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Birthday boy Rashid stars in Afghanistan's 136-run win against Bangladesh
Spinner Rashid Khan celebrated his 20th birthday in style by producing a stunning all-round display as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 136 runs in an Asia Cup match here on Thursday. Rashid smashed an unbeaten 57 off just 32 balls in a superb counter-attacking batting display to take Afghanistan to a competitive 255 for 7 after opting to bat. He and Gulbadin Naib (42 not out) stitched 95 runs for the unconquered eighth wicket as they rained boundaries towards the end of their innings. On the back of their late batting pyrotechnics, Afghanistan scored 97 runs from the final 10 overs and that made the difference in the fate of the match which, however, was rendered inconsequential as both sides have already made it to the Super Four stage from Group B. Later, Rashid showed why he is considered a premier leg spinner in the world by taking two crucial wickets, that of Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah, the two most experienced players in the Bangladesh side in the absence of the likes of ...
Ronaldo red card to be reviewed by UEFA next week
UEFA have opened a disciplinary case over Cristiano Ronaldo's red card in the Champions League which will be assessed on September 27, European football's governing body said Thursday. Ronaldo was sent off in the 29th minute of Wednesday's 2-0 win away to Valencia after a tussle with defender Jeison Murillo, with the former Real Madrid star leaving the pitch in tears. The Portugal captain fell to the ground in disbelief and then yelled into the air in frustration, although Juventus overcame his dismissal thanks to a pair of Miralem Pjanic penalties. It was the 11th red card of Ronaldo's career, but first in the Champions League, and will see him miss Juve's next group game against Swiss side Young Boys in Turin. He will find out next week whether his one-match ban is extended. An increase would also rule him out of a return to Old Trafford to face former club Manchester United. Ronaldo's arrival at Juventus has raised expectations of a first Champions League title since 1996, with ...
Anshu gets bronze, Mansi inches closer to medal at junior Worlds
Anshu Malik ensured that India do not endure a medal-less day at the Junior World Wrestling Championship as she grabbed a bronze in the 59kg category here on Thursday. In the 57kg category, Mansi will fight for a bronze. Anshu beat Russia's Alina Kazymova 11-5 in the bronze-medal bout after losing her semifinal by technical superiority to Sae Nanjo of Japan. Mansi had an impressive run till the semifinals in the women's 57kg category, winning both her bouts by technical superiority but lost by the fall to Andoriahanako Sawa from Japan. She will now fight it out with the winner of the bout between Germany's Serena Boelke and Hannah Fay Taylor of Canada. Karuna still has a chance to make it to the bronze medal round. She has to beat Poland's Kamila Czeslawa Kulwicka in the repechage round. She had a poor start, losing by technical superiority to French grappler Koumba Selene Fanta. The other Indians struggled on the mat as Swati Shinde lost her 1/8 round 3-14 to Russia's Mariia ...
Tendulkar to flag off IDBI Federal Life Insurance Half
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will flag off all three races of the third edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon on September 30. The races will begin from Jio Gardens in suburban Bandra Kurla Complex. The marathon, organised by NEB Sports, has been certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races in association with the Athletics Federation of India. Over 16,000 runners have registered for the event across three categories --- 5k Fun Run, 10k Time Run and the 21k Half Marathon, a media release issued here said.
Mansi to fight for bronze, four others ousted from junior Worlds
Mansi was the lone Indian grappler to reach the medal round on an otherwise disappointing day for the Indian camp at the Junior World Wrestling Championship here on Thursday. Mansi had an impressive run till the semifinals in the women's 57kg category, winning both her bouts by technical superiority but lost by the fall to Andoriahanako Sawa. She will now fight it out with the winner of the bout between Germany's Serena Boelke and Hannah Fay Taylor from Canada. Karuna still has a chance to make it to the bronze medal round. She has to beat Poland's Kamila Czeslawa Kulwicka in the repechage round. She had a poor start, losing by technical superiority to the French grappler Koumba Selene Fanta. The other Indians struggled on the mat as Swati Shinde lost her 1/8 round 3-14 to Russia's Mariia Tiumetekova in the 53kg. In the 62kg, Radhika was outplayed 2-8 by Russia's Daria Bobrulko in the quarterfinals. Jaspreet Kaur could not even go beyond the qualification round, losing by fall to ...
Anand bats for chess' inclusion in 2020 Olympics
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand Thursday said it will be 'great' if the sport is included in the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games. Chess has applied for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a final decision is expected to come next summer. "It will be great for the sport if that happens," five-time world champion Anand said on the eve of the Indian team's departure for the Chess Olympiad, to be held in Batumi, Georgia from September 23 to October 6. The country's other top players such as Tania Sachdev and Vidit Gujarati also felt the same. Gujarati, in fact, felt he could not win an Arjuna award this year, despite being recommended by the All India Chess Federation, as the sport is not part of multisport events. "I have won six medals, including gold, in Asian team events and one in Asian Championship," Vidit said, presenting his case. The last chess player to win an Arjuna was Abhijeet Gupta in 2013. AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan called for more recognition for the ...
Sushil, Yogeshwar's mentor Yashvir Singh passes away
Celebrated wrestling coach Yashvir Singh, who mentored the likes of Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt, Thursday passed away at a city hospital after a prolonged kidney ailment. Yashvir was 57. He had a stroke three years back, according to family sources. Yashvir was a Dronocharya awardee and a national coach also. Yashvir was associated with freestyle wrestling for over three decades and he was instrumental in guiding Sushil to podium finishes in back-to-back Olympic Games (2008, 2012) as well as the world title in 2010.
Tigres UANL tops Toronto to win inaugural Campeones Cup
Tigres UANL has won the inaugural edition of the Campeones Cup, getting a brace from Jesus Dueñas in a 3-1 victory over Toronto FC.
Swimming Nationals: Teen sensation Nataraj breaks his national record twice on Day 2
Teen sensation Srihari Nataraj obliterated his own national record twice to win gold medal in the men's 50m backstroke category on day two of the 72nd Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship at Dr BR Ambedkar International Aquatic Complex here Thursday. Day 2 witnessed the continuation of the participants passion for swimming as five national records were broken again across nine categories, including seven individual and two team events. Karnataka lad, Srihari, created a national record by finishing with a timing of 26:55 seconds in the heats. In the final race, the 17-year-old bettered his heats timing clocking 26.18 seconds to clinch the gold. Madhu PS and Vedant Seth finished second and third respectively. In the men's 50m freestyle, 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist, Virdhawal Khade grabbed the gold while Aaron D'Souza and Neel Roy finished second and third respectively. In the men's 1500m freestyle event, Advait Page of Madhya Pradesh created a national record by finishing
Shapovalov books place in St. Petersburg last-8
Rising Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov on Thursday overcame late resistance by Italy's Matteo Berrettini and then eased to a 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-0 victory in the St.Petersburg Open's round-of-16.
Aim is to break into top 10 in next 2 years, says Sathiyan
Ace paddler G Sathiyan, who was part of the Indian team that won a historic medal in the recent Asian Games, said Thursday his aim was to break into the top 10 and win an Olympic medal in the next two years. Sathiyan has charted out a plan to achieve the target. The 25-year-old Chennaiite, who will receive the prestigious Arjuna Award in New Delhi on September 25, told reporters here that along with his coach S Raman, a former national champion, a long-term plan has been put in place for the next few years including training in Asian countries. "The aim is to crack the top 20 in the next one year and then in the next two years aim for top 10 and winning an Olympic medal," he added. The last two years have been eventful, Sathiyan said, adding he had won two ITTF Pro Tour titles in that period. "I won two Pro Tour titles in the last two years and achieved a world ranking of 39. Now the plan is look forward, the last two-three years have been good, winning the titles ...
India in semis of Asian Team Snooker Championship, assured of a medal
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani led India to the semifinals of the Asian Team Snooker Championship after defeating top seed Thailand to be assured of a medal here on Thursday. After qualifying from the group, the Indian team faced top seed Thailand in the quarterfinals and it emerged 3-0 victorious. Manan Chandra, the Delhi-based cueist who won his maiden world title earlier this year, drew first blood with a comfortable 58-29 win over Passakorn Suwannawat. In the second frame, the 19-time world champion Advani dominated the proceedings with a fluent 64 break to take 2-0 up in the best-of-5 match, winning the frame 92-9 against Thailand's Thanawat Tirapongbaiboon. In the third frame, after an exchange of safety shots, Pankaj got the first opening and he did not disappoint. As if set on a mission, the ace cueist crafted a beautiful 99 break before missing out on a century due to a long, tricky shot on the final yellow along the side cushion. The damage however was already done. The format, ...
Russian athletes to return to competition as WADA lifts doping ban
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday lifted a ban on Russia's anti-doping agency, paving the way for Russian athletes to return to competition across all sports. "Today, the great majority of WADA's Executive Committee decided to reinstate RUSADA as compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code subject to strict conditions," WADA president Craig Reedie said. Reedie said the decision "provides a clear timeline by which WADA must be given access to the former Moscow laboratory data and samples". He said that if the commitment was not met, WADA would reinstate the ban on the Russian anti-doping agency. The decision was taken at a meeting of WADA's Executive Committee in Victoria, capital of the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles. The Russian government applauded the decision to lift RUSADA's three-year suspension, saying it was the result of "enormous work" by Russian authorities to improve their procedures. "We welcome WADA's decision," Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets was ...
Sundar's team will win FIDE elections: AICF official
Apart from the performance of Indian open and womens teams in the chess Olympiad one more area of interest in Batumi, Georgia for Indian chess players is the FIDE Presidential elections slated next month.
School-level sports talent to get Rs 3 lakh incentive from Delhi government
Under its recently launched Play and Progress scheme, the Delhi government on Thursday announced incentives of up to Rs three lakh per annum for school-level sports talent.
Ceat partners Torino FC as official tyre partner
Tyre manufacturing giant Ceat Limited on Thursday announced its partnership with Torino FC for the next two years as the Italian football club's official tyre partner.
Rashid's superb half century takes Afghanistan to 255/7
Birthday boy Rashid Khan smashed a superb unbeaten half century and shared 95 runs with Gulbadin Naib for the unconquered eighth wicket as Afghanistan made a stunning fightback to post a competitive 255 for 7 in their Asia Cup here on Thursday. Opting to bat, Afghanistan were initially struggling against a disciplined Bangladesh bowling attack led by veteran left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, who grabbed four wickets for 42 runs, but Rashid (57 not out) and Gulbadin (42 not out) turned the tables in the final 10 overs. The duo added 97 runs in the final 10 overs with a flurry of boundaries which undid all the earlier good work by the Bangladeshi bowlers. They came together in the 41st over at 160 for 7 and remained unconquered till the end. Rashid, one of the premier leg-spinners in the world, played the role of the batting anchor for his side Thursday as he hit eight fours and one six in his 32-ball unbeaten innings. Gulbadin faced 38 balls and hit five fours. Rashid, who turns 20 ...
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Bawne shines as Maha beat Karnataka
Ankit Bawne scored an unbeaten ton to help Maharashtra defeat Karnataka by 57 runs by the VJD method in the rain-hit Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A game here on Thursday. This was Maharashtra's second successive victory after their win over Goa Wednesday by five wickets. Put in to bat by Karnataka, Bawne took the opposition bowlers to task en route to 104 not out in 115 balls. He found an able partner in Maharashtra skipper Rahul Tripathi, who chipped in with a valuable 70-run innings. Their knocks ensured that Maharashtra posted 245/8 on the board in their fifty overs. Bawne struck 10 fours and a six, while Tripathi hit seven fours and two other hits over the fence. Except these two, no other Maharashtra batsman made a decent contribution. For Karnataka, R Vinay Kumar, M Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Mithun and K Gowtham scalped two wickets each. Karnataka's target was reset to 165, but they managed to post only 107/6 in 22.4 overs with rain intervention. From the ...
Srikanth, Sindhu advance at China Open badminton
India's singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu advanced while mixed doubles and men's doubles pairs bowed out of the $1 million China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament here Thursday.
Vijay Amritraj elected as TNTA President
India's tennis legend Vijay Amritraj was Thursday elected the new president of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Madras Cricket Club here. "I'm aware that the expectations will be high. Tennis in the country needs a fillip for a better standard. Our team will do its best to give that fillip. Concrete plans will be firmed up shortly. At this point, I would like to request the support of all in all the endeavours of the Association," he told reporters after the 96th AGM of TNTA. Asked what prompted him to take up the responsibility, he said, "I had a wonderful chat with Karti (Chidambaram), (Vijay) Sankar and everyone else. And, there's this legacy, history, and nostalgia here." "It's the 96th AGM and I'm the 12th president, if I'm not mistaken. Some of the greatest players of the country have come from this State (Tamil Nadu). In 1987, we were fortunate to have all four Davis Cup members from this State. Thus, when ...