Scoreboard at tea on the opening day of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia here Thursday.
India 1st Innings:
Mayank Agarwal c Starc b Lyon
77
Lokesh Rahul c Marsh b Hazlewood
9
Cheteshwar Pujara batting
61
Virat Kohli batting
23
Extras: (LB-2, W-5)
7
Total: (for 2 wickets in 52 overs)
177
Fall of Wickets: 10-1, 126-2.
Bowling: Mitchell Starc 12-0-42-0, Josh Hazlewood 13-6-27-1, Pat Cummins 13-2-47-0, Nathan Lyon 13-1-47-1, Marnus Labuschagne 1-0-12-0.

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Opting to bat, India were 177 for 2 at tea on the opening day of the fourth and final Test against Australia here Thursday.
Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli were batting on 61 and 23 respectively at the break.
Brief Scores:
India: 177 for 2 in 52 overs (Mayank Agarwal 77, Cheteshwar Pujara 61 batting; Josh Hazlewood 1/27, Nathan Lyon 1/47).

India 177/2 at tea on day one of Sydney Test

The World Anti-Doping Agency's Athletes Committee demanded Russia be hit with new sanctions over its failure to meet a crucial deadline to hand over data from its drug-tainted Moscow laboratory.
In a statement posted on WADA's website, the agency's committee representing athletes challenged the organisation to declare the Russians non-compliant following the missed deadline.
"We are extremely disappointed that the December 31 deadline imposed on Russia by WADA has not been adhered to by the Russian authorities," the statement read.
"We now expect that following the process recommended by the CRC (Compliance Review Committee) that Russia will be declared non-compliant. Only this action will be suitable and appropriate in the view of the athletes.
"Anything less will be considered a failure by WADA to act on behalf of clean athletes." WADA is set to consider the next step in the long-running saga at a January 14-15 meeting.
The end-of-year deadline was set in September, when WADA lifted 

WADA athletes body seeks Russia ban over missed deadline

Novak Djokovic admitted he had to "fight" to come back from a set down to beat world number 36, Hungary's Marton Fucsovics at the Qatar Open.
The world number one survived a huge scare to eventually triumph 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Wednesday and admitted his opponent was "very close to the win".
"For the first two sets he was the better player," said two-time Qatar Open champion Djokovic.
"He played really well, smart, changing up the rhythm and the pace of the ball and moving me around.
"I was kind of in a corner and I had to find my way and fight my way through."
The match lasted exactly two hours, which was twice as long as the Serb spent on court in his first round stroll against Damir Dzumhur, where he lost just three games.
A backhand winner eventually secured victory for Djokovic but the result was in doubt for a long time, with the Serb only breaking Fucsovics in the tenth game of the second set to ensure the match went into a final set shootout.
Djokovic added: "I knew his qualities and 

'Fighter' Djokovic into Qatar quarter-finals after scare

Novak Djokovic said that sport needed "legend" Rafael Nadal to make another comeback after it was announced that the injury-plagued Spaniard had withdrawn from his season-opening tournament in Brisbane.
Nadal said that he would not play in Brisbane because of a left thigh strain, prompting yet more fears over the 32-year-old's long term future in tennis.
Nadal, who claimed his 17th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros last year, has not played a competitive match since September.
He also lost the world number one ranking to Djokovic, whose battles with the Spaniard are one of modern sport's greatest rivalries.
"He has done the comebacks for so many times in his career that you always believe that he can do it again," said Djokovic after reaching the Qatar Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.
"He has a very physical style of tennis which obviously is putting a lot of load and pressure on his joints, on his knees.
"Sport needs Rafa, no question about it. He is one of the greatest legends of ..

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Pep Guardiola is convinced Premier League leaders Liverpool will drop points between now and the end of the season as the Manchester City boss prepares for Thursday's huge title clash with the Reds.
Guardiola's City side have been unable to keep pace with unbeaten Liverpool despite their own blistering start and sit in third place, seven points behind Jurgen Klopp's outfit ahead of their crunch meeting at the Etihad Stadium.
Liverpool have dropped just six points so far this season and come into the match on a nine-match winning streak in the league, but Guardiola is confident they will make mistakes amid a heavy domestic and European schedule.
"We are there, still with a lot of games to go and I think everyone will lose points this season, even Liverpool, because there are a lot of competitions," he told reporters on Wednesday.
"They have been incredible ... scoring four or five goals in every game. They are solid behind and in front."
Guardiola feels his own team deserve credit for .

Liverpool will drop points, says Man City boss Guardiola

Maurizio Sarri admitted Chelsea need attacking reinforcements after they wasted a chance to cement their place in the Premier League's top four with a 0-0 draw against struggling Southampton.
Sarri's team remain in fourth place, but they are now just three points ahead of fifth placed Arsenal in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.
It was a frustrating evening for Chelsea, who dominated possession but lacked any cutting edge, maintaining a worrying sequence for Sarri.
His side failed to score for the third time in their last five Premier League games at Stamford Bridge, raising more questions about Chelsea's need for a top-class striker in the January transfer window.
"The club knows my opinion. I think we need something else for our characteristics," Sarri said Wednesday when asked if he would consider recalling on loan forwards Michy Batshuayi and Tammy Abraham.
Quizzed on the possibility of signing a new forward, he made it clear the responsibility lies with ...

Sarri admits new striker needed as Chelsea frustrated by Saints

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer joined Matt Busby in the Manchester United record books in his team's 2-0 win at Newcastle and admitted he does not want to leave the club in the summer.
The United interim manager, in charge until the end of the season when he is scheduled to return to his Norwegian club Molde, has now won his first four games in charge.
In United's history, only the legendary and iconic Busby has matched that achievement and Solskjaer celebrated enthusiastically with his club's travelling supporters after goals from Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford secured the win.
"I don't want to (leave)," said Solskjaer on Wednesday when asked about his future beyond this season.
"It is such a great bunch of players, a fantastic atmosphere. But it is the next game, the next game and I am doing my job for as long as I am here."
United will now move on to much tougher challenges, starting with the Premier League visit to Tottenham a week on Sunday.
But, given the manner of Wednesday's victory, 

Solskjaer wants to stay as Man United boss

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United made it four wins out of four in the Premier League, beating Newcastle to close the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea, who were held at home by Southampton.
United have been transformed since their former striker replaced Jose Mourinho, scoring 12 goals in his first three games in temporary charge but were forced to dig deep to emerge with a 2-0 win against a disciplined Newcastle side at St James's Park on Wednesday.
The victory leaves them in sixth spot in the table with 38 points, just three behind Arsenal and six adrift of Chelsea.
Substitute Romelu Lukaku broke the deadlock just 38 seconds after coming on midway through the second half, pouncing after Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka had spilled a fierce Marcus Rashford free kick and Rashford himself made sure of the points in the 80th minute.
Manchester United bossed possession but a resolute Newcastle defence kept clear-cut chances to a minimum, prompting Solskjaer to throw on Lukaku and .

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Niger's army killed more than 280 Boko Haram militants near the southeast border with Nigeria in days of land and air raids, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
More than 200 jihadists were killed in air strikes and a further 87 by ground troops since the offensive began on December 28, the ministry said in a statement read on state television.
It comes after Western African leaders held talks in November on the escalating attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group in the Lake Chad area, a strategic region where the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger converge.
The operations were carried out on the islands of Lake Chad and along the Komadougou Yobe river which serves as a natural border between Niger and Nigeria, which has suffered a string of recent attacks on its military bases.
The Niger army said it had lost no troops or equipment in its offensive and had seized eight canoes and two rocket launchers as well as assault weapons, ammunition and vehicles.
In December, Niger's ..

Niger army kills at least 280 Boko Haram militants: ministry

Patricia Gallagher Marchant was first abused by a priest who befriended her family when she was seven or eight years old.
More than five decades later, the 61-year-old stood Wednesday in front of a throng of news cameras outside the downtown Chicago headquarters of the Catholic archdiocese in this sprawling American city, and demanded the church listen to survivors.
"They've counted on our silence," Marchant said. "The horror of what happened to each of us needs to be out and spoken." Marchant was joined by leaders of two survivors' advocacy groups who sent an open letter to Pope Francis asking to be a part of a historic gathering that the Catholic leader called for in February at the Vatican, to discuss the ongoing crisis roiling the church.
At issue was the very credibility of the Pope's conference, they claimed, and whether survivors would have faith in its outcome.
"What we want is for this summit to be able to be taken seriously and to result in real, meaningful reform," said ...

US clergy abuse survivors demand inclusion in Vatican reforms

Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal put on 59 runs for the unbroken second wicket as India reached 69 for 1 at lunch on day one of the fourth and final Test against Australia here on Thursday.
At the Sydney Cricket Ground, Agarwal was unbeaten on 42 runs, while Pujara was batting on 16 not out at the end of 24-over morning session.
This was after India won the toss and opted to bat. Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not pass the fitness test this morning and was ruled out of the match.
The visitors then made two changes, with Lokesh Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav coming in for Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma.
Australia too made two changes with Peter Handscomb and Marnus Labuschagne replacing Aaron Finch and Mitchell Marsh.
Mitchell Starc (0/27) and Josh Hazlewood (1/17) got the proceedings underway, with the Indian openers making a streaky start.
Things did not change much for Rahul (9) despite missing the Melbourne Test, as he edged twice in the first four balls faced only for the 

India reach 69/1 at lunch on Day One of fourth Test

Scoreboard at lunch on the opening day of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia here Thursday.
India 1st Innings:
Mayank Agarwal
batting
42
Lokesh Rahul
c Marsh b Hazlewood
9
Cheteshwar Pujara
batting
16
Extras: (LB-2)
2
Fall of Wickets: 1/10
Bowling: Mitchell Starc 9-0-27-0, Josh Hazlewood 8-3-17-1, Pat Cummins 5-1-17-0, Nathan Lyon 2-0-6-0.

 Scoreboard at lunch on the opening day of the fourth and final Test between India and ...

At least one person died and 10 remained missing after a Taiwan cargo ship sank off the coast of Zhejiang province on the Chinese mainland early Wednesday, local maritime rescue authorities.
The cargo ship, with 15 people on board, sank at around 4:30 am (2030 GMT) Wednesday around 90 nautical miles (167 kilometres) off the coast of Yuhuan of Zhejiang's Taizhou city, according to the provincial maritime search and rescue centre.
Five people have been rescued so far, with one dead, state run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
The 80-meter-long ship named "London" departed from the city of Kaohsiung with 14 Myanmar crew members and one from Taiwan.
The local emergency response centre has sent ships to search for the missing.

One killed, 10 missing in shipwreck in China

The US Coast Guard says a large fishing boat has run aground on a remote Pacific atoll and it's trying to rescue the 24 crew members who made it to shore in a lifeboat.
The Coast Guard says the 308-foot Chinese-flagged vessel Ou Ya Leng No. 6 reportedly grounded Wednesday on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The Coast Guard says it's sending the crew of a HC-130 Hercules plane and is working with three nearby fishing boats and the government of the Marshall Islands. The Coast Guard says it doesn't yet know what caused the accident, the crew's nationalities, or the status of the boat's cargo and fuel.
Brendon Ritz, from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Honolulu, says the first concern is the crew's safety.

US trying to rescue 24 fishing crew on remote Pacific atoll

Boko Haram jihadists have raided at least three military posts and overpowered troops in the latest attacks in northeast Nigeria, sources said Wednesday.
Fighters from the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran the posts in Borno state on Tuesday, military and militia sources told AFP.
The Boko Haram faction has in recent months intensified attacks on military targets in Borno and Yobe states, raiding bases and killing dozens of troops.
"They first dislodged soldiers at a checkpoint in Kimba in Biu... and then took over another post at Sabon Gari, five kilometres away," said one military officer of the latest attacks.
The jihadists launched another attack on a base in nearby Wajirko, according to a militiaman in the area.
On Monday, the jihadists had overwhelmed troops in Buni Gari village in neighbouring Yobe state, leading to "some losses", an army officer said.
"Troops were outgunned and forced to retreat after heavy fighting with the terrorists," the ...

Boko Haram raids military posts in northeast Nigeria

Authorities on Wednesday were investigating the deaths of a man, his son and the son's girlfriend whose bullet-riddled bodies were found concealed on a property known for hosting transients in Washington state.
Police discovered the bodies when they were sent to the home near the waterfront city of Port Angeles for a welfare check, the Peninsula Daily News reported.
Investigators found the door to the home ajar and then found the bodies of Darrell C Iverson, 57, and his son Jordan D Iverson, 27, covered by tarps and debris in front of the house, Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict said. The elder Iverson owned the home, county documents say.
The body of the younger man's girlfriend, 26-year-old Tiffany A May, was discovered later in a locked shed close to the home. Investigators believe all three were killed on December 26 by someone they knew, Benedict said.
No arrests have been made and authorities are investigating at least two people of interest who knew the victims. Benedict ...

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Three migrant fishermen received Greek citizenship Wednesday for helping rescue dozens of people who were forced into the sea by flames from a summer wildfire that caused 100 deaths.
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos hosted a ceremony for Gani Xheka, 35, from Albania and Egyptians Emad El Khaimi, 50, and Mahmoud Ibrahim Musa, 46, both to honour them and for "sending a message to Europe" to counter anti-immigrant sentiment.
The three men pulled people from the water who had fled the out-of-control wildfire at the seaside resort of Mati, east of Athens, by swimming out to sea while having difficulty breathing because of heavy smoke. The trio also guided survivors to a nearby port after the July 23 blaze reached the shore and gutted hundreds of homes.
"In a situation like that, when you are talking about people's lives, there's no religion, no black people, no white people. You just have to help people who are in danger," El Khaimi said after the ceremony.
The death toll from Greece's 

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- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a rather stark take on the situation in war-wracked Syria, summing it up in two words -- "sand and death" -- while remaining vague about the timing of the withdrawal of US troops.
"So Syria was lost long ago. It was lost long ago. And besides that, I don't want -- we're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about," Trump said during a cabinet meeting.
"We're not talking about vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death." On when US forces would leave Syria, Trump said: "I don't want to be in Syria forever." But after saying troops would come home right away, and that the Islamic State group was defeated, he didn't give any specific timetable.
"I never said we are getting out overnight," Trump said.
"Oh, we're withdrawing," he added, saying only that it would happen "over a period of time." On Monday, the Republican president said the United States was "slowly sending" troops home -- a markedly different tone than ..

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A man with stab wounds that were apparently self-inflicted drove into an SUV early Wednesday, killing three people, including two members of a string band that had competed the day before in Philadelphia's New Year parade, police said.
Keith Campbell, 29, of Delaware, appeared to have stabbed himself before the wreck about 1:45 am local time near Citizens Bank Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies play.
Witnesses told police Campbell crossed the median into opposing traffic while speeding, then struck an SUV carrying four people, killing three of them and critically injuring the fourth.
As of Wednesday afternoon police had been unable to interview Campbell, who was taken to the hospital and remained in critical condition, to confirm his wounds were self-inflicted. Attempts by The Associated Press to reach relatives for comment were unsuccessful.
The three people killed at the scene were identified Wednesday as Joseph Ferry, 36, of Philadelphia; Kelly Wiseley, 35, of Glenolden; and ...

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Clashes between jihadists and rebels in northwestern Syria have killed almost 50 people over two days, a war monitor said Wednesday.
Clashes flared Tuesday between Al-Qaeda-linked coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and an alliance of rebel groups in western Aleppo province.
On Wednesday the fighting spread to the neighbouring province of Idlib, the country's last opposition bastion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"The fighting intensified and spread to the north and southeast of Idlib province," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Observatory.
He said that 48 people have been killed, updating Tuesday's toll of 19. HTS had on Monday accused rebel group Nureddine al-Zinki of killing five of its fighters, and launched an offensive against rebel positions.
Nureddine al-Zinki is a major player in the National Liberation Front (NLF), a Turkish-backed rebel alliance.
Abdel Rahman said Wednesday that other NLF factions had now joined the fighting, while the ...

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