Real Madrid need to improve everything: Zinedine Zidane

Madrid

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane believes his team needs to “improve everything” after their late 2-1 win over Spanish football club Granada. “We are going to try to improve everything — at the back and in attack because we need to score more goals. We had a lot of chances and we know that at this level we need to put them in order to be a bit more relaxed in our play,” Zidane was quoted as saying.

London
Murray joins fathers’ club after wife Kim gives birth 

Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has joined the fathers’ club at the top of men’s tennis after his wife Kim gave birth to a daughter at the weekend. Media reports said Kim gave birth to a baby girl. Messages of congratulations flooded in on Twitter. Murray joins Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, who all juggle top-flight tennis with parental duties. — Agencies

Chandigarh
Miller appointed Kings XI captain for this season

South African batsman David Miller was today named the captain of Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming IPL season. “I am honoured to lead the Kings XI Punjab squad this year. I would like to thank the franchise, and the team for the confidence they have in me,” said Miller. 

Sydney
Smith handed Australia captaincy for World T20      

Australian selectors today dumped Aaron Finch as captain in favour of Steve Smith for the World T20 which begins next month in India. Peter Nevill replaces Matthew Wade as wicketkeeper. Squad: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Shane Watson, Steve Smith (capt), Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Peter Nevill, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Aaron Finch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye.  

New Delhi
Mumbai stun Waveriders 

Manpreet Singh struck twice as Dabang Mumbai fired four field goals in the final quarter to hand Delhi Waveriders a crushing 8-3 defeat in a Hockey India League match here on Tuesday. Delhi were leading 3-0 at the end of the third quarter but Mumbai demolished their defence in the last quarter to pump in four goals. 

Kolkata
Ranti hat-trick sinks Lajong  

A hat-trick by Nigerian striker Ranti Martins helped East Bengal cruise past Shillong Lajong 4-0 and go atop the I-League points table at the Barasat Stadium here on Tuesday. Martins (17th, 26th, 37th minutes) exploited some poor defending by the Lajong defenders to put East Bengal 3-0 up in the first half. Bikash Jairu (52nd) rounded off the tally after the break. — Agencies