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Fiorentina beat Benevento in 1st match since Astori's death
ACF Fiorentina honoured their late captain Davide Astori during the 1-0 win over Benevento in the 28th round of the Serie A football championship on Sunday, the side's first match since the 31-year-old's death.
Chandimal suspended for poor over rate
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended from the upcoming two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) in the ongoing three-nation series after being found guilty of a serious over-rate offence during Saturdays match against Bangladesh.
Pakistan to play three T20s with West Indies in Karachi
Pakistan's cricket chief on Sunday confirmed three Twenty20 internationals with the West Indies in Karachi early next month, taking a giant step towards reviving international series amid improved security in the country. Pakistan had been a no-go zone for international teams since a 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus which killed eight people and left seven visiting players injured. Since then, Pakistan hosted two Twenty20 and three one-day internationals against Zimbabwe in 2015 but last year's final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), three T20 internationals against a World XI and a T20 international match against Sri Lanka helped convince the West Indies. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi said the West Indies have confirmed the series. "It's a good news that West Indies have confirmed three Twenty20 internationals to be played in Karachi on April 1, 2 and 4," Sethi told media in Dubai on the sidelines of the ongoing third edition of the PSL. West ...
Rabada restores South African ascendancy in second Test
Kagiso Rabada struck shortly before the close to restore South Africa's ascendancy on the third day of the second Test against Australia at St George's Park on Sunday. Australia were 180 for five in their second innings at the close, a slender lead of 41 runs with five wickets remaining. A magnificent century by AB de Villiers enabled South Africa to take a first innings lead of 139 and Australia lost four wickets before they wiped out the deficit. But Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Marsh shared a fighting fifth wicket partnership of 87 and almost succeeded in taking their team through to the fourth day with at least a glimmer of hope. Then Rabada struck for the third time in the innings. Bowling around the wicket he trapped Khawaja in front of his stumps with a full delivery after the left-hander made 75 off 136 balls. Khawaja and Marsh (39 not out) came together when Australia were 86 for four but batted for more than two hours on a pitch which was largely placid. In contrast to the ...
Espanyol rally to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 in La Liga
Espanyol on Sunday rallied from behind to defeat Real Sociedad 2-1 in the 28th round of the La Liga football championship.
Ranjane stars in Andheri's victory over North Mumbai
Shubham Ranjane did the star turn with both bat and ball as ARCS Andheri recovered from a poor start to inflict a 23-run defeat on North Mumbai Panthers in the opening game of the inaugural T20 Mumbai League at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Ranjane first rescued his side, which was tottering at 16 for 4, with a 50-ball 65 that helped Andheri recover to amass a challenging total of 164 for 7. Later the Mumbai Ranji Trophy player, who had earlier played limited over cricket for Maharashtra before shifting base, took the scalps of rival captain and Test stalwart Ajinkya Rahane and India's World Cup under-19 winning skipper Prithvi Shaw for 18 runs in 3 overs before limping off the field after being injured while chasing a ball. But there was enough firepower at the disposal of his team which bowled out North Mumbai for 141 in 19.1 overs to emerge victorious. Rahane (28) and Shaw (14) put on 38 for the first wicket, but once both were packed off by Ranjane with 49 on ...
Australia lose three, behind De Villiers-inspired South Africa
Australia lost three second innings wickets and were still behind an AB de Villiers-inspired South Africa at tea on the third day of the second Test at St George's Park on Sunday. Australia were 86 for three in their second innings at tea, still 53 runs behind South Africa's first innings total of 382. De Villiers made a magnificent 126 not out and had good support from the tail as South Africa took a first innings lead of 139, scoring freely before they were all out for 382 shortly before the scheduled lunch break. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, under threat of a suspension which could rule him out of the rest of the four-Test series, made a key breakthrough for South Africa when he bowled David Warner for 13 during a hostile opening spell in which his fastest delivery was timed at 151 kmh. Cameron Bancroft was bowled off an inside edge by Lungi Ngidi for 24 and Smith was caught behind off left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj shortly before tea for 11. It was the third time in four innings ...
Bishworjit Singh, Samira Abraham clinches gold medals
Bishworjit Singh of the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) and Samira Abraham of Goa emerged the respective champions in the men's and women's sections of the senior National triathlon championship held here today. Bishworjit Singh clinched the gold medal by clocking a timing of 2 hrs, 09 min and 46 sec tocomplete the triathlon event comprising of 1.5 km of swimming, 40 km of cycling and 10 km of the run. Bishworjit took 21.53 mins for swimming, 1 hr 5 min and 06 seconds for cycling. Samiras net timing was 2 hrs 30 min and 04 seconds. She took 27.45 min for swimming; 1 hr 10 min and 16 seconds for cycling event took 51.05 minutes for 10 km run. In the mens category, KSH Minachandra of SSCB and L Mahesh from Manipur clinched silver and bronze medals respectively by emerging second and third positions. While Minachandra clocked a net timing of 2 hrs 11 min and 12 seconds, Mahesh clocked 2 hrs 15 min and 30 seconds. In the womens section the silver and bronze medals were ..
Focus on Lanning, Perry as India get ready for Australia test
High on confidence after the triumph in South Africa, Indian women's cricket team will be aiming to put up another stellar show against Australia in the three-match ODI series beginning here tomorrow. The series is a part of the ICC Women's Championship in which India had defeated South Africa in their opening match . Australia boast of a formidable line-up comprising skipper Meg Lanning, all-rounders Ellyse Perry, Elyse Velani, wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy. When the two teams last met, it was a 30-minute mayhem by Harmanpreet Kaur that turned the fortune of the women's cricket in India by 360 degrees. The Mithali Raj is likely to be forever indebted to her deputy Harmanpreet for that knock of 171 in the World Cup semifinals. The women players deservingly got richer after that but Harmanpreet's knock certainly was the catalyst -- a real 'Gamechanger'. "You really can't plan during the first match of the series. They have some really good players like Perry, Lanning and Velani. We have ...
Wallace triumphs, Shubhankar finishes tied 7th at Indian Open
English golfer Matt Wallace defeated compatriot Andrew Johnston in a playoff to win the title, while Shubhankar stumbled in the final round with a three-over 75 to finish tied seventh in the $ 1.75 million Hero Indian Open here on Sunday.
Chandimal gets two-match suspension for over-rate offence
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended from his team's upcoming two games in the Nidahas T20 Trophy after being found guilty of a "serious over-rate offence" in Saturday's match against Bangladesh here. Chris Broad of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fine after Chandimal's side was ruled to be four overs short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration. "In accordance with Article 2.5.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel, which relates to serious over-rate offences, players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for the first two overs and 20 per cent per additional over their side failed to bowl in the allotted time, while the captain receives two suspension points," said the ICC in a statement. As two suspension points equate to a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whatever comes first for the player, Chandimal has been suspended from his side's fixtures against India and Bangladesh ..
Davis Cup: Paes returns to Indian squad
Veteran Leander Paes has made a comeback to the Indian squad for next month's Davis Cup tie against China.
Wrestler Navjot ranked world No.2 in women's 65kg rankings
Navjot Kaur, who clinched a gold medal at the recently concluded Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek, has jumped to the second spot in the world women's 65kg weight category rankings released by United World Wrestling.
T20I is about playing with batsman's mind: Jaydev Unadkat
Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat believes that the T20Is, the shortest format of the cricket is all about how a bowler can play with the mind of a batsman."Various are the most important part of this form of the game. It is about playing with the batsman's mind and to do that variations are the most important key," Unadkat said on eve of India's match against Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy.It will be India's second encounter with Sri Lanka after suffering a five-wicket loss to the hosts in the first match of the tournament.The Men in Blue, however, bounced back strongly to outplay Bangladesh in their next match.Talking about the winning strategy, he further said, "We have been seeing in the last matches those batsmen are going really hard in the power plays. So it is up to us how to find a way to play with their mind and not to give them bowls to their strength and get hit.""We should not allow the batsman to pre-meditate the shot. That's how we are going to try and be successful ...
Can an athlete be a role model 24x7? (Column: Just Sport)
Apocryphal or real, years ago a story did the rounds about a lady calling a popular cricketers hotel room when the team was overseas. A lady who answered the call, identified herself as the players wife, and wanted to know if she could take a message for him as he was in the bath. The caller quipped: Please tell him that his real wife called!
India, Sri Lanka aim to push for final spot (Preview)
India will aim to push for a place in the final of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series when they take on Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium here on Monday.
Batra to head committee which will co-ordinate with Govt, SAI
Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra will head a nine-member committee that will co-ordinate with the government and Sports Authority of India (SAI) to address all the reported issues of National Sports Federations (NSFs), State Olympic Association (SOA) and Sports Code. While Batra will be the chairman, noted lawyer RK Anand will be the working chairman. IOA secretary-general Rajeev Mehta will be the convenor. The other members of the committee are Anandeshwar Pandey, Randhir Singh Lalit Bhanot, Tarlochan Singh, Anil Khanna and Sudanshu Mittal. It is learnt that Batra can increase the strength of the committee if he wants to. With Commonwealth Games scheduled in three weeks' time and Asian Games set to be held later this year, the committee has been formed so that government gets a clearer picture about difficulties faced by NSFs.
Kambli to mentor Mumbai T20 League franchise
Former India star Vinod Kambli will make a comeback to competitive cricket, this time as a mentor, when the Shivaji Park Lions start their campaign in the inaugural Mumbai T20 League here on Monday.
Indian women's cricket enters golden phase (Comment Special to IANS)
In a landmark announcement, the BCCI has revised the annual central contract of Indian women cricketers, making it the highest ever annual retainer fee in the womens category globally.
Uthappa to mentor Tayyarah.com in 10PL
Former India player Robin Uthappa will be seen in a new avatar at the upcoming Tayyarah.com 10 PL. Uthappa will be the brand ambassador and mentor for the team to be fielded by Tayyarah.com's side in the tournament to be staged from March 19-23 at the historic Sharjah Cricket Stadium. In all 16 teams will be participating in what is the world's biggest tennis ball cricket tournament. Uthappa will be present in Sharjah on March 21 to cheer and support his team during the team's matches to be held on the day. Uthappa played 46 ODIs and 13 T20Is for India. It will be interesting to see cricket in a new form. I am fortunate that I can bring in some of experience to cheer my squad, albeit from the sidelines. All of us have played tennis ball cricket at sometime in our lives in India. So it would be great to relive that experience,'' said Uthappa.