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East Bengal hand Brandon 2-year contract extension
City football giants East Bengal on Thursday extended Brandon Vanlalremdika's contract for two years.
India, Pakistan, England are favourites to win ICC ODI WC: Hafeez
Senior Pakistan all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez believes India and England along with his own nation are the top three favourite teams to win the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup. Brushing aside the recent run of defeats to New Zealand, South Africa and Australia in ODIs, Hafeez, who is hoping to play in his third World Cup, is also confident that Pakistan can beat India in the World Cup in the United Kingdom and do a repeat off its Champions Trophy final triumph. "Even from a critical point of view I think we are among the top three favourites for the World Cup. England is always favourites given the brand of cricket they are playing while India has developed a very good ODI side and have some great spinners in their line-up," Hafeez said on GTV News network. Hafeez also insisted that the single format being used in the World Cup would go in favour of Pakistan since it always had this tendency to pick up its performances late into any tournament. "In the group system teams usually don't get ...
Changes for 2020 Olympic Tennis event announced by ITF
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Wednesday (local time) announced changes to match formats for the 2020 Olympic Tennis event.The men's singles gold medal match will now be played as best-of-three tiebreak sets rather than best-of-five-sets.This change to the men's singles final will align with the other matches in the men's and women's singles events, all of which will be played as best-of-three tiebreak sets.A further change was announced for doubles events, the men's and women's doubles matches will now feature a match tiebreak to 10 points when the score is tied at one-set all.This format is already being used in the mixed doubles event."These amendments reduce concerns of overplay for players who reach the latter stages of all three events -- singles, doubles, and mixed doubles," the ITF said in a statement.Olympics 2020 will take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan.
In-form Rashid lies second at halfway stage in Asian Tour event in Dhaka
India's Rashid Khan continued his fine form and fired a bogey-free 64 in the afternoon wave to grab the second spot on at the Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open here Thursday. Rashid, who won a PGTI event in Bangladesh, though in Chittagong and finished tied 10th at the Hero Indian Open, also won on Indian Tour in Mumbai last December. He carried on his form, to move to 12-under 130 and was three shots behind Tour rookie Sadom Kaewkanjana of Thailand, who is making his first start this year on Asian Tour. Sadom stole the limelight after carding his personal-best round of a nine-under-par 62 to storm to the top of the leaderboard. Indians had a good day at the Bangladesh capital as 10 of the 17 Indians, who teed up made the halfway cut. Young Viraj Madappa, who had his breakthrough win last year, carded five-under 66 to move to tied fourth alongside local hero Siddikur Rahman (68) and Japan's Mikumu Horikawa (67) at eight-under. Jeev Milkha Singh, whose patchy form and injuries have seen him ...
RCB will come hard at us, need to be alert: Chawla
Though Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have lost their opening four games and are lying at rock-bottom in the points table, the firepower they have in their tank means Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have to put their best foot forward to beat them here on Friday, feels senior spinner Piyush Chawla.
MercedesTrophy grand finale in Pune on Friday
The MercedesTrophy grand finale, after 27-day of intense golf activities spread across 11 cities, will be held at Oxford Golf' Country Club, here on Friday.
WC selection: Akmal, Shehzad and Wahab not summoned by PCB for fitness test
Senior players Wahab Riaz, Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad have not been summoned by the Inzamam ul Haq led selection committee for the final fitness tests being conducted ahead of World Cup squad selection. The PCB on Thursday, released a list of 23 probables, who have been invited for the two-day fitness tests scheduled on April 15 and 16th at the National Cricket Academy after consultations between chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq and head coach Mickey Arthur. Umar who followed up a brilliant 136 with another blistering innings of 99 in the Pakistan National One-day Cup on Thursday, has surprisingly not been invited to take the fitness tests. The middle order batsman was recalled for the ODI series against Australia last month after being left out in the cold for more than two and half years. His top score against Australia was 48 and was also earned the wrath of the board for partying beyond midnight thereby breaching the code of conduct. Strangely the selectors have invited another ...
IPL: Hyderabad opt to bowl against Delhi (Toss)
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and opted to field against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Thursday.
Race against time: Malinga plays IPL game on Wednesday, takes 7-for in Kandy on Thursday
The Indian pacers' workload might be closely monitored by the team management but at the age of 35, Lasith Malinga has played two matches inside 12 hours -- a T20 match in India and a domestic 50 over game in Sri Lanka. Malinga took 3/34 for Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League game against Chennai Super Kings that ended close to midnight on Wednesday. Early morning on Thursday, Malinga was on a flight from Mumbai to Colombo and from there travelled to Kandy to play Sri Lanka's domestic Super Four tournament, where he recorded career-best List A figures of 7 for 49, representing Galle. Galle beat Kandy by 156 runs in the match and it was a vintage Malinga performance as the only time he got a bit of rest was when Galle batted first and scored 255. The sleep deprived Malinga then rocked the Kandy line-up with figures of 9.5-0-49-7 with the opposition team being led by another current international Dimuth Karunaratne. Malinga, who is Sri Lanka's ODI captain, had decided to play ...
S African coaches to conduct cricket camp in Kenya
Three cricket coaches from South Africa will fly to Nairobi on Friday to conduct coaching workshops in an attempt to promote the game in Kenya.
Malaysia Open: Srikanth Kidambi advances, PV Sindhu loses
Srikanth Kidambi defeated Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab by 21-11, 21- 15 to enter in the men's singles quarterfinal in the ongoing Malaysia Open here on Thursday.The 26-year old started with a 6-2 lead and then went on with the same performance to secure the first set. Kidambi remained consistent in the second set as well and finished the game by winning two straight sets.Meanwhile, PV Sindhu was knocked out of the Malaysia Open as she faced a defeat to South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun.Sindhu did give a tough competition in the first set as she got a 13-10 lead but could not continue her form as Hyun made a strong comeback to win the set to 18-21.However, the situation was not the same in the second set as Hyun dominated throughout and helpless Sindhu was thrashed by 7-21.
Dhoni trumps Pandya's attempt to 'Mankad' him
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday once again proved why he is considered to have one of the sharpest minds in the world of cricket. Even as Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya 'probably' looked to "Mankad' him, the former India skipper outsmarted the bowler by keeping his bat inside the return crease.
Mixed day for Sherco TVS Rally Factory team
The third stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally, which comprised a 230-km marathon stage, saw mixed fortunes for the Sherco TVS Rally Factory team here on Thursday.
Indian women's hockey team beat Malaysia 3-0 in series opener
Striker Vandana Katariya scored a brace to help Indian women's hockey team beat hosts Malaysia 3-0 in the opening game of the five-match series here Thursday. Vandana struck in the 17th and 60th minutes before Lalremsiami (38th) scored in the third quarter to hand India the easy win. It was Malaysia who got a head start with a penalty corner in the third minute of the match, but it was well-saved by an experienced Savita guarding the Indian goalpost. India shook off the initial nerves and young Lalremsiami took a brave shot on goal in the fifth minute but her effort was saved. Two minutes later, Navneet Kaur attempted a shot on goal but was denied by an alert Malaysian goalkeeper. Soon India got a penalty corner but the resultant try went wide. After a goalless first quarter, India broke the deadlock in the 17th minute when Vandana scored a fine field goal. With a one goal cushion, India maintained a good structure and controlled the proceedings in the third quarter too. The Indians ..
Malaysia Open: Sindhu crashes out, Srikanth advances
Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu was knocked out of the Malaysia Open 2019 while Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the next round here on Thursday.
India climbs 2 spots to 101 in latest FIFA rankings
The Indian football team moved up two places to 101 in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
India climbs two spots to 101 in latest FIFA rankings
The Indian football team moved up two places to 101 in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
FCB trials begin in Delhi, Noida prelims from Friday
Ferit Cricket Bash (FCB), India's first independent cricket league for amateurs, is conducting preliminary trials for Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Was distracted for a couple of matches after 'Mankad' mode of dismissal, says Jos Buttler
England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler on Wednesday said that he was distracted for a couple of matches after he became a victim to the 'Mankad' mode of dismissal in the Indian Premier League 2019."I did not agree with it, but what can you do? After a day or so, I was pretty relaxed about it and I'll make sure it never happens again. It won't happen again. What was more disappointing is that suddenly over the next two games I found myself being really conscious of it and it is quite distracting," ESPN Cricinfo quoted Buttler as saying.According to the law, "If the non-striker is outside the crease at the point the bowler would normally be expected to release the ball, then it is within the rules to run him out."Buttler was run out by Kings XI Punjab's skipper Ravi Ashwin and his dismissal probably ended up costing Rajasthan the match as they fell 14 short of Punjab's total. Buttler was dismissed for 69 and the batsman said that the whole 'Mankad' dismissal has a grey area about ...
Sindhu crashes out of Malaysia Open
Ace India shuttler P.V. Sindhu was knocked out of the 2019 Malaysia Open as she lost in straight sets to South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun in the second round here on Thursday.