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US Open: Nadal takes on Khachanov in third round
World number one Rafael Nadal will look to book his place in the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing US Open while facing Karen Khachanov of Russia in their third-round clash of the men's singles event here at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday.The 32-year-old had earlier thrashed Canadian player Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the tournament.Heading into the match, Nadal is on a roll as he has won 24 of the last 25 matches that he played.As far as head to head record is concerned, both the players have met four times and the Spaniard holds a 100 per cent winning record against Khachanov.The Russian player, who has never won even a single set against the defending champion, will look to keep it tight and give a strong competition to his opponent.Meanwhile, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has entered the third round after defeating Tennys Sandgren of America 6-1, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 in their round of 64 clash.In women's event, Maria Sharapova of Russia edged past Romanian ...
Jorge Mendes not happy with Ronaldo not getting best player award
Cristiano Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes, has expressed his discontent over the Portuguese striker not getting the UEFA Best Player award.Mendes said that not giving Ronaldo the award is 'ridiculous' as he not only scored 15 goals but also took the Real Madrid to the Champions League glory."Simply ridiculous. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 15 goals, taking Real Madrid to Champions League victory once again, it's just ridiculous," Marca.com quoted Mendes, as saying.It was the Croatian midfielder Luka Modric who was presented with the UEFA Best Player award.Modric beat Ronaldo by 90 voting points and surpassed Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah 179 points to win the award.Ronaldo, however, won the Best Striker award but did not pick it up as he was not present at the prize distribution ceremony.
Modric is 'extremely happy' at Real Madrid
Croatian midfielder Luka Modric has said that he is 'extremely happy' with Spanish club Real Madrid and is looking forward to continuing for several years."I'm not happy... I'm extremely happy at Real Madrid and I want to continue at this club for several years," Marca.com quoted Modric as saying.The 32-year-old, who joined the club in 2012, has recently been awarded the UEFA Best Striker and Best Midfielder prize.Reflecting on the same, the striker said that he is very happy with his achievements and wants to enjoy these moments."Everything has been moving very fast in recent months. First my third consecutive Champions League Final, then the World Cup final, now receiving this award... it is the best year of my career, without a doubt, both collectively and individually," Modric said."When I was little, I dreamt of this. I am very happy and I want to enjoy these moments," he added.The footballer rose to heights after his sensational performance in the recently-concluded 21st edition
Challenge with '83' is to stay true to the historic event: Kabir Khan
Kabir Khan has started preparation for his ambitious film "83" about Indian cricket team's first World Cup win and the filmmaker says the challenge for him is to stay true to the real story and yet make it engaging. The film chronicle India's 1983 Cricket World Cup win under Kapil Dev's captainship, when the team defeated West Indies in the final to clinch their first-ever World Cup trophy. "The most challenging thing about '83' is how to stay true to an iconic event that everybody over 40 has seen and remembers, everybody who is a cricket buff knows about it. How to capture the feel and stay true to exactly what happened in the World Cup and yet tell the story engagingly," Kabir told PTI. The "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" director said he has to cater to two audiences: one who know about the historic event and the other, who are not aware of how it all played out. "There are two audiences who are watching. One audience remembers it, who saw it. They can tell you where there were when India won
Asiad 2018: Varsha, Sweta win silver; Harshita takes bronze in sailing
Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar bagged a silver medal in the 49er FX women sailing competition while Harshita Tomar settled for bronze in the Open Laser 4.7 category at the 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
India win three medals in sailing at Asian Games
India clinched three medals in sailing with Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar clinching silver in the 49er FX Women's event and Harshita Tomar claiming bronze in the Open Laser 4.7 at the 18th Asian Games here today. Varun Thakkar Ashok and Chengappa Ganapathy Kelapanda won bronze with a total of 53 after race 15 in the 49er men's event. The 20-year-old Varsha and 27-year-old Sweta combined to produce a total score of 40 after 15 races to finish second at the Indonesia National Sailing Centre here. 16-year-old Harshita totalled 62 after race 12 to finish third. "It is a great feeling to win a medal for the country. I can't explain it. It has been a great learning experience for me," Harshita, a former swimmer, said after winning the medal. Govind Bairagi finished fourth in the Open Laser 4.7, while Nethra Kumanan finished fifth place in Laser Radial Sailing event.
India' sensational TT campaign ends with two historic bronze medals
India's sensational run in the table tennis event at the 18th Asian Games came to an end after Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the singles competition here today. World number 33 Sharath Kamal went down fighting against 14th ranked Chih-Yuan Chunag of Chinese Taipei 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 16-14, 9-11. Sathiyan, who led India to a maiden medal in 60 years with his two wins against Japan in the team event, was not to able to do an encore against Kenta Matsudaira. The world number 39 had beaten the 19th ranked Japanese in the team semifinals but today was not his day. He lost 11-9, 4-11, 9-11, 6-11, 10-12 in another round of 16 match. Rising star Manika Batra won a game against world number five Wang Manyu but it was not enough to trouble the Chinese. She lost 2-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 4-11 in the women's singles round of 16. The table tennis players' performance is among the highlights of India's campaign at the 18th Asian Games. Even the players ...
Asian Games: Sharath, Manika crash out from individual events
India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra got eliminated from the Individual Table Tennis event after losing in their respective pre-quarter clashes at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games.While Batra was handed over a crushing 2-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-16, 4-11 defeat by her Chinese opponent Manyu Wang in Women's Singles event, Kamal lost to Chinese Taipei player 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 16-14, 9-11 in his individual match.Earlier, the duo had settled for a bronze medal in Table Tennis Mixed Doubles event after going down against Chinese pair of Ji Song An and Hyo Sim Cha 11-9, 11-5, 13-11, 11-4, 11-8 in a thrilling last-four clash.In squash, Indian squad of Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna have qualified for the final of Women's Team event after defeating the Malaysian side 2-0 in the semi-finals.India's total medal tally at the prestigious tournament stands at 59-thirteen gold, twenty one silver and twenty five bronze.
Morna Nielsen bids adieu to all forms of cricket
New Zealand spinner Morna Nielsen has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket as she aims to shift her focus on being a structural engineer.The 28-year-old, who also appeared for Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash and Southern Vipers in the Kia Super League, was just four matches short from completing her hundred international caps.Reflecting on her retirement, Neilsen said that she is happy about representing the nation at so many different places and further asserted that it was a good experience to be a part of the changing landscape of the women's game."Looking back on my career, it was awesome to have the opportunity to play at so many different places both domestically and internationally and to do so with people who are now lifelong friends," ESPNcricinfo.com quoted Nielsen as saying."It was also an interesting time to be involved with the changing landscape of the women's game. It opened up opportunities I never thought possible such as the Women's Big Bash in .
Joshna stuns 8-time world champ Nicol David, takes India into Asiad final
Joshna Chinappa upstaged eight-time world champion Nicol David as the Indian women's squash team outplayed defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to enter its second successive Asian Games final, here today. The Indian team, comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna, is assured of at least a silver now and is likely to face Hong Kong in the final. Chinappa, the world number 16, had a point to prove after a crushing loss against familiar foe Annie Au in the final pool match against Hong Kong yesterday. India lost the tie 1-2 and finished behind Hong Kong, resulting in a tougher opponent in Malaysia, the most dominant team in the Games' history The 31-year-old was livid with herself and even cried after the loss 24 hours ago. But then Chinappa calmed herself down, slept over it and was a different player against David, a legend of the game and also a five-time Asiad singles gold medallist. The fact that the India had beaten the Malaysian on the ..
Gary Kirsten appointed as RCB coach
Former Indian coach Gary Kirsten has been appointed as the head coach and mentor of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).Kirsten, who was already serving the team as the team's batting coach, has replaced Daniel Vettori for the position.Reflecting on the appointment, RCB chairman Sanjeev Churiwala said that the former South African player has proved his abilities during the last IPL season and further believed that he would bring a fresh perspective to the team."During the last IPL season, Gary has proved to be a brilliant mentor to both seasoned and young RCB players and we are confident that he will bring a fresh perspective to the team," ESPNcricinfo.com quoted Churiwala, as saying.Kirsten, who guided the Indian team to World Cup glory in 2011, has also coached another IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils (DD) in the year 2014 and 2015.RCB have never won the IPL title despite having some of the best players of T20 cricket including Virat Kohli, Chris ...
Asia Cup: Focus on Kohli workload, middle-order slots
India skipper Virat Kohli's workload will be in focus along with the middle-order slots when the national selection committee picks the squad for the Asia Cup cricket tournament, here tomorrow. While India will be entering the tournament after a gruelling two and half month tour of UK, it is unlikely that top stars will take rest as they are set to play arch-rivals Pakistan at least twice or may be thrice if the two teams reach the finals. However, the skipper has had issues with his back and with another six Test matches lined in the next three months (two vs West Indies and four vs Australia), the selectors will be cautious while monitoring Kohli's workload. There is nothing to suggest that Kohli will opt out of the tournament but if he does, then Rohit Sharma will lead the side. The other concern will be fixing the middle-order woes. While Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma select themselves, KL Rahul will remain a back-up opener or one-down depending on the team situation. However, ..
Chopra misses bronze by a whisker in Diamond League Final
Newly-crowned Asian champion Neeraj Chopra produced yet another impressive performance but missed the bronze medal by a whisker, finishing fourth in the prestigious Diamond League Final here today. The 20-year-old Indian, who was competing in the season's Diamond League Series Finale just three days after winning Asian Games gold in Jakarta, sent the spear to a best distance of 85.73m to end at fourth position in the eight-man event here last night. Chopra, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, was at the third position till the fifth and penultimate round but the reigning Olympic champion Thomas Rohler of Germany came up with a 85.76m effort in his last attempt to pip the Indian by a mere 0.03 meter. The star Indian could not repeat his national record shattering throw of 88.06m in Jakarta but his effort here earned him USD 6000 besides the enormous amount of experience he got by rubbing shoulders with the best in the business. Meanwhile, a third-round monster throw of 91.44m from ...
Asiad Squash: India women's team beats Malaysia 2-0 to reach final
The Indian women's squash team knocked out defending champion Malaysia to enter the finals of the 18th Asian Games, here today. The Indian team, comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna, defeated Malaysia 2-0 to assure itself of at least a silver here. The Indian men's team will play Hong Kong in the semifinals later in the day.
Asiad 2018: Kamal, Manika lose in TT singles
India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika lost their respective singles matches in the table tennis competition at 18th Asian Games here on Friday.
We're surprised by lateral movement but I tried to play without fear: Curran
Sam Curran said England were surprised by the amount of lateral movement India generated throughout the opening day but he kept it simple and played without fear to lift the hosts to a fighting total in the fourth Test here. Curran (78) scored his second Test half-century as England recovered from 86-6 to finish with 246 runs. The left-hander put up crucial lower-order partnerships with Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad to frustrate the Indian bowlers. "It was pretty tough - it swung massively throughout the day. Even when I was in, probably in my 30s, it was still swinging around consistently when the ball was 65 overs old. That surprised us a little bit how much it swung, and how much it did off the wicket," said Curran. "There were some very good balls in there, to a lot of the top order. But we managed to get 246 which from 86 for six looks a decent score now. That's a massive positive for us going into tomorrow with a bit of momentum." Curran had played a match-winning knock in the ...
Suarez advances at US Open
Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro beat France's Kristina Mladenovic in the second round of the US Open in 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Djokovic enters US Open third round
Sixth-seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia won 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 against 61st seeded American Tennys Sandgren at the US Open second round.
Federer eases into US Open third round
Swiss great Roger Federer squandered an early service break but recovered in time to win the first set and then cruise through the next two to defeat Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open .
You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session: Bumrah
Wrecker-in-chief Jasprit Bumrah doesn't believe India squandered a good position after all-rounder Sam Curran lifted England to 246 following a top-order collapse on the opening day of the fourth Test here. Curran's resolute 78 bailed England out after they were reduced to 86 for six at one stage. The 20-year-old put on vital lower order partnerships with Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad. Bumrah said that it wasn't possible to induce another collapse in the English line-up. "You can't wicket 5-6 wickets every session," said Bumrah, who took two crucial wickets in the morning session to trigger a collapse. "They played well too, and built a good partnership between Sam Curran and Moeen Ali. When Curran came in to bat, he was playing the waiting game. As the ball got older, it stopped swinging a lot and there was less seam movement as well. "Then he played some shots and they scored some runs. After the break, we decided we had to create pressure again and work hard for a wicket, and things ..