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Shuttlers Lakshya, Sourabh make winning start at senior Nationals
A day after leading the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to their maiden Inter-State Inter-Zonal title, Lakshya Sen carried his impeccable form to make a winning start at the 83rd senior National badminton championships here on Tuesday.
Unseeded Jaishnav stuns 2nd seed Nithish
Second-seeded Nithish Baalaji of Telangana was shocked by unseeded Jaishnav Shinde of Maharashtra in the Rotary Club All India Ranking Super Series for boys and girls under 14 tennis on Tuesday. In another pre-quarter final clash, Kyra Shetty humbled fourth seeded Anannya Bhatia in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in the tournament organised by the Rotary Club of Bombay Midcity and Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA). The 13-year-old Shinde defeated Nithish in a tight three-set match 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. In the first set, Jaishnav looked comfortable as he led by 6-3, before Nithish came storming back and with a few good games of his own was able to level proceedings in the second set 2-6. In the final set once again Jaishnav played a steady game and won the set 6-2. Manas Dhamne continued with his good run and beat Manvardhan Rakhecha 6-1, 6-1 to set up a quarterfinal against seventh seed Daksh Prasad. In the girls' section, the top eight players, Chandni Srinivasan, ...
Anderson lands triple blow as West Indies crumble
James Anderson was at his destructive best in blowing away the West Indies top-order batting to put England on course for a massive victory at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Tuesday. Set the improbable target of 485 after Joe Root declared his side's second innings at 361 for five following his dismissal for 122, the home team crashed to 35 for four with the rampant Anderson taking the first three wickets. Mark Wood, whose raw pace earned him his first five-wicket innings haul in Tests on day two, added to that tally with the wicket of Shai Hope just before the interval to leave Roston Chase and Shimron Hetmyer with the task of bringing some respectability to a West Indian innings which seemed to be in freefall amid the carnage wreaked by Anderson. He triggered the West Indies slide with just the third delivery of the innings when John Campbell, facing his first ball, sliced a booming drive to Moeen Ali at ...
Suraj to captain India colts in SA 'Tests', Nehal, Rahul to lead India A and B in one dayers
Rajasthan Suraj Ahuja will lead India U-19 team in the two four day 'Tests' against South Africa colts, starting February 20. Nehal Wadhera of Punjab and Rahul Chandrol of Madhya Pradesh will lead India A and B respectively in the quadrangular series to be played from March 5-11 in Thiruvananthapuram. India U19 Squad for 4-day games against South Africa U19: Suraj Ahuja (C & WK) (Team Rajasthan), Divyaansh Saxena (MCA), Varun Nayanar (Kerala), Avneesh Sudha (Team Uttarakhand), Yashasvi Jaiswal (MCA), Vaibhav Kandpal (DDCA), Shaurya Saran (HPCA), Hrithik Shokeen (DDCA), Manav Suthar (Team Rajasthan), Manishi (JSCA), Sabir Khan (Bihar), Anshul Kamboj (Haryana), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (MHCA), Rohit Dattatraya (VCA), Rex Singh (Manipur), Vathsal Sharma (Kerala) For Quadrangular series India U19 A: Nehal Wadhera (C) (PCA), Yashasvi Jaiswal (MCA), Qamran Iqbal (JKCA), Arjun Azad (PCA), Priyansh Arya (DDCA), Shashwat Rawat (BCA), Dhruv Chand Jurel (WK) (UPCA), Siddhesh Veer (MHCA), Ravi .
Hyderabad beat U Mumba in PVL
Black Hawks Hyderabad scripted a thrilling 3-2 comeback win over U Mumba Volley in a Pro Volleyball League match here Tuesday. The Hyderabad oufit beat U Mumba 13-15 15-11 7-15 15-14 15-11 to keep their play-off chances alive. Rohit Kumar led the scoring for Hyderabad with 10 points (6 spikes, 4 blocks) whereas Pankaj Sharma scored 15 points (14 spikes and 1 block) for U Mumba. In the first set, both the teams didn't give an inch to each other and were neck and neck almost all throughout the set. U Mumba's Shubham Chaudhary came up with a super serve while both teams were tied at 3-3 to give his team a two-point advantage. Hyderabad soon closed the gap and both the teams were tied at 6-6. U Mumba wrested the initiative just at Technical Time Out (TTO) with an 8-6 lead. Post TTO, U Mumba called for a super point at 10-9 and converted on Hyderabad's serve. Hyderabad did the same as they converted their super point right after, thanks to a wayward serve by Pankaj Sharma. It was a tight ..
UEFA to pay tribute to late Sala at this week's matches
The Union of European Football Associations on Tuesday said all UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches this week will observe a minute of silence to pay tribute to late Argentine forward Emiliano Sala.
Wozniacki pulls out of Qatar Open
Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki has opted to skip the Qatar Open due to injury, tournament organisers announced, in Doha on Tuesday. Two others too pulled out from the tournament during the day citing "viral illness".
Indian junior paddlers finish Bahrain Open with 12 medals
India's young paddlers added eight medals to their kitty, including two gold, three silver and three bronze medals, to draw curtains to their campaign at the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open on a high note in Manama, Bahrain. The medal rush for India started off with World No. 4 in the U-15 bracket, Payas Jain, steamrolling past his opponents to clinch the cadet boys' individual category crown. In the finals, he tamed Simon Belik of Czech Republic 3-1 to bag the gold medal. In the cadet girls' category, five young Indian paddlers paved their way into the quarterfinals, but only two of them eventually made it to the last four stage. Anargya Manjunath and Yashaswini Ghorpade then registered easy 3-0 wins over Malamatenia Papadimitriou of Greece and Hana Goda of Egypt respectively, to make the final an all-Indian affair. Karnataka's Anargya proved to be the girl in form, beating Yashaswini 3-1 to clinch the gold. Suhana Saini and Swastika Ghosh fought valiantly in the mini-cadet girls' and .
Santosh Trophy: Maharashtra edge past Rajasthan 1-0
Maharashtra scored their third successive win Tuesday when they overcame Rajasthan 1-0 in the concluding Group-B league match of the West Zone leg of the AIFF National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy 2018-19 at Solapur. Having convincingly defeated Gujarat and Dadra & Nagar Haveli in the previous rounds, the hosts struggled to break down the packed Rajasthan defence and were also denied on a couple of times by framework, a media release said. Maharashtra finally broke the deadlock when Dhruwesh Nijap scored the decisive winner midway through the second session to help his team snatch the win. Earlier, Gujarat proved too strong for Dadra & Nagar Haveli as they charged to a thumping 10-0 win. Leading Gujarat's charge to victory was striker Pavan Ramanuj who scored five goals and Aditya Jha got two. Musamiyan Syed and Nitin Singh scored one each while Francis Barbosa scored an own goal. Goa and Maharashtra have qualified for the final round of the AIFF ..
Sen, Verma make winning starts at badminton nationals
A day after leading the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to their maiden Inter-State Inter-Zonal title, Lakshya Sen carried his impeccable form to make a winning start at the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships 2018-19 here on Tuesday.
Lakshya, Sourabh, Harsheel win on Day 1 at Senior Nationals
Teen sensation Lakshya Sen launched the bid to claim his maiden Senior Badminton National title with a straight-game win over Delhi's Rahul Patel and entered the men's singles third round here Tuesday. The 17-year-old from Uttarakhand, who had clinched the Asian Junior title and a bronze medal at the World Junior Championship last year, defeated Delhi's Rahul 21-13 21-13 in a 28-minute match. Lakshya got a bye in the first round. Lakshya, who had entered the finals in 2017 and semifinals in the last edition, set up a third-round clash against Jammu and Kashmir's Vipul Saini. Former two-time champion Sourabh Verma also made a rousing start to his campaign with a dominating 21-10 21-8 win over Jayapragasham VS. He will play Assam's Iman Sonowal in the second round. Maharashtra's Harsheel Dani, who had won the 2018 Ghana International, prevailed over Telangana's Siril Varma, a former World Junior Championships silver medallist 23-21 21-17 and will meet Haryana's 17th seed Balraj ...
Venue completion on track for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, say organizers
The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Tuesday said that they were confident that the new venues would be completed in time for test competitions to be held later this year, despite problems in many projects.
Gursimar, Neha and Amandeep renew battle in 4th leg of Hero WPGT
Gursimar Badwal, Neha Tripathi and Amandeep Drall would look to continue their rivalry on the Hero Order of Merit, as they tee off at the fourth leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour here on Wednesday. While winner of the third leg Tvesa Malik will miss this week's event, the top three on the Order of Merit will have to contend with a new challenger in Ridhima Dilawari, who makes her first appearance this season. Returning from Australia, where she played the Australian PGA Qualifying, Ridhima would look to re-discover her form at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens. Ridhima, who represented India at the Asian Games, made a successful pro debut last year by winning the penultimate event of the 2018 season in Noida. Gaurika Bishnoi, who had a great 2018 season with one win and four runner-up finishes, is also in the field, looking for her first win in 2019. A bunch of new professionals have made the ongoing season more competitive, especially in the absence of Vani Kapoor, who is now ...
Indian race walkers to get chance to qualify for Olympics in invitational event
An international invitational race walk event will be held here on February 16 and 17, featuring leading Indian athletes and some from foreign countries. The meet provides an opportunity for the Indians to make the qualifying grade for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the World championships to be held in Doha from September 27 to October 6, 2019 for both the 20km and 50km disciplines, a press release said. "We have identified race walking as one of the events which could fetch us a medal at the Olympics. Moreover, Asian countries like China and Japan are some of the top countries in race walking. With our athletes competing with them, it will improve their timings. I hope a few of them (Indians) qualify from this event here," Athletics Federation of India Secretary C K Valson said in the release. The event would feature top Indian athletes and second-rung walkers from China, Japan, Korea and Australia. Three more events, apart from the International meet, will be held -- Under-20 (20km) ..
Irani Cup: Vihari's ton helps RoI reach 330 vs Vidarbha
Continuing his good form with the bat, Hanuma Vihari registered a crucial 114-run knock while Ajinkya Rahane failed to click as Rest of India (RoI) were dismissed for 330 by Vidarbha on the opening day of the Irani Cup here on Tuesday.
Kapil Kumar, Akshay Sharma take joint lead on opening day
Delhi's Kapil Kumar and Chandigarh's Akshay Sharma struck scores of five-under-67 to take the joint lead on the opening day of the PGTI Players Championship at the Classic Golf & Country Club here Tuesday. Delhi golfers Himmat Singh Rai and Naman Dawar and Kolkata's Sunit Chowrasia were tied for third at four-under-68. India's highest-ranked golfer Shubhankar Sharma, who returned to play on the PGTI after over a year, began his week with a two-under-70 that placed him tied 11th. Kapil, who finished 18th on the 2018 PGTI Order of Merit, was off to a solid start on Tuesday. The 26-year-old made the turn at two-under after leaving himself a few short birdie conversions. Kapil, yet to register his first win, recovered well after a bogey on the 12th as he sank eagle-birdie-birdie on the 14th, 15th and 16th as a result of conversions from 10 to 15 feet. He finally ended the day with an impressive 67 after bogey-birdie on the last two holes. "It was the driving and putting that clicked ..
Indian junior paddlers finish Bahrain Open with 12 medals
India's young paddlers completed their winning spree in the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open on a high note, adding eight more medals to their kitty, including two gold, three silver and three bronze medals, late on Monday night here.
Women's hockey: India A beat France A in 3rd match
India A women's hockey team defeated France A 2-0 in the third match at the Padma Shri Mohammad Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday.
India 'A' beat France 'A' 2-0 in women's hockey match
The India 'A' women's hockey team defeated France 'A' 2-0 in the third match to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series at the Padma Shri Mohammad Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium here Tuesday. Local girl Mumtaz Khan (42nd minute) and Sharmila Devi (60th) scored for the home team. The match saw the visitors dominate in the opening minutes, but the Indian defense made sure they did not allow their opponents to draw the first blood. After going through two goal-less quarters, India finally managed to break the deadlock in the 42nd minute through young striker Mumtaz. The French had several chances in the match, but could not get past Indian goalkeeper Bichu Devi Kharibam. Some reflex saves from the Indian custodian meant that the hosts took their lead into the last quarter. An eventful last quarter saw both teams vie for the next goal of the match, but eventually it was India 'A' who were successful in their pursuit as they scored another field goal in the last minute to come out ...
Du Plessis seeks Sri Lankan 'breaking point'
South African captain Faf du Plessis will be seeking to find Sri Lanka's "breaking point" as early as possible when the first of two Tests starts at Kingsmead on Wednesday. With Sri Lankan coach Chandika Hathurusingha admitting that recent upheavals in Sri Lankan cricket had affected the players, Du Plessis vowed to apply pressure on the tourists. "They have had a tough time in Australia and there have been a lot of things happening away from their team," Du Plessis said on Tuesday. "It's not ideal for them but I will always respect the opposition we play against. Our preparation doesn't change." Referring to a losing series in Sri Lanka last year, Du Plessis said: "They beat us 2-0 in their own conditions which hurt us quite a bit. "It's important for us to keep them under pressure to make sure they don't start the series well. If we can do that, possibly their breaking point will be a little bit sooner than it would (normally) be because of all the stuff that's happening away from ..