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Sports Authority of India will now be Sports India: Rathore
More than 34 years after coming into existence, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be renamed as Sports India, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced today after the sports body's governing body meeting here. "Sports Authority of India is being renamed. The word authority is being removed. It will be known as Sports India now," Rathore said after the meeting even as the press release issued by SAI had no mention of the change in name being approved. The sports body, established in 1984, organised its 50th GB meeting, where it was also decided that coaches will be given a say in decision making and the food expenses of athletes will also be increased. The governing body also advised SAI to bring in reputed companies in the hospitality sector to manage the residential and food facilities under the SAI Residential Scheme. "It was emphasised that the highest quality of food and nutrition which is appropriate to the development of athletes at various levels ..
We have been consistently creating chances, says Bibiano
A day after India Under-16 went down by a solitary goal to Under-17 China national team in the four-nation Hua Shan Cup CFA International Youth Football Tournament, The Indian head Coach Bibiano Fernandes said that the boys have been "consistently creating chances" in every match."We have been consistently creating chances in every game we have played so far, even against top opposition," Fernandes said."The match against China was no different as we had our chances and if we could convert those chances, it would've been a different result at the end of the day," he maintained.The India U-16 National Team, preparing for the forthcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 finals, are currently playing in the invitational four-nation tournament as part of their exposure."Considering we were playing the home team backed by vocal 5000 odd fans from the stands, I am proud the manner the boys responded," Bibiano said."They are the U-17 Chinese National Team and it was a learning ...
CA not to mitigate ball-tampering punishment
Australian cricket governing body, Cricket Australia (CA), has made it clear that they are not considering to soften their stand on the one-year ban imposed on former team skipper Steve Smith and opener David Warner for their role in the ball-tampering scandal."At no stage have we, or are we considering lessening the current sanctions in place for respective players in relation to the incident in South Africa," Cricket.com.au. quoted a CA spokesperson, as saying."The CA Code of Conduct does not allow for reversal or lessening of sanctions once players have fully accepted the charges," the spokesperson added.Smith and Warner, along with Cameron Bancroft were found guilty of artificially altering the condition of the ball during the third Test of the four-match series against South Africa in Cape Town, four months back.All the three players admitted to the charges laid against them and were subsequently served with the punishment.
Boullier departs from McLaren
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has resigned amidst leadership changes in the former Formula One World Champion team.Boullier said that he is really proud to have had worked with the team, but it is the right time to step down."I am very proud to have worked with such a brilliant team over the past four years, but I recognise now is the right time for me to step down. I want to wish everyone at McLaren the best for the remainder of the season and for the future," Boullier said.With Boullier's departure, Gil de Ferran - who had been working at the team as an advisor - will take up the new role of sporting director, to maximise the effectiveness of the team's racing package.While Simon Roberts, COO of McLaren Racing, will oversee production, engineering and logistics, Andrea Stella has been appointed as the performance director, responsible for trackside operations.McLaren Racing's Chief Executive Zak Brown has said that the changes in the British team are the beginning of the ...
Sweden will knock England out of World Cup, feels Eriksson
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson feels his native Sweden will knock their quarterfinal rivals out from the FIFA World Cup on Saturday.
Russia trains to face Croatia in World Cup quarterfinal
Russia's national team trained on Wednesday at their base camp near Moscow, just days away from their highly-anticipated clash with Croatia in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Chennai gears up for 2nd round of racing nationals
The national racing championship will be shifting gears here this weekend when the second round gets underway at the Madras Motor Racing Track (MMRT) which will witness a total of 16 races across various categories.
F-1 team McLaren's racing director Eric Boullier resigns
Formula One team McLaren on Wednesday announced the resignation of racing director Eric Boullier and named Gil de Ferran as his replacement, following a poor start to the team's 2018 season.
No softening of bans for tainted trio: Cricket Australia
Refuting all claims of softening of bans on former skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner for their involvement in ball tampering in the Cape Town Test, Cricket Australia on Wednesday dismissed the reports as "purely speculative".
Stankovic, Diego Carlos to continue with FC Pune City
Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City on Wednesday announced it was retaining Austrian midfielder Marko Stankovic and Brazilian forward Diego Carlos for the 2018-19 season.
U-16 footballers improving mentally, physically: Bibiano Fernandes
India Under-16 football coach Bibiano Fernandes believes the boys have been "consistently creating chances" in every match and are improving both mentally and physically.
S. Korea denies reports of contacting Scolari
South Korea's football governing body KFA on Wednesday denied media reports that it had contacted Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to coach the national team coaching job.
World Cup: Referee Geiger in eye of storm after England-Colombia game
As England edged past Colombia 4-3 on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, the performance of referee Mark Geiger was the biggest talking point of the round-of-16 tie.
Atletico Madrid captain Gabi leaves for Al Sadd
Atletico Madrid's long-serving captain Gabi has confirmed his departure to Qatari football club Al Sadd, bringing an end to his stint with the Spanish football club which he joined as a kid.
Enjoyed UK tour despite terrible defeat, says Finch
Australian skipper Aaron Finch has said that the team enjoyed their time in England despite losing the six-match series 0-6 against the hosts.The 24-year-old credited the England team for their dominating performance in the series and admitted that Australian squad was a bit inexperienced in front of the quality Eoin Morgan-led side."We enjoyed our trip to the UK. The results were horrendous for us, obviously, as we lost all six games. But I can't question how we trained or the intensity we trained at," ESPNcricinfo quoted Finch, as saying."When you get a bit of an inexperienced group together and you get on the back foot early in a series like that, you're chasing your tail for a long time and England just didn't let up. They didn't give us a sniff to get back into the series at all. That's just the quality side they are at the moment," he added.The 31-year-old, who played a smashing knock of 172 off 76 balls in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, notched up the highest individual score
India face Thailand in four-nation youth football tournament tomorrow
After losing narrowly to China, the Indian U-16 football team will now lock horns with Thailand tomorrow in the four-nation Hua Shan Cup CFA International Youth Football Tournament in Wei Nan City, China. The invitational four-nation tournament is a part of an exposure tour for the young Indian team ahead of the upcoming AFC U-16 Finals slated to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September. Yesterday, India U-16 team went down fighting by a solitary goal to U-17 China national team and head coach Bibiano Fernandes said that the boys have been consistently creating chances in every match. We have been consistently creating chances in every game we have played so far, even against top opposition, Fernandes said. The match against China was no different as we had our chances and if we could convert those chances, it would've been a different result at the end of the day, he maintained. The Indian boys have been on a series of exposure tours, all facilitated by the AIFF and the SAI and headed to
Avoiding choices also a choice, perhaps the worst choice: Santiago Nieva
He is well aware of the "disappointments" triggered by a revamped selection policy but Indian boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva remains unfazed and is hopeful that good performances will convince detractors of the "difficult choices" he is making. Indian boxing has gone through a revamp of sorts in its selection process with the conventional trials not being the sole criteria. A ranking system, rating boxers on their performances in national and international events and the national camp, has been put in place to pick squads for major events like next month's Asian Games. "There are always disappointments but one has to deal with that. The easy thing to do would have been to go for a trial in all the weight categories. But I believe that having a system of analysing a boxer's performance over a period of time is a fairer one," Nieva told PTI in an interview. World bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) and former Commonwealth Games silver-winner Mandeep Jangra (69kg) ..
Jwala, the man who first saw spark in Yashasvi
Unheralded, anonymous but starry-eyed, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jwala Singh are perhaps two sides of the same coin. It was Jwala, who first saw the fire in Jaiswal's eyes and the spring in his steps, as he wandered around for life's basis necessities, plus an opening in cricket. There was not enough food and no proper shelter, but the 17-year-old Jasiwal battled the odds and is now primed to make the India U-19 team for the tour of Sri Lanka, alongside a certain Arjun Tendulkar. "I had gone to Azad Maidan (in South Mumbai) in 2013, when I saw him (Yashasvi) practising, when he was 11-12 years-old, when he was facing A division bowlers. A friend of mine told me that he plays well, but was going back to his village in Uttar Pradesh," Jwala said. Jwala runs a cricket academy in suburban Santacruz. For three years, Jaiswal slept with groundsmen in a tent belonging to the Muslim United Club inside the Azad Maidan Ground premises in Mumbai. Before that, he worked in a dairy shop, where he used .
Wimbledon: Federer to face Lukas Lacko in second round
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer will look to continue his winning start to the Wimbledon campaign when he crosses swords with Solvak tennis player Lukas Lacko in the second round of the men's singles event here on Wednesday.The 36-year-old kicked off his third major of the season with a bang as he registered a crushing 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic in a one-sided opening round clash.Heading into the clash, the defending champion holds a 100% winning record against Lajovic as he won both the two matches they have played so far.Federer, who recently won his 98th title by defeating his Canadian opponent Milos Raonic in straight sets in the finals of Stuttgart Open, has spent two consecutive weeks on the grass court in the build-up to the Wimbledon.The 20-time Grand Slam champion had earlier started off his season on a winning note by clinching the Australian Open before he decided to skip the clay-court season for a second-straight year, including the French ...
Oltmans' job safe despite poor Champions Trophy outing: PHF
Under-fire Pakistan hockey coach Roelant Oltmans will continue to remain at the helm despite critics calling for his head in the aftermath of the national team's last place finish at the just-concluded Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has lend its support to the Dutchman, who is facing severe criticism from former players after Pakistan finished with just a win over Olympic champions Argentina in the final edition of the prestigious six-nation event. Former international player Zahid Sharif blamed Oltmans for the disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy and even accused him of fixing the round robin match against India. He (Oltmans) has been with the Indian hockey team and the federation for a long time and his decision to withdraw the goalkeeper against India was to fix the match and allow the Indians to win, Sharif alleged. Former Olympian and captain Samiullah warned that if the performances of Pakistan in the Champions Trophy ...