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Paddler Soumyajit axed from UTT player draft
The Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league on Monday axed rape-accused paddler Soumyajit Ghosh from the upcoming player draft for the second season of the Ultimate Table Tennis league.
Dayalan, Devika back for England ODIs; Punam dropped from India squad
All-rounder Dayalan Hemalatha was on Monday called up after opener Punam Raut was dropped from the Indian women's cricket team for the three-match ODI series against England, starting April 6.
UEFA signs agreement with ESSA to fight match-fixing
The UEFA and the international betting integrity body ESSA on Monday agreed to fight match-fixing by signing an information sharing agreement to better detect suspicious activity using the ESSA's alert platform.
Rape accused Soumyajit Ghosh dropped from Ultimate Table Tennis
Twenty-five-year old Raj Mondal has been signed up as replacement for Soumyajit Ghosh in the upcoming Player Draft for the second season of Ultimate Table Tennis to be played in Pune, Delhi and Kolkata from June 14 to July 1.The organisers of the franchise-based table tennis league made this announcement on Monday, a couple of days after the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) decided to provisionally suspend the Olympian paddler pending investigations into rape charges levelled by a girl in Kolkata against him.Ghosh has also been dropped from India's Commonwealth Games squad and placed under provisional suspension."Since UTT is recognised by TTFI, we accept their decision and have replaced Soumyajit Ghosh with Raj Mondal for the upcoming player draft scheduled in Mumbai on 28th March 2018. With the draft around the corner, the current circumstances do not allow us any time to wait for the decision of the court," the organisers said in an official statement.Raj Mondal, currently ..
NZ thrash Eng by innings and 49 runs in first Test
The Black Caps on Monday thrashed the English cricket team by an innings and 49 runs in the first Test of the two-match series, here at the Eden Park, as England's abominable overseas record continued.England had suffered a major blow when it lost its captain Joe Root on the last ball of the fourth day, as it strove to save the Test, trailing New Zealand by 237 runs at the close of play.With seven wickets in hand heading into the final day, the visitors lost Dawid Malan (23), Jonny Bairstow (26) and Moeen Ali (28) in the first session before Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes battled through the middle session.Stokes, 66 off 264 balls, and Woakes, 52 off 164 balls, kept England's chances alive of drawing the match.However, Neil Wagner, dismissed them both to take his side to a comfortable victory.Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, and Todd Astle picked up three wickets each in the second innings.Tim Southee scalped one.Trent Boult was declared the Man of the Match for claiming nine wickets in the ...
Dayalan Hemalatha gets India call-up for ODI series against England
All-rounder Dayalan Hemalatha has got an India call-up for the four-match ODI series against England, starting from April 3.Veteran batsman Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women cricket team in the four-match ODI series against England while all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur is appointed her deputy.Middle-order batswoman Devika Vaidya has been recalled to the team. She last played an ODI for India in the World Cup Qualifier against South Africa in February last year.Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad will also return to the team after missing the ongoing tri-series involving India, Australia and England due to an injury.India Women's ODI squad:Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Dayalan Hemalatha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Sushma Verma (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad.Meanwhile, the All-India Women's Selection Committee have also picked India A squad that ...
Raut dropped from India women's team for ODI against England
Opener Punam Raut was today dropped from the 15-member Indian women's cricket team named for the upcoming four-match ODI series against England Women to be played in Nagpur. Dayalan Hemalatha has been named in the squad in place of Raut, who was criticised for slow batting in the ODI series against Australia earlier this month which India lost 0-3. The matches will be played on April 3, 6, 9 and 12 in Nagpur. The All-India Women's Selection Committee also picked India A squad that will play a practice game against England Women. India Women's ODI squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Dayalan Hemalatha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Rajeshwari Gayakwad. India A squad: Deepti Sharma (Captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Devika Vaidya, Dayalan Hemalatha, Priya Punia, Anuja Patil, Mona Meshram, Sukanya Parida, ...
Cricket can expect some good from Cape Town shock (Column: Just Sport)
Australians proudly proclaim they play their cricket hard, now they have revealed they play so hard that they are out to win at any cost.
Pakistan name 3 uncapped players for T20 series against West Indies
The Pakistani selectors included three uncapped players in a 15-member squad announced today for the scheduled three-match T20 series against the West Indies from Sunday. All the three uncapped players, left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, allrounder Hussain Talat and hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali performed impressively in the third Pakistan Super League that concluded yesterday with the final at the national stadium here. Asif struck an eight-ball 26 with four sixes to lead Islamabad United to their second PSL title against Peshawar Zalmi in an exciting final played out before a packed crowd celebrating its first big-time cricket match in nine years. Despite stringent security measures, hot weather and other issues people thronged to the stadium to watch the match, making it a roaring success. Talat and Asif played for the Islamabad outfit in the PSL, while Afridi figured for Lahore Qalanders, taking a five-for in one match. The youngster had also done well in the ICC Youth World Cup .
Santosh Trophy: Punjab beat Karnataka to open up Group B
Punjab stalled Karnataka's surge with a 2-1 victory while Goa snatched a lifeline with a 6-1 rout of Odisha in Group B matches of the 72nd edition of the national football championship for the Santosh Trophy here on Monday.
ED attaches properties of Goa officials for misusing BCCI grants
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Goa has attached properties worth Rs. 4.13 crore of top former officials of the Goa Cricket Association, who had siphoned off the money from BCCI grants in 2006-07, the agency said on Monday.
Ghosh dropped from UTT player draft, Raj Mondal roped in as replacement
Accused of rape, top Indian paddler Soumyajit Ghosh was today dropped from the upcoming player draft for the second season of Ultimate Table Tennis league. Raj Mondal has been signed up as replacement for Ghosh. 11SPORTS made the announcement a couple of days after the Table Tennis Federation of India provisionally suspended the Olympian paddler pending investigations into rape charges levelled by a teenager in Kolkata against him. "Since UTT is recognised by TTFI, we accept their decision and have replaced Soumyajit Ghosh with Raj Mondal for the upcoming player draft scheduled in Mumbai on 28th March 2018. With the draft around the corner, the current circumstances do not allow us any time to wait for the decision of the court," 11Sports' Spokesperson said. Mondal, currently ranked sixth in the country, is a seasoned campaigner on the domestic circuit. He has won two mixed doubles titles in the Senior National Championships and finished third in the singles of the last National ...
Yuki pulls out of Davis Cup squad
Yuki Bhambri has pulled out of the Indian squad for next month's Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1 second round tie against China due to injury.
Dhoni's guidance key to India's 2019 WC dreams: Sehwag
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels that the men-in-blue can lift the 50-over World Cup title in England and Wales next year if the youngsters train under the guidance of the seasoned Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was instrumental in getting the cup home in 2011.
Ministry clears 221 athletes, 104 officials including Sindhu, Saina's parents
The Sports Ministry today cleared a 325-member Indian contingent, including 221 athletes, for the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast next month, but dropped two contingent staff named by the Indian Olympic Association. The contingent has 58 coaches, 7 managers, 17 doctors and physiotherapists and 22 other officials (104 non-athletes in all). Not all the officials are, however, going to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on government cost. The government will bear the cost of only 54 coaches, 16 doctors and physiotherapists and 19 other officials (89 in all), besides the 221 athletes. P V Sindhu's mother Vijaya Pusarla and Saina Nehwal's father Harvir Singh are among the 15 officials/non-athletes who have been cleared on no cost to government. They have not been given any designation in the list issued today by the ministry. The seven managers have also been cleared at no cost to the government and the federations will have to spend for them from their own pockets. The number of athletes
Jason Holder named captain for ICC World Cup Qualifier team
West Indies captain Jason Holder has been named as captain of the team of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, announced on Monday.Holder scored 219 runs and took 15 wickets in eight matches and inspired his side to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as well as to the final of the qualifiers which Afghanistan won by seven wickets.The same jury had selected Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza as the Player of the Tournament.The side includes three players each from Afghanistan and the Windies, two from Zimbabwe, two from Scotland and one from Ireland.Windies' Evin Lewis' opening partner is Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer, while Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe), Marlon Samuels (Windies) and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) form the middle-order.Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) and Najibullah Zadran (Zimbabwe) are the all-rounders, Mujeeb Rahman of Afghanistan is a specialist spinner, followed by three fast bowlers - Holder, Safyaan Sharif (Scotland) and Boyd Rankin (Ireland). Afghanistan's Rashid Khan has been chosen .
Women's League: Eastern Sporting Union begin campaign with win
Defending champions Eastern Sporting Union started on a winning note as they beat Indira Gandhi Academy for Sports & Education 3-2 in the opening fixture of the Indian Womens League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday.
Hussain slams Australian 'double standards' over ball scandal
Ex-England skipper Nasser Hussain says the premeditated nature of Australia's ball-tampering sets it apart from previous cases of cheating in cricket and is adamant that captain Steve Smith must shoulder lots of the blame. Smith, 28, was banned for one Test by the International Cricket Council after admitting he and a group of his players planned ball tampering during the third Test against South Africa. He is expected to face a harsh sanction from Cricket Australia for his role in the plot, which saw team-mate Cameron Bancroft tamper with the ball by using yellow sticky tape, before desperately trying to conceal the evidence down the front of his trousers. "Ball-tampering has always been part of the game, so we should be careful not to get too holier-than-thou," Hussain wrote in a column for Britain's Daily Mail newspaper. "But what makes the Australians' behaviour in Cape Town different from other instances, I believe, is the premeditated nature of the crime. "Steve Smith and his ...
Australian cricket investigation into cheating plot underway
Australian cricket's investigation into the cheating plot that plunged its team into crisis and threatens the future of its captain and best player began today after two senior officials arrived in South Africa to start work uncovering the extent of the rot. Cricket Australia's head of integrity Iain Roy and high-performance manager Pat Howard are in Cape Town to lead the investigation. After arriving, Roy "will immediately conduct his inquiries around the specifics of the ball tampering incident," the Australian cricket body said. The initial part of the investigation will likely be done at the Australian team's luxury Cape Town waterfront hotel, where they are holed up ahead of travelling to Johannesburg for the final Test of the series. Captain Steve Smith, who has temporarily stepped down, confessed to being part of a player "leadership group" that came up with a plan to cheat by tampering with the ball during play on Saturday in the third test against South Africa in Cape ...
Smith's behaviour had fallen well below standard required: MCC
The Marylebone Cricket Club today said Steve Smith's behaviour had "fallen well below the standard required" and called for a major shift in attitude and culture to preserve the game as the pre-meditated ball-tampering conspiracy, involving the under-fire Australian, escalated. Smith has been banned for one Test by the International Cricket Council for his role in a plot that saw team-mate Cameron Bancroft tamper with the ball by using yellow sticky tape during the third Test against South Africa. The sole authority on the laws of cricket since it was founded in 1787, the Lord's-based MCC reacted to the barrage of criticism for Smith and his beleaguered team. "Changing the condition of the ball is prohibited under Law 41 concerning Unfair Play. Law 41 also places upon the captains of both sides the responsibility for ensuring that play is carried out in accordance with the spirit of the game as well as within the laws," said MCC assistant secretary John Stephenson. "The behaviour of .