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Shadman hits 50 on debut as Bangladesh wickets fall
Debutant opener Shadman Islam scored a gritty half-century but the West Indies kept Bangladesh in check with regular wickets in the second and final Test in Dhaka on Friday. Shadman hit 76 off 199 balls before he was trapped leg-before by Devendra Bishoo as Bangladesh reached 175-4 at tea on the first day after electing to bat first at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Bishoo also bowled Mohammad Mithun for 29 for the West Indies' only other success in the post-lunch session to end Shadman's 64-run partnership for the third wicket. Shadman, who replaced injured Imrul Kayes in the opening slot, anchored Bangladesh's innings from the start through his patient innings, which included six fours. Roston Chase got the West Indies' first breakthrough when he removed opener Soumya Sarkar, who made 19 before edging to Shai Hope at first slip, to end a 42-run opening stand. Kemar Roach dismissed Mominul Haque just before the lunch break as Roston Chase took a simple catch at long on after the
Important to bowl well in partnerships in Australia: Ashwin
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has underlined the importance of bowling well in partnerships, considering it is tougher to run through the opposition in Australia than South Africa and England. Ashwin said India got good bowling practice in the sole warm-up ahead of the first Test beginning December 6 at Adelaide. Cricket Australia XI finished day three on 356-6 with Ashwin taking 1-63 from 24 overs and Mohammed Shami picking 3-67 from 18 overs. "You don't turn up to Australia thinking wickets are going to seam or spin around. They are always going to be flat we know that. We cannot really complain and we have to put it behind us to try and go play some good cricket. Mostly the first innings are big scoring innings so we have to be aware to play some smart cricket through the series," he said on Friday. Looking forward to the series, Ashwin said bowling in partnerships will be of paramount importance, especially since India will be missing a fifth bowler in injured Hardik ...
Unstoppable Bengaluru dreaming of PKL title (IANS Interview)
Sitting pretty at the top of Zone B, the Bengaluru Bulls have been somewhat of an unstoppable force during the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season.
India need to revive HIL to continue hockey's growth, says Charlesworth
For Indian hockey to capitalise on the gains made in the past decade, the national federation must revive the "revolutionary" Hockey India League, feels legendary Australian coach Ric Charlesworth. Charlesworth, who has worked with Indian hockey as the men's and women's teams' Technical Advisor for four months in 2008, is a widely respected coach around the world. "I think India have been making steady progress. A decade ago they were 10th in the world, now realistically 5th. My view always was that it would take a decade to climb into the medal positions," the 66-year-old told PTI in an interview here. "But I am not sure the domestic competition is deep enough in India. India need to get the Hockey India League (HIL) going. That's been the principle reason for the change," he said. "India is playing in this tournament without Sardar (Singh), Rupinder (Pal Singh), SV Sunil and they still have a good team. India now has more depth," added Charlesworth on the sidelines of the ongoing ...
Manchester United extend goalie De Gea's contract
Manchester United have taken up their option to extend the contract of goalkeeper David de Gea until the end of the 2019-20 season.
Hockey India invites Glenn Turner for women's strikers camp
As part of their preparations for the Olympic Qualifiers, Hockey India has invited former Australian striker Glenn Turner to work with the womens hockey team strikers in a special camp starting December 1 at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bengaluru, it was announced on Friday.
Fan Village a big draw at 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
Hockey fans attending the biggest sporting extravaganza in the country, 2018 Men's World Cup, are being treated to games and fun activities installed in the Fan Village spanning about 18,000 sq meters inside the Kalinga Stadium.The activities range from anti-gravity photo booth which lets people click gravity-defying photos in a hockey stadium ambiance while those who wish to take a 360-degree photo can do so at the '360-degree photo booth.' The massive fan village spread across two grounds between Gate number 3 and Gate number 4 of the Kalinga Stadium featuring several eatery stalls including those of local specialties like the Odisha Millet Missions.There is also live screening of the matches on a giant screen, accompanied by an Emcee who keeps the mood upbeat and also engages the fans in quizzes related to the sport at half-time. Trampoline for kids, cycles installed to create a video-game feel of a race are also some of the highlights. The organisers have also created a ...
Nine-man Junior Barranquilla reach Copa Sudamericana final
Teofilo Gutierrez scored a goal and was sent off as Junior Barranquilla advanced to the Copa Sudamericana final with a 1-0 victory over their Colombian rivals Santa Fe in an exciting encounter here.
I am picking Australia over India but don't ask me why: Chappell
He can't really figure it out yet but Ian Chappell believes India would be "missing" something in the Test series against Australia and will end up on the losing side despite things looking good for them on paper. The Test rivalry, which has risen in stature and intensity over the years, will be renewed with the latest assignment starting December 6 in Adelaide. Australia would be without top batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner who were banned in the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal that rocked the team earlier this year. "I am going to pick Australia, but don't ask me why I am picking them. I think the only reasonable reason I can give is that I was disappointed the way India played in England and I thought they should have won that series," Chappell told 'ESPNCricinfo'. "Certainly, on talent, they should beat this Australian side, but there might just be something missing. The other thing is the Australian attack. "It is a very good one. It is proven under Australian ...
Hero World Challenge: Cantlay and Reed share lead, Tiger trailing behind despite good driving
American professional golfers Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay shared the lead with seven-under 65 each in the first round of the ongoing Hero World Challenge here at the Albany course on Thursday.On a day when some of the leaders brought in low scores, tournament host Tiger Woods drove well, missing just one fairway. While he seemed to have recovered from the cold and cough that he had for the past few days, he returned a 73, including a card-wrecking triple bogey, for one of the only three over-par cards of the day.Cantlay, a former world number one amateur for 54 successive weeks, started modestly with six pars before back-to-back birdies on the 7th and 8th. He turned in two-under and stayed as such till he came to the 13th. On his last six holes, he rolled in five birdies - the lone exception being the Par-4 16th for a day's work of 65, which included a 28-foot curling birdie on the Par-5 15th.Masters champion Reed, on the other hand, had a nice spread of four birdies on either ...
Fluminense sack coach Oliveira
Fluminense have sacked manager Marcelo Oliveira, less than 24 hours after the club's elimination from the Copa Sudamericana.
Injured Prithvi ruled out of 1st Test vs Australia
In a major blow to the Test series preparations, India's promising opening batsman Prithvi Shaw suffered an injury in the warm up game against Cricket Australia (CA) XI at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Friday.
Scaloni to remain Argentina coach until Copa America
Lionel Scaloni will remain Argentina's interim manager at least until next year's Copa America in Brazil, the country's top football official said.
Arsenal rout Vorskla Poltava, clinch first place in Europa League group
English Premier League club Arsenal routed Vorskla Poltava 3-0 to remain undefeated in its 2018-2019 Europa League campaign and clinch the first place in Group E.
With Powar on way out, Indian women's team hopes for controversy-free future
The feud between senior India woman cricketer Mithali Raj and Ramesh Powar is heading towards an end without any intervention from the administrators with the coach's three-month interim tenure ending Friday. With the conclusion of Powar's term, fresh applications will be invited by the BCCI for the job and in all likelihood, the former India spinner will not be considered even if he applies. "His contract is coming to an end today and there is little chance that he will be brought back," a top BCCI official told PTI. The Indian women's team has had its fair share of controversies and the latest one was triggered after Mithali was dropped from the playing XI for the World T20 semifinal which the side lost to England by eight wickets. Mithali alleged that Powar was "out to destroy her" while the coach countered her by questioning the "conduct" of the team's seniormost player, saying that she threatened to retire on being denied the opening slot and threw tantrums. Powar was appointed ..
Sevilla's bid for 6th Europa League title in jeopardy
Five-time Europa League winners Sevilla lost 0-1 to Standard Liege, putting in doubt whether they will reach the knockout stage in the 2018-2019 edition of the tournament.
Chelsea clinch first place in Europa League group
Chelsea routed PAOK 4-0 to clinch the top spot in Europa League Group L, thanks to a brace by Olivier Giroud and goals by Callum Hudson-Odoi and Alvaro Morata.
Villarreal held 0-0 by 10-man Rangers
Villarreal blew a great opportunity to clinch a spot in the Europa League round-of-16, drawing 0-0 with a Rangers side who played the entire second half with 10 men.
New Tejas coaches to be rolled out today
The first set of Tejas coaches manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of the Indian Railways will be flagged off in Chennai on Friday.The 'swanky' coaches will be inaugurated by seniors railways officials at the ICF Furnishing Division, Chennai, later in the day.The manufacturing of 23 new coaches for Tejas Express was allocated to Chennai-based ICF by Railway board for Northern Railways. Out of 23 coaches, 18 are air-conditioned chair cars, two are air-conditioned executive chair cars and three are power cars.Similar to the Shatabdi Coaches, the new coaches have the same seating capacity of 78 passengers in each of the normal air-conditioned chair cars (in 3+2 Seating row arrangement) and 56 passengers in the executive class air-conditioned chair cars (in 2+2 Seating row arrangement).Unlike the earlier Tejas coaches where seats are large to accommodate the audio-visual display, the new coaches have normal sized seats with audio-visual display units well fitted behind every .
Bangladesh make steady start in second West Indies Test
Debutant opener Shadman Islam looked solid as Bangladesh made a steady start despite losing two wickets in the second and final Test against West Indies in Dhaka on Friday. Shadman hit an unbeaten 36 as Bangladesh reached 87-2 at lunch on the opening day after skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Kemar Roach dismissed Mominul Haque just before the lunch break as Roston Chase took a simple catch at long on after the batsman made 29 runs. Chase earlier got the first breakthrough when he removed opener Soumya Sarkar, who made 19 before edging to Shai Hope at first slip. Shadman, who got off to his Test career with a boundary off the third ball of the innings, shared a 42-run opening stand with Soumya put on 45 runs with Mominul for the second wicket. The left-hander, who replaced the injured Imrul Kayes in the starting line-up, faced 116 runs so far and hit three boundaries before lunch. Bangladesh went into the game ...