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Herwadkar shines as Mumbai hammer Goa by seven wickets
Mumbai continued their ruthless showin the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as they hammered Goa by seven wickets in their Elite Group A clash here Tuesday. After bundling out Goa for a paltry 186, Mumbai chased the target losing only three wickets in the process and in 36 overs with opener Akhil Herwadkar (108 not out) starring in the team's dominant victory. Mumbai have not lost any of the matches in the ongoing national One-Day tournament so far, and at the Just Cricket ground here, their bowlers rose to the occasion. With this win, Mumbai are on course to make it to the next round. Experienced medium pacer Dhawal Kulkarni (3-32) led from the front as Goa lost wickets at regular intervals. Kulkarni was ably supported by Royston Dias (2-36), Shams Mulani (2-31) and Shivam Dube (2-36). For Goa, lower-middle order batsman Suyash Prabhudesai showed some resistance with a gritty 52, that helped his side pass the 175-run mark. Amit Verma (49) too chipped in, but other than these two no .
ISL 5: Friends turn foes as Delhi face Pune (Preview)
Old friends will turn foes as Delhi Dynamos host FC Pune City in their Hero Indian Super League (ISL) 2018-19 opener at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday.
Pressure on Valverde as Barca prepare to face Tottenham
The pressure is on FC Barcelona and coach Ernesto Valverde when they play Tottenham in the Champions League at Wembley on Wednesday.
Vani leads strong field in Leg 15 of Hero WPGT
Indian golfers will get a taste of the Gary Player Course before the Indian Open as Vani Kapoor leads a strong field for the 15th leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf and Country Club beginning Wednesday. Though there are three more events on the WGAI Tour before the end of the season, the 15th leg holds a special significance, as it is the last outing before the Hero Women's Indian Open, which will be played at the same venue. The WGAI had scheduled the 14th and 15th legs of the Tour at the DLF to ensure that the Indian players get a taste of the Gary Player course before the huge USD 500,000 Hero Women's Indian Open. Apart from Vani, who was T-6th at the 2017 Hero Women's Indian Open and sees this leg of the domestic circuit as crucial preparation, the field also includes Smriti Mehra, who played the first eight legs but has not played on the domestic Tour since. Vani has played only three times on the domestic Tour this season as she has been travelling for ...
Prithvi should bat just like he does for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy: Rahane
He could be in line for a Test debut against West Indies but Prithvi Shaw shouldn't curb his attacking style of batsmanship provided he gets the nod, feels India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane. "I am happy for Shaw. I have seen him since his young days, we used to practice together, he is an attacking opener and done well for India A and got the reward," he said. Rahane however didn't commit on who among Prithvi and Mayank Agarwal will partner KL Rahul in the opening Test in Rajkot, starting October 4. "Personally we don't know the combination what we are going to play. But there is no pressure, it is an opportunity for every individual to express ourselves. I wish him good luck and I am sure he will do well. I just want him to play as he has been doing for Mumbai and India A and I think he will be fine," Rahane said. "It is a good opportunity particularly for youngsters like Prithivi, Mayank and Siraj as they have all done well in domestic cricket. So as a batsman they can score runs, ..
Thangvellu Mariyappan named India's flag-bearer for Asian Para Games
Rio Paralympic gold medallist Thangvellu Mariyappan was on Tuesday named as flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Paralympic Asian games to be held in Jakarta from October 6-13. India will field its biggest ever contingent of 302 members including athletes, coaches, support staff, escorts and officials. The Indian contingent were initially denied entry on Monday when they arrived at the Games Village as the Sports Ministry had not till then cleared funds to the tune of USD 2.5 lakh. However, the issue was later resolved.
Rayhan and other Indians start at AAC, dreaming of a spot in Masters
Eyeing a spot at the coveted Augusta Masters, Rayhan Thomas will lead the Indian amateur team at the 10th edition of the much-awaited Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships, the strongest amateur event in the region. The event has the best rewards for amateurs in this part of the world with the winner assured of a start in both the 2019 Masters and 2019 The Open at Royal Portrush in Ireland. Thomas, the 19-year-old Dubai-based golfer, leads the six-member Indian squad, which was chosen by the Asia-Pacific organisers on the basis of their World Amateur Golf Ranking. The other Indians in the field are Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Kartik Sharma, Varun Parikh, Yuvraj Sandhu and Vinay Kumar Yadav. Three of the six Rayhan Thomas, Yuvraj Sandhu and Kshitij Kaul are featuring in their third Asia-Pacific event, while Kartik Sharma, Varun Parikh and Vinay Kumar Yadav are making their debut in this storied annual event. Of the six, Sandhu plans to turn pro after this outing and will play on the Indian ...
Italy formalises bid for 2026 Winter Olympics
Rome, Oct 2 (IANS/AKI) Italy's National Olympics Committee (CONI) is making an official bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, it was announced here.
India aim to maintain top spot in ICC Test rankings
Holding on to the number one position despite a 1-4 loss to England, India will look to maintain their status in the ICC Test rankings when they host West Indies in a two-match series. In the series that starts on Thursday, India will be looking to ensure they do not lose any points in a bid to maintain their top position. India lead the table with 115 points but only stand to gain one point even with a 2-0 series win owing to the large difference in rating points with the West Indies. On the other hand, India can slip to 108 points with an unlikely 2-0 loss and Australia could overtake them if they defeat Pakistan 2-0. For the West Indies, even a 2-0 series win will at best help them bridge the gap with Pakistan and Sri Lanka but will not pull them up from their present eighth position. Pakistan host Australia for a two-match series in the United Arab Emirates starting Sunday, with both sides having the chance to improve their positions in the Test team rankings. The series gives ...
The world hasn't ended for us: India U-16 coach
"The world hasn't ended for us," India's U-16 coach Bibiano Fernandes said Tuesday after his team missed qualification to the FIFA U-17 World Cup by a whisker. Needing a win to qualify for the age-group global showpiece, India crashed out of the AFC U-16 Championship following a narrow loss to title contenders South Korea on Monday night. Bibiano said, despite the defeat, his side "showed the world what India is capable of." "The world hasn't ended for us," Bibiano said. "We go back and begin again. The U-16 Championship is over and it is time to look forward to the U-19 Championships. This was an experience and we go back enriched," he stated. The coach said he was extremely proud of his side's performance throughout the tournament. "The boys gave their hundred percent in the match. We have showed the world what India are capable of. We pipped Iran in our group and finished ahead of them to qualify for the quarterfinals. The match against Korea proved that it wasn't a fluke," Bibiano
Imperious Osaka saunters into China Open third round
Naomi Osaka is keen to move on from the "bittersweet" memories of last month's US Open triumph and she did just that with a ruthless display at the China Open on Tuesday. The young Japanese star thrashed unseeded American Danielle Collins 6-1, 6-0 in just 53 minutes on Beijing's outside hard courts to saunter into round three. The 20-year-old Osaka, whose maiden Grand Slam was overshadowed by Serena Williams's row with the chair umpire in New York, faces 10th seed Julia Goerges next in the Chinese capital. Osaka's reputation is growing fast and organisers on Tuesday said that she has booked her place in the season-ending WTA Finals Singapore for the first time. But the world number six has appeared to struggle with the fall-out from the tempestuous final at the US Open, where Williams branded chair umpire Carlos Ramos "a thief" and later accused him of sexism. "For me, I don't know, I don't know, the memory of the US Open is a little bit bittersweet," Osaka said on Monday. "Right ...
Ancelotti shuffling to find winning Napoli hand
Four months have passed since Carlo Ancelotti arrived in Napoli after Maurizio Sarri's departure for Chelsea with the promise of finding the missing piece in the jigsaw to end the southern Italian side's near three-decade wait for the Scudetto. The former AC Milan and Chelsea coach's arrival was hailed by club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis as the start of a new era at San Paolo Stadium. Under Sarri, Napoli came so close to toppling Juventus last season with a record 91 points. Ancelotti -- with a cabinet full of trophies won in five top European leagues -- promised not "a revolution" but to add the finishing touches to give the team the final push. But seven games into the Serie A campaign, Ancelotti's side are already six points behind Juventus who are looking even stronger then ever with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Champions League -- which Ancelotti had promised would not play second fiddle to their Scudetto ambitions as it had done under Sarri -- has also gotten off to an uninspiring ...
Evergreen Bremen striker Pizarro turns 40
After making his 450th Bundesliga appearance last weekend, Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro turns 40 on Wednesday, yet the ex-Chelsea and Bayern Munich forward has no plans to hang his boots up just yet. "I enjoying playing football, even at 40, and I will keep doing it until my body says 'no more'," said Pizarro. "Maybe this will be my last year, but I will see after this season," he added. Pizarro's one-year contract expires in June. "All I need is a ball and a match to play in. "Bremen is a charming city and the fans love me here." No wonder Pizarro is a fans favourite at Bremen. He is on his fourth stint at the club for whom he has made 276 appearances, netting 144 goals, since making his Bundesliga debut, aged 20, for Bremen in 1999. After leaving the Weserstadion for spells at either Bayern Munich, Chelsea or Cologne, he always came back to Bremen and his three children were all born in Germany. Pizarro proved he still has it by hitting the post in Bremen's 2-1 defeat at ...
Hot Struff! Top seed Cilic bundled out of Japan Open
Top seed Marin Cilic crashed out of the Japan Open in a shock 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) defeat to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round on Tuesday. The former US Open champion looked to be in complete control after pocketing the first set with a brutal drive volley, but things quickly unravelled for the Croatian when Struff suddenly caught fire. After Struff, ranked a whopping 50 places below Cilic at 56 in the world, had levelled the match, normal service appeared to have resumed in the deciding set. Cilic, who reached the final of this year's Australian Open, broke for 3-2 with a peach of a backhand that dipped viciously onto Struff's toes, but the German struck back -- not once, but twice -- to force a tiebreak. Struff smashed the breaker, snaffling it 7-1 with his ninth ace to complete the upset after two hours, 18 minutes. He next plays Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, who edged a war of attrition with Bosnian Damir Dzumhur 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Earlier, three-time Grand Slam winner Stan ...
Time to look forward to U-19 Championships, says India U-16 football coach
After going down to South Korea in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 championship, coach Bibiano Fernandes says it is time to look forward to the U-19 Championships.
Cricket West Indies hands Jason Holder all-format contract
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has handed over the all-format contract to team skipper Jason Holder.The captain was chosen for the contract along with batsman Shai Hope, bowlers Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph.With previous contracts expired on September 20, the renewed ones will be backdated to July 1, 2018, and will be applicable till June 30, 2019.CWI Chief Executive Officer Johnny Grave said that the contract was renewed on the basis of their performance between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018. He further stated that this would allow for a more efficient process of reviewing, renewing and awarding contracts."All Windies and Franchise players are now contracted from the 1st of July to the 30th of June, with their performances assessed from the 1st of April to the 31st of March," CWI official website quoted Grace, as saying."This will allow for a more efficient process of reviewing, renewing and awarded contracts within West Indies professional cricket and give everyone at least three ..
US Open final is a bittersweet memory: Naomi Osaka
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has admitted that the memory of 2018 US Open final is a little bit bittersweet for her and definitely not a happy one.The 20-year-old had stunned American tennis ace, Serena Williams, to lift her maiden Grand Slam title in New York. However, the final of the fourth major of the season was marred by controversy as Williams had lashed out at chair umpire Carlos Ramos for handing over code violation warnings to her."The memory of the US Open is a little bit bittersweet. Like right after, the day after, I really didn't want to think about it because it wasn't necessarily the happiest memory for me," the official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) quoted Osaka, as saying."I don't know. I just sort of wanted to move on at that point," she added.Reflecting further on the controversial final, Osaka said that it is like eating green tea ice-cream-sweet but strong, adding that she is still trying to move over from that match."When you bite into ...
Japan Open: Wawrinka dismantles Fritz in opening round
Swiss tennis maestro Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round of the ongoing Japan Open after defeating America's Taylor Fritz in men's singles event here on Tuesday.The 33-year-old registered a thumping 6-3, 6-4 victory over his American opponent in their first-round clash of the tournament.The in-form world number 60, Fritz looked helpless against an experienced Wawrinka as the Swiss put it across quickly against his US rival.The first set was fairly one-sided with Wawrinka dominating the proceedings, trying to prove a point. He moved across the court quickly making fast-paced returns that Fritz could not comprehend. In the following set, Fritz tried to stage a comeback with some exquisite shots but Wawrinka thwarted his attempts, sealing the set and the game.The draw, which is particularly not kind to Wawrinka, will test his mettle throughout the tournament. Denis Shapovalov awaits him in the second round and the quarterfinals would likely hold a clash with top seed Marin Cilic ..
Indian U-18 hockey teams leave for Youth Olympic Games
The Indian U-18 men's and women's hockey teams left for the Buenos Aires for the Youth Olympic Games from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday.
Delhi Dynamos seek winning start at home against Pune City
Delhi Dynamos will look to start their campaign on a winning note when they lock horns with FC Pune City in their Indian Super League season opener here Wednesday. The Dynamos would look to forget a disappointing last season, when they finished eighth. However, they also experienced an incredible six-match unbeaten run, which included draws against three of the four semi-finalists as well as a 5-1 rout of Mumbai. The hosts will try to notch up a win in front of their home supporters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Delhi Dynamos enjoy a good head-to-head record against the visitors -- FC Pune City have managed to defeat Delhi only once in their eight encounters and the hosts would want to keep the record intact. New head coach Joshep Gambau will be relying on their new recruits in the midfield including Bikramjit Singh, Mihelic and Spaniards Marcos Tebar and Adria Carmona to secure them the three points. FC Pune City, who finished fourth last season, will hope to break their Delhi ...