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Chelsea have been drawn against Real Madrid and Arsenal’s conquerors Paris FC in the Women’s Champions League group stage mobile
Emma Hayes’ side, beaten finalists in 2021, will also face Swedish outfit Hacken in Group D mobile
French side Paris beat last season’s semi-finalists Arsenal on penalties in the first qualifying round on their way to this phase of the competition for the first time mobile
Neighbours Paris Saint-Germain, who dispensed with WSL runners-up Manchester United in the second qualifying round, have been drawn in Group C along with Bayern Munich, Roma and Ajax mobile
Eight-times winners Lyon face Slavia Prague, St Polten and Brann - who beat Scottish champions Glasgow City to reach this stage for the first time - while reigning champions Barcelona were paired with Rosengard, Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt mobile
Chelsea were beaten by Barcelona in last season’s semi-finals, following a memorable quarter-final victory against the holders Lyon mobile
Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Marc Skinner clarified his comments around the Champions League qualifying format after suggesting it was “crazy” United played PSG in a qualifying round mobile
After finishing second in the Women’s Super League last season, United went through the competition’s qualifying rounds and were knocked out at the second hurdle on Wednesday night after being beaten 4-2 on aggregate by PSGLast year’s WSL winners Chelsea earned an automatic group spot, while third-placed Arsenal went into the qualifiers, where they were eliminated by Paris FC in the first round mobile
Skinner said: “My comment was much more about the breadth and quality, I believe there is a need for more teams to be in this competition, and then you’ll see who is average and who isn’t mobile
“Who knows, we might have been average in a group stage, you don’t know that mobile
If there was any offence taken then I’m sorry for that, but that’s not what I meant mobile
“What I meant, and I’ll be clear on it, was I think there should be a broader scope of teams and there should be more teams in this competition so that we can actually then see where the elite level lies within Europe mobile
“I still think that’s a bit cloudy because the reality is, if we were playing a team that are from - what people might believe- to be a league that doesn’t have the experience, then we don’t know until we’ve played those, we only ever play those teams in friendlies mobile
“If you really want the real quality from all of the European leagues to rise, then you’ve got to play them against each other, which I think now other teams are ready for mobile
“If you enter that stage and are getting through, then congratulations mobile
We’re not there so we can talk about what that looks like, but they are there so congratulations to everyone who’s gone through mobile
”Chelsea are now the only WSL team left in the competition, and Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall believes that English teams need to improve mobile
He told a press conference: “We’re number four in Europe [in UEFA’s coefficient rankings] mobile
We can’t say that’s anyone else’s problem except our own mobile
We need to improve, English teams have not done well enough in Europe mobile
“The Conti Cup group that Manchester United are in now might be tougher than some Women’s Champions League groups mobile
But [UEFA] need to grow all of women’s mobile football in Europe - that’s really important mobile
They can’t only take [WSL] opinions into account mobile
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Afghanistan on Monday inflicted a second upset by humbling Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, marking their second victory in three matches mobile
After opting to bat at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Pakistan put up 282 for 7 in 50 overs mobile
Afghanistan chased this total down with ease as the side had eight wickets and an over to spare, dealing a blow to Pakistan’s chances of making it to the semi-final of the 2023 World Cup mobile
Afghanistan also created the biggest upset of the tournament when they beat defending champions England on 15 October in Delhi mobile
The Central Asian country’s 69-run victory over England also ended their 14-match losing streak, which also included a winless World Cup 2019 campaign mobile
The 2023 World Cup has so far witnessed one other major upset, that was South Africa’s loss to the Netherlands on 17 October mobile
The Temba Bavuma-led team, that had scored 428 and 311 in their opening two matches against Sri Lanka and Australia, were bundled out for 207 by Netherlands, that eventually bagged an astonishing 38-run win at HPCA Stadium mobile
This was Netherlands’ third win in the ODI World Cup, 16 years since their match against Scotland in the West Indies mobile
Their first victory in the tournament came against Namibia in the World Cup 2023 mobile
The Cricket World Cup has witnessed some of the greatest and most astonishing victories in the history of the sport mobile
From underdog teams knocking out giants to defending champions facing shocking losses, these moments over the years have defined the coveted tournament’s rich history mobile
Be it Zimbabwe’s shock win in 1992 or Afghanistan’s victory in 2023, these matches have spotlighted the game’s unpredictability mobile
England captain Jos Buttler looked glum after their defeat by Afghanistan (Manish Swarup/AP) (AP)Here are the five big upsets in the Cricket World Cup:India end West Indies’ reign in 1983India defended their below-par total of 183 against cricketing giants West Indies at Lord’s in 1983 to clinch their maiden Cricket World Cup mobile
Kapil Dev-led India won the final by 43 runs as they stunned two-time defending champions West Indies, having walked into the tournament with just 17 wins in their first nine years as a One-Day International (ODI) team mobile
The talented West Indian pace department of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, and Malcolm Marshall spared no one as Kris Srikkanth top scored for India with his knock of 38 runs mobile
But then, the Indian duo of Mohinder Armanath (3 for 12) and Madan Lal (3 for 31) steamrolled the flashy West Indies batsmen, with Viv Richards managing the top score of 33 for the side mobile
Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev, second from left, hugs Indian bowler Madan Lal while the rest of the Indian team celebrate at Lord's after Gavaskar had caught West Indian, Larry Gomes, for five of the bowling of Madan Lal during the Prudential World Cup Final in London, 25 June 1983 mobile
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)Zimbabwe shock England in World Cup 1992Approximately 6,000 spectators were in attendance at Lavington mobile Sports Ground in Albury, a city that sits on the New South Wales and Victoria border, when Zimbabwe shocked England mobile
Everything looked in control for the Englishmen when their bowlers, taking advantage of the favourable conditions, restricted the Zimbabweans to 77 for 6 before bowling them out for 134 mobile
Defending an under-par total of 134 against a dominant side like England never looked on the cards for Zimbabwe mobile
But when the English skipper Graham Gooch fell lbw to Eddo Brandes on the first delivery of their innings, the opponents thought maybe they still had a chance mobile
Brandes, the eventual Player of the Match, claimed four wickets for just 21 runs in his spell of 10 overs as the Englishmen were cleaned up in just 19 overs, nine runs short of their target mobile
RecommendedEngland’s World Cup hopes in jeopardy after shock Afghanistan defeatEngland vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket World Cup result and reaction as reigning champions suffer shock defeatCricket world reacts to England’s shock World Cup defeat by Afghanistan: ‘Bad day for ECB’England fight off early Rahmanullah Gurbaz threat to limit Afghanistan to 284Kenya overpower mighty West Indians in 1996Kenya vanquished the mighty West Indians at the World Cup of 1996, in what was regarded as one of the greatest upsets of the time mobile
Batting first, Kenya managed to put up just 166 runs on the board mobile
A chase for the Caribbean side looked like a cakewalk in Pune, but the script for the day turned out to be in the African side’s favour mobile
Opening bowler of Kenya, Rajab Ali, made an early and important breakthrough as he dismissed West Indies’ key man Brian Lara for just eight runs mobile
Only Roger Harper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who took 48 balls to score 19 runs, touched double figures for the West Indies who were all out for just 93, handing Kenya a massive and memorable 73-run victory mobile
World Cup 2007 – a campaign of upsetsThe World Cup 2007 witnessed more than one upset, two of those inflicted by Bangladesh mobile
The Bangla Tigers defeated South Africa and India, while Ireland knocked Pakistan out of the tournament mobile
The Bangla Tigers defended their just enough total of 251 against South Africa, while they produced an all-round performance against Team India in Port of Spain mobile
After bowling a star-studded India out for 191, thanks to a four-wicket haul from Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh chased down the target with nine deliveries and five wickets to spare mobile
Team India later lost to Sri Lanka as well and were eliminated from the tournament mobile
The World Cup 2007 was also scarred by the passing away of Pakistan’s head coach Bob Woolmer, who died suddenly in Jamaica, just a few hours after his team lost to Ireland and were out of the tournament mobile
England And Odi World Cup Upsets:-• 1992:- Lost To Pakistan 🇵🇰• 2003:- Lost To Zimbabwe 🇿🇼• 2011:- Lost To Ireland 🇮🇪• 2015:- Lost To Bangladesh 🇧🇩• 2019:- Lost To Pakistan 🇵🇰#ENGvsAFG pic mobile
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In 2011, their neighbours Ireland stunned them by chasing down a mammoth total of 328 mobile
Kevin O’Brien played a historic innings, scoring the then-fastest century in ODI World Cups, taking Ireland to a famous three-wicket win at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium mobile
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