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Modric says Croatia squad must be calm under pressure for World Cup final
Croatia captain Luka Modric on Saturday said his team would work to stay calm under pressure and focus on overcoming France in the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Monchengladbach sign Nice's striker Plea
Borussia Monchengladbach have completed the transfer of striker Alassane Plea from French football outfit OGC Nice.
India outclass Ireland in U-23 5-nation hockey meet
The Indian junior men's hockey team marched to a comfortable 5-0 win against Ireland in their opening match at the Under-23 Five Nations Tournament here on Saturday.
Shubhankar misses cut as Robert rocks Scottish Open
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma's maiden appearance at the Scottish Open ended in agony as he missed the cut after failing to hole a lot of putts at the Gullane Golf Club, here. It was a day when the Gullane course record was broken twice. First by Scotland's own Connor Syme who carded 62 in the morning and later in the evening by Japan's Hideto Tanihara, who took it down to 61. But the man giving a master class was Robert Rock, who is bogey free through 36 holes and at 13-under comprising 64-63 is leading the field by two shots over Tyrell Hatton (65-64) and Jens Danthop (64-65). Shubhankar, who started the day two-under, knew that he needed at least two-under to stay on for the weekend. He missed a birdie chance on both first and second holes and then gave away a soft bogey on fourth, when the putt slipped by. A birdie did come Shubhankar'a way on the short Par-4 sixth and it put him back to three-under. But a bogey Par-3 eighth dropped him back yet again. On the back nine, the ...
FIFA 3rd place playoff: England set to face Belgium
England and Belgium are set to lock horns for the third place playoff at St. Petersburg city in the 21st edition of FIFA world cup.England and Belgium, who instantly became the crowd favourites in the earlier stages, were knocked down in the semi-final matches.On July 11, France defeated Belgium's finale hopes by one goal to none. While on July 12, Croatia did the same to England by scoring two goals to one, in Moscow.In the July 11 match, Goalkeepers Hugo Lloris and Thibaut Courtois both took smart moves to make sure the game remained scoreless till the half time.Post half time, France's Samuel Umtiti led France ahead by scoring a winning goal from a corner.In the July 12 match, in the first five minutes of the game, England's Kieran Trippier gave his team the lead with a fabulous free-kick; after which it was Croatia's Ivan Perisic and Mandzukic, who helped the team reach their first ever world cup final.England and Belgium are meeting for the second time in this edition, after ...
Indian hockey colts thrash Ireland 5-0 in 5-nation tournament
India's junior men's hockey team thrashed Ireland 5-0 in its opening match at the U-23 Five Nations Tournament here today. After a goal-less first quarter, India found its momentum and as scored a splendid field goal in the 20th minute through Rajkumar Pal. Mohd Umar doubled the lead in the 25th minute with an impressive field strike and three minute later Mohd Raheel converted a penalty corner to help India take a comfortable 3-0. India's defence remained unbreakable with Irish forwards finding little space in the striking circle. The Indians worked their way to fetch two more goals in the 32nd and 60th minutes through Shilanand Lakra and Mohd Raheel respectively. India will next play Great Britain tomorrow.
Sindhu enters Thailand Open final
India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu overcame Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in three games here on Saturday to set-up the Thailand Open women's singles final against reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
Croatia coach: World Cup final will not change my perspective of team
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said on Saturday that he would be proud of his team regardless of the outcome of their 2018 FIFA World Cup final clash against France.
Hima Das the new poster girl of Indian athletics (Column: Just Sport)
What a week it has been for sport! Assams Hima Das created history becoming the first Indian to win a track gold at a world meet and shared headline space with tiny Croatia entering the World Cup final, Roger Federer getting knocked out of Wimbledon and the Indian cricket team starting their tour of Ireland-England on a high note.
Shuttlers thrash Kazakhstan at Asian Junior Championships
India thrashed Kazakhstan 5-0 in their opening match of the Asian Junior Championships badmiton tournament here on Saturday.
India thrash Kazakhstan 5-0 in Asian Junior Championships
Indian juniors started their campaign on a winning note by thrashing Kazakhstan 5-0 in the mixed team event on Day 1 of the Asian Junior Championships in Jakarta today. The Kazak players were no match to the rampaging Indians as world No 11 Akarshi Kashyap disposed off Iya Gordeyeva 21-5 21-4 to put India in lead in Group C. Akarshi was too good for Gordeyeva as the Indian did not allow any liberty in the opener, surging to a sizeable lead. The trend continued in the second game as well when Iya failed to land the shuttle across the court, committing several unforced errors. Akarshi, indulging in net-play, kept her opponent on the toes all the time before the Kazakh girl finally gave up. However, the ride for world No 9 Lakshya Sen was not that easy as he encountered some early problems before overcoming his rival Dmitriy Panarin 21-15, 21-12. With a 2-0 cushion, the Indians marched ahead and the women doubles was a foregone conclusion when Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker rolled past .
Hima ends campaign after anchoring relay team to junior national record
Newly-crowned world U-20 qurtermile event champion Hima Das today ended her campaign after anchoring the Indian women's 4x400m relay quartet to a junior national record, though the quartet failed to qualify for the final round here. The Indian women's 4x400m relay team comprising S Venkatsen, Jisna Mathew, Ritika and Hima clocked 3 minute 39.10 seconds to finish fourth in heat number two, thus failing to qualify for the final round. The first two in each of the three heats and the next two fastest teams qualify for the finals. Despite failing to qualify for the finals, the Indian quartet bettered the earlier national U-20 record of 3:40.50 set in 2002 in Bangkok. In other events, Priyadarshini Suresh crashed out of the women's triple jump event with a below par 12.50m effort to finish 10th in the Group A qualification round. The 4x400m relay race was the last event for Hima, who had clinched the women's 400m gold on July 12 to become the only Indian to win a yellow metal in a track ...
Croatian players will sacrifice World Cup final places if not fit - Dalic
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic is prepared to make changes for Sunday's World Cup final against France if some of his players have not recovered from their exertions in reaching football's biggest game. Dalic's men have been forced to go through three periods of extra-time against Denmark, Russia and England to become the smallest country in 68 years to make the final. "Tomorrow is the World Cup final. Simply, the players know what that is," Dalic said on Saturday. "One thing that brings me happiness is that all my players tell me if they are not 100 percent fit. They will concede and say they are not fit. They know what is at stake, but if they are unable to give their all they will tell us. They have such an attitude." Ivan Perisic, who scored and set up Mario Mandzukic's winner in a 2-1 semi-final win over England, was among five Croatian players to miss training on Friday. "We have nothing to train. We need relaxation and rest to gain freshness for tomorrow. We have some minor ...
Sindhu makes final of Thailand Open, Okuhara awaits
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced into the women's singles final after registering a hard-fought victory over Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung at the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament here today. The second seeded Indian continued her unbeaten run in the Thai capital with a 23-21 16-21 21-9 win over Tunjung in a match that lasted an hour. In what is expected to be a high-voltage summit showdown, Sindhu will lock horns with Nozomi Okuhara in a rematch of the last World Championship, in which the Japanese prevailed. The world no 3 Indian pipped Tunjung to win the first game that went down to the wire, separated by just two points. In the second game, Sindhu played with much more variation and mixed things up to unsettle her opponent. She took a 9-5 lead on the back of some incredible net-play but squandered it as Tunjung reeled off four points to lead 11-9 at the lemon break. After trailing 10-16, Sindhu earned three consecutive points but it went
2018 World Cup was a big success: Russian organizers
The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has been a resounding success, according to the Local Organizing Committees chairman and Russian Vice Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, who on Saturday praised the work done across the country's 12 host cities.
Aditi misses cut at Marathon Classic in Ohio
Aditi Ashok performed poorly on the front nine for the second day in a row and shot a dismal 73 after a first round score of 75 to miss the cut at the Marathon Classic in Ohio. This must have been particularly disappointing for Aditi, who finished T-8 at the event last year to register her first-ever LPGA Top-10 finish. On the first day, she bogeyed first three and the fifth to go 4-over and never recovered despite two closing birdies. On the second day, she started from the 10th and birdied 15th and 17th to make some ground, but then a double bogey on the third and a single on the fourth ended her chances of weekend action. She has now missed four cuts in 14 events. Meanwhile, Brooke Henderson birdied the last two holes of the day to join Caroline Hedwall in a tie at the top heading into the weekend. The pair leads at 9-under par, one-stroke ahead of Thai Thidapa Suwannapura at 8-under par and two-strokes ahead of a group at 7-under par that includes Emma Talley, In Gee Chun and ...
Mane tied 4th at Indonesia Open
Udayan Mane stayed on course for his maiden Asian Tour title even as South Africa's Justin Harding blasted a six-under 66 to take a two-shot lead at the USD 500,000 Bank BRI Indonesia Open today. Mane (69) shot a 3-under card despite missing a lot of birdie chances, and is now trailing the leader by five shots. Mane is 12-under and tied 4th as Harding, playing on an organiser's invite, is 17-under and two clear of Scott Vincent (66). Gaganjeet Bhullar (69) kept up his consistent scoring and is now eighth at 11-under, while Khalin Joshi (71) was tied-9th at 10-under. Jyoti Randhawa (72) is tied 23rd while Honey Baisoya (71) is tied 57th. Shiv Kapur (74) and Himmat Rai (73) were tied 65th. Chiragh Kumar (74), who just about managed to make the cut along with amateur Kevin Akbar (73) were part of the top 65. Mane, who shot 67-68 in his first two rounds before a 69 on Saturday, is in serious contention for the first time on an Asian Tour event. He was solid on his back nine where he ...
Maurizio Sarri appointed new Chelsea manager
Chelsea on Saturday announced the signing of former Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri as their new manager.Sarri will replace Antonio Conte, with whom the London club parted ways with on Friday.Sarri signed a three-year contract with the club and has now become the sixth Italian to take charge of the Blues, after the likes of Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Di Matteo and his predecessor, Antonio Conte."I am very happy to be coming to Chelsea and the Premier League. It is an exciting new period in my career. I look forward to starting work and meeting the players on Monday ahead of travelling to Australia, where I will be able to get to know the squad and begin our match action. I hope we can provide some entertaining football for our fans, and that we will be competing for trophies at the end of the season, which is what this club deserves," Sarri told Chelsea's official website.Chelsea's Director, Marina Granovskaia welcomed Sarri to the club and his football ..
Kenya's dwarf football team dreams of going pro, inspiring new sides
Lion Stars, Kenya's first men's dwarf football team, is optimistic about its future, despite being forced to miss out on its chance to participate in a recent tournament in the United States.
Chopra set to qualify for Diamond League Final but Asiad schedule coming in way
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance to qualify for the prestigious Diamond League Final on August 30 but the narrow gap between the meet in Zurich and his Asian Games event could leave the athlete in a tight spot. Chopra finished fifth in the Rabat (Morocco) leg of the Diamond League series yesterday with a best throw of 83.32m. He collected four Diamond League points from there and now has a total of 12 points to be placed at sixth spot in the standings. One Diamond League Meeting (which includes javelin) is scheduled for August 18 in Birmingham but Chopra is not taking part in it even though athletics events at the Asian Games start on August 25. The men's javelin final in the Asiad will be held on August 27, barely three days before the Diamond League Final. The top 8 or 12 athletes (depending on the discipline) will be awarded a start at the Diamond League Final. Out of the 32 events (men and women) in the league, half of them, including men's javelin, will have ..