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Ganguly against toss abolition in Test cricket
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday joined Bishan Singh Bedi and Dilip Vengsarkar in opposing the proposal to abolish the toss from Test cricket.
Ganguly against abolition of toss: Ganguly
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said he's not in favour of abolition of toss, which will be up for discussion at the ICC cricket committee meeting in Mumbai next week. "It remains to be seen whether it is implemented or not. Personally, I am not in favour of toss abolition," Ganguly told reporters at the Eden Gardens. The toss of coin has been a part of international cricket since the very first Test, between England and Australia in 1877 to decide which of the two competing teams get to bowl or bat first. The coin is flipped by the home captain and the call is made by the visiting skipper. But its relevance has been questioned in recent past with critics saying that the practice was resulting in unfair advantage to host teams. If the home team loses the toss, the advantage does not stay, Ganguly pointed.
Thomas and Uber Cup: Indian shuttlers taste success on Day 2
Indian shuttlers enjoyed a successful outing at the Thomas and Uber Cup as both the men's and women's teams hammered their Australian counterparts here on Monday.
Lovren thrilled to play Champions League final
Liverpool centre back Dejan Lovren said on Monday said he was thrilled to play in the UEFA Champions League final, where the Reds are seeking to claim a sixth trophy in the elite continental club tournament.
Chess: Narayanan becomes sole leader on penultimate day
Grandmaster Srinath Narayanan became the sole leader at the end of penultimate round in the 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at The Newtown School here on Monday.
Encroachments near cricket stadium removed
A team of officials, led by Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) Dharmesh Ramotra, today removed encroachments from the road square area, near the HPCA cricket stadium and the temporary building of the Central University. The SDO said the encroachers, mostly food vendors, were removed with a warning, adding that the encroachments were disrupting traffic in the area. The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) authorities were also instructed to open the stadium's gate number 1 instead of gate number 2, the approach to which was through several education institutions, Ramotra added.
Santos Laguna ties Toluca 1-1, wins Mexican league title
Santos Laguna played a 1-1 draw against Toluca, winning the Mexican soccer league's Clausura title by an aggregate score of 3-2.
Srinath emerges sole leader at Kolkata Open Chess Meet
Indian GM Srinath Narayanan grabbed sole lead after the penultimate round of the LIC 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here today. Srinath won in just 10 moves after the local favourite Deep Sengupta arrived 90 seconds late at the top board and then made a costly mistake. Top seed GM Nigel Short and GM Sandipan Chanda, who were the other leaders at the end of seventh round, settled for a draw in 34 moves. Sandipan's all attempts to attack and gain advantage was thwarted by the former World Champion challenger and current candidate for FIDE Presidency, Englishman Short. On third board, GM Ivan Rozum of Russia made a tactical error which GM Shyam Sundar capitalized by taking the f6 pawn on move no 26 and he got another pawn in 3 more moves which completely exposed his already weakened king. Shyam eventually went on to win the game in 63 moves. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy defeated GM Adam Tukhaev of Ukraine in just 33 moves arising out of Sicilian Defence Keres ...
Advocate Vikas Singh to contest for DDCA president's post
Senior Supreme Court advocate and president of its bar association Vikas Singh today filed his nomination for the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) election scheduled on June 30. Advocate Singh is expected to face stiff challenge from former India Test player and Delhi legend Madan Lal and noted journalist Rajat Sharma. Singh is being backed by the DDCA Members Front (popularly known as Tamim group) while Lal has the backing from the supporters of acting BCCI president CK Khanna and former India opener Chetan Chauhan. Sharma is being backed by IOA president Narinder Batra and former Sports Committee head Vinod Tihara. "I have not yet decided on my panel. We will be putting up a good panel. Our job will be to bring back transparency and talented players should get their due." However, Singh made it clear that he won't get into any kind of ugly mud-slinging campaign during the election as a reputed former cricketer is fighting the election. "Madan is a friend and a person
10 arrested for betting on IPL matches
Ten persons have been arrested here for betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket games, police said on Monday.
Modric spearheads Croatia's World Cup squad
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic named today a 24-man World Cup squad, which will be eventually reduced by one player, and is led by international stars Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Mario Mandzukic. Croatia are appearing at the World Cup for the fifth time and have been drawn alongside two time former champions Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland in a tricky Group D. "I didn't have many dilemmas ... I firmly believe in these players," Dalic told reporters. "One of the stoppers will be removed from the list." After gathering in Zagreb this weekend the squad leaves for preparations in the Adriatic town of Rovinj. Croatia face Brazil in a pre-tournament friendly on June 3 at Anfield and take on Senegal five days later in Osijek before flying out to Russia. "I wanted strong matches to see our situation, to correct some things. "These two matches will give us a real picture," said the 51-year-old Dalic. The match against Brazil would be a "copy" of the one to be played against Argentina, he ...
India demolish Australia in Thomas and Uber Cup Final
Indian men's and women's badminton teams expectedly dumped a lowly Australia 5-0 and 4-1 respectively on the second day of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Final but the road to the quarterfinals still remain a difficult one. While Indian women's team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up a dominating 4-1 win against Australia in the second Group A match of the Uber Cup, the men's team blanked their Australia counterparts 5-0 in the Thomas Cup Final later in the day. After going down 1-4 to Canada in the opening match, Saina and Co seemed to get their act together as they won all the matches, except the first women's doubles. World No 10 Saina saw off Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen 21-14 21-19 in a 35-minute opening match to give India a 1-0 lead. However, Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram suffered a 13-21 16-21 loss to Gronya Somerville and Renuga Veeran within half an hour. Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka, 16, then dumped Jennifer Tam 21-17 21-13 to once again hand India lead in the ...
Bala Prasath wins Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 Championship
Coimbatore racer Bala Prasath set a scorching pace over the weekend to win the Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 Championship in his hometown.Bala, who was trailing in second place after Round 1 with 91 points, was in his element in Round 2 at the Kari Motor Speedway on Saturday and Sunday, read a statement.He collected a tally of 115 points, winning three races and finishing second in two leapfrogging over Round 1 leader Sohil Shah.Bengaluru's Sohil, who was leading Round 1 with 120 points, had a disastrous weekend. He began with a DNF (did not finish) and could only manage third place in the next three races.He clinched the second place in the final round. He could muster only 68 points to finish second, with an aggregate of 188 championship points.Chennai's Nirmal Umashankar had a very good weekend, winning two races and finishing second in two more.However, in the final race, he suffered a DNF that hurt his chances very badly. He amassed 92 points in Round 2 but his poor tally of .
Morata, Fabregas, Alonso dropped from Spain's World Cup squad
Spain coach Julen Lopetegui on Monday dropped Chelsea's Alvaro Morata, Cesc Fabregas and Marcos Alonso from the 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia.
Nagal bows out of French Open qualifiers
Indian youngster Sumit Nagal frittered away a one-set advantage against 10th seed Slovakian Martin Klizan in the first round to bow out of the French Open qualifiers, here today. Nagal was up against a player, who recently enjoyed a giant-killing spree at the Barcelona Open, defeating Novak Djokovic and Feliciano Lopez. World No 117 Klizan won 4-6 6-4 6-1 in just over two hours. There are two more Indians in the fray with Ramnathan Ramkumar, seeded 12th, drawn to clash with Great Britain's Jay Clarke and Prajnesh Gunnesweran up against Italian Salvatore Caruso in the first round. The left-handed Prajnesh recently broke into top-200 after winning Kunming Open Challenger in Anning, China. Yuki Bhambri has earned direct entry into the main draw after breaking into top-100.
Thomas and Uber Cup: India hammer Australia; Malaysia, Denmark win
After going down to Canada in their opening match, the India women's badminton team came all guns blazing on Monday to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the Thomas and Uber Cup here on Monday.
Strong finish puts a smile on Lahiri's face; 21-year-old Wise wins title
An eagle and a couple of birdies helped Anirban Lahiri score four-under in his last three holes as he finished tied 26th at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championships here. Lahiri, who is working hard to find his form back, shot 4-under 67 and totalled 10-under 274 to finish T-26, which equaled his best in 2018. Lahiri had a similar finish at Genesis Open in February, though his season best of T-5 came at the CJ Cup last October in the wrap-around season. Lahiri carded 68, 67, 72 and 67 in the low-scoring event won by 21-year-old Aaron Wise (65), who achieved his breakthrough win with a record total of 23-under 265 and finished three clear of overnight co-leader, Marc Leishman. At age 21, Wise becomes the second-youngest winner of the event, with only Tiger Woods having done at a younger age. A relieved Lahiri said, I feel like I took a big step forward in the right direction this week. However, I still need to tighten up my game off the tee and with the putter of course. He admitted, I
Tirop, Kamulu to challenge Gudeta at World 10K Bengaluru 2018
A strong womens field with elite runners from across the globe has been assembled to challenge Ethiopias IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 winner Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 next Sunday.
Pawan Singh appointed RTS Jury Chairman at Shooting World Cup
The Indian shooting fraternity got a shot in the arm as former shooter and national coach Pawan Singh has been appointed at the helm of the Result Timing Score (RTS) Jury by the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) for the World Cup in Munich.
Coimbatore's Bala wins Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 Championship
Local racer Bala Prasath set a scorching pace over the weekend to claim the Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 championship here.