World Sports: World Wrestling Body Lifts Suspension On India; Champions League Round Of 16 To Kick Off - As It Happened

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February 13 sees the return of UEFA Champions League (February 14, early hours, as per IST), with the round of 16 kicking off with the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Bayern Munich in action. In Hamilton, the second New Zealand vs South Africa Test is underway with the Kiwis exerting early pressure on the visitors. Back in India, build-up to the hosts' third Test against England in Rajkot continues, with team and injury news now rolling in thick and fast. Elsewhere, the ATP Bengaluru Open tennis tournament continues, with several top seeds in action. Here are all the updates from sports world today, live. (Cricket News | Football News)

Along expected lines, New Zealand are again dominating proceedings in the second Test, after drubbing the Proteas in the first game. The home team have reduced South Africa to 127/5 after 57 overs on Day 1 in Hamilton, with Rachin Ravindra prising out two wickets.

The whirlwind badminton calendar now rolls on to the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The event begins today, though India's campaign in both the men's and women's categories starts tomorrow against China. From the Indian perspective, all eyes will be on PV Sindhu, who is making her much-awaited comeback post a prolonged left knee injury.

After losing half their side with just 101 runs on the board, South Africa have made a good recovery in the final session on Day 1 of their second Test match against New Zealand in Hamilton. The visitors end the day at 220/6, with Ruan de Swardt (55 not out off 135 balls) and Shaun von Berg (34 off 82 balls) at the crease. Rachin Ravindra did the star turn for the Kiwis, with three wickets for just 33 runs off his 21 overs.

India's oldest Test cricketer and former captain Dattajirao Gaekwad passed away earlier in the day due to age-related ailments. Gaekwad, who was the father of former India opener and national coach Anshuman Gaekwad, was 95. He breathed his last early this morning after battling for life in the ICU of a Baroda hospital for the past 12 days, a source in the family told PTI. He played 11 Tests for India between 1952 and 1961, captaining the national team in 1959 when it toured England.

Four teams are participating in the third Test National Cricket Championship for Deaf 2024, the Indian Deaf Cricket Association said in a statement. Hearing impaired men's teams from Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are participating in the six-day tournament, which started on Monday. The final is scheduled for February 17.

New-found international pace sensation Shamar Joseph has become the first West Indian to win the Men's ICC Player of the Month award for his heroics in the Australia Test series, PTI reports. Ireland's explosive young batter Amy Hunter claimed the honour in the women's category after her dominance against Zimbabwe. The ICC revealed the award winners for January today after shortlists were announced last week.

David Warner has just confirmed that the 3rd AUS Vs WI T20I will be his last international game on home soil.

The tragic passing away of marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum has distressed sports lovers across the globe. The 24-year-old Kenyan was among the most promising athletes to emerge in the discipline in recent times, and was tipped to be a strong contender for the gold medal at Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Let us take a look at five such cases. Read more about it here.

Wrestling's world governing body lifted the provisional suspension on India but directed the national federation to provide written guarantees that there would be no discriminatory action against the protesting trio of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 25% purchase of Manchester United has been given the go-ahead by the Premier League but the Football Association is yet to complete its part of the process.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh on Tuesday welcomed the United World Wrestling (UWW)'s decision to lift its suspension with immediate effect and said that the ad-hoc committee headed by Bhupinder Singh Bajwa "holds no significance". The suspension was imposed by UWW on August 23 last year after the national federation failed to hold elections in time. "I welcome this decision by UWW. Ad-hoc committee holds no significance now," Singh, who is known to be a loyalist of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, told PTI.

Top Indian hammer thrower Rachna Kumari was on Tuesday banned for 12 years for failing multiple dope tests by the international federation’s Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), essentially ending her career. The 30-year-old Kumari's dope sample, taken out-of-competition by the AIU last year, was found to contain steroids Stanozolol, Metandienone and Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), Clenbuterol.