the entire match.
FIFA Under-17 World Cup, 2nd Quarter-final, England Vs the USA
England defeated USA 4-1 courtesy a hat-trick by Rhian Brewster to qualify for the semi-final stage of the tournament.
HOCKEY: Asia Cup, India Vs Pakistan
India defeated Pakistan for the fourth time in 2017 as they stayed unbeaten and qualified for the final. India won 4-0 and will play Malaysia in the final on Sunday.