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Chris Wood scored a hat trick of headed goals as New Zealand beat Fiji 7-0 Friday to join New Caledonia in the Oceania qualifying final for the 2026 World Cup.
New Caledonia earlier beat Tahiti 3-0 in the first semifinal in FIFA’s smallest confederation.
The winner of the New Caledonia vs New Zealand final will go directly into the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak has qualified for the Vault final after securing a third place in the qualification round at the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.
The 29-year-old, who represented the country at the Tokyo Olympics, came up with an aggregate score of 13.317 in the vault qualification.
She finished behind the American duo of Jayla Hang (13.783) and Claire Pease (13.584). The Vault final is scheduled on Saturday. (PTI)
LEWIS HAMILTON TAKES #F1SPRINT POLE 🤩

Wow! #F1 #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/iPRaB1nHqg
New Zealand have been all out for 204 in 19.5 overs. Mark Chapman stood out with the bat for the Kiwis with a quickfire 94 off just 44 balls. Haris Rauf was the best Pakistan bowler on show with three wickets for just 29 runs in four overs.
SQ1 CLASSIFICATION

Hamilton on top 🔝#F1Sprint #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/GTLFdcyuPw
Fantastic to catch up with Gianni Infantino and other leaders of world sport and business at the 144th IOC Session in Greece. Proud to represent cricket on the world stage. pic.twitter.com/OuUQOcgXwR
India’s Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian caused a major upset by knocking out world no. 2 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a thrilling three-game contest to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
The 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, a silver medallist at the 2022 World Junior Championships and currently ranked 64th in the world, put up an impressive display of defense to defeat the three-time World Championships medallist 18-21 21-12 21-5 in a 66-minute contest.
Sprint Qualifying ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix to start in about an hour.
Below is the top three in FP1 which finished some time back.
Norris
Leclerc
Piastri
Charlotte Hornets beat New York Knicks 115-98
Golden State Warriors beat Toronto Raptos 117-114
Chicago Bulls leading Sacremanto Kings 128-116
Milwaukee Bucks beat Los Angeles Lakers 118-89
Indiana Pacers beat Brooklyn Nets 105-99 after overtime
Here's how FP1 finished in Shanghai ⤵️#F1 #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/kRUy1yd48B
Australia Women have beaten New Zealand Women in the first T20I of the series. Beth Mooney scored a fantastic 75 while Georgia Voll to got a half-century as the two Australia openers helped their team surpass New Zealand’s first innings total of 137/2 in just 13.3 overs. Australia won easily by eight wickets.
Chicago Bulls have beaten Sacramento Kings 128-116 in the NBA game. Earlier, Indiana Pacers registered a 105-99 victory over Brooklyn Nets.
Golden State Warriors leading Toronto Raptos 93-92 in three quarters.
Chicago Bulls leading Sacremanto Kings 92-89 in three quarters.
Milwaukee Bucks leading Los Angeles Lakers 57-46 at half-time.
Paraguay 1-0 Chile
Brazil 2-1 Colombia
Peru 3-1 Bolivia
Croatia 2-0 France
Denmark 1-0 Portugal
Italy 1-2 Germany
Netherlands 2-2 Spain
Brazil have defeated Colombia in a stunning fashion thanks to an injury time strike. Raphinha had helped Brazil take lead early in the game but Luis Diaz levelled the scores before half-time. The stalemate continued throughout the second half. Vinicius Jr then struck nine minutes past the regular time to set up a crucial win for Brazil.
Yesterday, Japan became the first nation, apart from the hosts, to seal qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
🇯🇵 Japan have qualified for #FIFAWorldCup 26!#WeAre26 | @jfa_samuraiblue
At Half-time, Peru 2-0 Bolivia
Andy Polo and Paulo Guerrero are the two scorers so far for Peru.
The second Grand Prix of the F1 season takes place in Shanghai this Sunday and from today we will have the practice races. An interesting weekend begins for F1 enthusiasts.
Currently two games are going on in the South American qualifiers of the FIFA 2026 World Cup. Brazil are in action against Colombia while Peru and Bolivia are up against each other.
Live Scores:
After 60 minutes, Brazil 1-1 Colombia
After 40 minutes, Peru 1-0 Bolivia
Live updates begin soon. Some interesting action has taken place over the night.
Hello and good morning! It’s a busy Friday morning, with a host of sporting action to follow including the likes of cricket, basketball amongst others.
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