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Sarvesh, Anjali set meet records at National Open athletics championships
Sarvesh Anil Kushare and Anjali Devi were the stars on the second day of the 58th National Open athletics championships, setting meet records en route gold medal in the men's high jump and the women's 400m on Wednesday. Kushare, representing Services, leaped to a new personal best of 2.24m to erase the old meet record of 2.23m set by VS Yadav, set last year in Chennai. The 23-year-old Kushare's effort was a new personal best for him, eclipsing his previous best of 2.21m set at the same competition last year. Kushare was the clear winner, beating Siddharth Yadav of Railways and B Chetan of Services by a comfortable margin. Both Yadav and Chetan recorded a best jump of 2.16m on the day, with the silver medal going to Yadav by virtue of fewer failed attempts. Also setting a meet record on the day was Anjali Devi. The 20-year-old from Haryana clocked a time of 51.79 seconds to better the previous mark of 51.90 seconds recorded by former Asian Games silver medalist KM Beenamol at the 2002 .
Argentina and Great Britain picked as 2019 Davis Cup wild cards
Argentina and Britain have been awarded wild cards into the 2019 Davis Cup, the first to be played under a radically changed format, organisers announced Wednesday. Under a format proposed by the Kosmos group, and adopted by the International Tennis Federation in August, the competition will bring together 18 nations in one place for a week at the end of the tennis season. The four 2018 semi-finalists -- France, Croatia, Spain and the United States -- qualify directly. Twelve more places will be decided in qualifiers on Feb 1-2 next year. That left two spots for wildcards selected by the organisers and they have chosen Argentina and Britain. The choice was made by a committee of ITF president David Haggerty, one of his vice presidents Rene Stammbach, former Spanish tennis player Galo Blanco and Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, who is president of Kosmos. The ITF said in a press release that "both nations have a rich Davis Cup history and have enjoyed recent success in the ...
Tiger, best-ever US and Europe teams spice up Ryder Cup battle
Resurgent star Tiger Woods and the highest-ranked lineups in Ryder Cup history have built anticipation for thrills and excitement ahead of Friday's dramatic opening matches between Europe and trophy-holders United States at Le Golf National. The Americans seek their first triumph on European soil in 25 years in the biennial team showdown while Europe's 12-man squad hopes to win for a ninth time in 12 attempts and reclaim the hardware they lost at Hazeltine in 2016. "It's all lined up to be something special," European captain Thomas Bjorn said Wednesday. "These teams are the two best teams world ranking-wise that have been across from each other in this event. So it's for those 24 players to go out and show that." "The golf course, the stands, the fans, all the buildup, being in this great city -- that just adds on for it to be a really, really special occasion." The US roster has nine major winners and 11 of the world's 17 top-ranked players, led by world number one Dustin Johnson ...
Russian athletics takes case to court over IAAF reinstatement
Russian athletics, emboldened by WADA's lifting of the three-year ban on Russia's anti-doping agency (RUSADA), has demanded to have its ban from track and field terminated. In a statement on Wednesday, the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) said it had filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) the previous day. The statement said the appeal pointed to the "unfounded decision" to put several criteria on the RUSAF restoration roadmap including the recognition by the Russian authorities of their involvement in the scheme for concealing the use of doping by Russian athletes. "The unreasonable implementation of these criteria and their presence on the roadmap for RUSAF's restoration is in our view wrong, because it goes beyond RUSAF's competencies," the statement said. Russian athletics chief Dmitry Shlyakhtin also sent the letter to Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), informing him he is taking the case to the CAS, .
State Snooker: Tahaa Khan beats Abhishek Bajaj
TahaaKhan of Pune was down with fever, but he played with plenty of grit to beat Abhishek Bajaj of Mumbai by a close 3-2 score in the best-of-5-frame Group G round-robin league match of the Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-1) Championship 2018 here Wednesday. In a match of fluctuating fortunes played at the Poona Club, Khan started shakily and lost the first frame, but made a strong reply in the second which he won to level scores. He once against surrendered the initiative as Bajaj snatched the third to take a 2-1 lead. A determined Khan came back fighting and grabbed the fourth before compiling a crafted break of 40 to win the fifth to carve out a creditable30-67, 63-31, 31-65, 66-33 and 68-41 victory. Meanwhile,Shivam Arora of Pune and Pankaj Khatri of Nashik, both registered their second successive wins and are assured of progressingto the pre-quarter-final round. Results: round-robin league:Group-A:Avenish Shah (Mumbai) beat Arun Kumar
Mushfiqur, Mithun lift Bangladesh to 239 after dismal start
Mushfiqur Rahim scored his career's 30th half-century, while Mohammad Mithun made 60 to lift Bangladesh to a decent 239 all out against Pakistan in the final Super Four match of the Asia Cup here Wednesday. Mushfiqur (99) fell one short of what could have been his seventh ODI century but by then he had rescued Bangladesh with a 144-run fourth wicket stand with Mithun after they were reduced to 12 for three inside five overs. For Pakistan, comeback man Junaid Khan shone with the ball, registering impressive figures of four for 19 from his nine overs. Opting to bat first in the virtual semifinal, Bangladesh were off to a horrendous start as they lost their first three wickets with the scoreboard reading just 12 in 4.2 overs. Left-arm pacer Junaid did the early damage, removing openers Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar in his consecutive overs. One-down Mominul Haque failed once again as he was cleaned up by young left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi (2/47) in the fourth over. But ...
Abu Dhabi, Sep 26 (AFP) Scoreboard of the final Super Four match of the Asia Cup between Pakistan and Bangladesh here Wednesday.
Scoreboard of the final Super Four match of the Asia Cup between Pakistan and Bangladesh here Wednesday. Bangladesh: Liton Das b Junaid 6 Soumya Sarkar c Zaman b Junaid 0 Mominul Haque b Shaheen Afridi 5 Mushfiqur Rahim c Sarfraz b Shaheen Afridi 99 Mohammad Mithun c and b Hasan 60 Imrul Kayes lbw b Shadab 9 Mahmudullah b Junaid 25 Mehidy Hasan c sub (Masood) b Junaid 12 Mashrafe Mortaza c Zaman b Hasan 13 Rubel Hossain run out 1 Mustafizur Rahman not out 0 Extras: (LB-8, W-1) 9 Total: (all out in 48.5 overs) 239 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-12, 3-12, 4-156, 5-167, 6-197, 7-221, 8-230, 9-239, 10-239 Bowling: Junaid Khan 9-1-19-4 , Shaheen Shah Afridi 10-1-47-2, Hasan Ali 9.5-0-60-2, Mohammad Nawaz 8-0-39-0, Shoaib Malik 2-0-14-0, Shadab Khan 10-0-52-1.
Ferretti to coach Mexican national team for 4 more matches, federation says
Brazilian Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti will continue as the Mexican national football team's interim coach for four more matches and will then focus on managing his team, the Tigres UANL, the Mexican national football federation said.
Ishant, Ashwin fitness test on Sep 29, selectors meet for "informal" discussion
Injured senior speedster Ishant Sharma and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will undergo a fitness test on Saturday before the selectors take a final call on their availability for the upcoming two-Test series against the West Indies starting October 4. "Ashwin is already doing his rehabilitation at the NCA for groin injury. Even Ishant is expected to join him there. As of now, there is a fitness test scheduled on Saturday, September 29. The selectors may announce the team a day earlier if NCA physios and trainers rule the duo out even before fitness tests," a senior BCCI official told PTI on Wednesday. Selection committee chairman MSK Prasad and his colleague Devang Gandhi met at a Delhi hotel on Wednesday to draw up an initial list for the Test series after the scheduled selection meeting was cancelled. As per documents available with PTI, the BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary had issued a notice about West Indies Test series squad selection being on the agenda for Wednesday ...
Want my kids to get inspired by para athletes: Shah Rukh Khan
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who gave a warm send-off to Indian para athletes for the Asian Para Games 2018 on Wednesday, wants his children to take inspiration from the brave athletes.
US Ryder Cup team pays tribute to murdered Spanish golfer
Golfers representing Team USA in the Ryder Cup paid tribute on Wednesday to late Spanish golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, who was murdered last week in the US state of Iowa.
Cibulkova beats Kasatkina in Wuhan Open 3rd round, moves on to last 8
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova defeated No. 13 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.
Delhi suffer first loss at Vijay Hazare Trophy
A star-studded Delhi batting line-up failed to chase 250 against Odisha to suffer their first loss in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday. Biplab Samantaray (63 off 81) and Subhransu Senapati (59 not out off 50) took Odisha to 249 for four in 48-over a side Group B contest at Palam. Chasing the target, Gautam Gambhir-led Delhi were 240 all out in 48 overs. Suboth Bhati (42 not out off 36) and Navdeep Saini took Delhi on the brink of an improbably victory with a 66-run stand for the 10th wicket but as it turned out, they were left to do too much in the end. Gambhir (44 off 56) at the top and Rishabh Pant (39 off 33) in the middle order were unable to capitalise on starts, leading to the team's downfall. Papu Roy and Deepak Behera were the pick of the bowlers for Odisha, taking a couple of wickets each. In another match played in Palam, Saurashtra beat Madhya Pradesh by seven wickets in a low-scoring affair. Jaydev Unadkat (4/23) and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (3/33) helped Saurashtra ...
Manpreet to lead India in hockey Asian Champions Trophy
Rising midfielder Manpreet Singh on Wednesday replaced veteran goalkeeper P.R.Sreejesh as the skipper of the Indian hockey team for the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat, starting October 18.
Zaheer bats for Pant in India's World Cup squad
With India yet to sort out their middle order batting woes, specially the No.4 spot, fast bowling great Zaheer Khan believes rising stumper Rishabh Pant's attractive strokeplay makes him one of the contenders in the squad for next year's ICC World Cup, scheduled to be held in England and Wales.
Bihar, Uttarakhand on a roll
Leg spinner Samar Quadri foxed Meghalaya with a five-wicket to power Bihar to a 108-run victory and consolidate their position atop the plate group standings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Wednesday. Defending a paltry 211 for 9, Quadri spearheaded the attack his career-best List A figures of 5 for 22 and was backed up well by former Services left-arm spinner Ashutosh Aman (10-2-15-3) to skittle out Meghalaya for 103 in 42.5 overs. This was Bihar's hat-trick of wins in four matches, which include one abandoned match, as they sit atop the table with 14 points. Rehan Khan and Anunay Singh gave Bihar an excellent start to reduce Meghalaya to 9/2 inside six overs before Quadri-Aman stole the show at the Moti Bagh Stadium here. Opting to field, Meghalaya did well to restrict Bihar to 211 for 9 in 50 overs with Lakhan Singh, Abhay Negi and Gurinder Singh claiming two wickets each. Debutant Anshuman Gautam, batting at No 7, was the Bihar topscorer with a crucial 40 before being run ...
Indian athletes get rousing send-off by Shah Rukh Khan ahead of para Asian Games
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) in presence of actor Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday gave a rousing send-off to the athletes ahead of the third Asian Para Games, slated to be held from October 6 to 13. The Asian Para Games will see players participate in an array of events including athletics, swimming, badminton, chess and powerlifting. "A massive 300-member team including about 200 athletes, coaches, support staff, escorts, staff and officials will be flying to Jakarta as part of the Indian contingent," President, PCI, Rao Inderjit Singh, told PTI. India's medal hopes will be pinned on Paralympic medallists Deepa Malik, Devendra Jhajharia, Mariappan Thangavelu, Varun Bhati at the continental event. "In 2016 in the Rio Olympics, India was not able to win any gold medals. The entire country was sad. At that time our para athletes took it upon themselves to raise the Indian flag. We got four medals including two golds. Two of our athletes broke world records," Singh said. Khan, who
Saina enters prequarterfinals; Sameer, Vaishnavi lose at Korea Open
Saina Nehwal emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the USD 600,000 Korea Open after reaching the prequarterfinals with a straight-game win over Korea's Kim Hyo Min at the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament here Wednesday. The former world no 1 Indian, who won a Commonwealth Games gold and a bronze at the 18th Asian Games this year, defeated Kim Hyo Min 21-12 21-11 in a lop-sided opening round contest. The fifth seeded Indian will face a local qualifier Kim Ga Eun next. However, it was curtains for Swiss Open champion Sameer Verma and rising shuttler Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka. While Sameer, who had secured the Hyderabad Open title early this week, ran out of steam against Denmark's Anders Antonsen, going down 21-15 16-21 7-21 in a men's singles match, young Vaishnavi was ousted 10-21 9-21 by sixth seed Beiwen Zhang of USA. Saina didn't face much competition from her first-round opponent as she opened up a 6-2 lead early on and then jumped to a 12-3 advantage before slowly and steadily ...
Hazare Trophy: Maharashtra beat Railways by seven wickets
Maharashtra produced a clinical show to defeat Railways by seven wickets in a lop- sided Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played here Wednesday. Maharashtra bowlers put up a spirited show to bundle out the Railways for a paltry 180 in 48.2 overs. And then their batsman took the side home with 8.4 overs to spare at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with Ruturaj Gaikwad (84 off 93 balls) top-scoring for the side. For Railways, one-down Mrunal Devdhar (64 off 94 balls) emerged as the top-scorer. But their other top four batsmen failed, with Maharashtra bowlers striking at regular intervals. Skipper Saurabh Wakaskar (1), Karan Sharma (0), Akash Yadav (5) and Ankit Yadav (0) fell cheaply as Devdhar was devoid of partners at the other end. Prashant Awasthi (25), Ashish Yadav (30) and Manish Rao (30) were unable to convert their starts into big scores, but their knocks ensured the Railways went past the 175-run mark. For Maharashtra, experienced pacers Anupam Sanklecha ...
Sri Lanka drop 'scapegoat' skipper for England
Sri Lanka's sacked skipper Angelo Mathews was dropped Wednesday from the ODI and T20 squads against England after he accused the board of making him a scapegoat for the team's Asia Cup debacle. The 31-year-old all-rounder was not included in the 15-man squad for the five one-day internationals and the one-off T20 against England beginning on October 10. Cricket officials said fitness concerns forced them to drop Mathews. However, he was retained in the Test squad, officials said. "I have been made the scapegoat in this entire saga of Sri Lanka's dismal performance against Bangladesh and Afghanistan in the Asia Cup," Mathews said in a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket after he was sacked earlier this week as ODI and T20 captain. The board said it asked Mathews to step down and allow Dinesh Chandimal to lead Sri Lanka against England in all three formats of the game. The sacking followed Sri Lanka's drubbing in the Asia Cup, with losses to lower-ranked Afghanistan and Bangladesh ensuring its