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Chhetri conducts trials to select Official Match Ball Carriers
India football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Sunday conducted trials to pick up Indian kids to carry the match during the FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia which is slated to get underway from June 14."I am overwhelmed to see the kind of talent these little kids have. They are not only just passionate about the game but are also well-versed about its nuances," Chettri said after the trials ended."I shall envy the kids who eventually go over to Russia to watch the game's greatest players in action. It will be a life-changing experience. I must thank Kia Motors for giving me the opportunity to interact with these kids and be part of such a wonderful initiative," he added.Manohar Bhat, Head, Marketing and Sales, Kia Motors India said, "Kia Motor's prestigious association with the FIFA goes back to 2007 and it has been a mutually benefiting one. We are happy and privileged to have Sunil Chhetri with us as the jury, who not only selected the best of the best but also shared his learnings with the
IPL' 18: Rahul's quickfire 84 storms Punjab to huge win
A stunning innings from opener K.L. Rahul helped Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by six wickets and further enhance their chances to their playoffs at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday.Chasing 153 to win, Rajasthan's pacer bowlers Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes scalped dangerman Chris Gayle (8) and Mayank Agarwal (2) in successive overs to leave Punjab at 29 for 2 in less than five overs.Rahul and Karun Nair (31) then stabilised the innings, with former playing the role of an aggressor.Nair was then bowled by Anureet Singh and Axar Patel (4) followed suit thereafter to leave Punjab in a spot of bother at 87 for 4.It was then Rahul took center stage and started smashing all the Rajasthan bowlers out of the park. None of them could found a way to dismiss the swashbuckling opener as he clobbered seven fours and three sixes during his 54-ball innings.Marcus Stonis (23* off 16 balls) too supported Rahul as he too hit a maximum and two fours during the 68-run partnership ..
Giroud leads Chelsea to win over Liverpool
A first-half goal by Olivier Giroud gave Chelsea a 1-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday, endangering their rival's third-place position in the English Premier League (EPL) football championship.
Espanyol stun Atletico 2-0 in La Liga
Espanyol upset an out-of-sorts Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the 36th round of La Liga on Sunday, just days after the capital football club booked a place in the Europa League final.
IPL: Rahul stars as Punjab outplay Rajasthan
Opener Lokesh Rahul's unbeaten 84 helped Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals by six wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday.
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan ...
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals here today. Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler c Rahul b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 51 D'Arcy Short c Tye b Ashwin 2 Ajinkya Rahane c Gayle b Patel 5 Sanju Samson c Nair b Tye 28 Ben Stokes c Tiwary b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 12 Rahul Tripathi c Ashwin b Tye 11 Jofra Archer b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0 Krishnappa Gowtham c Stoinis b Rajpoot 5 hreyas Gopal run out (Rahul) 24 Jaydev Unadkat not out 6 Extras: (B-4, LB-3, W-1) 8 Total: (for 9 wickets in 20 Overs) 152 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-35, 3-84, 4-100, 5-106, 6-106, 7-114, 8-129, 9-152 Bowling: Ashwin 4-0-30-1, Rajpoot 3-0-37-1, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-0-27-3, Patel 4-0-21-1, Tye 4-0-24-2, Stoinis 1-0-6-0 Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul not out 84 Chris Gayle c Samson b Archer 8 Mayank Agarwal c Tripathi b Stokes 2 Karun Nair b Anureet Singh 31 Axar Patel c Short b Gowtham 4 Marcus Stoinis not out 23 Extras: (W-3) 3 Total: (for 4 wickets in 18.4 Overs) 155 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-29, .
Rahul, Mujeeb ensure comfortable win for Kings XI over Rajasthan
KL Rahul smashed a classy unbeaten half-century after young off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman's exploits with the ball to guide Kings XI Punjab to a comfortable six wicket win over laggards Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League match here today. Chasing a modest 153 run target, Rahul anchored Kings XI's innings from start to finish, scoring 84 off just 54 balls with the help of seven boundaries and three sixes to guide his side home with eight balls to spare. Kings XI's chase, however, started on a bad note as they lost dangerous Chris Gayle (8) and Mayank Agarwal (2) in successive overs. While Gayle cut Jofra Archer straight to Sanju Samson at point in the fourth over, Agarwal pulled a short delivery from Ben Stokes to Rahul Tripathi at long leg. Then Rahul and Karun Nair (31) shared a 50-run stand for the third wicket off just 37 balls to stabilise Kings XI's chase before the latter dragged Anureet Singh's short delivery back onto his stumps as Kings XI were reduced to 79 for ...
Torino hold Napoli; Juventus on the verge of clinching 7th straight Serie A title (Roundup)
Torino held Napoli 2-2 on Sunday in Naples as the latter fell six points behind Juventus, who came back strong in the second half to defeat Bologna 3-1 in Turin and move closer to their seventh consecutive Serie A football title with only two rounds of games left.
Pakistan's England test to be a challenging one: PCB chief selector
Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Chief Selector Wasim Bari said due to the lack of experienced players in the team, the upcoming England tour would be challenging.The retirement of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, both batsmen, has been a big loss for the team.The most experienced player in the team, which is scheduled to play the tests, is the wicketkeeper cum captain Sarfaraz Ahmed himself. He has played in 38 tests where he has managed to gather 2208 runs. Other than Ahmed, most of the young players have started their careers in 2017 itself.Expressing concern about the tour being a short one, Bari, while talking to The Dawn, said any hosting cricket board watches their commercial interest before shifting their focus on to the game."Fixing the schedule of a series intelligently is a big art as the host cricket board watches its commercial interest first while putting the cricket on back burner," Dawn quoted Bari as saying.Talking of commercial interests, England and Wales Cricket Board .
Narang-Ghatkar win silver medal in shooting meet
Olympic medallist Gagan Narang made a fine comeback to the 10m air rifle event as he combined with young Pooja Ghatkar to win the mixed team silver medal in the Grand Prix of Liberation international shooting competition in Pilsen, Czech Republic today. Having topped the qualification with 833.2 points, with Pooja shooting 413.5 and Gagan 419.7, the Indian pair came close to overtaking Jurate Cesynaite and Karolis Girulis for the gold, before missing the target by 1.3 point. P. Shri Nivetha and Amanpreet Singh claimed the mixed air pistol silver after having topped qualification with a score of 775. Earlier in the tournament, Mihika Poore bagged the women's air rifle gold while a day before that, Shri Nivetha Paramanantham clinched the gold medal in the women's air pistol after topping the qualification. In men's rifle 3-position, Narang shot 1,157 to finish 35th. In men's rapid fire pistol, Arpit Goel was the best among the Indians as he shot 569 for the 18th spot.
Marquez wins Spanish GP, becomes new MotoGP overall leader
Spanish rider Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) on Sunday won the Spanish Grand Prix, held at the Jerez Angel Nieto circuit, becoming the new MotoGP season's overall leader.
China wins men's title at Team TT Worlds
China won the men's final at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Sunday, defeating Germany 3-0 to take its ninth straight title.
Mujeeb's 3/27 helps Punjab restrict Rajasthan to 152/9
Teenaged Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman continued his impressive performance as his three wickets helped Kings XI Punjab restrict Rajasthan Royals to 152/9 in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday.
Impressive Mujeeb restrict Rajasthan to 152/9
Young off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman led an impressive bowling display from Kings XI Punjab to restrict struggling Rajasthan Royals to a modest 152 for nine in an Indian Premier League match here today. Mujeeb (3/27) struck in the first two deliveries of the 15th over, first removing dangerous -looking Jos Buttler and then Jofra Archer to stand in with a chance of registering a hat-trick. But it didn't come as he bowled a wide delivery in the next ball. However, Mujeeb's exploits were enough to keep Rajasthan in check as Kings XI kept on losing wickets at regular intervals from the start after being sent into bat. Besides Mujeeb, Andrew Tye (2/24), Axar Patel (1/21), skipper Ravichandran Ashwin (1/30) and Ankit Rajpoot (1/37) were the other wicket-takers for Kings XI. Opening the batting, Buttler scored 51 off 39 balls with the help of seven boundaries to anchor Rajasthan innings but just when it was time for him to accelerate he nicked a Mujeeb delivery to KL Rahul behind the ...
City lift Premier League trophy as Huddersfield celebrate precious point
It took three weeks for Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany to finally get his hands on the Premier League trophy but, on a day of celebrations at the Etihad, a goalless draw may prove to have left Huddersfield Town as the big winners. A strong showing from the struggling visitors earned a valuable point which may be enough to keep them in the Premier League next season, an impressive achievement given their limited budget. They also kept at bay the bid by Pep Guardiola's runaway champions to set new Premier League records for the most goals, points and wins in a season -- all marks which could yet be claimed by City in the season's final week in which they play Brighton and Southampton. But, after a delay while uninvited supporters were removed from the field, Guardiola was finally able to see his team presented with the trophy, the third major country in which he has managed a team to a title following successes in Spain and Germany with Barcelona and Bayern Munich ...
'Merci Arsene' as Arsenal bid farewell to Wenger
After 22 years as Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger took charge of his final game at the Emirates stadium today as Burnley visited North London for a day tinged with nostalgia for the Frenchman and the home support. Arsenal players and fans sported red t-shirts emblazoned with "Merci Arsene" (Thank you Arsene), whilst both teams formed a guard of honour for Wenger before kick-off. Chants of "there is only one Arsene Wenger" rang around the 60,000 capacity stadium, which was far fuller than home league games in recent months as fans stayed away in protest at a poor season on the field. "I expect today will be dominated by sadness," wrote Wenger in his final programme notes. "It's the end of a long story for me at Arsenal. But I will also feel grateful for having led this club - that I cherish so much - for such a long time." Wenger won three Premier Leagues and a record seven FA Cups. His crowning glory coming in the 2003/04 season when Arsenal won the league without losing a single ...
Inter crush Udinese to keep Champions League push alive
Inter Milan crushed ten-man Udinese 4-0 today to assure fifth place in Serie A and seal at least Europa League action next season while keeping their Champions League challenge alive. Inter have 69 points with two games left and cannot be caught by AC Milan who are nine points behind or Atalanta, who have 58 points before playing fourth-place Lazio on Sunday. AS Roma and Lazio are third and four respectively one point ahead of Inter before both play later today. "We're still convinced that we can get to the Champions League, but I guess Rome and Lazio would say the same thing," said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. "The team have grown, but we must continue to do so in the last two games." Spalletti was asked whether Inter could do without Icardi -- who has scored 28 goals this season -- amid reports the Argentine will exit the club if they fail to secure Champions League football. "It depends on who is replacing him. He is a top player, an exceptional finisher who has an eye for goal ..
Napoli draw all but hands title to Juventus
Juventus are practically assured of winning a seventh successive Serie A title after second-placed Napoli were held 2-2 by Torino today. Juventus have a six-point lead in Serie A with two games left to play. Both teams are equal in head-to-head clashes but Juventus are well ahead of their southern rivals on goal difference. The now need just one point to officially retain their crown with games to come against Roma in the Stadio Olimpico and already-relegated Verona in Turin. Torino twice battled back from a goal down to steal a point from Maurizio Sarri's Napoli side who had been bidding for a first title since the days of Argentina legend Diego Maradona in 1987 and 1990. Dries Mertens celebrated his 31st birthday by putting Napoli ahead after 25 minutes after a shocking defensive error by Torino's Nicolas Burdisso, with skipper Marek Hamsik coming off the bench to add a second for the hosts after 71 minutes. But Torino dug deep with Daniele Baselli pulling the visitors level 10 ...
Punjab crowned champions of Hockey India's junior meet for men
Punjab were crowned winners of the 8th Hockey India junior national championship for men after they defeated Haryana 4-2 in the title clash here today. Hockey Gangpur-Odisha secured the bronze medal as they beat Hockey Odisha 6-1 in the game for the third place. In the final, Punjab came from two goals down to get the better of Haryana. Gursahibjit Singh scored a hat-trick for Punjab as he found the back of the net in the 42nd, 57th and 65th minutes while Karajwinder Singh (70') added to the tally. Haryana's two goals were scored by Deepak (26') and Mohit (37').
Have stopped practicing batting, says Hardik Pandya
Soon after his Man-of-the-Match effort in Mumbai Indians' crucial win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League today, all-rounder Hardik Pandya said he has stopped practising batting. Pandya notched up a 20-ball 35 not out in MI's match-winning total of 181 at the Wankhede Stadium before capturing 2 for 19 to snatch the purple cap by becoming the leading wicket-taker with 14 scalps to his credit. "I am not doing anything (different). It is just that someday it comes off. I have stopped practising (batting). I am someone who thinks differently. I am actually just being positive. It's all about one hit, to be honest. You score one six and all of a sudden the momentum shifts and everything changes," Pandya said when asked about his batting. MI won the game by 13 runs after restricting KKR to 168 for six. "Obviously if people bowl well I have (to) respect (them) and can't do anything. No one can do anything. My game is something that I am positive (about) from my mind and ..