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Siddharth's ton boosts Karnataka
Rookie Krishnamurthy Siddharth hit his maiden first class hundred, an unbeaten 104, to guide Karnataka to 263 for 4 against Mumbai on day one of the Elite Group A Ranji Trophy match here on Tuesday. In the absence of mainstays Karun Nair and Manish Pandey, 25-year-old Siddharth stood up and shouldered the responsibility to help Karnataka recover after the loss of their openers at the KSCA Stadium here. Siddharth, who had a forgettable outing in the game against Vidarbha, made up that failure. In his 184-ball stay at the wicket so far, the batsman has struck 13 boundaries and two sixes. Electing to bat, the hosts lost both their openers Dega Nischal (27) and Shishir Bhavane (5) cheaply to Mumbai's right-arm medium pacer Shivam Dubey, who grabbed all four wickets that fell to end the day with fine figures of 4 for 32 Karnataka were struggling at 2 for 59 when one-down Mir Kaunain Abbas (64) and Siddharth (104 not out) rallied the innings. The duo stitched an important ...
Kadhe shocks Ramkumar, young Sasi knocks out Myneni
Local favourite Arjun Kadhe stunned second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan for the biggest victory of his career while fast-emerging Sasi Kumar Mukund knocked out last week's runner-up Saketh Myneni at the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger here on Tuesday. This is the best win for Kadhe in terms of beating a higher-ranked player as he sent packing world number 130 Ramkumar 6-3 6-2 in the opening round of the USD 50,000 hard court tournament. Prior to Tuesday's win, the most significant win for the 370th-ranked Kadhe was against world no. 200 Pedja Krstin. It has been a tough season for Ramkumar and it ended with a whimper. Kadhe who is playing his second season after returning from US Collegiate circuit, was fluent with his strokes, especially the deep returns. Ramkumar served big but unforced errors did not help his cause. Kadhe, to his credit, was well prepared for his opponent. "I was on top of my game. I knew him from junior days and had practised with him during the Serbia tie. I knew I can beat ...
Muay Thai's loss is boxing's gain as Lovlina assured of a medal in World C'ships
Martial art form Muay Thai's loss turned out to be a gain for Indian boxing as Lovlina Borgahain made a timely shift to now become a World Championship medallist. Daughter of a small-time businessman in Golaghat district of Assam, Borgahain played Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing, for two years on the footsteps of her twin sisters Licha and Lima before switching to boxing at the age of 15 on the advice of a school teacher. "I was initially playing Muay Thai but one coach at my school told me I can try my hand at boxing. SAI (Sports Authority of India) held trials at Barpathar Girls High School where I studied and I was selected for boxing. I had good physique and can land good punches," said Lovlina, who beat Scott Kaye Frances of Australia in the 69kg quarterfinal to be assured of a medal in her debut World Championships. "I was selected to participate in the sub-junior National in 2012 and won a gold. After that I was selected for sub-junior national camp. I played Muay Thai for
Anjum, Mehuli continue golden run in National Shooting
Anjum Moudgil and Mehuli Ghosh continued their golden run in the women's air rifle events at the 62nd National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) in Trivandrum on Tuesday. Anjum won her third gold of the nationals on Tuesday, partnering Arjun Babuta to help Punjab win the 10m air rifle mixed team event. West Bengal's Mehuli won her fifth and sixth gold medals in the competition by annexing the junior and youth mixed team titles to go with her women's junior and youth individual and team golds won earlier. Anjum and partner Arjun shot 828.9 in the qualification to make it as the fourth out of five qualifying teams. India international pairing of Ayonika Paul and Akhil Sheoran, representing the Railways, topped the field with a score of 829.9. The Punjab pair, however, was too good in the finals, outclassing the field with a score of 497.3. The silver was bagged by Rajasthan pair of Divyansh Singh Panwar and Barkha Chauhan with a score of 496.6, while Haryana won the ...
IOC asks members to not grant event to India involving Kosovo
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked all its member federations not to grant any world event to India involving Kosovo after the country denied visa to a boxer from the European nation for the ongoing AIBA Women's World Championships here. In a strongly-worded letter to the President and Secretary-General of all International Federations (IFs) on Monday, the IOC reiterated its position on political discrimination against countries at sporting events in the light of the recent development involving Kosovo. "The IOC has been working together with the International Federations, and the umbrella organisations concerned, for many years to protect the fundamental principles which govern the Olympic Movement and make sure that, when a national sports organisation/country decides to bid for an international sports event, it equally abides by the rules of the Olympic Movement," IOC Deputy Director General Pere Miro said. "The national sports federation must guarantee that all ...
Tvesa eyeing to consolidate position as Leg 16 of Hero WPGT starts
Tvesa Malik would look to consolidate her handy lead of over Rs 3,53,000 as the first of the last three legs of the 2018 Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour begins here on Wednesday. With 15 legs having been held before the Hero Women's Indian Open, it is now back to domestic action with two legs this month and the last in December. Tvesa, who had a fine outing at the WGAI-LET sanctioned Women's Indian Open, finished tied 13th and the joint best Indian alongside Gaurika Bishnoi, who is skipping the event this week. Tvesa already has three wins and is looking at increasing her tally. Ridhima Dilawari too will be looking for a good showing. She was tied 20th at the Indian Open. Ridhima, who played for India at the Asian Games, is in her rookie year and has played just one event as a professional before the National Open. She led in that for two rounds before dropping down. Amandeep Drall, who also has three wins, but is way behind Tvesa in the Order of Merit, will be looking to narrow the gap ...
Bhatia, Rawat tons rescue Uttarakhand
Rajat Bhatia and Saurabh Rawat led Uttarakhand's rearguard action with fighting centuries, taking their team to 290/5 against Sikkim in a top of the table Ranji Trophy Plate Group match here Tuesday. Bhatia made 121 off 156 balls (15x4, 1x6) before becoming Ishwar Chaudhary's (3/81) third victim of the day. Rawat remained unbeaten on 115 off 246 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes as he along with the skipper shared 208 runs together to revive their innings from 38/4 in 12.5 overs. Opting to field at their adopted home venue, KIIT Stadium, Sikkim got the early breakthrough with Chaudhary dismissing Uttarakhand opener Karanveer Kaushal (4) in the fifth over. Bipul Sharma (1/67) then accounted for the experienced Vineet Saxena (19) followed by the wickets of Kartik Joshi (8) and Vaibhav Singh (5) as the Uttarakhand found themselves in a spot of bother in their first away match of the season. Both the teams are one 13 points each with Sikkim leading the Plate table on net
Barça's Coutinho returns to training after thigh injury
Barcelona's attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho returned to training on Tuesday, raising the odds that he will feature in Ernesto Valverde's squad for the upcoming match against Atletico Madrid.
Tvesa ready to consolidate position in Hero women's golf Tour
Comfortably placed with a handy lead of over Rs. 3,53,000 with only the last three legs of the 2018 season left on the Hero womens Pro Tour, promising golfer Tvesa Malik will aim to consolidate her position in the 16th leg of the Tour starting here Wednesday.
India eye winning start to Australia tour (Preview)
India will be eyeing for a perfect start to their two-month long Australia tour with the first T20 International contest between the two sides coming up at the Gabba here on Wednesday.
Sakalkar, Patne advance to round two
Pune's Rohan Sakalkar and Thane's Sagar Patne entered the second qualifying round in the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker Selection (leg 2) Championship on Tuesday. Sakalkar dropped the first frame but recovered to tame Puneet Thakkar of Mumbai 3-1 (15-58, 63-22, 67-35 and 65-52) in the first qualifying round at the Bombay Gymkhana here. Patne came from behind to overcome Sharad Sharma of Mumbai 3-2 (29-65, 64-38, 23-56, 43-10 and 57-16) to advance to the second qualifying round. Results: Snooker qualifying (1st round) (all from Mumbai unless stated otherwise): Sanjay Gamre beat Hardik Vyas 3-1 (50-18, 49-58, 54-20, 60-56); Kishore Laungani beat Manan Shah 3-0 (55-10, 51-41, 56-25); Rohan Sakalkar (Pune) beat Puneet Thakkar 3-1 (15-58, 63-22, 67-35, 65-52); Sagar Patne (Thane) beat Sharad Sharma 3-2 (29-65, 64-38, 23-56, 43-10, 57-16); Vilas Upsham beat Mangesh Gurav 3-1 (33-60, 48-47, 60-24, 54-32); Joseph Menezes beat Luv Boricha 3-1 (36-51, 40-31, 60-35, ...
Aaron helps Jharkhand skittle Rajasthan
Speedster Varun Aaron grabbed a five-wicket haul as Jharkhand bundled out Rajasthan for 100 on the opening day of their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy game on Tuesday. In response, Jharkhand were 92 for 5 at stumps, trailing Rajasthan by eight runs. After Jharkhand opted to field, 29-year-old Aaron, an India discard, wreaked havoc as he returned with exceptional figures of 5-22 in 12 overs at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here. Aaron had powered Jharkhand to a nine-wicket win in their last game against Haryana at Rohtak, when he bagged 6-32 in the second outing. The right-arm fast bowler continued his brilliant form and was ably supported by medium pacers Ajay Yadav (3-35) and Rahul Shukla (1-22). Spinner Anukul Roy (1-8) also played his part to perfection. Aaron's wickets included those of Rajasthan skipper Mahipal Lomror (20) and Rajesh Bishnoi (35). Apart from these two, no other batsman contributed with the bat, as the visitors were eventually shot out in 42.2 ..
Iran aim to win AFC Asian Cup, says coach Queiroz
Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz said his side wants to win the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, after having gone 43 years without winning Asia's leading international football tournament.
Four-time Olympic champ Farah to run 2019 London Marathon
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon in 2019, organisers announced here on Tuesday.
Kerala take day one honours, bowl out Bengal for 147
Bengal batsmen cut a sorry figure on home turf to be bowled out for 147, giving Kerala an upperhand in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday. Young Basil Thampi returned with career-best first class figures of 4 for 57 as Kerala's three-pronged pace attack shared nine wickets between them to dismiss the hosts in 56.2 overs after deciding to bowl on a greenish wicket. Playing his first Ranji match of he season, M D Nidheesh (3/22) made a fine comeback, claiming the key wickets of Bengal top-scorer Anustup Majumdar (53) and skipper Manoj Tiwary (22). Seven of Bengal batsmen failed to get to double digits scores and capped five ducks, including that of opener Koushik Ghosh and number three Sudeep Chatterjee. Anustup Majumdar made a patient 53 from 97 balls with the help of six boundaries and one hit over the fence. At stumps on day one, Kerala were 35 for the loss of one wicket with Jalaj Saxena (14 not out) and Rohan Prem (14 not out) holding the fort ..
Afghanistan cricketers train in Chennai for busy season
: The Afghanistan senior and emerging cricketing teams are at the Sri Ramachandra Centre for Sports Sciences here to train for a busy season which includes various tournaments. A total of 36 players is here and big names like Rashid Khan, Mujeebur Rahman and Mohammed Shehzad, who are busy with the T10 League in the Middle East, would join the camp later, M Sanjay, director, cricket operations, Centre for Sports Sciences, told PTI. The camp was likely to go on for a month and the Afghan players would also play practice matches, he added. The Emerging Team would be leaving on December 4 for a tournament in Sri Lanka, he said. The visiting players have already started practice, he added. With the city facing inclement weather, the players would be training indoors, Sanjay said. The players appreciated the facilities at the centre, he added. The CSS has an MoU with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and the players come here on a regular basis to train and for injury ...
'Magnificent Mary' assured of 7th medal, Lovlina also in semis at World C'ships
The legendary M C Mary Kom Tuesday assured herself a seventh medal at the Women's World Boxing Championship to become the most successful pugilist in the event's history, while debutant Lovlina Borgohain was also guaranteed a podium finish here. Mary Kom, a mother-of-three, defeated China's Wu Yu 5-0 in the light flyweight (48kg) category quarterfinals to enter the semis and be assured of at least a bronze. Joining the 35-year-old Manipuri in the last-four stage was debutant Borgohain (69kg), an Asian Championships bronze-medallist last year. The 21-year-old from Assam claimed a 5-0 verdict over Scott Kaye Frances of Australia. Borgohain won a gold at the inaugural India Open earlier this year. Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkable tally of five gold medals and a silver to her credit. She last won a world championship medal in 2010 -- a 48kg category gold. "It was a tough bout. Not very tough but not very easy also. There are a lot of good Chinese boxers who keep coming. I have
Soccer: Bayern Munich 2017-18 turnover up slightly to 657 million euros - club
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's annual turnover for 2017-18 reached 657.4 million euros ($751.3 million), up almost three percent from last season but net profits were down, the German champions said on Tuesday.
Dicka's 70th minute strike hand Bagan 1-0 win over Real Kashmir
Former champions Mohun Bagan rode on a second half Dipanda Dicka strike to eke out a close 1-0 win over debutants Real Kashmir FC and register their second win of the Hero I-League here on Tuesday. The win takes the Mariners to second spot in the 12th Hero I-League standings with eight points from four games. Real Kashmir, on the other hand, suffered their second defeat on the trot at home, keeping them on four points from a similar number of games and down to eighth place. Both the coaches used the opportunity to give first starts of the season to a few players, arguably to test them out before it comes to the business end of the league. David Robertson of Kashmir handed first starts to as many as three players, Khalid Qayoom and Abhash Thapa in midfield and defence in place of Farhan Ganie and Brian Mascarenhas as well as playing Nagen Tamang as an extra midfielder in place of defender Muhammad Hammad. Mohun Bagan coach Sankarlal Chakraborty opted for just one change, giving ...
India will have psychological advantage playing on grass: Zeeshan
The Indian players may not be formidable on grass but playing Italy on that surface will give the hosts a psychological advantage, reckons Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali. To qualify for the inaugural 24-team Davis Cup Finals, India need to beat Italy which boasts four top-100 players, led by world number 13 Fabio Fognini. The Italians, who are superior on hard and clay courts, might struggle on grass and that is the reason why the Indian team management has asked for a tie at South Club in Kolkata. "Playing on clay or hard is going to be difficult. The surface on which we have the best chance against them is grass. It is not about whether our players are good on grass or not, but they are better against them playing on grass than on clay or hard," said Zeeshan on the sidelines of Pune Challenger tournament. The tie will be held on February 1 and 2 and the winners will play the Finals in November in Madrid. When reasoned that better players can adjust better to the conditions, Zeeshan ...