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Harmanpreet to lead women's T20 team in South Africa
Star all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Indian women's team in the five-match T20 rubber against South Africa, starting February 13 at Potchefstroom.
Australian Open: Nadal retires hurt
World number one Rafael Nadal retired hurt from the Australian Open quarter-final match against Marin Cilic on Tuesday.The Spaniard retired in the fifth set of the game, trailing 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 0-2 here at the Rod Laver Arena.The sixteen-time Grand Slam winner appeared in clear pain while playing and also took a medical time-out in the fourth set for treatment for an apparent hip injury.Nadal's retirement has thus setup a semifinal showdown between Cilic and Kyle Edmund on Thursday.
Manchester United continues to be richest football club
Manchester United has once again been named as the richest football club in the world.It has taken the top spot in the list of world's 20 richest football clubs, which is compiled by Deloitte, for the second successive time, and 10th overall.In a close fight between Manchester United and Real Madrid for the top spot, the former won with a close gap of €1.7m, reports the Telegraph.Trailing United and Real Madrid is Barcelona, followed by Bayern Munich on fourth.This time there is a record 10 English Premier League clubs in the top 20.Manchester City retained the fifth spot while Arsenal, Paris St-Germain, Chelsea, Liverpool and Juventus occupied were placed from six to 10..
Harmanpreet Kaur to lead India T20 series against Africa
All-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Indian women cricket team in the T20I series against South Africa which is to begin from February 13.Smriti Mandhana has been named the vice-captain of the squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday.India will play five T20Is after the completion of the ODI series.India Women's T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Nuzhat Parveen (wk), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav..
Harmanpreet to lead Indian Women in T20 series in South Africa
Star all-rounder Harmanpreet Singh was today named captain of the Indian women's cricket team for the five-match T20 series against South Africa, starting February 13 in Potchefstroom. Harmanpreet will be assisted by Smriti Mandhana, who has been named as the vice-captain. The All-India Women's Selection Committee today named the T2OI squad, which will play five T20Is against South Africa women after the completion of the ODI series. World Cup runner-up skipper Mithali Raj will lead the Indian women's squad in the three-match ODI series preceding the T20s. T20 specialist Anuja Patil has been included in the 15- member squad as also debutant all-rounder Radha Yadav and wicketkeeper Nuzhat Parveen. Mona Meshram, wicketkeeper Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht and Punam are the notable absentees from the ODI squad. The T20 squad also features 17-year-old Mumbai player Jemimah Rodrigues, who also has been named in the ODI team. The teenager had grabbed headlines after scoring 202 in ...
Juventus beat Genoa to stay close to Napoli in Serie A
Douglas Costa's first-half goal helped defending champions Juventus defeat Genoa 1-0 here as they remained one point behind Serie A football league leaders Napoli.
Interaction with Tendulkar will benefit all players: Mithali
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar gave a pep talk to members of the Indian women's team and skipper Mithali Raj said today that interaction with him would benefit all the players. "Talking about the interaction with Sachin (Tendulkar), it was very important for the team as well as the players individually because we got to learn from his vast experience," Mithali told reporters here at the pre-departure press conference. The Indian's women team will tour South Africa for a three-match ODI series, which starts at Kimberly on February 5, followed by a five-match T20 series, which begins on February 13 at Potchefstroom. The team will fly to the African nation tomorrow. "He (Tendulkar) told us how he handled pressure, failure and things like that. It will benefit all the players to handle different situations in their career," the skipper noted. It was understood the legendary batsman told the players to go with a positive frame of mind and advised them not to worry about the .
Quadri, Lei, Polcanova to feature in TT league
World No. 20 Aruna Quadri, No.34 Kou Lei and Womens No. 22 Sofia Polcanova will compete in the second edition of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis, it was announced on Tuesday.
Star-studded teams for India Open boxing tourney
From five-time world champion M C Mary Kom to three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa, the best of Indian boxing will be in action in the inaugural India Open Tournament, from where pugilists for the Commonwealth Games trials would be finalised. The USD 100,000 event will kick-start on Sunday and is expected to feature boxers from close to 25 countries, including Cuba, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia, at the Thyagaraj Stadium, according to the Boxing Federation of India. A notable absentee from the men's line-up of 39 boxers is last year's World Championship bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg), who is nursing a few niggles and a lingering back problem that troubled him even during the world championship. But apart from that, the Teams A, B C and D for men feature all the boxers, who have either already risen to prominence or are well on their way to carving their space. Team A has the World Championships bronze medal winning duo of Shiva (56kg) and Vikas Krishan ...
U19 World Cup: Sri Lanka crush Kenya by 311 runs
Sri Lanka crushed Kenya by 311 runs in the Plate Quarter-Final 3 at the Under-19 World Cup here on Tuesday
Saina wants to skip Asia Team C'ship, BAI reluctant to let go
Saina Nehwal wants to skip next month's Asia Team Championship to prepare for the All England Championship but the Badminton Association of India (BAI) is trying to convince the Indian ace to play the event, which also serves as a qualifier for prestigious Uber Cup. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who is currently playing at the Indonesia Masters after recovering from an ankle injury, has written a letter to BAI to allow her to withdraw from the Asian event scheduled from February 6 to 11 at Alor Setar, Malaysia. However, BAI is trying to convince Saina to modify her training program and accommodate the tournament in her schedule. "It is a critical tournament since it is a qualifier for Thomas and Uber Cup. If we don't qualify we will be out of the World group, so we will have to field the best team," BAI secretary Anup Narang told PTI. "So I am writing to Saina, requesting her to consider revising her training program so that she is able to play since it is a ..
ISL: Pune eye top spot against Jamshedpur (Preview)
FC Pune City have a chance to move to the top of the table in the Indian Super League (ISL) should they manage to defeat Jamshedpur FC at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium here on Wednesday.
No future for women football in India: Defender Dalima
Indian women footballers have no future in the country, team defender Dalima Chhibber said on Tuesday.
Russian speed skater An 'banned from Games for doping'
Russia's short track speed skating star Victor An has been banned from next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after being implicated in allegations of state-sponsored doping, Russian media reported yesterday. An, the world's most successful short track speed skater, has been accused in the World Anti-Doping Agency-sponsored McLaren report, TASS news agency reported. "An has been suspended from participating in the Olympics," TASS said. A Russian lawyer said An's inclusion in the report was "unexpected" because he was not on a list of Russian competitors already barred from the Games over the scandal. Mikhail Prokopets told Sport Express daily that An would have to miss Pyeongchang because he would have insufficient time to lodge an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) before the Olympics begin on February 9. "We had the names of those suspended beforehand and An was not on this list," Prokopets said. "CAS this week will consider the affairs of our ...
Proteas have an eye on No.1 Test rank, says Philander
South African pacer Vernon Philander has insisted that the third and final Test match against India is not a 'dead-rubber' as they aim to replace the visitors at the top spot of the world rankings.
Syed Mushtaq Ali: Chahar's fifer helps Rajasthan stun Karnataka; Bengal beat Delhi
Pacer Deepak Chahar took five wickets as Rajasthan pulled off an upset by beating the more fancied Karnataka by 22 runs in a Group A Super League clash of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament at the Jadavpur University campus ground here on Tuesday.
Edmund joins British greats with Dimitrov upset
Kyle Edmund became only the fourth British man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals in the post-1968 Open Era with an impressive win over world No.3 Grigor Dimitrov at the Australian Open today. The unseeded Edmund, ranked 49, won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 2hr 49min on Rod Laver Arena and will face either 16-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal or Marin Cilic for a place in the final. By winning Edmund also became only the sixth British man to make the last four at a Grand Slam. It also marked his first victory against a top-five ranked player. With another British Grand Slam semi-finalist Tim Henman watching on in the stands, Edmund kept Dimitrov under pressure with his powerful forehand and serve. "I am loving it right now, just the way I'm playing. I'm 23 years old, my first Grand Slam semi-final. First time I played on one of the biggest courts in the world," Edmund said. "To beat a quality of player like Grigor. They're great feelings. You don't obviously play in ..
Laxman & Rozum share lead in Chennai Open chess
India's Grandmaster R R Laxman shared the lead with GM Ivan Rozum (Russia) with seven points after the eighth round of the 10th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament here today. Chennai-based Laxman overcame the challenge of his team-mate and fellow Grandmaster Deepan Chakkravarthy in a Tarrasch game that lasted 40 moves. After the win, Laxman said, "White's 17th move f4 proved risky and the ensuing complications went in my favour." The win keeps Laxman on top of the table, at seven points, along with second seed GM Ivan Rozum of Russia. Rozum scored over defending champion GM Tukhaev Adam of Ukraine in the top board. The Reti game played out by the GMs saw the Russian taking the upper hand in an exchange up position and converting it into a fine win after 41 moves. In a crucial third board game, Uzbek GM Marat Dzhumaev scored over higher-rated GM Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands). The win propelled Dzhumaev to the third spot, which he shares with Erigaisi ...
Pope's amazing 8/35 guides Australia to semis of ICC U-19 WC
Leg-spinner Lloyd Pope produced a dream spell of 8/35 as Australia defeated England by 31 runs in a dramatic fashion at the John Davies Oval here to march into the Super League semi-finals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup, here today. Lloyd's bewildering spell of 9.4-2-35-8 turned the game on its head as England were spun out for 96 in 23.4 overs after being 47 for no loss in the eighth over while chasing 128 for victory. The astonishing effort ensured Australia captain Jason Sangha's fighting 58 did not go waste for the three-time champions, who now await the winner of Thursday's quarter- final between New Zealand and Afghanistan to know who they play in the first semi-final on January 29 in Christchurch. Pope's spell was the best-ever in the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to date, bettering his team-mate Jason Ralston's seven for 15 against Papua New Guinea earlier in a league match. This performance was also second to former India fast bowler Irfan Pathan's nine for 16 .
Cremer restricts Bangladesh to 216-9 in tri-series ODI
Skipper Graeme Cremer led an inspired Zimbabwe bowling attack to restrict Bangladesh to 216 for nine in the fifth one-day international of the tri-nation tournament today. Cremer claimed four wickets with his leg-spin to trigger a Bangladesh collapse as the hosts slipped from 147-2 to 170- 8. Paceman Kyle Jarvis took three wickets. Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 76, providing a strong start with a 106-run second wicket partnership with Shakib Al Hasan, who made 51, after electing to bat first. It was Tamim's third successive half-century in as many matches of the tournament. The left-handed batsman also became the first Bangladeshi to amass 6,000 ODI runs during his 105- ball stay. Number-10 batsman Mustafizur Rahman struck an unbeaten 18 to take Bangladesh past the 200-run mark and survive their full quota of 50 overs. Zimbabwe would join Bangladesh in the final on Saturday if they can win the contest.