Man United beat Brentford 3-0 in EPL

Wisden strips WG Grace of two tons LONDON: One of cricket’s oldest career records has been rewritten after Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack decided to reduce the number of firstclass hundreds scored by England’s WG Grace. The Victorian-era sporting star, widely regarded as the founder of modern batting, was thought to have scored his 100th century for Gloucestershire against Somerset on May 17, 1895. But Wisden has now fallen into line with Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, who have long questioned the status of several “first-class” games played by Grace. As a result, 10 matches have been removed from

Grace’s record, reducing his tally of runs from 54,896 to 54,211, cutting his wickets from 2,876 to 2,809 and lowering his centuries from 126 to 124. Now Wisden has ruled that Grace’s 100th ton came a fortnight later when he also became the first man to hit 1,000 first-class runs before the end of May, one of only eight cricketers to achieve the feat. In another change, Jack Hobbs’s record tally of first-class hundreds has been increased. Wisden has now added two tons to his name lifting his total to 199.

NEW DELHI: Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched silver while V Rithika finished third to give India a double podium finish in the women’s 49kg category at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting in Heraklion, Greece. Chhattisgarh’s Gyaneshwari lifted a total of 156kg (73kg+83kg). The 18-year-old Rithika heaved 150kg (69kg+81kg).

MANCHESTER: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th goal in the English Premier League when he converted a penalty in Man United’s 3-0 win over Brentford on Monday. Ronaldo also had a goal disallowed for offside as United saved one of their best performances for their final home game. Bruno Fernandes and Raphael Varane—with his first in English football— were the other scorers.