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Brazilian club Sao Paulo signs Ecuadorian winger Joao Rojas
Brazilian-league club Sao Paulo has announced the signing of Ecuadorian winger Joao Rojas, a member of Ecuador's national football team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Strong show by Indian boxers at Chemistry Cup
Gaurav Solanki and Mohammed Hussamuddin won gold in their respective categories as Indian boxers ended up with a rich haul of medals at the Chemistry Cup here on Saturday.
VAR may be used in Mexico starting in 2019, soccer's law-making body says
The technical director of the International Football Association Board, soccer's law-making body, said the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system could begin to be used in Mexican soccer starting next year.
Tare slams ton, helps IOC reach YSCA Trophy final
Aditya Tare slammed an unbeaten 119 to star in Indian Oil Corporation, Mumbai, 91-run win over RKM Vivekananda College in the semi-finals of the 49th All-India YSCA Trophy cricket tournament here today. In the final to be played tomorrow, IOC will meet AG's Office, winner over Vijaya Bank (Bengaluru). In the IOC-Vivekananda College match, the former made 243 for 3 in the quota of 30 overs riding on Tare's blistering 82-ball knock which included 10 fours and five sixes after electing to bat. It was Tare's second century of the tournament. He and Ricky Bhui (52) were involved in a 99-run partnership for the third wicket. In the other semi-final, AG's Office dismissed Vijaya Bank for 139 in 29 overs as Sunny Kumar Singh and Sanjay Yadav took three wickets each. N S Chaturved (52) shone as AG's Office reached the target in the 26th over. Brief scores-semifinals: IOC 243 for 3 in 30 overs (Aditya Tare 119 not out, Ricky Bhui 52, Siddesh Lad 34 not out) beat RKM Vivekananda ...
Sandeep Sejwal grabs gold at Singapore National Swimming Championships
Indian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal put up an impressive performance to clinch the gold medal in men's 50m breaststroke event at the Singapore National Swimming Championships in Singapore today. Besides, Virdhawal Khade grabbed a creditable silver medal in the 50m freestyle event with a timing of 22.68 seconds even as compatriot Aaron Agnel Dsouza crashed out in the semifinals. Competing against a host of international swimmers, Sandeep broke the Singapore meet record with a timing of 27:59 seconds to win the gold. He bettered his own time of 27.68 seconds in the semi-final by 0.09 seconds. The 29-year-old had also won the silver in the men's 100m breaststroke on Thursday in 1:02 seconds. Virdhawal, who was swimming back-to-back 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle events missed out on qualifying for the final of the 50m butterfly. The 26-year-old Virdhawal, who beat Olympic champion Joseph Schooling to clinch the gold in men's 100m freestyle event yesterday, finished third behind Australia's ..
Force India fined over pit-lane wheel incident
The Force India team were fined 15,000 euros (USD 17,000) and handed a suspended additional fine of 85,000 euros at the French Grand Prix on Saturday. The fines were announced by the International Motoring Federation (FIA), after an investigation into how a wheel flew off Mexican Sergio Perez's car during Friday's second free practice session. A report by the race stewards it was a "very serious and potentially dangerous" situation. They blamed it on "an assembly fault involving poor seating of three retaining screws". The stewards added that it was the third similar incident in the last two years, which led to a stronger penalty. "This fine represents the view of the stewards that the team needs to investigate its assembly and quality control procedures to ensure this type of potentially dangerous incident does not occur again and believes the penalty is suitable and will also act as a deterrent in the future," said the statement.
Lukaku, Hazard power Belgium to brink of World Cup last 16
Romelu Lukaku drew level with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the World Cup goalscoring charts on Saturday, scoring twice as Belgium moved to the brink of the last 16 after a 5-2 romp against Tunisia. The victory leaves the Red Devils top of Group G with two wins ahead of their clash on Thursday against England, who play Panama on Sunday. After also scoring twice in the opening 3-0 win against Panama, Manchester United's Lukaku showed clinical finishing with two first-half goals in Moscow, matching Ronaldo's tally in Russia. Not to be outdone, Belgium captain Eden Hazard scored in either half, including an early penalty at the Spartak Stadium, before substitute Michy Batshuayi added their fifth. Tunisia's consolation goals came from defender Dylan Bronn and captain Wahbi Khazri. The Belgians were criticised by coach Roberto Martinez for starting slowly against Panama in their first group match but flew out of the blocks in Moscow. Hazard -- having been on the receiving end of some ...
Vani Kapoor lies tied 58th in Pattaya
India's Vani Kapoor ran into problems on the back nine as she carded a disappointing two-over 74 to be placed tied 58th in the third round of the Ladies European Thailand Championship at Phoenix Gold Golf & Country Club here today. Vani's total is now five-over 226. Vani, who is trying to play as many Ladies European Tour events as possible this season, opened with six straight pars before she bogeyed seventh but birdied the Par-3 eighth and turned in even par. On the back nine, she had four bogeys, three of them in a row from 12th to 14th, but she made up somewhat with back-to-back birdies on 15th and 16th. A dropped shot on Par-5 18th saw her finish at 74, though she has one more round to make up tomorrow. Thailand's Kanyalak Preedasuttijit shot a third round of 66 on her home course to build a four-stroke lead heading into the final round at Phoenix Gold Golf & Country Club here. At 12-under-par, the diminutive 20-year-old from Chonburi City sits four clear of the ...
Cilic survives Kyrgios barrage to reach Queen's final
Marin Cilic powered into his fourth Queen's Club final as the Croatian won the battle of the big servers with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4) victory over Nick Kyrgios on Saturday. Cilic is bidding to win the Wimbledon warm-up event for the second time after lifting the trophy in 2012 and finishing as runner-up in 2013 and 2017. It will be Cilic's second final of 2018 following his defeat against Roger Federer at the Australian Open in January. The world number six, who was also beaten by Federer in last year's Wimbledon final, lost the ace race against Kyrgios, with the Australian hitting 16 to Cilic's 11. But Cilic held his nerve in two tie-breaks and punished a handful of key errors from Kyrgios. Cilic will face former world number one Novak Djokovic or France's Jeremy Chardy in Sunday's final. "It's so special to play here. I've played great tennis throughout this week and have another shot at the title," Cilic said. "Nick is serving so good so it was tough to get any break points. I was ..
Ashwin Datta, Balu notch up impressive wins
Teenager Ashwin Datta and Arjun Balu came up with impressive performances in the MRF F1600 and Indian Touring Cars categories respectively in the the second round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway here today. Bengaluru's Varun Anekar (Race Concepts) in the Super Stock class, Goa's Chris D'Souza (Unimek Racing) in Indian Junior Touring Cars and Erode driver Vinod S (Team N1) in the Esteem Cup also notched up wins. The trio emerged unscathed from an incident-filled race of combined 16-car grid that witnessed two safety car periods. The two Formula LGB 1300 races saw close competition with Bengaluru's Sohil Shah (MSport) winning the first after a close fight with team-mate Nabil Hussain of Chennai while Ashwin Datta took the second race that witnessed a couple of crashes. Datta, 19, drove brilliantly after dropping from second to fourth and overtook three cars to jump to the front and eventually win the race. In sharp ...
Japan plot to swarm over Mane in World Cup showdown
Japan plan to hound Senegal star Sadio Mane out of Sunday's pivotal World Cup encounter and are prepared to put three men on him if necessary. The Asian giants, who drafted in Akira Nishino as coach just weeks before the World Cup, find themselves surprisingly top of Group H after beating Colombia 2-1 in their opener. Victory over Senegal would virtually seal a place in the last 16 and Nishino said his unfancied side will go for the jugular. But he is wary of the African side's pace and power. In Liverpool forward Mane, the Africans have a player who can win a match on his own. Japan will have some information on Mane from defender Maya Yoshida, a former teammate of Mane's at Southampton before the forward moved to Anfield in 2016. Nishino said that all of Japan's players had been briefed about how to stop the 26-year-old dangerman. "It is not just Yoshida, but all the players we are giving them information about Mane, though I am sure he will be in some duels with Mane," Nishino said
Myneni's run ends at Fergana Challenger
Indian qualifier Saketh Myneni's fabulous run at the ATP Fergana Challenger in Uzbekistan ended with defeat in both singles and doubles today. Myneni, whose progress was halted by a foot injury last season, lost his singles semifinal 4-6 7-5 0-6 to top seeded Serbian Nikola Milojevic, ranked 184. Later, Myneni combined with compatriot N Vijay Sundar Prashanth for the doubles summit clash which they lost 4-6 4-6 to Russian team of Ivan Gakhov and Alexander Pavlioutchenkov. Myneni, whose ranking has plummeted to 447, earned crucial 38 points, including five from the Qualifiers, from the tournament and is likely to gain several places when new rankings will be issued tomorrow. Meanwhile, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan his American partner yet again reached the summit clash on the ATP Challenger tour as they won their semfinal at the Ilkley event with a 7-5 6-3 win over Liam Broady and Scott Clayton.
Seema, Neeraj exempted from Inter-State Meet, to be considered for Asiad: AFI President
Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra have been exempted from participating in the upcoming Inter-State Athletics Championship in Guwahati as they will be considered for Asian Games bound India squad subject to fitness. The Inter-State Championship, which will serve as trials for Asian Games in Indonesia, will be held from June 26 to 29. The Indian squad for Asian Games will be announced on June 30. Both Seema and Neeraj are automatic choices in their respective events. The 35-year-old Seema is the reigning Asian Games champion and recently won a silver at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast where Neeraj won gold medal with season's best score. "We have exempted Seema as well as Neeraj from taking part in the National Inter-State Championships considering their past record and recent form. They will be considered for the Asian Games," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told PTI today. However both the athletes will have to appear for a fitness trial .
Gold for Solanki, Hussamuddin at German boxing tourney
The fast-rising Gaurav Solanki (52kg) notched up his second successive international gold medal, along with Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) as India ended a strong campaign with six medals at the Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany today. The Indian contingent picked up two gold, a silver and three bronze medals in all. The presence of powerhouse Cuba lent the competitive edge to the event's small draws, in which several boxers had to win just one bout to be assured of medals. Solanki, gold-medallist at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April, pulled off a massive victory by edging past fancied Cuba's Jorge Alejandro Merencio in a draining contest. CWG bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg), meanwhile, defeated former national champion Madan Lal in a rare all-Indian final at an away international tournament. Both Solanki and Husammuddin are employed with the Indian Army. The bronze medals were claimed by Commonwealth Games silver-winner Amit Panghal (49kg), another Army man, Dheeraj ...
Ajeetesh Sandhu makes good move in Korea
Ajeetesh Sandhu finally found a bunch of birdies as he carded a 4-under 67 to make a significant jump at the Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship after round three, on Saturday. Sandhu, lying T-59, after making the cut on the line, moved to T-19 and gave himself a good chance of a Top-10 finish. Khalin Joshi (71) was lying T-25 alongside S Chikkarangappa (68), while Gaganjeet Bhullar (72) was T-43 and Chiragh Kumar (74) was T-61. Korea's Minchel Choi took over the third round lead by powering ahead with a seven-under-par 64 to enjoy a two-shot advantage heading into the final round. Sandhu starting on the back nine birdied 10th, 12th and 15th before dropping a shot on 16th. After a birdie on the 18th, he turned in 3-under and had three birdies against two bogeys on his second nine for a 67. The 29-year-old Choi, who started the day six shots back of overnight leader Hosung Choi, got the lead he deserved by firing eight birdies against a long bogey to take charge with his three-day total
World Cup: Belgium trounce Tunisia in high-scoring tie
Belgium ensured qualification to the next round with a 5-2 victory over Tunisia in a Group G match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Otkritie Arena here on Saturday.
Hockey: Clinical India crush Pakistan 4-0 in CT opener
India blanked arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 to open its campaign on a rousing note in the final edition of the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament, here today. India scored four field goals with comeback man Ramandeep Singh (26th, 60th min) scoring a brace. Young Dilpreet Singh (54th) and Mandeep Singh (57th) were the other scorers. While the Indian strikers were on target, the defenders also produced a superlative show to keeping Pakistan forward line at bay. India, eyeing its maiden Champions Trophy title, will play reigning Olympic champions Argentina in their next round-robin league match tomorrow.
Punjab born Simi Singh in Ireland squad for India T20 Int'ls
Ireland have named the 14-member squad led by Gary Wilson for the two T20 Internationals against India and one of the notable names is 31-year-old Punjab born off-spinner Simranjit 'Simi' Singh. Singh has already played seven ODIs and four T20 Internationals but save his debut against New Zealand, he has not played against any cricketing powerhouse. Born in Bathlana village in Kharar district of Punjab, Simi has eight wickets from seven ODIs and six scalps from four T20Is. Meanwhile Joshua Little and Andy McBrine have been recalled to for the India games. The 18-year-old left-arm fast bowler Little, who has played only four T20s so far - two of them T20Is - and was part of the Ireland team in the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in January this year. McBrine has already played 30 ODIs and 19 T20Is, though his last T20I was in March 2017. Ireland have played lone T20I against India, during the 2009 World T20 in England. India won that game by eight wickets with 4.3 overs to spare, ...
Federer looking for 10th Halle Open title after reaching final round
Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland on Saturday defeated United States' Denis Kudla 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 to qualify for his 12th Halle Open final, where he is looking to claim his 10th title at the German tournament.
Solid second round for Lahiri sees him rise to T-11 at Travelers
Anirban Lahiri produced another solid round of 3-under 67 to position himself at Tied-11, three behind a trio of leaders, at the midway stage of the Traveler's Championship, here. The 30-year-old Indian ace, still looking for his breakthrough win on the PGA Tour, is now 6-under 134 after 36 holes. Lahiri, whose last win came in February 2015 at Hero Indian Open, had four birdies against one bogey. He hit better on the first day than the second, when the conditions were easier but the pin positions were tougher at the TPC River Highlands. Brian Harman, who was third in 2015, shot a 4-under 66 to go with his first round 64 to take a share of the three-way lead with Russell Henley (65-66) and first round co-leader, Zach Johnson (63-68) at nine-under 131. I have generally hit it good the last two days, pretty solid, though I didn't drive it as well today. Yesterday, when I drove really well. But today I didn't hit it as close as I would have liked to, so there is some work to do with the .