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William Byron Wins the 2024 Daytona 500 by Outlasting The Finish Line Action (NASCAR)

 DADENA BEACH, Florida: For Hendrick Motorsports' 40th anniversary, team owner Rick Hendrick had even more reason to rejoice thanks to William Byron. Lap 197 of the Daytona 500 saw a chaotic restart, and just minutes before Ross Chastain spun crazily through the infield grass off Austin Cindric's Ford's bumper, NASCAR called the fifth caution of the race. Byron arrived at the start/finish line and took the white flag. In the period of caution, Alex Bowman finished just behind his teammate, giving Hendrick a 1-2 finish and the organization's first win in the "Great American Race" since Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s victory in 2014. In the "Great American Race," it was the first Hendrick 1-2 since Jimmie Johnson defeated Earnhardt to the finish line in 2013. With this victory, Hendrick tied Petty Enterprises for the most in the history of the most prestigious race in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was also Hendrick's eighth Daytona 500 triumph. The weekend...

Bengal Tiger Win Against Lion

Coming in to chase a 149-run target, #Bangladesh had recieved an early jolt in the form of the wicket of Liton Das in the very first over. After that a 46-run second-wicket stand between #Soumya Sarkar and debutant #Mohammad Naim had stabilized the innings before the latter was dismissed after scoring a 28-ball 26. #Mushfiqur Rahim, who had walked in after that, stayed till the very end as he struck a magnificent 43-ball 60. He strung a 60-run third-wicket stand with Soumya before stitching another unbeaten 40-run fourth-wicket stand with skipper Mahmudullah Riyad to see the Tigers get over the line. It was however Mahmudullah, who scored the winning, runs with a magnificent six over midwicket in the last over of the game. Earlier, Bangladesh restricted India to 148 for six after electing to field. It was a disciplined bowling display from Bangladesh after Mahmudullah, the T20I skipper for this tour, had won the toss and elected to field. Shafiul Islam gave the Tigers their f...