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Hockey: India women beat Malaysia
Defending Champions India registered their third consecutive victory at the fifth Women's Asian Champions Trophy as they best Malaysia 3-2 in a closely-fought encounter at the Sunrise Stadium here on Thursday.
BCCI announces squads for one-off Women's T20 match
Top international stars like Australians Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning will be seen in action in the upcoming one-off Women's T20 Challenge match to be played on May 22 ahead of the IPL Qualifier 1 in Mumbai. The contest will see India Women's T20 vice-captain Smriti Mandhana-led IPL Trailblazers compete against IPL Supernovas, to be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur. The one-of-its-kind match will feature 26 players including 10 international stars from Australia, England and New Zealand. The names of the players -- 13 for each the two teams -- was announced today by the BCCI. While IPL Trailblazers boasts of players like India's top bowler Jhulan Goswami and Australia's Alyssa Healy, the IPL Supernovas have in their ranks India's ODI captain Mithali Raj and Australian skipper Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry. The Squads: IPL Trailblazers: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Alyssa Healy (wk), Suzie Bates, Deepti Sharma, Beth Mooney, Jemimah Rodrigues, Danielle Hazell, Shikha Pandey, Lea Tahuhu, ...
Rome Masters: Nadal eyes quarter-final spot
World number two Rafael Nadal continues his quest for the record-breaking eighth Rome Masters title when he locks horns with Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the last-16 of the men's singles event here on Thursday.The Spaniard , who received a first-round bye, kicked off his campaign in Foro Italico with a comfortable 6-1, 6-0 win over Bosnian tennis star Damir Dzumhur in their round-of-32 clash that lasted exactly one hour.He will now square off with 19-year-old Canadian Shapovalov for a place in quarter-finals.Shapovalov, on the other hand, produced a spirited performance as he bounced back from a set down to clinch a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over Dutch veteran Robin Haase and stormed into the round-of-16.Previously, Shapovalov defeated Nadal in three sets in the last-16 round at last year's Canadian Open in Montreal. However, the victory was on a hard court surface and not on Nadal's favourite clay-court.Earlier, Nadal's 21-match winning streak on the clay court and 50-set winning ...
Smriti, Harmanpreet to lead teams in one-off Women's T20 match
Indian star cricketers Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the two teams in an Indian Premier League-(IPL) style women's T20 challenge match, which will be played at the Wankhede Stadium on May 22.The one-of-its-kind match featuring 26 players including 10 international stars from Australia, England and New Zealand will be played ahead of the IPL 2018 Qualifier 1.Australia's captain Meg Lanning has recovered from her injury and will be a part of Harmanpreet Kaur-led IPL Supernovas.Meanwhile, attacking bat and India women's T20 vice-captain, Smriti Mandhana will lead IPL Trailblazers.The match will kick start at 2.00 pm and will be telecast live in India and across the world.With an eye on growing this wave, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is hosting this T20 Challenge to provide the women's game a platform alongside its most popular tournament.The complete squads are as below:IPL Trailblazers: Alyssa Healy (wk), Smriti Mandhana (c), Suzie Bates, Deepti ...
Peru coach wants Guerrero ban to be revised urgently
Peru coach Ricardo Gareca has called on the international players union FIFPro to intervene to allow banned striker Paolo Guerrero to play in this summer's World Cup.
Zverev begins Italian Open title defense with straight-set win
Second-seeded German Alexander Zverev kicked off his quest to defend his Italian Open title with a 7-5, 6-2 second-round victory over wildcard Matteo Berrettini.
BCCI announce squads for Women's T20 Challenge match
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the squads for the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge match to be played ahead of the IPL Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium here.
Boca Juniors beat Alianza Lima
Argentina's Boca Juniors beat Peru's Alianza Lima 5-0 and secured second place in Group H thanks to the victory of Brazil's Palmeiras over Colombia's Junior in Sao Paulo, which qualified the Argentine team for the round-of-16 in the 2018 Copa Libertadores.
Valencia's open practice draws more than 7,000 fans
More than 7,000 fans gathered on the stands of Mestalla stadium here to witnesses CF Valencia's open practice session.
To toss or not? ICC cricket committee to discuss at meeting this month
Should international cricket 'toss away' the toss to ensure an even playing field? The relevance or rather the fairness of the tradition, which is as old as the game itself, will be up for discussion at the International Cricket Council's cricket committee meeting scheduled on May 28 and 29 in Mumbai "Test cricket's fundamental starting point may be scrapped, as the ICC's cricket committee prepares to debate whether or not the coin toss should be removed as a way of reducing home ground advantage in the looming Test Championship," 'ESPNCricinfo' reported today. 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. "There is ...
Sharapova rallies to defeat Cibulkova at Italian Open
Three-time champion Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to defeat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the Italian Open.
Rome Masters: Bopanna-Vasselin look for winning start
Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin will aim to kick-start their campaign at the Rome Masters on a promising note when they play their second round of the men's doubles event here on Thursday.Bopanna and Vasselin, who had received a bye in the opening round of the tournament, are yet to take to the court in Foro Italico.The Indo-French duo is due to take on Argentina's Pablo Cuevas and Spain's Marcel Granollers in the last-16 clash.Last week, Bopanna and Vasselin bowed out in the second round of the Madrid Open after slumping to a 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 5-10 defeat at the hands of the South African-New Zealand team of Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus.In another men's doubles clash, the Spaniard duo of Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez would also look to make a winning start when they take on the Argentinian pair of Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer in their second match of the Rome Masters.
First Para-National Games this year under Khelo India Scheme
The inaugural National Para Games, on the lines of National Games for able-bodied athletes, will be held under the Khelo India Scheme in June-July in Bengaluru. The tentative dates for the multi-sport event for para-athletes, to be competed among states, have been put at June 28 to July 7, according to the technical handbook issued by the sports ministry. The Paralympic Committee of India will be responsible for the technical conduct of the Games while all the funding will be done by the sports ministry under the Khelo India Scheme. The Games will be held for the age group of 16 to 40 (men and women) in 10 disciplines -- para athletics, badminton, chess, blind judo, para powerlifting, shooting para sport, para swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing. Each discipline will have various classifications to be done under the aegis of the PCI. There will be 416 medal events (220 for men, 180 for women and 16 mixed) while the total number of participants has been ..
Consistent CSK seek further improvement in dead rubber against Daredevils
A formidable Chennai Super Kings will be aiming to tie up loose ends ahead of the play-offs when they take on a listless Delhi Daredevils in a rare dead rubber of the Indian Premier League here tomorrow. With CSK comfortably qualifying for the play-offs, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led squad is eyeing the top spot on the points table alongside Sunrisers Hyderabad, whom they defeated comprehensively in their previous game. The consistency CSK have shown in the tournament after missing out in the previous two seasons is commendable and it seems they were never out of action. They have been solid even against the mighty Sunrisers, who arguably have the best bowling attack in the tournament. Also, CSK adjusted well in Pune, their forced home ground after games were moved out of Chennai due to the Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Their opening combination of Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson has worked brilliantly while chasing big totals as well as setting them. Rayudu, ..
AIFF U-18 Youth League Finals: TFA, DSK Shivajians clinch wins
The 2017-18 U-18 Youth League final round kicked off in Shillong last evening.Eight teams were in action on the opening day and while two of the first four games have ended in goalless draws, there has been plenty of entertainment for the fans.The Group A got underway with a clash between Sudeva FC and SAI Kolkata at JLN Stadium followed by Sporting Clube de Goa and Tata Football Academy.In the first match of the day, Sudeva FC played out a goalless draw against Kolkata.Sudeva FC dominated for much of the 90 minutes, with striker Jangminlun Kuki, as well as midfielders Vanlalzahawma and Bhupender Singh at the heart of their attacking forays.But the Delhi-based side were let down by their final pass and finishing.SAI, on the other hand, were clever throughout, using delaying tactics such as players going down for cramps to ensure the match was of a stop-start nature and prevent Sudeva from finding their rhythm on attack.Meanwhile, Sporting Clube de Goa slumped to a 1-4 defeat at the ...
I stuck to my plans, says Bumrah
Having a clear plan for in-form batsmen like Lokesh Rahul and just focusing on executing it did the trick, said Mumbai Indians seamer Jasprit Bumrah after he helped his side beat Kings XI Punjab in an IPL match here. Bumrah snapped up three crucial wickets as defending champions Mumbai Indians kept their play-off hopes alive by notching up a thrilling three-run win here last night. "To have a clear plan is very important whenever you bowl. I plan and I back myself in whichever situation I'm bowling. I was just focusing on that and it was a good day, so it went well," Bumrah said at the post-match press conference. "We already knew he (Rahul) had been batting well throughout the tournament. In the bowlers' meeting we usually talk about every player. We were bowling second and I had a chat with (bowling coach) Shane Bond and (mentor Lasith) Malinga that there would be dew, said Bumrah, who produced a brilliant bowling display to take 3 for 15. Man-of-the-match Bumrah's most important ...
Disgraced Warner to play Sydney club cricket
Disgraced former Australian vice-captain David Warner will start his road to redemption by playing club cricket with Sydney's Randwick Petersham, officials said. The opener is serving a year-long ban from state and international cricket for his part in a plan to use sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the third Test in South Africa in March. But he is free to play at club level and is set to make a return to the field in September. Randwick Petersham club president Mike Whitney, a former Test fast bowler, said Warner will play in at least three of the first four matches of the season. "We're delighted to have him. He's one of the best players Australia has had since World War II," he told the local Southern Courier newspaper on Wednesday. "He's been speaking to one of our club officials and he has committed to the first three or four rounds of the season. Why it is only three or four rounds at this stage I don't know." Warner has also been linked with playing in the Northern ...
Ledecky smashes own 1,500m record in pro debut
Five-time Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky smashed her own 1,500m freestyle world record by five seconds in her first race as a professional. The 21-year-old American star touched the wall in 15min 20.48sec at the Pro Swim event in Indianapolis, obliterating her previous best of 15:25.48 set at the World Championships in Kazan in 2015. "I was pretty surprised when I saw the '20,'" Ledecky said with a little laugh, adding that she thought as the swim unfolded that she would be somewhere under 15:30, maybe. "When I saw the 15:20 I was pretty shocked," she said. This week's meet in Indianapolis is Ledecky's first since turning professional following the NCAA collegiate championships in March. "My first pro swim -- that's one I'll never forget," said Ledecky, who added that so far she hadn't felt any different in her first meet as a professional. Ledecky won gold in the 800m at the 2012 Olympics and followed it up with four golds and a silver at the Rio Olympics two years ago. The .
Griezmann fires Atletico Madrid to Europa League title
Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the French striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Marseille in Europa League final in Lyon, allowing his club to win the trophy for the third time in nine seasons. It is Griezmann's first major title with Atletico, and a fitting way to bow out if he leaves at the season's end, with Barcelona tipped as his next destination. Griezmann -- brought up in Macon, just 70 kilometres from Lyon -- scored once in each half, his lethal finishes coming either side of Marseille losing Dimitri Payet to injury, the French team's captain coming off in tears. Griezmann now has 29 goals this season, although it was Gabi's late strike that sealed the victory. "This is a reward for me after I left home aged 14, for all the work I have put in, the suffering," said Griezmann, who has spent his whole career in Spain but had only previously won one Spanish Super Cup. Atletico's triumph comes after agonising defeats to Real Madrid in the Champions ...
WADA maintains suspension on Russia doping body - official
The World Anti-Doping Agency has maintained its suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) over its failure to follow a roadmap necessary to regain compliant status, officials said. Speaking after WADA's executive committee met behind closed doors ahead of a Foundation Board meeting on Thursday, director general Olivier Niggli said there had been no change in RUSADA's status. "There was no need for a vote (...) nothing has changed," Niggli said. Another executive committee member confirmed the suspension was still in force. "It's still the status quo," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The decision to maintain RUSADA's "non-compliant" status had been expected. RUSADA has been at the centre of a standoff between WADA and Russian authorities ever since the body's suspension in November 2015 following revelations of a vast doping scandal involving Moscow's main drug-testing laboratory. WADA had warned RUSADA will continue to be ruled non-compliant until ...