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Bangladesh appoint McKenzie as batting consultant
Former South Africa international Neil McKenzie was appointed the Bangladesh batting consultant until next year's ICC World Cup in England and Wales, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Wednesday.
Motta named PSG's U19 coach
Retired Italian midfielder Thiago Motta has been named coach of Paris Saint-Germain's U19 squad.
North Korea, South Korea to unify in 3 sports in Asian Games
Athletes from the North Korea and South Korea will jointly compete in three sports during the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia later this year, the Olympic Council of Asia confirmed on Wednesday.
Asian school chess: Pune school student bags two medals
City boy Akshay Borgaonkar bagged two medals - a gold and a silver -- at the recently concluded 14th Asian School chess Championship in Sri Lanka in the under-9 years group. Borgaonkar, a fourth grade student at the Vikhe Patil Memorial School, won silver in classical format and gold in the blitz format, a media release issued here said today. Borgaonkar who was seeded third and undergoing training at the Kunte Chess Academy, got a double black colour in the last round of the classic format in a must-win situation. He played the last round against another Indian player for four and a half hours and was one pawn down but finally won the last round taking the silver, it said. In the Blitz format, Borgaonkar won all his rounds and took on top seeded Uzbek player having more than 300 ELO points than him in the final round. He played d4 with a Trompowsky attack against him. The unlikely opening from Borgaonkar rattled the top seed who agreed for a draw which enabled the city .
Olympic Council of Asia praises Indonesia's Asiad preparations
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has praised Indonesia's preparations for the upcoming Asian Games, a top official of the council said on Wednesday.
India's elevation to 5th spot would inspire us to perform even better: Sreejesh
Captain P R Sreejesh today said that the Indian hockey team's elevation to fifth spot in world rankings would inspire it to perform even better in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and FIH World Cup. "The elevation gives us a big boost to do well in the upcoming 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and the World Cup in Bhubaneswar. We want to finish as title winner in our backyard," he said on the sidelines of the ongoing national camp at SAI centre here. Sreejesh said the Asian Games will be totally different from Champions Trophy because the participating nations' style of hockey is different from that of European countries. Apart from playing against Pakistan, India will face the challenge of Korea and Malaysia, whose standard of hockey is completely different, Sreejesh said. He said the pressure on the teams will be different at the Asian Games because all are eyeing for Olympics berths. Replying to a query, Sreejesh said nothing has changed ever since he made a comeback as a captain ...
Barcelona B-team joins in training for 2nd week of pre-season
Barcelona's B-team joined the first team at Wednesday's training, the second week of pre-season practice held at the club's Joan Gamper Sports City here.
Duleep Trophy begins on Aug 17, Ranji Trophy from Nov 1
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that the 37-team Raji Trophy championship will be held from November 1, 2018 to February 6, 2019 after the conclusion of the Vijay Hazare and the Deodhar Trophy 50-overs tournaments.
Logistical nightmare on cards as BCCI schedule 2017 domestic games
The inclusion of all North Eastern states has forced BCCI to schedule an unprecedented 2017 domestic matches, which many fear would lead to logistical nightmare. The addition of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Bihar has led to an exponential increase in number of matches from senior men, women to U-16 level (boys and girls). The domestic calender starts with senior women's Challenger Trophy from August 13 to 20. The men's calender starts with Duleep Trophy (day/night in pink ball) from August 17 to September 9. It will be followed by Vijay Hazare (National One Dayers) starting September 19 to October 20 (31 days) with 160 matches slotted for the tournament. The Ranji Trophy will be held from November 1 to February 6, 2019 with another 160 matches. There will be another 140 games slotted under National T20 championship for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In the men's U23 section, there will be 302 games (151 each) across formats while U19 boys ...
Kuldeep Yadav jumps to sixth spot in ODI rankings
Indian spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav has jumped eight places to attain career-high sixth spot according to the recently released International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI rankings.The 23-year-old displayed some impressive bowling performance in the recently concluded five-match one-day series England where he took nine wickets including 6 for 25 in the first match at Trent Bridge.Yadav is the second Indian bowler to feature in the top-10 after number-one ranked Jasprit Bumrah and the fifth spinner to find a place in the 10 highest-ranked bowlers.In the ODI batting rankings, Indian skipper Virat Kohli has strengthened his position at the top of the table as he has earned just two points lifting him to a career-high 911 points which is sixth best in the list of all-time points and the highest since Australia's Dean Jones tally of 918 points in March 1991.England batsman Joe Root's back-to-back centuries have helped him vault into second place on the points table.In the three-match ODI series,
Girona FC's top players for LaLiga World tournament in Kochi
: Spanish LaLiga team Girona FC will field a strong team, comprising its top players, in the Toyota Yaris LaLiga World tournament here from July 24 to 28. The club, which finished 10th in its LaLiga debut in 2017-18, is visiting India for the first time for the tournament, a press note said. Toyota Yaris La Liga World will be held in Kochi with Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC, Australia's A-League team Melbourne City FC and Girona FC locking horns in a three-way tournament, a pre-season event. Girona FC will take on Melbourne City FC and Kerala Blasters on July 27 and 28 respectivley. It is the first ever team from Spains top division league, LaLiga to play in India. LaLiga country manager (India), Jose Cachaza, said, 'We massively look forward to Girona FCs visiting and playing in India for the first time." "Seeing a top ten LaLiga football club in person will surely spark a change in the footballing environment of this country and we are glad to have played .
India vs England: Rishabh Pant gets maiden Test cap
Indian batsman Rishabh Pant has earned his maiden Test cap as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced an 18-member squad for first three matches of the upcoming five-match Test Series against England.The 20-year old had driven India A team home by scoring a smashing half-century against West Indies A in an unofficial Test match, last week.While opener Rohit Sharma, who has smashed two centuries in the tour so far, did not get picked up for the Test team, fast bowler Mohammed Shami and batsman Karun Nair successfully booked their spot in the squad.Jasprit Bumrah, who was ruled out of the ODI series due to a thumb injury, will be available from the second test onwards based on his fitness.Bhuvneshwar Kumar who "aggravated a lower back condition" in the 3rd ODI against England is being assessed by the BCCI medical team and a call on his inclusion in the Test squad will be made soon.In the spin bowling department, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadega were the expected ...
Fielding our best ever team in Chess Olympiad: Vishwanathan Anand
Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand has said that India has fielded best ever team for the upcoming 43rd Chess Olympiad and he is hopeful of India performing well in the tournament."It must be said that the Olympiad team is our most experienced players. So these are the best players and of course, their talent has to continue to grow and evolve but we are fielding our best ever team by rating. So, I am really hoping we do well," Anand said.Advising the young chess players on how to prepare for chess tournaments, the 48-year old asserted that practice is the key to success in this game. He also praised the young Indian chess grandmasters Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Nihal Sarin, and Chithambaram Aravindh for their remarkable achievement at such a tender age."If you ask me how our youngsters should break through I don't....our three hottest talents- Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin and Aravindh Chithambaram- they are all already grandmasters and we have many more. There is quite a lot of ...
Rescued boys from Thai cave make public appearance
Twelve boys and their soccer coach who were last week rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand after becoming trapped spoke to the media for the first time on Wednesday.
Girona FC's top players to participate in LaLiga World tournament in Kochi
Spanish LaLiga team Girona FC will field a strong team comprising its top players in the Toyota Yaris LaLiga World tournament to be held here from July 24 to 28. The club, which finished 10th in its LaLiga debut in 2017-18, is visiting India for the first time for the tournament, a release said. Toyota Yaris La Liga World will be held in Kochi with Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC, Australia's A-League team Melbourne City FC and Girona FC locking horns in a three-way tournament, a pre-season event. Girona FC will take on Melbourne City FC and Kerala Blasters on July 27 and 28 respectively. It is the first ever team from Spain's top division league, LaLiga to play in India. LaLiga country manager (India), Jose Cachaza, said, We massively look forward to Girona FC's visiting and playing in India for the first time. "Seeing a top ten LaLiga football club in person will surely spark a change in the footballing environment of this country and we are glad to have played our part .
Golf: Louis Philippe Cup to start from July 31
The Louis Philippe Cup, a co-sanctioned professional golf tournament by the Asian Development Tour (ADT) and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) will start from July 31, it was announced on Wednesday.
Golfer Neha takes one-shot lead in 9th Hero WPGT
Neha Tripathi shot an impressive two under 70 to grab a slender one-shot lead on the first day of the ninth leg of the Hero Womens Pro Golf Tour at the Eagleton Golf Resort on Wednesday.
Australia's BBL goes IPL way
The forthcoming edition of Australia's domestic T20 cricket tournament -- Big Bash League (BBL) -- will witness an increase in the number of matches and duration when it kicks off on December 19 this year, Cricket Australia (CA) announced on Wednesday.
Taide, Badoni slam tons to put India U-19 in strong position
Atharwa Taide (113) and Ayush Badoni (107) slammed individual centuries to put India U-19 team in driver's seat on the second day of the four-day first Youth Test at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground here today. After dismissing Sri Lanka U-19 for 244 yesterday, India U-19 side reached 473-5 in their first innings at stumps today. Resuming India U-19's innings at 92-1, opener Taide hit a deserving hundred, amassing 113 runs in 160 balls with the help of 13 boundaries. He provided stability to the Indian innings, adding crucial runs with D Padikkal (25) and Pawan Shah (38) for the second and third wicket as India U-19 team crossed the 250-mark. After he was dismissed in the 64th over and YV Rathod (34) was removed in the 71st over, Nehal Wadhera (81) and Badoni (107) shared an unconquered partnership of 183 runs to put India U-19 in a strong position. The duo threw caution to the wind and took the bowlers to the cleaners at will. Wadhera slammed nine fours and three sixes in his ...
Dhoni seeks match ball, sets speculation swirling on future
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future has once again become fodder for speculation after the talismanic-but-currently-off-colour former India skipper sought the match ball at the end of the lost third ODI against England here. The 37-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was seen seeking the ball from the umpires as players left the ground after India lost by eight wickets last night to go down 1-2 in the series. The act was an unusual one for Dhoni, who is more known for collecting stumps after winning matches. The 30-second clip went viral on social media and accompanying it were questions on whether the two-time World Cup-winning skipper had dropped a hint at retirement. However, sources in the team management dismissed the talk as nothing more than "rumours". Dhoni, who retired stunningly from Test cricket in the middle of India's 2014 tour of Australia, has been under the scanner of late for not being able to score as prolifically as he has been known to. His legendary finishing skills and the ..