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Rahul his hundred, leads Punjab to 197/4 against Mumbai Indians
KL Rahul smashed his maiden IPL century, an exact 100, to lead Kings XI Punjab to a challenging 197 for four Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League match, here Wednesday. The hosts are missing their captain Rohit Sharma due to a leg injury in today's game and are being led by Kieron Pollard. Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians: 197 for four in 20 overs. (KL Rahul 100 not out, C Gayle 63; H Pandya 2/57).
IPL 2019: Rohit Sharma rested, Kieron Pollard to lead Mumbai
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been rested ahead of the clash against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.Rohit had suffered a right leg muscle spasm during a training session on the eve of the match.The Hitman has recovered significantly in past 24 hours, but as a precautionary measure, the Mumbai Indians said the team management has decided to rest him for one match as a precautionary measure.In the absence of Rohit, Mumbai will be led by Kieron Pollard.Mumbai have won the toss and opted to bowl against R Ashwin-led Punjab.
Meet Gaurav Bora who headed Chennai City to glory
The Hero I-League has turned into a breeding ground for budding football players over the years. Gaurav Bora, who came to the fore, on Wednesday, said playing alongside Spaniard Roberto Eslava gave him confidence.The 20-year-old played a crucial role in the I-League-winning Chennai City defence alongside Eslava."I can honestly say that I have learnt a lot playing alongside Eslava this season. He always guided me with his leadership qualities and gave me a lot of confidence. His game sense is unparalleled. When to press, when to tackle, how, when, and where to play the long, and the short passes - these are all things that I have learnt from him," Bora said.Having started playing football in school, Bora went on to join the Bhaichung Bhutia Football School, along with current Indian Arrows defender Ashish Rai.The duo went on to be hand-picked by the then Pune FC Academy Head Coach Naushad Musa, before joining Chennai City on a two-year loan in the last campaign.However, it was in this .
Arsenal must make home advantage count against Napoli, says Lacazette
Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette has stressed the importance of securing a positive result in the home leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Napoli on Thursday because of the club's poor away form. The Gunners have won just five Premier League games on their travels all season, losing 1-0 at Everton last weekend to damage their chances of securing a top-four finish. Emery's side have been defeated in their past two trips abroad in Europa League knockout games, having to turn around ties against BATE Borisov and Rennes to set up the last-eight meeting with Carlo Ancelotti's Italian side. This time Arsenal are at home first and their form at the Emirates could not be in starker contrast to their away-day blues, with just one league defeat on their own turf all season. "We know we are better at home than we are away, so tomorrow is really important for us," said Frenchman Lacazette. "We also know we can get a good result away, so both games are going to be important for ...
Reinhard Grindel resigns form UEFA, FIFA ruling committees
German soccer official Reinhard Grindel has resigned as a UEFA vice president and as a member of the FIFA Council, one week after being forced out as president of his national federation. Grindel says he wanted to protect the European body's reputation and confirmed his decision in a letter to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin. The former lawmaker had come under growing pressure at home for missteps leading the national soccer federation. Grindel resigned after reports of earning undeclared additional income. He also acknowledged accepting a luxury watch gift from a Ukrainian colleague at UEFA.
Lalremsiami strikes in India's 1-0 win over Malaysia
The Indian women's hockey team Wednesday struck a late goal through youngster Lalremsiami to beat hosts Malaysia and take an unassailable lead in the five-match bilateral series here. India won the first two matches 3-0 and 5-0 followed by a 4-4 draw in their previous game. Lalremsiami's sensational 55th-minute goal ensured the team secured a narrow win in a hard-fought contest that saw Malaysia give their all to put up a defensive game. Though it was Malaysia who made a strong start with an early penalty corner (PC) in the first minute of the game, a very alert India goalkeeper Savita made a good save. India too earned a PC in the following minute but did not succeed. With India's ace dragflicker Gurjit Kaur missing the tour due to an injury, they lost out on five penalty corner opportunities in this game. But the team did well to sustain pressure with tight marking inside the circle giving Malaysia no real chance to take a shot on goal. Having missed out on PCs, India looked for a ..
RR batting coach backs Smith and Stokes to perform against CSK
Steve Smith and Ben Stokes are yet to sizzle this IPL but Rajasthan Royals batting coach Amol Mazumdar on Wednesday reposed faith on their abilities and backed the duo to come good in the next match against Chennai Super Kings. Former Australian skipper Smith was banned for a year for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket last year. On road to redemption, Smith found the going tough in the first three matches this IPL season. However, the Australian seemed to regain some form when he hit an unbeaten 73 against Kolkata Knight Riders in a losing cause. England all-rounder Ben Stokes too hasn't looked menacing, though he had scores of 48 and 46 and took four wickets so far. "I feel we are one of the strongest squad and Steve Smith is a proven customer all over the world," Amol said on the eve of Rajasthan Royals' match against Chennai Super Kings. "Just before what happened, he was best batsman in the world. He has spent just a little of time in the ...
German duo wins mixed trap gold at Al Ain Shotgun World Cup
Germany's Katrin Quooss and Paul Pigorsch Wednesday clinched the mixed team trap event on competition day three of the Shotgun World Cup Shotgun at Al Ain, UAE. The two Indians teams comprising Rajeshwari Kumari and Kynan Chenai and Shagun Chowdhary and Prithviraj Tondaiman finished 33rdand 36th in the qualifying respectively. The German duo overcame USA's Ashley Carroll and Walton Eller in the six-team final 47-46. Italians Silvana Stanco and Giovanni Pellielo won bronze. The competition resumes after two day's rest with the skeet events.
Toss: Rohit-less Mumbai ask Punjab to bat first
In the absence of the injured Rohit Sharma, stand-in Mumbai Indians captain Keiron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first against Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Wankhede stadium here on Wednesday.
Aishwarya upsets 2nd seed Sachika, advances to quarterfinals
Aishwarya Khubchandani fought hard to secure an upset victory over 2nd seed Sachika Balvani 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Otters Club Vedanta Squash Open here Wednesday. The Otters Club Vedanta Squash Open is a PSA satellite event and a three-star tournament on the Indian Junior squash circuit. Aishwarya was leading the 1st game at 7-5, but allowed Sachika to make a comeback. The game went into an 11-11 tiebreaker after which Sachika used her experience to score back to back winners to take the first game 13-11. Aishwarya shrugged off her first game loss and dominated the rest of games making very few mistakes to win the tie 11-13,11-4, 11-7, 11-7 and advance to the quarters. In another match 3rd seed Sanya Vats breezed past unseeded Ankita Patil securing an 11-0, 11-0, 11-1 victory. Results Women Round of 16: Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Sachika Balvani [2] 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7;Radhika Rathore [5/8] bt Priya Gupta 11-5 11-3 12-10; Sanya .
Pollard wins toss, elects to bowl against Punjab
Mumbai Indians stand-in skipper Kieron Pollrad won the toss and elected to bowl against Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match, here Wednesday. Mumbai Indians have rested regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who suffered leg spasms during practice, and has been replaced by Mumbai Ranji team's top-order batsman Siddhesh Lad. Kings XI Punjab injured Mayank Agarwal has been replaced by Karun Nair while Hardus Viljoen takes place of Mujeeb ur Rahman. Teams: Mumbai Indians: Kieron Pollard (c), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar, Siddhesh Lad, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Behrendorff and Jasprit Bumrah. Kings XI Punjab: Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Hardus Viljoen, Mohammed Shami and Ankit Rajpoot.
Qualifier Vidit ousts Dhruv in pre-quarters
Qualifier Vidit Vaghela continued his dream run to oust third seed Dhruv Sunish 6-4 6-2 in the men's singles quarterfinals of the AITA National Ranking Tennis Tournament here Wednesday. Unseeded Jagmeet Singh of Haryana also created an upset when he defeated seventh seed Ansu Bhuyan of Odisha 6-3 6-2. Yubrani Banerjee kept Bengal's hopes alive as she booked a spot in the women's singles quarter finals with a comfortable win against Saumya Vig by 6-1 7-5.
Indian junior Davis Cup team loses 1-2 to Australia, finishes 3rd in Group D
The junior Indian Davis Cup team finished third in four-team Pool D after losing its last round robin league match 1-2 to Australia here Wednesday. Ajay Malik could take only two games in the opening singles, losing 0-6 2-6 to Phliip Luke Sekulic in just 53 minutes. Sushant Dabas then lost 3-6 4-6 to Cooper White in one hour and 35 minutes. The Indian pair of Dabas and Divesh Gahlot won the doubles after Sekulic and Shuannon Tricerri retired while trailing 2-3 in the opening set of the final match. India next play Philippines on Thursday. Only the top teams in each of the four groups advanced to the next stage. Australia, with three wins, finished on top and were followed by New Zealand. Indonesia were at the bottom of the table behind India.
Rebel Kabaddi League with 160 players set to start from May 13
Eight city based franchises will be vying for top honours when recently-formed New Kabaddi Federation of India (NKFI)'s inaugural Indo International Premier Kabaddi League begins from May 13. With star cricketer Virender Sehwag backing the project, there will be 144 Indian and 16 foreign players fighting it out for the Bangalore Rhinos, Chennai Challengers, Diler Delhi, Telegu Bulls, Pune Pride, Haryana Heroes, Mumbai Che Raje and Rajasthan Rajputs. All players will get a share of 20 percent of the revenue generated besides assured salaries and prize money. The only issue is that NKFI is not recognised by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) but they have applied for affiliation with the parent body. As long as they don't get affiliation, players in this league won't get to represent India. The league will be broadcast on DSPORT (English) MTV & MTV HD+ (Hindi) DDSport ( Hindi) as well as several regional networks . The opening phase of the IPKL will feature 20 matches and will be ...
Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth sail into second round of Singapore Open
Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth eased into the second round of the USD 355,000 Singapore Open with straight-game wins over their respective rivals in the singles event here Wednesday. Taking the court first, Sindhu, seeded fourth, took just 27 minutes to get the better of Indonesia's Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky 21-9 21-7 in a one-sided match. The Rio Olympics silver-medallist will next play Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark. Later, sixth seed Saina too tamed another Indonesian in Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-16 21-11, to book her place in the next round. Saina, who won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics, will next look to avenge her first-round loss at Malaysia Open to Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong when she faces her in the second round. Chochuwong beat young Indian Mugdha Agrey 21-6 21-8 in another match. Sixth seed Kidambi Srikanth, who had reached the finals at India Open, defeated Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin 21-17 21-18 in a 41-minute match. He will ..
IPL comes closest to playing World Cup: Viljoen
Kings XI Punjab pacer Hardus Viljoen cannot play for South Africa as had accepted the Kolpak deal, but he feels playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) comes closest to fulfilling his dream of playing in the coveted World Cup.
SAI to conduct gymnastic trials from April 12 for national camp, Dipa to miss
The injured Dipa Karmakar will not be a part of the national camp but is likely to participate in the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Championship and World Championship. The trials for selection of gymnasts for the national coaching camp are scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here on April 12 and 13. Dipa, who had aggravated her knee injury during the vault final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku last month and was forced to withdraw from the Doha World Cup, is currently undergoing rehabilitation in Agartala. "Dipa will not be able to participate in this trial but she will participate in the open trials to make it to the team which will participate at Asian and World Championship," her coach Bishweshwar Nandi told PTI. "We are confident she will be fit by then to take part in the trials." The Asian Championship is scheduled to be held in Mongolia from June 13-16, while the World Championship is slated from October 4-13 in Germany later this year. "A .
Girls displayed maturity beyond their age: women's football coach
The Indian women's football team missed out on an opportunity to qualify for the third round of the 2020 Olympic qualifiers, but head coach Maymol Rocky lauded the the performance of her side, saying the girls displayed "maturity beyond their age". The Indian team, with an average age of 21, needed a win to top Group A but squandered the lead twice to play out a 3-3 draw against Myanmar to bow out of the competition on Tuesday. "These girls are warriors. It was evident that they gave more than their cent percent against Myanmar. They displayed footballing maturity more than their age," Maymol said. "I can proudly say that this team has the ability to dominate some of the best teams in Asia. They have shown time and again what they can do when they play to their strengths," she added. In the second round of AFC Olympic qualifiers, the Indian women's team finished on seven points from three matches, the same as Myanmar. But the hosts managed to scrape through to the next round on better
England's Tamsin Beaumont is among Wisden's Cricketers of the Year
Tamsin Beaumont, England's destructive opening batswoman, has been named one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden on Wednesday.The 28-year-old scored over 600 runs on home soil last year, including three centuries and as many fifties. Beaumont's standout performance came during the T20I against South Africa at Taunton, where she blazed her maiden ton off 47 balls in the shortest format, taking her team over the line and put up a world record of 250 for the loss of three."It is a real honour to be named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. When I was younger and first playing the game, I remember people telling me that I can never play cricket for England because my hands were too small but deep down I always believed that I could do it. To be recognised like this, with such a special award, is just so brilliant," Beaumont said.Beaumont's compatriots Jos Buttler, Rory Burns and Sam Curran, and India's Virat Kohli complete the list.Buttler is known for his skill and ..
Kohli named Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World
India captain Virat Kohli was on Wednesday named the Leading Cricketer in the World and featured in Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.