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Ajax knock holders Real Madrid out of Champions League
Ajax Amsterdam thrashed Real Madrid 4-1 to win their Champions League round-of-16 tie 5-3 on aggregate and end the Spanish giants' quest to win Europe's elite club competition for a fourth consecutive year.
Vijender's US debut set for April 12, starts training under Hall of Famer Freddie Roach
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh will make his debut in the American professional circuit on April 12 against a yet-to-be-decided opponent and is currently training under Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, who shaped the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Mike Tyson. Vijender, unbeaten in his 10-bout pro career, will make his US debut at Staples Center on THE Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony Crolla undercard. It will be an eight-round contest and his opponent will be announced later. The 33-year-old Vijender recently relocated his training base to Los Angles where he is training at the 'The Wild Card Boxing Club' under Roach, a 2012 International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) inductee, his India promoters IOS Boxing Promotions said in a press release. In his 32 years as a trainer, Roach is widely regarded as one of the best boxing coaches of all time. Roach has been mentor to 36 world champions including the likes of Tyson, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, five-time and four-division world ..
One dreams of that kind of knock, says Ireland's Andrew Balbirnie
Ireland's top-order batsman Andrew Balbirnie played an unbeaten knock of 145 runs, enabling his team to register a win over Afghanistan by four wickets in the third-ODI of the five-match series. The batsman was pleased by his knock and said that one dreams of playing that type of knock."When you go out and bat, you dream of having that kind of knock, so to do it is just great, we are a very close team at the moment, we are in the hotel, spending a lot of time with each other, so just to be able to get that win, we will enjoy that tonight, and we will go again tomorrow preparing for the next game in two days," International Cricket Council (ICC) quoted Balbirnie as saying.Ireland as a result of their win, have levelled the five-match series at 1-1. The batsman came out to bat in the third over and he remained unbeaten at the end.The batsman has said that this knock will give him tremendous confidence going ahead in the series."I think I just stuck to my strengths. I got out sweeping ...
Tolima upset Atletico Paranaense in Copa Libertadores clash
Colombian club Deportes Tolima upset Brazil's Atletico Paranaense 1-0 thanks to a goal by left-back Danovis Banguero in a Group G match on the opening day of the 2019 Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club soccer tournament.
Wilstermann hold Boca Juniors in Copa Libertadores tie
Bolivian football club Jorge Wilstermann drew 0-0 at home with Argentinian giants Boca Juniors in a Group G match on the opening day of the 2019 Copa Libertadores.
Tottenham beat Dortmund to reach Champions League quarterfinals
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Borussia Dortmund 1-0 here in the second leg of their Champions League knockout stage tie to win 4-0 on aggregate and advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in eight years.
'Nothing is impossible' as reorated Lorenzo eyes Marquez crown
Jorge Lorenzo concedes he could have "thrown in the towel" after a frustrating two-year spell at Ducati, but the three-time MotoGP champion feels rejuvenated and once again ready to challenge the supremacy of title-holder Marc Marquez - his new Honda stablemate. Marquez has taken the sport by storm since his 2013 debut in the top category, winning the championship in five of the past six seasons, with fellow Spaniard Lorenzo standing between him and perfection having captured the 2015 title. Yet injury clouds hover over both ahead of this weekend's season-opener in Qatar. Marquez has rated his fitness at "almost 100 percent" following a gruelling rehabilitation from December shoulder surgery, while Lorenzo missed the first pre-season test at Sepang after fracturing his wrist in a dirt bike crash. Marquez has won just once among the elite at the Losail circuit in Doha, a venue where Lorenzo has triumphed on six occasions across three categories -- including a hat-trick of MotoGP ...
UK expects more bonhomie with India over cricket
Cricket's biggest spectacle -- the World Cup -- would further bolster ties between India and the UK, which hosts the multi-nation tournament later this year, a top diplomat said. The UK Visas and Immigration division is gearing up to welcome "tens of thousands of Indian" visitors expected to travel to the UK to witness the 12th edition of the World Cup from May 30July 14, it said in a statement on Tuesday. British Deputy High Commissioner Bruce Bucknell said India will be a "central part" of making the mega cricket event a success. "Cricket brings us together, connects countries, communities and makes us active... From now until the final ball is bowled, we will work with partners across India to make the tournament a success and further strengthen UK-India ties. "This includes... key visa guidance to ensure those who wish to travel apply for their visa as early as possible, or use our priority services if needed," Bucknell said in the statement. Some of the services on
Desperate India aim to end five-match losing streak in T20s
A desperate Indian women's team would aim to snap its five-match losing streak in the second T20 International against England here on Thursday. India suffered a crushing 41-run loss to England in the first T20 of the three-match series here on Sunday. The loss, India's fifth in a row in the shortest format, meant the W V Raman-coached side has a lot of work to do before the T20 World Cup in Australia early next year. India lost all their T20s in New Zealand after winning the ODI series and things seems to be heading in a similar direction against England. Chasing England's competitive 160 for four in the series opener, Indian batters cut a sorry figure to be restricted to 119 for six. After England had put on a competitive total, the onus was on India's top-order to do the job but the quartet of Harleen Deol, skipper Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and veteran Mithali Raj failed to live to the expectations, seriously hurting the team's cause. The absence of a power-hitter like ...
Next aim is to break into top 15 in the world: Paddler Sathiyan (IANS Interview)
Elated after reaching a historic career-best World ranking of 28, paddler G. Sathiyan has now set his eyes on climbing to 15th in the ladder by the year end.
Ajax stuns Real Madrid with 4-1 victory
Real Madrid's long continental reign can be considered quite finished as it suffered another shock defeat by Ajax. Ajax stunned Real Madrid 4-1(5-3 aggregate), ending the club's reign of over 1000 days as kings of the continent of Europe.The two El Clasico defeats by Barcelona and this elimination by Ajax saw Madrid's entire season crumble like a pack of cards and the season went from bad to worse within a span of seven days.The club now has nothing to play for, as they are already out of the Copa Del Ray, 12 points behind leaders Barcelona in La Liga and eliminated from the Champions League in the last 16 for the very first time since 2006.Madrid have won the Champions League for three seasons but they were dominated by Ajax.The club was sloppy from the beginning, they had a cushion of a 2-1 away triumph in Amsterdam which captain Sergio Ramos deemed big enough to get himself booked for deliberately so as to be suspended for this match.Ramos was missed considerably as Ajax played ...
Will be fantastic to play in T20 exhibition match in India: Alyssa Healy
Alyssa Healy, the wicket-keeper batsman of Australia would love to travel to India if the Indian Premier League holds another women's exhibition match this season."It would be fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed that experience, heading over there for a few days and playing in that exhibition game," cricket.com.au quoted Healy as saying."It is probably the next step for the women's game in the T20 format, so if that gets up and running that is really exciting.""I am sure a lot of the girls would be willing to stick their hand up for it."Healy was one of the five Australians involved in the first-ever IPL women's match last year in which Trailblazers took on the Supernovas.Australia's captain Meg Lanning also said that being a part of the match last year was a great deal of fun and she would love to take part in it again."It was a lot of fun, I would certainly love to be involved in something like that. The next big step for women's cricket is if an IPL could get up - it is certainly an ...
Was waiting for this opportunity, says Vijay Shankar
Vijay Shankar, India's all-rounder who helped India secure an eight-run victory over Australia in the second of the five-match ODI said he was waiting to produce a match-winning performance all his life."I was literally waiting for the opportunity. After the 43rd over I was telling myself I am going to bowl the last over, and I am going to defend it," Shankar said after the match.Shankar had only bowled one over in the match before captain Virat Kohli decided to bring him on in the final bowler in which he was tasked with protecting 11 runs. The bowler did not disappoint his captain as he dismissed the danger man Marcus Stoinis off the very first all of the over."I was ready for the challenge because I knew I had to bowl that one over, I was just telling [myself] after the 43rd-44th over, I am going to bowl anytime - maybe the last over - and I should be ready to defend a total of 10 or 15 runs. I was mentally prepared for that."Virat Kohli said that he was looking to bowl Shankar in .
Dreamz Premier League (DPL) - An Underarm Cricket Tournament on Turf Spearheaded by Wasib Peshimam and Co-founder Arhaan Peshimam
/ -- - Started from 24th February 2019 till 1st May 2019 - Every Saturday and Sunday A heady mix of the best cricketers, corporate bigwigs, and Bollywood stars are touted to take the first season of Dreamz Premier League by storm. Dreamz Premier League (DPL) will donate a sum of rupees 10 Lakhs to 'Helping Hand', an NGO by DPL. Marathi Actress Smita Gondkar, Cricketer Amit Dani, Shibani Kashyap and Tariq Anwar Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha came to cheer and inspire the participants and enjoyed the excitement and conducted the toss. Broadcasted live on DSports for the very first time across the country, in the first edition of DPL, 20 teams will participate with each team consisting of 19 players. A total of 380 players will be participating with the tournament lasting for 18 days, every weekend. No other underarm cricket on turf event has created such an excitement and interest as the Dreamz Premier League, with the best of cricketers and teams in fray. Mr. Wasib Peshimam is
Kohli's innings made the difference, says Pat Cummins
Australian pacer Pat Cummins has said that India captain Virat Kohli's 116 was the difference between the two sides in the second ODI, which the hosts won by eight runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Kohli's dogged hundred, his 40th in ODIs, helped India to revive their innings and post a competitive 250 after a middle-order collapse on Tuesday. Later Indian bowlers, especially Jasprit Bumrah (2-29) and Vijay Shankar (2-15) held their nerves in the death overs to limit Australia to 242 and seal the deal for the home team. "I think he (Kohli) was the difference, for sure. We had a couple of really good partnerships, Marcus (Stonis) got 50-odd, couple of guys got really good starts but we didn't have that one guy (player) who got on with it," said Cummins, who returned with figures of 4-29. "So for them to have someone like Virat in at the end, facing lots of balls, he was probably the difference between them getting low-200 or 250. (It was a) really good innings - ...
Real Madrid's European reign ends with shock loss to Ajax
Kings of Europe no more. Real Madrid's Champions League reign is over. More than 1,000 days since winning the first of three consecutive European titles, Real Madrid unprecedented era of dominance ended with a whimper when the Spanish giant was stunned 4-1 by Ajax at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday. The humiliating loss meant Madrid was eliminated 5-3 on aggregate in the round of 16, leaving the club looking at a trophy-less season in its first campaign since mega-star Cristiano Ronaldo left for Juventus. "We were not going to win the Champions League forever," said Real Madrid defender Nacho Fernandez, who was sent off in the final minutes of the game. "Reigns eventually come to an end. Something like this was going to happen sooner or later." In the end, the club renowned for assembling its team with expensive "Galactico" signings was undone by a club centered around a core of homegrown young talents. Ajax, which is enjoying a resurgence thanks to young stars like Frenkie de ...
FIFA reserves soar to USD 2.7B, revenue at USD 6.4B
FIFA's cash reserves soared to a record USD 2.74 billion and revenue climbed to USD 6.4 billion in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, The Associated Press has learned. The robust financial results suggest FIFA has weathered the deepest crisis in its history, which erupted in 2015 when a United States-led criminal investigation led to the arrests and later convictions of high-ranking officials on corruption charges. FIFA President Sepp Blatter also was deposed as FIFA president in a financial misconduct case that left the governing body's reputation in tatters and caused a backlash from sponsors. After being elected as Blatter's successor in 2016, Gianni Infantino said that "FIFA was clinically dead as an organization." Although Infantino's leadership has come under criticism from within European governing body UEFA, Infantino will be able to show the budget is in a healthy state, and he is due to be re-elected unopposed in June for a four-year term. The 2015-18 finances
Warne says Australia can win World Cup with Smith and Warner
Steve Smith and David Warner's year-long exile has likely left them hungrier than ever and their return can spark Australia to World Cup glory, Test great Shane Warne said Wednesday. The star pair's ban from state and international cricket for ball-tampering expires later this month and they are expected to be rushed back into the Australian side for the defence of their title at the showpiece tournament in England this year. Both players have recently undergone elbow surgery and the great unknown is how they will perform back on the world stage, particularly in what is sure to be a hostile atmosphere in England. But Warne has no doubt they will be as good as ever, benefiting from the break rather than their skills being blunted. He is talking from experience. Warne was suspended in 2003 for a year after testing positive to banned diuretic drugs. Many wrote him off, but the leg-spinning legend quickly bounced back and enjoyed several more years playing at the highest level with the ...
Aussie squad feels great, says Pat Cummins
Even after Australia lost against India in the opening two ODIs, fast bowler Pat Cummins believes his team has great morale and can win from any situation."The feeling in the group is great, I feel like every time we walk on the field we have a real shot of winning a game no matter what the circumstances," cricket.com.au quoted Pat Cummins as saying.Australia went down to India by eight runs in the final over in Nagpur after Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb and Alex Carey rallied late to leave the visitors just two lusty blows on Tuesday night away from an upset victory."We are taking every single game deep, it comes down to a couple of overs, a couple of key moments which are the difference between winning and losing" Cummins said."That is all you can do is try to put yourself in those positions."The more you are in that the more you get used to it and kind of work out how you can do some things better," he said.It was the third time in the past five ODI's between these two nations ...
Hyderabad police busts cricket betting racket, arrests 2 bookies
The Task Force of Police have busted a cricket betting racket at Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad on Tuesday and arrested two bookies accepting cricket betting amount from punters directly and over phone for the ongoing Indian Premier League 2019 Cricket match between India and Australia played in Nagpur.The arrested bookies identified as Saraf Jitendar and Jagwani Yashwanth accepted betting using Cricket Mazza.com mobile application and used to pay the betting amount to the winning punters clandestinely and gain illegally easy money.Police said the bookies received match updates through the cricket app and they placed betting on every ball in an over. They were collecting betting amounts from a total of 20 punters.Jittu was earlier arrested by the Ramgopalpet police on a similar offence in 2017.Police seized Rs 1,50,000, six mobile cell phones, a laptop, a television set as well as set-top box, remote, two betting account books and a calculator from their possession.