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JetSynthesys launches VR cricket game Sachin Saga
Digital entertainment and gaming firm JetSynthesys Monday launched a multi-player virtual reality cricket game - Sachin Saga after the ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. "Equipped with best in class technology, Sachin Saga VR Multiplayer Game is all set to give cricket lovers an on-ground stadium immersion right from the middle of the pitch," the company said. The master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, unveiled the Sachin Saga VR limited edition headset and the Sachin Saga VR Game. The game was launched at the CII India Gaming Show (IGS) here. The Sachin Saga VR limited edition headset, bluetooth controller and Sachin Saga VR game comes in an all-inclusive bundle priced at Rs 1,499 exclusively.
Future Kabaddi Heroes' programme announced
A talent scouting and development initiative to nurture future kabaddi stars was announced Monday by organisers of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). The PKL organisers, Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd, announced the programme titled Future Kabaddi Heroes (FKH) 2019, which is divided into three phases, a media release said. In the first phase, the programme will be conducted across 11 cities, commencing on February 5 in Mumbai. The other locations are Patna, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Guwahati, Bengaluru and Jaipur. Launching the third edition of the programme, Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, PKL, said, "With the FKH programme, our aim is to identify promising talent and build successive generations of higher quality kabaddi players." Former Indian captain Anup Kumar praised the initiative. He said, "This is a unique initiative that serves as a strong base for young kabaddi players to move towards their dream of playing the sport at a professional ...
Black Hawks Hyderabad beat Ahmedabad Defenders in PVL
Black Hawks Hyderabad beat Ahmedabad Defenders 3-2 in a keenly-contested match on the third day of the Pro Volleyball League here on Monday. The Hyderabad side won 15-11, 13-15, 15-11, 14-15, 15-9 in the match played at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here. Skipper Carson Clark led from the front with 15 points (12 spikes, 1 block and 2 serves) in his side's victory. For the Ahmedabad team, Russian Victor Sysoev scored 12 points (11 spikes and 1 block). Hyderabad won the toss and decided to receive and broke Ahmedabad's serve pretty easily. But both sides looked rusty, gifting points on errors. At the first Technical Time Out (TTO), Hyderabad took a two-point lead as scoreboard read 8-6. Coming back after the TTO, Hyderabad called for a Super Point but wasted the opportunity and Ahmedabad got the two points via Novika Bjelica's spike, levelling the score at 8-8. A Super Serve from Dilip Koiwal gave Ahmedabad a 11-10 lead and to press advantage, they immediately called for a Super Point ...
Four states share spoils in Junior National Wrestling
Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra and Services shared the spoils with two freestyle gold apiece on the final day of competitions in the Junior National Wrestling Championship here on Monday. For Delhi, Sumit Gulia (86kg) and Anirudh (125kg) won a gold each while Vishal Kaliraman (70kg) and Viaks (65kg) bagged a yellow metal apiece for Haryana. For Maharashtra, Vijay (57kg) and Harshad (97kg) took a gold each while Akash Dahiya (61kg) and Viky (92kg) finished on top of podium for Services. Bouts in all 10 weight categories were held on Monday. In the team championship, Haryana stood first with 190 points, followed by Delhi (150 points) and Services (124 points).
Indonesia to send 36-member team for All England Open
Indonesia would send 36-strong badminton team for the 2019 All England Open with an aim to win doubles title, an Indonesia Badminton Association (PBSI)official said here on Monday.
Karnataka govt to set up regional sports centres: Minister
Karnataka government would set up four regional sports centres in different locations to provide training facilties to athletes preparing for national and international events, state Sports Minister Rahim Khan said Monday. Talking to reporters here, Khan said Rs 500 crore was sought during the pre-budget discussions to promote sports in the state. He said the proposal for setting up a sports university in Bengaluru was under consideration. The Minister said sports hostels would be developed and schemes introduced to attract more youth to sports. To a question on playgrounds being used for exhibitions and political programmes, he said the sports department planned to reserve play grounds only for sporting activities. A decision in this regard would be taken after talks with all concerned, he said. District-in-charge Minister U T Khader was also present.
Vindu and powerlifter Gaurav release comic book on Dara Singh
Star Indian powerlifter Gaurav Sharma and Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh released a comic book on Dara Singh.
Holder suspended, fined for second minor over-rate offence
West Indies skipper Jason Holder was on Monday suspended for one Test and fined 40 per cent of his match fee by the ICC for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test against England that ended on Saturday.
I-League: Indian Arrows hope to leapfrog defending champions Minerva Punjab (Preview)
Indian Arrows will look to leapfrog defending champions Minerva Punjab FC when the two sides meet in an I-League encounter here on Tuesday.
3 Indians progress to second round of qualifiers in Chennai Open ATP Challenger
Three Indians, N Vijay Sundar Prashanth, Arjun Khade and Sumit Nagal advanced to the second round of men's singles main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger 80 tennis tournament, here Monday. Wild card entrant and local player Vijay Sundar Prashanth stole the show with a 6-2 2-6 6-2 win over Carlos Boluda-Purkiss of Spain in three sets. He started in flamboyant fashion, stroking smoothly on both flanks and served with precision, breaking his rival twice in the first set to run out an easy winner. In the second set, the Spaniard improved his first serve percentage and held his serve despite facing six break points. The Indian appeared to lose concentration and lost two of his service games to let Boluda-Purkiss take the set 6-2. In the decider, Prashanth found his form and took advantage of his opponent's short returns by moving forward and putting away crisp volleys. From 2-all he took the next four games to seal a second round berth against compatriot and 11th-seed Saket ...
Board President XI beat England Lions in warm-up match
Board President XI registered a 152-run win over England Lions on the second and final day of the warm-up match here Monday, ahead of the two-match unofficial Test series. Set 235 to win, the visiting side finished at 83 for 2 in 30 overs. Board President XI made 246 for 6 in 59.3 overs in their second innings riding on half-centuries by captain Ishan Kishan (55 not out) and Ricky Bhui (51 retired hurt). Danny Briggs was the most successful bowler for the Lions with 2 for 40. Bhui was involved in a 81-run partnership with Akshat Reddy (49) to steady the BP XI innings after the fall of Delhi batsman Dhruv Shorey (16) to Jamie Overton. Ishan Kishan followed up his first innings score of 40 not out with an enterprising 55-ball 55 which included 5 fours and 4 sixes. In their second innings, the Lions lost Test discard Ben Duckett for 9, lbw to Aniket Choudhary. Steven Mullaney made only 2 runs but skipper Sam Billings (36 not out) and Will Jacks (21 not out) played out the rest of the ...
I-League: Churchill Brothers eye pole position in Shillong (Preview)
Two-time champions Churchill Brothers will be eyeing a win against bottom-placed Shillong Lajong on Tuesday to climb atop the I-League standings.
SSCB, Haryana, UP register wins to stay afloat
Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Canara Bank on Monday registered crucial wins in their respective pool matches to stay in contention for a quarterfinal berth at the ninth Hockey India Senior Men National Championship (Division A) here. In a pool A match SSCB defeated Association of Indian Universities 5-1, while Haryana eked out a close 2-1 win over Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in pool B. Uttar Pradesh defeated Punjab National Bank (PNB) 1-0 in pool C, while Canara Bank beat Namdhari XI 3-1 in pool D. With just one more day of round robin matches left, defending champions Punjab continue to lead pool A with SSCB in second spot. In pool B, Petroleum Sports Control Board remained unbeaten to lead the chart while Haryana stands a close second, while Railway Sports Promotion Board is atop poll C ahead of Uttar Pradesh Hockey. In pool D, Air India Sports Promotion Board is at the top ahead of Karnataka.
McCullum to retire from Big Bash T20 after playing for 8 years
Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has decided to retire from Big Bash League after playing his last game on Friday to start the transition into a coaching career. The 37-year-old explosive batsman and wicketkeeper, who retired from international cricket in 2016, will play his last BBL match for out-of-title contention Brisbane Heat in their season-ending game against Melbourne Stars at the Gabba. McCullum, who has been with Brisbane Heat since the BBL inaugural year of 2011, will not take up his contract option to return for next season. The big-hitting New Zealander, who has belted 920 runs and five 50s in 34 matches for Brisbane Heat since making his debut, said he will continue to play T20 cricket in other countries this year. "I will continue to play T20 cricket in 2019 in various competitions around the world and will then look to transition into a coaching career," McCullum said in a statement. "The prospect of being able to transfer the skills, experience and ...
Lessons from a 'Pandit': How Vidarbha plotted Pujara's fall in first innings
In football, there are certain goals scored through set-pieces which are known to be straight out of the drawing board and Cheteshwar Pujara's dismissal on Monday could well be called a cricketing equivalent where Chandrakant Pandit was the master planner. One of the shrewdest tacticians in domestic circuit, Pandit has tons of experience in orchestrating big wins for domestic heavyweights like Mumbai and he ensured that his men studied chinks in India star's armoury. That Pujara remains tentative at the beginning of the innings is a well known fact and Vidarbha bowlers' only aim was to see that he is not allowed to dig his heels in order to score a 'Daddy Hundred'. Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate, who claimed the biggest prize of his career, revealed that they had kept an eye on Pujara during the Australia series and had found one 'weakness' to exploit. Sarwate, who has 131 first-class wickets to his credit, declared without hesitation that today he has got his career's biggest wicket
IPL: RCB's domestic players set to undergo Yo-Yo test at conditioning camp
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have kickstarted their five-day conditioning camp primarily with eight of its domestic players including 16-year-old Bengal prodigy Prayas Ray Burman and Ranji Trophy's top run-getter Milind Kumar. Eight players have already joined the camp which also includes Uttar Pradesh captain Akshdeep Nath, Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dubey, talented Delhi batsman Himmat Singh and seamer Kulwant Khejroliya, Tamil Nadu's Washington Sundar and Devdutt Paddikal from Karnataka. The two coaches Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra will be monitoring the progress of the players and a Yo-Yo test will also be conducted to get a hang of their fitness.
FC Goa women's team wins India leg of Global Goals World Cup
FC Goa women's football team representing the Forca Goa Foundation were crowned champions of the Global Goals World Cup held here. In all, 24 all-woman teams competed in the football event which took place for the first time in India. The champions will now represent India at the Global Goals Activist Trophy to be held in New York in September, a media release said Monday. The Global Goals World Cup aims to create awareness and celebrate entities that champion United Nation's 17 sustainable development goals, as well as drive progress and change in their communities. The Indian leg of the day-long sporting event was organised at a school here Saturday.
Gursimar looks to continue momentum in Hero WPG Tour's third leg
Fresh from her win in the second leg, Gursimar Badwal will look to continue the momentum when action moves to the third leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Kensville Golf and Country Club here. Amandeep, a consistent performer, will face a stiff challenge Amandeep Drall, who was the runner-up in the second leg, Neha Tripathi, winner of the first leg, and Tvesa Malik, winner of the Hero Order of Merit in 2018. The event, which carries a purse of Rs. eight lakh, will also feature ypung talents Gaurika Bishnoi and Afshan Fatima, the organisers said in a press release. Sifat Alag, Sonam Chugh and Ayesha Kapur will go in out in the first leg, while Khushi Khanijau, Mehar Atwal and Amandeep Drall are in the second group followed by Afshan Fatima, Gaurika and Komal Chaudhary. Jyotsna Singh, Anousha Tripathi and Tvesa are in the fourth group and then Smriti Mehra, Gursimar and Siddhi Kapoor will start the fifth group. Ishavari Prasanna, Dolma Rawat and Neha are in the penultimate ...
Indian Arrows hope to leapfrog defending champions Minerva Punjab
Indian Arrows would look to register their fifth win of the season when they meet a struggling Minerva Punjab FC in their I-League match here on Tuesday. If the developmental side of the All India Football Federation can pull off a win at their 'home' venue Kalinga Stadium, they will leapfrog the defending champions from Punjab and move up to a creditable seventh spot on the points table. Minerva Punjab had beaten the Arrows by a solitary goal in the first leg fixture more than two months ago, but the youngsters under coach Floyd Pinto have found a semblance of consistency in performance since then. The Arrows now lie ninth on the table with 13 points from 15 games and a win on Tuesday would take them clear of seventh-placed Minerva and eighth-placed Aizawl FC (both have 14 points from 14 games). Minerva's problems have been compounded by the fact that they have not won in eight games in two months, and have scored just once in that period. They go into Tuesday's game after shock ...
IPL: RCB's 5-day conditioning camp begins in Bengaluru
As part of their preparation for Season 12 of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have announced a five-day conditioning camp under the guidance of coaches Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra at the National Cricket Academy at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here.