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Indian Men's Hockey 'A' team beat Bangladesh in practice match
Indian Men's Hockey 'A' team beats Bangladesh by 6-0 in the second practice match held in Bengaluru on Saturday.Rupinder Pal Singh, who is not playing in the ongoing Rabobank Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 in Breda, Netherlands, was in top form as he scored a hattrick in the 33rd, 35th and 55th minute that gave a necessary edge to the winning team.India 'A' team's opening goal was scored by striker Akashdeep Singh (18') who was also rested for the ongoing tournament in Breda. Midfield Kothajit Singh scored the second goal in the 23rd minute while Nilakanta Sharma (51') was the other goal scorer for India.The India 'A' team featured a combination of players from the Core Group of 48 players who continued to remain in the National Camp after the 18 selected members for the Rabobank Men's Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018 left for the event on June 19 from Bengaluru.
Desai upsets Robles to lead Mavericks' charge in UTT semis
Harmeet Desai scored a massive upset victory over World No.56 Alvaro Robles to give RP-SG Mavericks the early lead in the second semifinals of the Ultimate Table Tennis at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.
Vinod Sridhar wins title in ITF Seniors tournament
Vinod Sridhar beat Sethu Kannan 6-4, 7-5 today to win the 35+ singles title in the PC Open, ITF Seniors Circuit tournament at Presidency Club here. In the 45+ event, Rajesh Ganapathi registered an easy 6-3, 6-1 victory to lift the title while R Nagaraj emerged triumphant in the 55+ category as Sharad Tak conceding while trailing 0-4 in the opening set. Results (all finals): 55+ Singles: R Nagaraj bt Sharad Tak 4-0 (conceded). 45+: Rajesh Ganapathi beat Binumani 6-3, 6-1. 35+: Vinod Sridhar beat Sethu Kannan 6-4, 7-5.
Indian men's hockey 'A' team beat Bangladesh 6-0 in 2nd practice match
Ace dragflicker Rupinder Pal Singh scored a hat-trick as the Indian men's hockey 'A' team thrashed Bangladesh 6-0 in the second practice match here today. Rupinder, who is rested for the ongoing Champions Trophy, was in top form as he scored of penalty corners in the 33th, 35th and 55th minutes that gave a sublime edge to the winning team. India 'A' team's opening goal was scored by striker Akashdeep Singh (18th) who was also rested for the ongoing tournament in Breda. Midfield Kothajit Singh scored the second goal in the 23rd minute while Nilakanta Sharma (51st) was the other goal scorer for India. The India 'A' team featured a combination of players from the Core Group of 48 players who continued to remain in the National Camp after the 18 selected members for the Champions Trophy left for the event on June 19.
Returning to Chilean club Colo Colo a dream come true: Lucas Barrios
Argentine-born Paraguayan striker Lucas Barrios said after being officially introduced here by Chilean-league club Colo Colo that returning to a team in which he had tremendous success a decade ago is a dream come true.
Russian deputy PM visits national team training for Spain match
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko attended Saturday's training session by the Russian national team, offering encouragement ahead of their 2018 FIFA World Cup pre-quarterfinal against Spain.
World Cup looks wide open and Kohli has a 'headache' (Column: Just Sport)
The World Cup is into the second fortnight to decide who the champions will be from the 16 teams that made the knockout round. For the fourth time in the last five championships, the defending champions have knocked out at the group stage.
Floyd Mayweather now has a baby sister!
Heavyweight boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather is now brother to a baby sister.According to TMZ, the DNA test of the boxer's father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., confirmed that he is the father of a 1-year-old girl.Floyd took a DNA test back in April.The 65-year-old Floyd Sr. was involved in a paternity dispute with a woman named Purisa Farris, who according to TMZ filed a case demanding child support for the baby.Floyd Mayweather is an American professional boxing promoter and a former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007 and 2009 to 2015 and made a one-fight comeback in 2017.During his career, he held multiple world titles in five weight classes and has an undefeated record of 50-0, the second highest undefeated streak, after Ricardo Lopez, in the modern era of boxing.
SL administrators go soft on Chandimal
Dinesh Chandimal is unlikely to be pulled up by Sri Lanka's cricket administrators by imposing their own separate sanctions upon the captain saying there was no intent to tamper with the ball during the St Lucia Test earlier this month. This even though the ICC found Chandimal guilty of the offence.
Friends reunited as Nishikori faces practice mate at Wimbledon
Kei Nishikori admits he had mixed feelings when he was drawn to face old friend Christian Harrison in the Wimbledon first round next week. Nishikori has struggled to play his best tennis at Wimbledon, so the Japanese star would welcome a morale-boosting victory against American qualifier Harrison. But the 28-year-old knows it could be tricky to stay focused against an opponent he has such a good relationship with. Nishikori met world number 200 Harrison, 24, while honing his game at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. "I know him a lot actually. We practice together all the time in academy. We grow up together. It's not easy when you have to play with good friends," Nishikori told a press conference at Wimbledon on Saturday. "I hope I can enjoy the match. Actually it's the first time to play in official match, so it's going to be exciting. Hopefully we both play good tennis." Harrison's extra knowledge of Nishikori's game could pose a problem for the 24th seed as he looks to make a
Vettel sets track record to lead Austrian GP final practice
Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari caught up with the upgraded Mercedes cars. The German set a track record of 1 minute, 4.070 seconds to edge Lewis Hamilton's fastest lap by 0.029, with Valtteri Bottas 0.134 behind in third. Hamilton and Bottas went 1-2 in both of Friday's sessions as Mercedes introduced significant changes to the aerodynamics of its cars. Max Verstappen quit practice with eight minutes left as the engine of his Red Bull suddenly turned off, leaving his team two hours to get the car working again for qualifying later Saturday. Hamilton will be chasing his 50th pole position in a Mercedes, and 76th overall. Only Michael Schumacher had more pole positions with one team - 58 with Ferrari.
Egypt's Salah greets fans who turned up at his doorstep
Mohamed Salah, Egypt's beloved striker, greeted an adoring crowd who turned up at his doorstep after his Cairo address was leaked on Facebook. The Muslim world's most popular soccer player showed no sign of anger as he received fans Thursday night, posing for photos and signing autographs, according to media reports. Photos circulated online showed dozens of fans appearing outside Salah's home after his arrival with Egypt's national team from Russia following a disappointing World Cup showing. The state-run Al Ahram newspaper reported the number of fans kept increasing, reaching the hundreds, and police had to intervene to disperse the crowds. Egypt lost all three of its matches in the World Cup against Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Salah missed the opening match with Uruguay because of a shoulder injury during the Champions League Final. He scored two goals, one each in matches against Russia and Saudi Arabia. Recent reports that Salah is considering retiring from international ..
S. Korea captain Ki Sung-yueng joins Newcastle United
South Korea football team captain Ki Sung-yueng has signed with Newcastle United in the English Premier League, ending a six-year stint with Swansea City.
Juventus extend contracts with defenders Cheillini, Barzagli
Reigning Italian football champions Juventus have extended the contracts of veteran defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli until 2020 and 2019 respectively.
AITA agrees to field Bopanna-Sharan as team at Asian Games
The AITA today agreed to field Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan as a team at the Asian Games on request of the two players which means that veteran Leander Paes will team up with young Sumit Nagal. Bopanna and Sharan had requested AITA and the Sports Ministry to pair them. The AITA at its Executive Meeting (EC) discussed the matter and accepted Bopanna and Sharan's request. "Yes, the EC has decided that Rohan and Divij will play as a team," a source told PTI. Since Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will focus on singles, the third singles player left in the squad is Nagal. Paes and Nagal will be fielded as India's second team at the Asian Games, scheduled to begin in Indonesia from August 18.
Wolfsburg sign striker Ginczek, sell midfielder Didavi to Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg have signed striker Daniel Ginczek from Stuttgart, while selling midfielder Daniel Didavi to their fellow German football club.
Shubhankar makes the cut in France
Shubhankar Sharma bounced back from a first round disappointment to make the cut at the HNA Open de France, carding a 2-under 69 in the second round. The 21-year-old youngster, who has won twice in the ongoing European Tour season, totalled 3-over 145 to make the cut which fell at 4-over. Earlier SSP Chawrasia (75-74) missed the cut. In the third round, Sharma again overcame the disaster of being 3-over after 10 to get three birdies, including two on last two holes to finish at even par 71 for the day. At 3-over 216 for 54 holes he was T-46 as many other players were still on the course. Marcus Kinhult tamed Le Golf National with a stunning round of 65 that handed him a two-shot lead heading into the weekend. The Swede's 65 was the lowest round of the week and he was 6-under after 36 holes and had just begun his third round. The field includes World Number 2 Justin Thomas (70-70), who was T-5 and World Number Five Jon Rahm (70-69) was third behind Chris Wood (70-68).
Aditi eyes best finish at Major, lies T21 in Women's PGA
Aditi Ashok put herself in position for her best Major finish despite a bogey-bogey finish in the second round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship here. Aditi, who was T-31st at the 2017 Women's PGA Championship, which is also her best Major finish, shot one-over 73 and is now lying T-21st with a 36-hole aggregate of 1-under 143. Aditi was well on way to positioning herself in the Top-10 at the halfway stage as she parred the first 15 holes and found her first birdie of the second round on the Par-4 16th hole. She finished a disappointing bogey-bogey for last two holes and dropped to 73. Meanwhile, scoring became more challenging as wind picked up. However, the birthday girl, So Yeon Ryu, who turned 28, finished strong with birdies on 14, 15 and 17 to move into a share of the lead at 6-under par, along with first round leader Sung Hyun Park and 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Champion Brooke Henderson. Ryu carded a 3-under, 69 as the crowd gifted a birthday dessert at the 18th. Ryu won two ...
Bhullar takes pole position, in sight of 9th Asian Tour title
Gaganjeet Bhullar put himself in prime position for his ninth Asian tour title as he carded a second successive six-under 65 to share the pole position with Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond after the third round of Queen's Cup here today. Bhullar moved from Tied-3rd to share the first position with a total of 15-under 198. Janewattananond (68), who has just one Asian Tour win, had a share of the lead with Bhullar. Bhullar, who had blazed through the back nine of the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club yesterday with a six-under 29, shot four-under 31 on the same stretch today. He was seven-under through 16 holes, before he bogeyed the 17th. He narrowly missed a birdie on Par-5 18th and was joint first. Bhullar has had one bogey each day. Bhullar said, I kept the ball in play today. I hit a lot of fairways and a lot of greens. I just kept on giving myself a lot of birdie opportunities. I got my first birdie on the fourth and made a good par save on the sixth. I drove into the water ...
Federer skipping Roland Garros a 'no brainer'- John McEnroe
Roger Federer's decision to give clay court season a miss was a 'no-brainer' says John McEnroe who also feels that Novak Djokovic will enjoy a deep run at the Wimbledon championhips. Defending champion Federer (36) will be eyeing his ninth title at Wimbledon, where he begins his campaign against Dusan Lajovic. Federer missed the clay season for the second consecutive year to rest his body ahead of Wimbledon. "As far as Roger (is concerned), he didn't play the clay court season last year and he won Wimbledon. To me it was probably a bit of a no-brainer that he was going to do the same thing. Why would (he) be doing something different and take a risk? It worked so well," McEnroe,told reporters late last night from the United States. "Look what he just did. He went and won Australia (Australian Open) again. It's incredible what he's done, McEnroe added. McEnroe, who won the Wimbledon thrice, also said that Novak Djokovic was "heading in the right direction" and predicted a good run for .