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IPL-2018: Rain stops play between KKR and SRH
Rain stopped play between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game here at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Have to find way to minimise injured Raina's loss: Fleming
Chennai Super Kings chief coach Stephen Fleming today said the team has to find a way to minimise the loss of key injured player Suresh Raina. After opening their campaign with a bang defeating Mumbai Indians in the IPL opener, M S Dhoni led CSK pulled off yet another thrilling chase the other day beating Kolkata Knight Riders. However, losing Raina is a big loss for the team. Raina is ruled out of next game against Kings XI Punjab here tomorrow after sustaining a calf muscle injury during the match against KKR. "Raina will certainly miss this game, the blessing is that we've got another four days in between and there might be a chance that he is fit again for the next game," he said. About Raina, Fleming said, "We can't replace him. He is one of the best performer in the IPL and highest run scorer, so we can't replace him, but we have just got to find a way to minimise his loss." "We have got good players in our set up. Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay who has played here (in Mohali) last .
Zidane slams criticism of Real's last-gasp Juve win
Zinedine Zidane believes the negative reaction to Real Madrid's last-gasp win over Juventus has been "disgraceful, upsetting and deceptive", and borne out of jealousy towards the European champions. Real sneaked into the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday after English referee Michael Oliver awarded the 12-times champions a controversial penalty in added-on time. Cristiano Ronaldo held his nerve to send his side through 4-3 on aggregate after Juve had staged a remarkable comeback, levelling the tie by leading 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu. Gianluigi Buffon launched a scathing attack on Oliver after the match while sections of the Italian and Spanish press were also criticial of Real's victory. Corriere dello Sport, a daily sports newspaper in Rome, led with the headline 'Che Furto', meaning 'What A Theft', while Sport, the Barcelona daily, carried 'El Robo Del Siglo' on its front page, 'The Theft Of The Century'. Zidane, however, maintains his team fully deserved to go ...
England's speed demons give Bolt second thoughts
English sprinters finally found their mojo as the Commonwealth Games track and field events came to a head today, forcing Jamaican legend Usain Bolt to ponder coming out of retirement. Neeraj Chopra, a farmer's son from a village outside of Delhi, captured a historic javelin gold for India, while veteran Levern Spencer won the women's high jump to give Saint Lucia its first Commonwealth title in any sport. England's speed demons finished on a high note after a disappointing Games blighted by misfortune, rocketing to a golden double in the 4x100 metres relays. Zharnel Hughes, stripped of gold in the 200m earlier this week, helped the men's quartet bring the baton round in 38.13 seconds, ahead of South Africa and Jamaica. Bolt, who retired last year after almost a decade of dominance, tweeted about returning to the sport after watching the English snatch Jamaica's Commonwealth title. "Did I retire too soon? Hmmm," the eight-time Olympic champion posted to his 5.1 million followers. ...
Blake 'hiding' from Bolt after Commonwealth hiccup
Jamaica's Yohan Blake admitted today that he was doing his best to avoid sprint legend Usain Bolt after his Commonwealth Games flop in the 100 metres. Bolt, who retired last year after dominating the sport for almost a decade, had joked to his countryman that he would not be able to return to Jamaica unless he won the title. After Blake slumped to third in last Monday's final on the Gold Coast, Bolt arrived in Australia looking to poke a little fun at his former team-mate. "I know Usain is going to trouble me a lot because he expected me to get gold," said Blake after taking bronze in the 4x100m relay. "I'm going to hide from him when I go back home," added Blake, confirming that Bolt had yet to catch up with him at the Commonwealth Games village. "He tried to contact me but I hid my phone. I just wanted to focus on the 4x100m but I know he's coming to see me later so I'm going to hide." But Blake, who bagged a world title in 2011 after Bolt false-started in the final, played down the
Roy takes Daredevils home in last-ball thriller against MI
Jason Roy smashed an unbeaten 91 as Delhi Daredevils defeated hosts Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in a last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League here today. Opener Roy made a mockery of a listless Mumbai Indians bowling attack as he hammered six fours and as many sixes in his 53 ball knock to help Delhi overhaul the home team's 194/7 for their first win of the season. It was the third successive loss for MI and they remain without a point after three matches. With 11 needed in the final over, Englishman Roy hammered Mustifizur Rahman for four and a six, before playing out three dot balls. Delhi needed one-run off the final ball and Roy connected it and completed the run to ensure that his side won, with Shreyas Iyer (27 not out) at the other end. Roy and skipper Gautam Gambhir conjured up a 50-run stand for the first wicket. Roy made his intentions clear hitting a four off Hardik Pandya. He then smashed a towering six and a four off Akila Dhananjaya as Delhi raced to 23/0 in ..
IPL-2018: KKR rope in Nayar as part of support staff
Two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday roped in Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar to be part of its support staff for the ongoing season.
Nagarkoti ruled out of remainder of IPL season
In a fresh injury blow to Kolkata Knight Riders, young pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti was today ruled out of the remainder of IPL season due to a foot injury. Karnataka seamer Prasidh Krishna was announced as the replacement for the Under-19 World Cup winning pacer who was bought at a price of Rs 3.2 crore. One of the finds of the India's U-19 World Cup triumph, Nagarkoti sustained the injury before the tournament but the announcement came only today as KKR lost a second pacer this season after Australian spearhead Mitchell Starc. The 22-year-old Prasidh has played 23 matches so far since 2015, three in the T20 format but his record in the 50-overs format has been impressive. Prasidh has 33 wickets in 19 matches at an average of 21.27 and an economy rate of 4.74, with a best show of 3/37 in Karanataka's Vijay Hazare Trophy against Saurashtra in February. KKR also bolstered their support staff with the inclusion of Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar who mentored skipper Dinesh Karthik in the ..
Gold each for Mary, Vikas, Gaurav; India ends boxing campaign with 9 medals (Event Roundup)
M.C. Mary Kom (48kg) Vikas Krishan (75kg), Gaurav Solanki (52kg) claimed the gold medals, while Satish Kumar (91kg), Amit Panghal (49kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) settled for silvers on Saturday as India ended the boxing competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) with its highest-ever haul of nine medals.
IPL: Hyderabad to field against Kolkata
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.
CWG: Indian teams lose bronze medal matches (Hockey Roundup)
The Indian hockey teams failed to etch their names in the medals column as both the men's and women's team lost to England in their respective bronze medal matches at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
CWG 2018: Satish Kumar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal settle for silver
The Indian table tennis duo of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal had to settle for silver in the men's doubles final in the ongoing 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, here, on Saturday.The pair lost to England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford 5-11 12-10 11-9 6-11 8-11 in the summit clash.Meanwhile, boxer Satish Kumar lost to Frazer Clarke from England in men's +91kg category to bag India's 16th silver in the Games.Kumar lost 5-0 against the Englishman, right after fellow boxer Vikas Krishan won gold in the men's 75kg category.Krishan beat Cameroonian boxer Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue 5-0 to bag India's 25th gold.At present, India's medal tally reads twenty-five gold, sixteen silver and eighteen bronze.India currently ranks third in the medal tally with the 59 medals. Australia and England are leading with 187 and 123 medals respectively.
India Shining at CWG, 8 gold medals claimed on bumper day
From the boxing ring to the shooting range to the athletics arena, it was India shining on the penultimate day of the 21st Commonwealth Games where the country claimed its biggest single-day haul of the ongoing edition, ensnaring eight gold medals across five disciplines. The boxers picked up three, the shooters added one, the wrestlers claimed a couple, while the paddlers and the track-and-field contingent picked up one each on a truly golden day for the country, which also yielded five silver and one bronze medal. The country held on to the third position in the overall medal tally with 59 medals -- 25 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze medals. It all started at the shooting ranges in Brisbane, where Sanjeev Rajput shattered the Games' qualifying record before finishing on top in the 50m rifle 3 position final. "I would say it was a weak final for me because I have been shooting 458 plus all the time, but this time it was weak in the kneeling position and I had to cover it somehow in the
Manika clinches gold in women's singles TT
Manika Batra became the first Indian paddler to win a women singles gold at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Pallikal questions 'shocking decisions' after losing mixed doubles final
Dipika Pallikal today questioned the "shocking decisions" taken by the referees after she and Saurav Ghosal had to settle for a silver, the first ever mixed doubles medal for India at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian pair fought hard before losing to Australia's Donna Urquhart and Cameron Pilley 8-11, 10-11 in a gruelling gold medal match. The crowd was expectedly supporting the locals and Pallikal feels the quality of refereeing too did not help their cause. "Shocking decisions were made during the final. I felt it could have changed whole scenario of the match if those decisions were fair. But that's sport," Pallikal told PTI. "I think we can be proud of what we (Saurav and I) have achieved this week. Obviously disappointed to lose out on the gold we can be proud of the way we played. There are some days when you have to just hold your head high and say we tried our best but it wasn't to be," she added. Refereeing in squash has always been a debatable subject and what transpired ..
Boxer Satish wins silver in 91kg category
Indian boxer Satish Kumar lost the final of the 91kg category at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Saturday and had to settle for a silver.
CWG 2018: Indian men's hockey team lose in bronze medal match
England avenged their 3-4 loss to India in the Round Robin stage as they beat Indian men's Hockey Team 2-1 in the bronze medal match here at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Saturday.It was Sam Ward (7', 43') who scored for England, while Varun Kumar (27') was the lone goal scorer for India.Though India had a good ball possession in the initial minutes of the first quarter, England were far more dominating with an intense attack, making spaces in the striking circle.It was first experienced by Barry Middleton who took a potential shot on goal in the fourth minute, which was slightly off the mark.An Indian infringement gave away the first penalty corner (PC) of the match.Though Sam Ward's attempt was blocked away by India's first rusher Amit Rohidas, in his second attempt Sam Ward kept it low as he successfully found the right corner of the post taking a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.A diving PR Sreejesh could do little to stop the fiercely-struck ball.With a good man-to-man marking by .
IPL-2018: KKR's Nagarkoti replaced by Prasidh
Two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) young pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti was on Saturday ruled out for the season with a foot injury, a statement said. The 2018 U-19 World Cup winner will be replaced by Karnataka fast bowler Prasidh Krishna.
CWG: Dipika-Joshna in women's doubles final; Dipika-Ghoshal win silver (Squash Roundup)
Defending champions Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa stormed into the final of women's doubles category while Dipika and Saurav Ghosal clinched silver in the mixed doubles of the squash competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.
Yuki, Ramkumar set up Taipei Challenger title clash
India's top singles players Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan set up the title clash of the Taipei Challenger against each other while Saketh Myneni and Prajnesh Gunneswaran also made the doubles summit clash of the USD 150,000 tournament, here today. The Indians had to work hard to down their Japanese opponents as Ramkumar fought past seventh seed Go Soeda 7-6(9) 6-4 and Yuki came from behind to beat Tatsuma Ito 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the other semifinal. The last time Yuki and Ramkumar clashed was in the final of the Pune Challenger where the Delhi lad emerged winner in straight sets. Overall, in four meetings, Yuki leads the head-to-head record 3-1. With this performance, Yuki is all set to reclaim his place in the top-100 while Ramkumar is expected to better his career-best rank. Meanwhile, Saketh, who is playing only his second tournament of the 2018 season due to ankle and shoulder issues, combined with Prajnesh Gunneswaran to defeat local wild card team Yu Hsiou Hsu and Jimmy Wang