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Asiad bronze was consolation, looking ahead with fresh approach: Harendra

The Asian Games setback still fresh in his mind, Indian hockey team chief coach Harendra Singh is determined to start afresh with a positive mindset and make amends in the upcoming international assignments. Going into the Asiad as the defending champions, India ended its campaign on a disappointing note with a bronze medal after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the third-place game. "The bronze medal was a consolation and there is no excuse for not making it to the final of the 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang," Harendra said. "There is no point looking back at the loss but now it's critical for us to look ahead with a fresh, positive approach," he added. Hockey India Wednesday named a 25-member core group for a national camp in Bhubaneswar from September 16 as part of preparation for the Asian Champions Trophy and the World Cup. "The idea of training in Bhubaneswar was to get acclimatised to the conditions. We are also looking at playing on the newly-laid turf at the Kalinga Hockey

Hero MotoCorp extends title sponsorship of World Challenge

Hero MotoCorp Ltd. has extended its title sponsorship of the Hero World Challenge, a PGA -sanctioned tournament hosted by legendary Tiger Woods. The Hero World Challenge will be played at Albany, Bahamas from November 29 to December 2, and will feature tournament host Woods and an invitation-only field comprised of the top ranked golfers in the world. "The Hero World Challenge has evolved into a global event highlighting the world's best golfers year after year," Woods said. "I'd like to thank Pawan Munjal and Hero MotoCorp for their continued support of the tournament. Together with Tavistock Group, we are very excited to continue growing the Hero World Challenge at Albany." Hero MotoCorp, a two-wheeler manufacturer, first title sponsored the Hero World Challenge in 2014 at Isleworth Golf & Country Club before moving to Albany in 2015. The Hero World Challenge is a four-round, 72-hole stroke play event with a USD 3.5 million purse, a USD 1 million winner's prize and Official ...

Liberian president George Weah presented with his football jersey

The president of Liberia and former football legend George Weah was given his number 14 jersey on Wednesday.

South Korea to propose joint Olympics with North at summit: minister

South Korea plans to propose a joint hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea at next week's summit in Pyongyang, sports minister Do Jong-hwan said Wednesday, according to a Yonhap report. Do will make the proposal when he accompanies President Moon Jae-in to the North Korean capital for a third summit with Kim Jong Un from Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. "I plan to make this proposal to the North for the settlement of peace" on the Korean peninsula, he was quoted as telling journalists in Tokyo. "Seoul and Pyongyang would co-host the games", he said. The two Koreas discussed the co-hosting of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics but negotiations fell apart over differences on how to share the events. North and South Korea formed their first-ever unified Olympic team -- a joint women's ice hockey squad -- for February's winter games in the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang, leading to a diplomatic thaw. Olympics chief Thomas Bach said this month he was open to ..

Richarlison double fires Brazil to win over El Salvador

Richarlison scored either side of halftime as Brazil romped to a 5-0 victory over El Salvador in their international friendly here.

Kenya's football coach blasts fans after Malawi win

Kenya football head coach Sebastian Migne turned on his team's fans following their 1-0 win over Malawi in an international friendly here.

Cook ends career with 10th spot in Test ranking

England opener Alastair Cook ended his international career on a high note as he finished off by breaking into top ten of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test player ranking.The 33-year-old achieved the feat on the back of an impressive performance in the last Test of the recently concluded five-match series against India.The left-hander's scores of 71 and 147 made him the fifth man in history to notch a century in his first and last Test matches. The innings also helped his side win by 118 runs to complete a 4-1 win in the series.Cook had achieved a career-high ranking of second in September 2011 after he had scored a Test best 294 against India at Edgbaston. This was the same year when Cook won the prestigious ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award.The former England captain has ended an impressive career with the third-best ranking for a retiring England batsman after Wally Hammond (fifth) and Geoff Boycott (eighth).India skipper Virat Kohli, on the other hand, has ...

Satterthwaite succeeds Suzie Bates as Kiwi skipper

Amy Satterthwaite has been appointed as the new captain of New Zealand women cricket team as Suzie Bates stepped down from the post after being in charge for six years.Reflecting on her retirement, Bates said that she enjoyed her journey as a skipper, but now she would like to focus more on her field performance.She further revealed that for past few months she was struggling with her captaincy and the results were not exactly the way she liked."Captaining the White Ferns was a great honour and a rewarding experience. I can look back knowing I gave it my all for six years. I know I still have a lot to contribute to the White Ferns and international cricket, and that the best way for me to do that is by concentrating more energy into my performances on the field," ESPNcricinfo.com quoted Bates, as saying."The last 12 months I've probably struggled with captaincy and playing, and our performances as a group haven't gone as well as I would have liked. It has affected my performances, ...

My struggling days motivate me to reach new heights: Neeraj Chopra (IANS Interview)

Born in Khandra in Panipat, Haryana, to a farmer's family, Asian javelin throw champion and the new poster boy of Indian athletics, Neeraj Chopra, says his struggle to give the best to his family as a young boy and achieve his goals motivated him to reach where he had.

Hope to deliver good results in Asia Cup: Mahmudullah

Bangladesh senior batsman Mahmudullah has said that the team is hopeful of giving good results in the upcoming Asia Cup.The 32-year-old further stated that all the teams competing in the tournament are playing very good cricket at the moment and Bangladesh need to strategise one game at a time to perform well in the first stage."Hopefully we are going to get a really good crowd here because plenty of Bangladeshis live here. We hope they will come out and support us and we hope to deliver some good results for them," ICC quoted Mahmudullah, as saying."To be honest, I think all the teams are playing very good cricket at the moment, every team is very important and we can't afford to be relaxed. We need to take it game by game so that we can do well in the first stage," he added.Bangladesh will be playing their opening match of the tournament against Sri Lanka, and Mahmudullah believes that the team has to be at their best to beat the island nation."I think we have got some good past ...

Spain coach delighted after stunning win over Croatia

Luis Enrique was delighted with his Spanish side as he continued his winning start as Spain coach with a thumping win against Croatia.

Valencia shines in Ecuador's win over Guatemala

A beautiful goal and an assist made Enner Valencia the hero of Ecuador's 2-0 win over Guatemala in a friendly football match.

Rashford goal lifts England over Switzerland

Marcus Rashford scored early in the second half here to give England a 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a friendly match three days after they lost 1-2 to Spain in the UEFA Nations League.

Argentina, Colombia draw 0-0 in friendly

Argentina and Colombia played out a goalless draw in an international friendly here as both teams looked to bounce back from disappointing World Cup campaigns.

Ponting left 'confused' over Maxwell omission

Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that omission of batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell from the 15-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan is a bit confusing for him as he did not get what exact message the selectors are trying to convey.The 43-year-old further stated that selectors' decision to deny him a chance to play for Australia A, which is on a tour to India, was also a bizarre thing for him to fathom."If I was Maxi I'd be thinking, 'why didn't you give me the chance to actually go there (to India) and push my case to get myself into the team?" That's all a bit bizarre to me. If I was Maxi and I hadn't been given the chance to play for Australia A, I'd be ropeable," cricket.com.au quoted Ponting, as saying."They didn't pick him on that Australia A tour and they've said they've seen him play enough in those conditions and knew what he could do. But if you think about it now, that must have actually meant they weren't going to pick him at

Manu-Sumeeth shock Olympic silver medallists at Japan Open

Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy stunned Olympic silver medallists Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia to enter the quarterfinals of the USD 700,000 Japan Open badminton tournament here Wednesday. National champions Manu and Sumeeth, who had defeated the Malaysian pair at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in 2015, saved a match point in the second game and came back from a 17-19 deficit to upset world number 10 V Shem and Tan Wee 15-21 23-21 21-19 in a 54-minute battle. The Indian pair will face China's He Jiting and Tan Qiang next in the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. On a day when only the men's doubles and women's doubles matches were held, Indian pairs of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective matches. Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwik and Chirag went down 12-21 17-21 to third seeded Japanese pair of Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda, while ...

Kohli lauds 'great ambassador for game' Cook

A great ambassador for the game who has never gone out of line -- this was India captain Virat Kohli's tribute to England batting legend Alastair Cook, who retired from international cricket here. Cook scored a century in his last Test to end his international career on a high as England completed a 4-1 win over India in the five-match series Tuesday. "He's a great example for everyone to love Test cricket so much, and has so much determination and passion to play for the country. He's been a great ambassador for the game," Kohli said in the post-match press conference. "I certainly have a lot of respect for him because he's one guy who has not gone out of line ever. Doesn't say a word to anyone in a negative manner, just carries on with his work and he's very sure about his work as well. I wish him well." Kohli said Cook's determination reflects in his batting as he scored 147 -- his 33rd century -- in his last Test. "I asked him on the field are you having second thoughts that now ..

McGrath backs Anderson to breach 600-wicket barrier

Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath has backed James Anderson to breach the 600-wicket barrier after the Englishman overtook him to become the most successful fast bowler in the history of Test cricket. Anderson cleaned up Mohammed Shami on the fifth day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval to help England win the game by 118 runs and pocket the five-match series 4-1. The wicket enabled Anderson to overtake McGrath as the most successful fast bowler in Test history, with 564 wickets. He is now behind the spin trio of Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Shane Warne (708) and India's Anil Kumble (619) in the list of Test bowlers with most wickets. "Just to see Jimmy now, he looks fit and keen and running around, it depends on what he wants to do. He has gone past me and I think the next bar is 600 Test wickets," McGrath was quoted as saying by the 'BBC'. "If he can get to 600 Test wickets, that's an incredible effort, and if he is still got that drive, that passion to get yourself up, to ...

Hope Anderson continues to terrorise batsmen: Root

Skipper Joe Root paid rich tribute to James Anderson for becoming the most successful fast bowler in Test history and hoped he will continue to spearhead the English attack and terrorise batsmen in future. Anderson overtook Australia's Glenn McGrath to become the most successful fast bowler in Test history, with 564 wickets. He is behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Shane Warne (708) and India's Anil Kumble (619) in the list of Test bowlers with most wickets. "What Jimmy has achieved and what he's capable of achieving still is astounding really. He looked very determined - and when he's in that mood, you want to just keep him going as long as possible," Root said on Tuesday. "For him to be in the same league as McGrath, and now chasing the big two spinners, is phenomenal. I think the most exciting thing is he's bowling at his best and I can see that carrying forward for a long time still. "I hope there's going to be a number of series in the future where he is leading the attack, and .

Lukaku bags double as Belgium sweep Iceland aside

Romelu Lukaku scored two goals as World Cup semi-finalists Belgium began their Nations League campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win away to Iceland on Tuesday. Eden Hazard converted a 29th-minute penalty after a foul on Lukaku, with the Manchester United striker netting a quick-fire second before adding a third in the closing stages. Lukaku, also on the mark in Friday's 4-0 friendly defeat of Scotland, was brought down by a clumsy tackle from Sverrir Ingason and Hazard rolled the resulting spot-kick to the left of Hannes Halldorsson. He then got himself on the scoresheet two minutes later by following up a rebound after a powerful Vincent Kompany header was pawed into his path by Halldorsson. Thomas Meunier struck the outside of the post on the hour, although Belgium ultimately transformed their dominance into a third with nine minutes to play as Lukaku slotted away a fizzing cross from Dries Mertens. Roberto Martinez's side move level on three points with Switzerland, who demolished ...