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IPL 2018: Corey Anderson replaces injured Coulter-Nile in RCB
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson will replace fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile in the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) squad in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).The IPL Technical Committee confirmed the replacement on Saturday.Coulter-Nile has been ruled out of the IPL owing to an injury.In accordance with the Player Regulations, the RCB were allowed to choose a replacement from the Registered and Available Player Pool (RAPP).The Royal Challengers Bangalore subsequently picked New Zealand's Anderson for his base price of Rs 2 crore.The 11th edition of the IPL will begin from April 7.
Sindhu to be India's flagbearer in Gold Coast CWG
Star shuttler P V Sindhu has been named the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast next month. According to sources in the Indian Olympic Association, 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sindhu's rising stature in recent years clinched the issue in her favour for the coveted position. The opening ceremony will be held on April 4. Having won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics two years ago, the Hyderabad-based World No. 3 Sindhu is one of the favourites to win the badminton women's singles title in Gold Coast. In the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, Sindhu bagged a bronze in women's singles. In the last three Commonwealth Games, the prestigious position during the march past of the opening ceremony had always gone to a member of the shooting squad. While pistol shooter Vijay Kumar was the flag-bearer in 2014, 2008 Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra had the honour when India hosted the Games in 2010. In 2006 ...
Aadil sizzles with golden double as young paddlers excel in Tunisia
Promising Mumbai paddler Aadil Anand turned in a sterling display to clinch a golden double and lead India's medal charge at the 2018 Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open in the harbour city of Rades, Tunisia. Overall, the young players bagged a rich haul of two gold, two silver and two bronze medals for the country in the ITTF Junior World Junior Circuit tournament. Aadil, who turns 13 next month, upstaged Algeria's Abdelwahab Bellahsene 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6) to claim the honours in the Mini-Cadet Singles and then teamed up with Payas Jain for the Cadet Boys Doubles gold. The Indian duo cruised past the local pair of Aziz Jerbi/ Amine Mohamed Oueslati in straight games 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 for their triumph. Aadil was over the moon on his maiden success for the country and thanked the TTFI and former National champion and acclaimed coach Kamlesh Mehta for his guidance. "I am so happy that after three years of hard work, I am being rewarded for my efforts. I will cherish this for a long ..
We have a chance to win gold at CWG: Paddler Amalraj
Anthony Amalraj jumped into table tennis fraternity's collective consciousness when he leaped onto the TT board after beating Achanta Sharath Kamal at the Senior National final in 2012, something that didn't amuse the mandarins running the game in the country. However Amalraj's career is more than a fleeting moment of animated celebration as he has silver medal in men's doubles and team event at the Glasgow edition in 2014. In the New Delhi edition in 2010, Amalraj won a bronze in the mixed doubles event. The Chennai paddler feels that it's about time that he changes colour of the medal to gold during the upcoming edition in Gold Coast. Amalraj is a part of the country's squad for the upcoming Games alongside Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty. Ahead of the Commonwealth Games which begins in Gold Coast, Australia, in less than two weeks, the 32-year old is confident of another good show and said India with six players in the top 100 of the ITTF rankings, is ...
Ashwin can use IPL to regain place in limited overs squad: Badrinath
India's leading off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin can use the Indian Premier League as a platform to revive his dwindling career in limited overs cricket, feels veteran batsman Subramaniam Badrinath. Having bought Ashwin for Rs 7.60 crores, Kings XI Punjab, who have been the perennial under-achievers of IPL, handed the Indian limited overs 'discard' a big responsibility to lead the side. Ashwin, who has 100 wickets in 111 IPL games at an economy of 6.55, will lead a side boasting some of the biggest hitters in Aaron Finch, David Miller, Chris Gayle, KL Rahul and Yuvraj Singh. "I've played a lot of cricket with him. I know him as a person, as a friend. He'll be looking to do something, he will be looking at this as a challenge," the former Tamil Nadu skipper said of Ashwin who made his Ranji debut under his captaincy. "I think captaincy will give him that edge, a motivation to do something extra. You never know maybe he can lead Kings XI to a title, with an extraordinary season and his ..
Rain gives England hope after first innings fiasco
Only 17 balls were bowled on the third day of the opening Test of the two-match series between England and New Zealand, here at the Eden Park on Saturday, taking the Black Caps to 233 for four.Steady rain and a damp outfield forced the umpires to call off play at 6.45 pm (local time).The New Zealand team scored four runs in those 2.5 overs, stretching their substantial first-innings lead to 175.Henry Nicholls (52*), who raised his sixth Test half-century and BJ Watling (18*) will take charge of the New Zealand innings on Sunday.Earlier on Friday, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson smashed a record-breaking 18th Test century, moving past the New Zealand centuries record, which was jointly held by Martin Crowe and Ross Taylor.After being asked to bat first on Thursday, the England batsmen were humiliated and ripped to shreds by New Zealand as they collapsed to 27-9 before being eventually dismissed for 58 runs in their first innings.Boult made the most of the pink ball for New Zealand,
Jitu confident of bagging CWG medal (IANS Interview)
Seasoned shooter Jitu Rai has put the setback of the Rio Olympics in 2016 behind him and is confident of a podium finish as he prepares for the Commonwealth Games starting April 4 Gold Coast in Australia.
Gandham could be made International Umpire Manager
India's Harsha Vardhan Gandham could be made an International Umpire Manager by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
It has been a difficult Asian Cup qualification: Constantine
His team may have already made the finals of next year's Asian Cup but Indian football team head coach Stephen Constantine, who presided over an unbeaten run of 13 internationals, today asked his players to remain focussed, having endured a "difficult" qualification. India play Kyrgyz Republic in an inconsequential away game on March 27. "We have already qualified and will have to be very careful to maintain our focus and try to get the three points," Constantine said. "They are a very good side and we can expect a similar game as we had against them in Bengaluru. They have good quality all over the field but so do we. They also have the home advantage this time around." Compared to India's last qualification in the 2011 edition, the Briton said, "I think it has been huge and when you look at the manner we qualified this time round, it has been very difficult. "We played the play-offs for the World Cup qualifiers, the group stages for the WC Qualifiers, the play-offs for the Asian Cup
Novak Djokovic out of Miami Open
Former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic dashed out of the Miami Open after suffering a second round defeat on Saturday as he continues his return from an injury.Djokovic lost 6-3, 6-4 to French world number 47 Benoit Paire in a match, which lasted over 69 minutes.It is Djokovic's third consecutive defeat since he reached the Australian Open fourth round, where he made a comeback after a six-month injury lay-off.Earlier this month, the Serb was knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters after losing to Taro Daniel of Japan in the second round tie."I mean, I'm trying, but it's not working. That's all. That's all it is. I'm not feeling great when I'm playing this way. Of course, I want to be able to play as well as I want to play. Just it's impossible at the moment. That's all. I lost to a better player," Djokovic said post his defeat.Elsewhere in Miami, Belgium No. 1 David Goffin was defeated by Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-0 6-1.Goffin was playing his comeback match after sustaining an eye injury at
Life goes on, says Djokovic after Miami Open exit
Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic tried to sound an optimistic note after suffering a shock 3-6, 4-6 defeat to France's Benoit Paire in the second round of the Miami Open tennis tournament.
Saha smashes 20-ball ton in local T20 meet
Underlining his potential as a big-hitter days ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL), India's Test wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha on Saturday bludgeoned an unbeaten 20-ball 102 as his team Mohun Bagan beat B.N.R Recreation Club by 10 wickets in J.C. Mukherjee T-20 local cricket tournament here.
Wriddhiman hits 20-ball century for Mohun Bagan club
Wriddhiman Saha presented another dimension to his batsmanship as he geared for the upcoming Indian Premier League hitting 14 sixes in a 20-ball hundred during a T20 inter-club game. Wriddhiman, playing for Mohun Bagan against Bengal Nagpur Railways (BNR) at the Kalighat ground scored an unbeaten 102 off 20 balls with the green and maroon brigade chasing down a target of 152 in only seven overs in a JC Mukherjee Trophy game. His innings had 14 sixes and four boundaries apart from two singles. Wriddhiman finished the match in the seventh over hitting medium pacer Aman Prosad for six sixes. However the over yielded 37 runs as he bowled a wide delivery. The final six brought up the India Test specialist' hundred. "I could feel from the first ball that I was able to hit the ball in the middle and I went for it," Saha, who loves to open the batting in limited overs cricket, told reporters after his sensational innings. "Not sure of this being a record, but looking into the IPL, I tried to .
Brazil beat Russia in World Cup test run
FC Barcelona pair Philippe Coutinho and Paulinho struck late goals as Brazil recovered from a slow start to beat Russia 3-0 in their international friendly here.
Not fatigued, playing back to back games an experience: Kaur
Indian women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur is happy to play a host of matches, something that they have missed all these years with considerable gap between two international series. Indian women have been playing non-stop for nearly two months now after their twin series win in South Africa followed by disappointing defeat against Australia in ODIs and now the T20 tri-series. Asked whether fatigue factor is likely to creep in, Harmnapreet replied in the negative. "No, not at all (the team is not feeling fatigued). We are all enjoying the back-to-back games. We were expecting this from the BCCI," Harmanpreet told reporters on eve of team's clash against England women. She said this was a learning experience for the girls. "This is a learning experience for us. Earlier, we were not used to getting back-to-back games. There used to be a six to eight month gap between two series. Any individual will not be able to settle down in a particular role," Harmanpreet explained. "When you play .
Germany hold Spain in international friendly
Spain justified their status as one of the contenders to win the 2018 World Cup in a 1-1 draw with defending champions Germany.
Miami Open: Del Potro puts health over winning
Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro said he was tired after winning the Indian Wells tennis tournament at Acapulco, Mexico, and wouldn't mind taking it easy in the ongoing Miami Open.
Morocco beat Serbia in first test before World Cup
Morocco took advantage of two mistakes by Serbia to overcome their first-level test in a competitive friendly match played here.
Argentina beat Italy in international friendly
Argentina looked out-of-sorts without superstar Lionel Messi for much of their pre-World Cup friendly here against Italy, but midfielders Ever Banega and Manuel Lanzini scored second-half goals to lift them to a 2-0 victory.
Anderson replaces injured Coulter-Nile in RCB squad
Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday replaced injured Australian fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile with New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson in their squad for this edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), starting on April 7, it