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IPL: Laggards Delhi face inconsistent Rajasthan (Preview)
Faced with an imminent danger of losing the race to the Indian Premier League (IPL)play-offs, bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils now face an uphill task of treating each game as a virtual knock-out as they prepare to host an inconsistent Rajasthan Royals here on Wednesday.
Give suggestions on BCCI draft constitution: SC to state cricket bodies
The Supreme Court today asked state cricket associations and BCCI office-bearers to give their suggestions on the draft constitution for the apex cricket body, to be approved by it. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also disposed of a contempt petition filed by Cricket Association of Bihar against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials for not implementing its earlier order allowing Bihar to play national level cricket tournaments, including the Ranji trophy matches. The bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilakr and D Y Chandrachud, considered the submissions of the BCCI, Committee of Administrators (COA) and senior advocate Gopal Subramanium, who is assisting as amicus curiae, that Bihar would take part in national level tournaments in the cricketing season commencing from September. The bench said a draft constitution would be approved by it, which would be binding on the BCCI. However, it clarified that its order on petitions seeking recall ..
Sunil Chhetri to be recommended for Padma Shri
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is set to recommend Sunil Chhetri for the country's fourth highest civilian award -- the Padma Shri -- a huge recognition for the nation's all-time leading goal-scorer should he get the honour. Chhetri leads the India chart with 56 goals from 97 appearances and is one of the forwards with better strike rates in world football. The AIFF said that it was considering recommending a top player for the honour without confirming the name, but sources close to the apex body said it was Chhetri, as the federation recognises the Indian captain's contribution to the sport. "If there is one name in Indian football who deserves to be recommended for such a huge honour, it is undoubtedly Sunil Chhetri. The AIFF recognises Sunil's contribution and has already looking at the criteria," a well-placed source said. When contacted, AIFF general secretary Kushal Das also said that the federation has recommended Jeje Lalpekhlua and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's names for
Marijne accepts new role, but says was confident of winning Asiad, WC
Sjoerd Marijne has accepted Hockey India's decision to send him back to the women's camp, but the Dutchman said he was confident of delivering results with men's side in the Asian Games and World Cup despite a poor Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Women's hockey coach Harendra Singh was today made in-charge of the men's side, while men's coach Marijne was re-designated as the women's coach in an inexplicable rejigging of roles by the national federation following India's medal-less finish at the CWG since 2006. Dutchman Marijne, who was handed the reigns of the men's team in November last year, is currently at his home in the Netherlands. "We won the Asia Cup with dominating hockey, in the World league we have shown we can beat world class teams and with our New Zealand tour we made another step in our process to win the Asian Games and the World Cup," Marijne said in a statement posted on his official blog. "Unfortunately the Commonwealth Games, we did not perform the way we ...
Had self doubts after Rio Olympics: Ashwini
She is enjoying every bit of adulation that has come her way after playing a pivotal role in Indian badmionton team's first ever gold medal in a mixed team event at Commonwealth Games but doubles specialist Ashwin Ponappa had serious "self doubts" about being able to make a comeback post 2016 Rio Olympics. Everything now seems to be falling in place for Ashwini but it wasn't so two years back when she and Jwala failed to win a single match at the Rio Olympics and decided to end their seven-year old association. She was down with dengue ahead of the Games and it plagued her performance ever since. "It is nice to get all the acknowledgement now but it has not been easy. After 2016 Rio Games, I started doubting myself. There was no power in my smashes, I couldn't hit as harder I did earlier, it was just not working. Though I had recovered from dengue and physically I looked okay, but internally I was struggling to get back to my best. So there were moments when I thought will I ever be ..
Harendra men's coach, Marijne back with women in HI coaching shuffle
Women's hockey coach Harendra Singh was today made in-charge of the men's side, while men's coach Sjoerd Marijne was re-designated the women's coach in an inexplicable rejigging of roles by Hockey India following the medal-less show at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last month. Dutchman Marijne, who was handed the reigns of the men's team in November last year, is currently not even in India and has been sent back to his original position of women's coach after Manpreet Singh and Co's fifth-place finis at the CWG. "Harendra Singh brings with himself a wealth of experience and has previously managed a lot of the men's team players during his stints in the Hockey India League and with the junior teams," Hockey India Secretary General Mohd Mushtaque Ahmed said in a statement. "Marijne's first stint with the women's team was a very successful one and we are sure he will continue to do well with this team as he has done in the past," he added. HI didn't say it in as many words but ...
India U-16 football team to play in 4-nation meet
The Indian U-16 football team will face Jordan, Tajikistan and hosts Serbia in May in a four-nation tournament, an exposure meet to accelerate the preparations for the AFC Under-16 Championship later this year, it was announced on Tuesday.
Hockey India swaps men's, women's teams coaches
Hockey India on Tuesday appointed Harinder Singh as the new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team while Dutchman Sjoerd Marijne has been sent back to manage the women's side.The move to switch the coaches came after both men's and women's team failed to clinch medals in the recently-concluded 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.Announcing the news, Hockey India secretary general Mohd Mushtaque Ahmed said, "Harendra Singh brings with himself a wealth of experience and has previously managed a lot of the Men's team players during his stints in the Hockey India League and with the Junior teams. While, Marijne's first stint with the Women's team was a very successful one and we are sure he will continue to do well with this team as he has done in the past."Meanwhile, both Sjoerd Marine and Harendra Singh expressed their satisfaction on the new roles assigned to them."I'm excited to reunite with the Women's team and will look to focus building on the good
Betis secure return to Europe with 2-1 win over Malaga
Real Betis defeated already relegated Malaga 2-1 in a Liga football match to assure themselves of playing in Europe next season for the first time in five seasons.
Harendra new men's hockey coach, Marijne to return to women's camp
In a surprise move, women's hockey coach Harendra Singh was today named chief coach of the Indian men's team while incumbent men's in-charge Sjoerd Marijne was sent back to the women's camp -- a fallout of the poor show by Manpreet Singh and Co. in the Commonwealth Games. Harendra, who coached the Indian men's team earlier from 2009 to 2011, was in-charge of the women's team since November last year after Marijne was named as the men's coach, replacing the sacked Roelant Oltmans. Under the guidance of Harendra, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to the World Cup title in 2016, the Indian women's team finished an impressive fourth at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. His most important contribution was leading the women's team to the ninth women's Asia Cup title in Japan last year. However, the men's team under the tutelage of Marijne ended a disappointing fifth in Gold Coast, returning without a medal for the first time since the 2006 CWG.
Rohan-Kuhoo, Shivam-Poorvisha enter second round at NZ Open
The young Indian mixed doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg and Shivam Sharma and S Ram Poorvisha entered the second round of the USD 150,000 New Zealand Open Super 100 tournament here today. Rohan and Kuhoo, who had won the 2017 Hellas Open International Challenge and Iceland International challenge this year, defeated Israel's Misha Zilberman and Ksenia Polikarpova 11-21 21-7 21-10 in a 42-minute match. Shivam Sharma and S Ram Poorvisha, meanwhile, beat the Australian pair of Niccolo Tagle and Fransisca Angelica Rahardja 21-19 21-11 in another match. Rohan and Kuhoo are likely to take on top seeds -- Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai -- while Shivam and Poorvisha face either the Korean combo of Min Hyuk Kang and Ha Na Baek or eighth seeded Malaysian Chan Peng Soon and Liu Ying Goh. Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram, Sourabh Verma, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma will begin their campaign tomorrow.
Jr Women Hockey C'ship: MP, Odisha reach quarters
Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2018 (A Division) after they played out a goal-less draw against Delhi in their Pool A clash here on Tuesday.Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy needed a positive result in their last match to be able to qualify for the quarter-finals, and Delhi Hockey needed a win. But the former's defence made sure that their team registered a place in the next round with their second draw of the competition.Madhya Pradesh finished at a top position with a tally of eight points.In the other Pool A match, The Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. registered their first win of the competition as they beat Gangpur-Odisha 4-3.Goals for The Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. were scored by Rruchi Bhandari (3'), Lynette Lobo (9'), Manshi Belgaonkar (18') and skipper Resham Mahadik (60') while Topno Aten (20', 61') and skipper Jiwan Kishori Toppo (17') scored for Hockey Gangpur-Odisha, who also .
Gibbs takes up T10 League coaching role
Former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs, who is currently coaching the Kuwait cricket team, has been roped in by the T10 League franchise, the Rajasthani Heroes.The 44-year-old, who appeared in 90 Tests, 248 ODIs and 23 T20Is for South Africa between 1996 and 2010, will be responsible to manage re-branded Rajasthani Heroes--formerly known as Team Sri Lanka.Confirming the news, Gibbs took to his Twitter account and said,"Happy to announce that I've been appointed head coach of the @RajasthaniHeroes for the @T10LeagueTweets in Dubai later this year. Looking forward to some fireworks from the lads."Besides Rajasthani Heroes, seven other teams will play in 10-over-a-side competition United Arab Emirates including Bengal Tigers, Karachians Maratha Arabians, Northern Warriors, Pakhtoon Team, Punjabi Legends, Rajasthani Heroes and last year's winners the Kerala Kings.The 2018 edition of the T10 league will be played over the course of 10 days in December, Sport24 reported.It was under
Ball-tampering scandal: CA sets up panel for culture review
In the wake of massive ball-tampering scandal that sent shock waves through sporting world, Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed a panel who will draft a charter of behaviour to which the national side will adhere.The panel, which will conduct players review, will include former Test players Rick McCosker, Shane Watson and George Bailey, current players Pat Cummins and women's vice-captain Rachael Haynes.The players' review will run in conjunction with the wide-range review into Cricket Australia's organizational structure.The broader review, which will study the relationship between player behaviour and cultural, organisational and governance issues within Cricket Australia and team performance bodies nationwide, will be conducted by the Sydney-based Ethics Centre and led by its Executive Director Dr Simon Longstaff AO.Reflecting on the same, CA Chairman David Peever said that the board is determined to avoid any infringements activities like ball tampering and sledging in future."We
Tottenham beat Watford 2-0 to tighten grip on 4th in EPL
Tottenham Hotspur registered a 2-0 victory over Watford to move a step closer to sealing a top four spot in the English Premier League (EPL) football season.
Bottom-placed DD take on inconsistent Rajasthan Royals
Staring at early exit after their sixth loss in eight games, bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils, under new skipper Shreyas Iyer, will have to treat each IPL game as a virtual knockout, starting with their clash against Rajasthan Royals, here tomorrow. After Gautam Gambhir stepped down as captain following a string of losses, Iyer was left with the responsibility of guiding the team to the play-offs and the young skipper did score a 40-ball unbeaten 93 to power his side to a massive 55-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders to renew hopes of a turnaround. But last night's 13-run loss to Chennai Super Kings almost dashed all hopes of a comeback and Iyer has an uphill task of inspiring his team in the remaining matches to salvage any hopes of staying alive in the tournament. It was an awful mix-up which ended Iyer's innings yesterday and it proved to be the turning point of the match as despite a 45-ball 79 from Rishabh Pant and an unbeaten 31-ball 54 from Vijay Shankar, Delhi fell short by 13 ..
Schalke suspend midfielder Max Meyer
Schalke have suspended departing midfielder Max Meyer after the German criticised the football club's management.
Vinesh wants medal, history in 2020 Olympics
It's still a good two years away but recently-crowned Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Vinesh Phogat can't stop herself from obsessing over the Olympics as she is not just chasing a medal to make up for the Rio heartbreak but also a little piece of history for herself. Vinesh was touted as the brightest medal prospect for India in the 2016 Rio Olympics but her campaign ended in tears after she was stretchered off the mat owing to a career-threatening knee injury in her quarterfinal bout. But the 23-year-old grappler from the famous "Phogat" family didn't give up and battled her way to recovery to claim her second CWG gold in Gold Coast recently. "From next year the Olympic qualifiers will start and then preparations for the Olympics. There is still time for the Olympics, but my focus is already at Tokyo," Vinesh told PTI in an interview. Her confidence restored by the CWG gold, Vinesh now wants to become India's first Olympic gold-medallist in wrestling. "We have got bronze, we ...
India increase lead at top of ICC Test rankings
India continued to sit at the top of the latest ICC Test Team Rankings, ahead of South Africa and Australia. Not only that, with the results from 2014-15 being removed from the equation and those from 2015-16 and 2016-17 being weighted at 50 per cent, India have actually stretched their lead over South Africa from four to 13 points. For India, who played four Tests in the 2014-15 season losing 2-0 in Australia and had earlier lost the five-Test tour of England 3-1 in the summer of 2014, the move up was expected following an excellent run since, highlighted by 10 wins in 13 Tests in the 2016-17 season. India have reached an aggregate of 125 while South Africa have lost five points and slipped to 112. South Africa, are however, still comfortably ahead of the remaining sides. Australia are placed third with 106 points after gaining four points following the update, taking back the position from New Zealand, who had overtaken them at the last cut-off date of April 3. England have gained
Dhoni can make life difficult for any captain, says Du Plessis
Chennai Super Kings batsman Faf Du Plessis has heaped praise on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his ability to hit any bowler and said such a quality can make life difficult for any rival captain. Australian Shane Watson played blistering 78 while Dhoni hit a quick-fire unbeaten 51 to guide CSK to a 13-run victory over bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils in an IPL game here last night. In the last two games against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Daredevils, Dhoni, with his power hitting, has reminded his critics that he is not yet done. He (Dhoni) is in really good form at the moment, so its extremely tough to bowl to him when he is in a form like that. He has got such a big arch and if you want to bowl wide he can still hit you to the leg sid," Du Plessis said at the post-match press conference. He has got a lot of options, so it makes life difficult for a bowler and a captain because he can hit any ball to wherever he wants to. That kind of form is obviously very important to us, he ...