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Mumbai City FC confirm signing of Carlos, Golui
Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC Wednesday announced the signing of Brazilian attacker Diego Carlos and defender Sarthak Golui. The announcement was made by the club on its official Twitter handle. "We're delighted to confirm the double signing of Brazilian attacker Diego Carlos and defender Sarthak Golui from FC Pune City! Welcome to #TheIslanders' family! #ApunKaTeam," the club tweeted along with a picture of Carlos and Golui. Carlos, a Brazilian winger spent two seasons at Pune City FC and scored two goals in the 2017-18 season. He was suspended in the 2018-19 season for three games and also fined Rs two lakh for indiscipline. Golui is a 21-year-old defender, who played for Pune City FC, and has now been added to the Mumbai City FC squad. The Mumbai-based franchise, who are yet to win the coveted ISL title, also Tuesday announced the signing of Croatian defender Mato Grgic, who had helped North East United FC to reach their first ever semifinal in the ...
Wary of Shakib, Australia face resurgent Bangladesh in World Cup
It has been a smooth if not dominant ride for Australia thus far but the defending champions run into a tricky Bangladesh when they strive to get closer to World Cup semifinals, here Thursday. The Aaron Finch-led side is at number two behind table-toppers England, though it also has eight points from five matches. Australia (0.812) are marginally behind the hosts (1.862) when Net Run Rate is taken into account. Australia will start favourites in tomorrow's clash but a passionate Bangladesh are expected to make life tough for the holders. The 'Tigers' have shown what they are capable of when they comprehensively beat the West Indies, riding on a magnificent 124 not out from all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. In the form of his life, Shakib has already hit back-to-back centuries and Australia would still remember that it was he, who had plotted their downfall in Bangladesh's historic Test victory against them two years ago with a 10-wicket match haul. The format is different but coach Justin .
Australia's Kerr hailed as 'GOAT' after four-goal World Cup romp
Superstar striker Sam Kerr was hailed as a national treasure and the greatest of all time Wednesday after becoming the first Australian to score a hat-trick at a World Cup. The 25-year-old banged in four goals as Australia smashed Jamaica 4-1 on Tuesday to reach the last 16. Kerr -- the all-time leading scorer in the US National Women's Soccer League -- had remarkably not found the net in her previous two World Cup appearance in 2011 and 2015. But she opened her account against Italy in the opening game and is now the tournament's joint top scorer with five alongside the USA's Alex Morgan after a striking performance that left Jamaica coach Hue Menzies in awe. "I told her after the match that it's good to sit back and watch her play -- I'd pay to watch her," he said. Her performance brought high praise back home from Australian footballers, commentators and fans. "It was the best individual performance of her Matildas career, and probably the greatest one-off show by any Australian ...
There will be no shortage of funds, Rijiju assures archers
The newly appointed sports minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday interacted with the Indian archers and assured that the government will provide adequate funds for their training ahead. The Indian archery team returned with three medals including a silver and two bronze from the recently concluded World Championship in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav won the silver medal in the men's recurve team event and also secured a quota for the 2020 Olympics. In the women's events, Jyothi Surekha Vennam produced a stellar show to help the compound team, also featuring Muskan Kirar and Raj Kaur, bag the bronze medal. The 22-year-old then went on to win another bronze in the individual category. Lauding the archers performance at the tournament, Rijiju said the government is keen on providing funding to enhance the performance of the archers. "We want to provide all the support to the archers, all those who have performed well for India and also those .
J-K gets first football stadium with floodlights
The football players here have got an exciting boost as they got their first stadium, TRC Football turf ground, with floodlights facilities.Earlier there used to be very rare football activity during the night but after the installment of lights, matches can now be conducted during the night time too.Moreover, the floodlights installed at the TRC ground are of high quality, which will open the doors for the high-definition quality live telecast of matches.Sarmad Hafeez, Commission Secretary, J-K Youth Sports and Services, is elated over the development and called it a historical step."This is a historical step and this is the first stadium in the state of Jammu and Kashmir where the floodlights have been installed. Therefore now we will be able to play under floodlights and not just national games but games of international standards," Hafeez told ANI."It is our government's goal that we increase the sporting infrastructure and provide people with such an infrastructure where youth ...
City set for 4-wheeler races, 59 entrants in fray
The eagerly-awaited MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2019 will resume at the Kari Motor Speedway here on June 21 in a new format, following a rejig of regulations designed to make racing more competitive and exciting than ever before. The weekend card will see 59 entrants from across India, competing in 11 races. In a significant development, the Volkswagen Ameo Cup has received the status of National Championship and rechristened as the Ameo Class. The eventual winners (Pro and Rookie categories) after four rounds and 10 races, spread across four race weekends, will be declared National champions. Volkswagen Motorsport India had launched their one-make series in 2010 through the Polo Cup before progressing to the Vento and now the Ameo. Apart from the Ameo Class races, the weekend will witness competitions in the popular and premium Indian Touring Cars (ITC), Super Stock and the entry-level Formula LGB 1300,which has attracted the most number of ...
Toss of WC match between SA and NZ delayed due to wet outfield
The toss of the World Cup match between New Zealand and South Africa was delayed due to a wet outfield here on Wednesday. It is not raining at the moment and there will be an inspection at 10.15am local time. South Africa will look to avenge their 2015 semifinal defeat, while New Zealand will aim to reclaim their position at the top when the two sides clash in here.
Stoinis recovers from injury, retained in Australia's World Cup squad
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis is now fit to make a comeback for the remainder of Australia's World Cup campaign having recovered from a side strain but coach Justin Langer is not sure of his immediate return. Langer said there is no guarantee of Stoinis, who missed the last two World Cup games due to injury, being a part of playing XI in Thursday's clash against Bangladesh. Stoinis suffered the injury while bowling in the match against India on June 9 which Australia lost by 36 runs. "We've been monitoring him. He's an elite athlete, he's an elite professional. He's done everything possible to get himself fit. He wouldn't give up the opportunity for anything, would he?" Langer was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia official website cricket.com.au. "He (Stoinis) is determined, so it doesn't surprise me with where he's at now. It's a credit to him, it's a credit to the medical staff that are getting him up. So hopefully he can have a real impact on the tournament," added Langer. While ..
My biggest achievement is a fit Shami: Trainer Shankar Basu
Virat Kohli is the quintessential "teacher's delight" but it is injury-prone Mohammed Shami, in his current fit avatar, that India's strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu considers his biggest achievement since joining the team. For the 50-year-old, who has had two stints with the side starting 2015, the satisfaction comes from making a fitness freak out of an injury-prone Shami or even a Kedar Jadhav, who till 31-32, didn't do any proper fitness training. "Virat is any teacher's delight. His biggest attribute is that he is ready to do boring stuff every single day of the year. He knows his body and if he is training, he will have 100 questions with regards to routines. Once he gets the answers, he follows them with all sincerity," Basu told PTI during an exclusive interview. A new and improved Shami didn't miss a single Test match last season due to injury and maintained his intensity throughout. "Probably you can say that," smiles the former junior India sprinter when asked ..
Indra Nooyi urges fans to watch 'special' ICC Women's T20 World Cup final
International Cricket Council (ICC) director Indra Nooyi has urged cricket fans to come in large number to watch the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final, which is scheduled to take place on the International Women's Day -- March 8 -- next year.The World Cup will be hosted by Australia and the semi-finals and final of the tournament will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground and Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) respectively."If you're not here at the MCG on 8th March 2020, watching the Women's Final, you're missing something incredibly special because it's going to be a major turning point for women's sport," ICC quoted Nooyi, as saying.Elated Nooyi even issued a call to all the cricket fans and said: "We're going to bring all of the fans of cricket and women's sports together here to say, 'let's celebrate women, let's celebrate the game of cricket, let's celebrate the finals.' So I'd actually issue a call to all people interested in women's sports and cricket in particular, 'Make sure you buy .
Quinton de Kock wants South Africa to be mentally strong
After South Africa's atrocious run in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock opined that in order to perform well, the team has to handle the pressure situations well and be mentally strong."We just need to be mentally strong, I think. I think that's the only thing that's going to change. I think we've been a pretty successful ODI team over the years, so we don't need to change anything. It just becomes a mental game at World Cup, trying to deal with all the pressures and stuff," Sport24.co.za quoted De Kock as saying.De Kock's views came ahead of their clash against New Zealand, who have not witnessed a single defeat in the tournament so far. Whereas, the Proteas have managed to register only one win which came against bottom-placed Afghanistan.Therefore, beating New Zealand appears to be an arduous task for the Faf du Plessis-led side.26-year-old Quinton has amassed 186 runs from five matches and has already bettered his run tally from the previous ...
Mother's pride sees Shahidi carry on after bouncer blow
Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi said his desire not to worry his mother was the main reason he got back up after being felled by a Mark Wood bouncer in a World Cup match against England. Shahidi had made 24 when he took his eye off a 90 mph delivery from the fast bowler that thudded into the side of his helmet and saw him hit the turf immediately after the sickening impact. It seemed the 24-year-old was about to retire but, donning a new helmet, Shahidi carried on to top-score for Afghanistan with 76 in an otherwise lopsided 150-run loss. "I got up early because of my mum," Shahidi told reporters after Afghanistan's fifth defeat in as many matches this tournament. "I lost my father last year so I didn't want her to hurt. My whole family was watching, even my big brother was here in the ground watching. I didn't want them to be worried for me," added Shahidi, with the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, also in attendance at Old Trafford. But the fact he was allowed to ignore ...
Brazil must know how to work under pressure: Tite after draw against Venezuela
After a scoreless draw against Venezuela in the Copa America on Wednesday, Brazil manager Tite admitted that the team must learn how to work under pressure."We must know how to work under pressure, and that's one of our challenges," Goal.com quoted Tite, as saying.Tite further said that he insisted players to keep exchanging passes during the second half."I kept asking them during the second half, 'keep exchanging passes, working for space.' That's how we play. There's no point trying to do differently. That's not our idea. That's not compatible with the players' features," he said.The exasperated Brazil supporters booed the team over their appalling performance during the match.However, Tite said that he understands fans' anger, who came there to see goals."We must understand the fans. They want to see goals. If I was in their place I'd want the same. It's understandable," he said.Brazil will now compete with Peru on June 23.
Marcus Stoinis will soon make a comeback for Australia
Australia A vice-captain Mitch Marsh said goodbye to Australia squad on Tuesday which has dropped a colossal hint regarding Marcus Stoinis' comeback in the squad.However, coach Justin Langer did not offer a concrete answer over when Stoinis will make a comeback in the playing XI."He's a chance," Cricket.com.au quoted Langer, as saying, when asked whether Stoinis would come straight back into the XI.Despite not being certain about when the 29-year-old will make a comeback, Langer eulogized the all-rounder for his determination and is hopeful that Stoinis can make a real impact on the tournament."We've been monitoring him. He's done everything possible to get himself fit. He wouldn't give up the opportunity for anything, would he? He's determined, so it doesn't surprise me with where he's at now. It's a credit to him, it's a credit to the medical staff that are getting him up. So hopefully he can have a real impact on the tournament," Cricket.com.au quoted Langer as saying," he ...
Only six! Lowest-ever total in Women's T20Is
Cricket fans on Tuesday were busy talking about star Afghanistan player Rashid Khan, who broke an ugly record against England by becoming the most expensive bowler in the World Cup history.
What is Inzamam doing in England, asks ex-Pakistan skipper
Following Pakistan's dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup so far, the country's former skipper Intikhab Alam has questioned the presence of chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq in England and said it was the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) mistake to allow him to stay in England at its expense.
Never thought I could play a knock like that: Morgan on six-hitting record
England skipper Eoin Morgan, who smashed a world record 17 sixes in his side's 150-run crushing of Afghanistan in a World Cup game, said he never thought a knock like that could come from his bat. Morgan blasted an incredible 17 sixes -- the most in ODI history -- during his game-changing knock of 148 at Old Trafford Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 16 held jointly by AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma. His knock helped England post 397/6 -- their highest in any World Cup -- and they eventually recorded a 150-run triumph to return to the top of the table. "Never have I ever thought I could play a knock like that but I'm delighted that I have. It's weird. It's very strange to have that sixes record. It's something, along with the innings, I never thought I'd do. It's a nice place to be," he said after the match on Tuesday. "The last four years, I've probably played the best in my career but that hasn't involved a 50 or 60-ball hundred. I thought I would have it in the
Peru rally to beat Bolivia in Copa America
Peru came from behind to clinch a 3-1 win over Bolivia and keep alive their hopes of progressing to the Copa America knockout stage.
Focus on remaining matches: PCB Chairman to Sarfaraz
Following the embarrassing defeat against India in the ongoing World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has told captain Sarfaraz Ahmed that they should focus on the remaining four matches of the tournament.
HCL Tech signs multi-year deal with Cricket Australia
IT services major HCL Technologies Wednesday said it has signed a multi-year deal with Cricket Australia (CA) to deliver digital experiences to fans, players and employees. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. HCL Tech will help the Australian cricket's governing body provide an elevated and immersive digital experience to cricket fans, players, partners, employees, and volunteers across the country and around the world, through CA's digital offerings, HCL Technologies said in a statement. HCL Tech will also engineer a digital core ecosystem for CA through a composable platform that will be modular, auto-scalable, data-driven and experience-centric, it added. HCL Tech will manage CA's suite of digital products, including properties such as the Cricket Australia Live App, cricket.com.au, bigbash.com.au and community cricket applications like MyCricket and community.cricket.com.au. Michael Horton, Executive Vice President and Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand ..