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I-League: Real Kashmir stun defending champs Minerva
Debutants Real Kashmir on Wednesday stunned holders Minerva Punjab by a solitary goal in an I-League match at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here on Wednesday.
Puneri Paltan beat Dabang Delhi 31-26 in PKL
Puneri Paltan grinded out a 31-26 win over Dabang Delhi in a low-scoring match to claim their six victory in the sixth edition of Pro Kabaddi League here Wednesday. Sandeep Narwal and Rinku Narwal caused the trouble for Delhi's raiders who made errors such as stepping in the lobby or being timed out. Naveen Kumar was the highest scoring raider for Delhi with 6 raid points while Joginder Narwal tried his best to help his team with 4 tackle points but it went in vain. Girish Maruti Ernak regained the Orange Band after claiming 2 tackle points to take his tally to 31 tackle points. Puneri Paltan lost their star raider Nitin Tomar to an injury while the captain, Girish Maruti Ernak, finally made a return to the starting 7. The first half had its ups and downs for both teams. The first 5 minutes of the match saw both teams just attempting to inflict damage through Do-Or-Die raids with Pune being the successful team. Delhi made a comeback with Chandran Ranjit's 7th minute Super Raid which .
Exposure trip to Germany for four budding Bengal footballers
In a unique initiative by the West Bengal Police, four budding footballers from the state will be sent on an exposure trip to Germany where they will train with the renowned Eintracht Frankfurt club.
Messi returns to Barcelona training 11 days after fracturing forearm
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi on Wednesday returned to light training on the field and performed mobility exercises, 11 days after fracturing his right forearm during his side's 4-2 La Liga win over Sevilla.
Karman makes tame exit after losing to Chinese top seed
India number two Karman Thandi made a tame exit from the L and T Mumbai Open as she lost in straight sets to top-seeded Chinese Saisai Zheng in the singles first round at the Cricket Club of India courts on Wednesday. Karman started off brilliantly by taking a 2-0 lead, but then slumped badly as her Chinese opponent ranked far above her in the world reeled in ten games in a row when the India number two let her own game slip down by committing far too many errors. Karman was beaten 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes. She had lost at the same stage of the event last year too. The tall Indian girl, back from a runner-up finish last week in China in a 25K ITF event, held her opening service game at love and then broke the top-seeded Zhangs serve at 15 to raise visions of some good contest which was not to be. From 2-0, the 20-year-old Karman lost the next eight games in the opening set which she lost 6-2 without the Chinese woman, who has already earned close to 2.3 ...
Ashwini Ponnappa bats for more women doubles events
Commonwealth Games medallist Ashwini Ponnappa on Wednesday lamented that women's doubles is not getting its due in India and stressed on the need to have more events in the category to encourage players. "Where is the importance given towards women's doubles, there is no importance. What's the motivation given to them? I think Premier Badminton League (PBL) is a great format, but it is sad that they don't have women's doubles," Ashwini told reporters here. "We need a lot of women's doubles events. I feel a lot of badminton events are trying to neglect women's doubles and that needs to change. Because either if it's on a recreational level or in the professional level, in India we need to include women's doubles in order to motivate them. "Singles have always been number one, but there are girls who are eager to play doubles as well. We just need to push them and encourage," said Ashwini, who along with her partner Sikki Reddy attended the finals of the Red Bull Shuttle Up - a women's .
Kasatkina hits out at Zhuhai scheduling after Keys defeat
Top seed Daria Kasatkina slammed the tournament scheduling at the WTA Elite Trophy in China on Wednesday after losing in straight sets to Madison Keys. Kasatkina, 21, was beaten with relative ease by the 23-year-old American, who took 70 minutes to seal the win 6-2, 6-4. The Russian, who finished her previous round-robin tie against Wang Qiang at 10pm on Tuesday, looked tired on court and had already criticised the match timetable, saying it "sucks". Asked if she stood by the comments at her post-match press conference on Wednesday, she took a deep breath and said: "Yea. I mean if they want me to pull out of the tournament then they are doing a good job, because in less than 24 hours I've played two matches. "The girls [Keys and Wang] are not playing tomorrow, they are playing on Friday, and I was supposed to play two matches in less than 24 hours. "So there's nothing I can say, nothing I can do. I was fighting, I mean I did everything I could. "I gave more than 100% of my abilities, .
SaarLorLux Open: Saili, Arjun-Ramachandran, Arun-Sanyam enter second round
India's Saili Rane and two men's doubles pairs entered the pre-quarterfinals with straight game wins at the SaarLorLux Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament, here Wednesday. The 25-year-old Saili defeated Ukraine's Natalya Voytsekh 21-19 21-16 to set up a meeting with Russia's Anastasiia Semenova. Men's doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla also progressed to the second round with a 21-18 21-17 win over Netherlands' Jacco Arends and Ruben Jille. Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok thrashed Netherlands' Vincent Braaksma and Switzerland's Andreas Zbinden 21-9 21-5 to cross the opening hurdle. Arun and Sanyam, who have won three international series titles so far, will face fourth seeded German pair of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Emil Seidel, while Arjun and Ramchandran, who clinched the Hellas Open this month, takes on Chinese duo of Huang Kaixiang and Wang Zekang. However, it was curtains for Prashi Joshi and Anura Prabhudesai after they fell in the opening round. While top seed Gao ...
Favourites assured of medals at boxing nationals
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist and defending champion Manish Kaushik (60kg) was among the prominent names who assured themselves of medals by entering the semifinals of the Senior Men's National Boxing Championships here on Wednesday. Manish, competing for the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), notched up a 5-0 win over Uttar Pradesh's Sunil Chauhan to be guaranteed of a second successive national medal. Former youth world champion Sachin Siwach (52kg), representing defending team champions Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), continued his impressive run to defeat West Bengal's Manjeet Kumar. Sachin is competing in his maiden senior nationals. World Championships bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri, another RSPB boxer, made the 56kg category semis with a 5-0 triumph over Punjab's Rajpinder Singh. Ulaanbaatar Cup gold-medallist Ankush Dahiya (60kg), who is turning up for RSPB, remained on course for a clash with Manish in the finals after beating Madhya Pradesh's Prabhat 4-1 in
4 young footballers from Bengal to visit Germany
Four young footballers from West Bengal will visit Germany early next month to participate in a session with main players of Eintracht Frankfurt, a famous club. While Loknath Mondal and Seikh Rintu were spotted drom Kolkata Police Friendship Cup, Manish Subba and Debkumar Khirali were chosen from Community Relationship Development Tournament in Darjeeling and Jangalmahal Cup tournament, respectively, Commissioner of Kolkata Police Rajeev Kumar said at a press conference here. The young footballers will leave for Germany on November 6 and return on November 13, Kumar said. During the tour they will undergo a four-day training session and a footballing session with main players of Eintracht Frankfurt besides watching a match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Shalke in Bundesliga on November 12. "Football bridges cultures, languages and different countries. I am pleased that these boys will now get a chance to train with one of the famous football teams. It would be a very ..
Universitario de Deportes beat Sporting Cristal in Peruvian league play
Universitario de Deportes edged Sporting Cristal 2-1 in the 11th round of play in the Peruvian league's Clausura football tournament.
Nishikori beats Mannarino, reaches Paris Masters 3rd round
Japanese player Kei Nishikori advanced to the Paris Masters third round on Wednesday after defeating Adrian Mannarino of France 7-5, 6-4.
Pankaj Advani clinches Asian Snooker title
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani won the Asian Snooker Tour by defeating Ju Reti of China here on Wednesday.The 33-year-old registered a domination 6-1 victory over his Chinese opponent to finish on top.The final was also expected to be a tough contest and the same was reflected in the first frame. But once Pankaj won the first frame, he dominated the second frame as well to take two frames lead.Ju Reti, however, recovered in the third frame but post that Pankaj took initiative in all frames from the start and capitalized them. Pankaj was so confident that he finished the last frame with a break of 94 points.Pankaj had won his first international title in China way back in 2003.
BCB paves way for Shakib's participation in UAE T20X
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted No Objection Certificate (NOC) to all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, allowing him to play in the upcoming UAE T20x tournament.Consequently, the 31-year-old, who had sustained a finger injury, is likely to participate in the tournament which is starting from December 23.Reflecting on the same, the left-arm bowler said that he would possibly return to training after which he will decide whether to play or not."The physio and I have decided not to put a time frame for my return. Possibly I will start training shortly. I have to start strength training from next week. When I will start improving gradually, and I will see that I don't have problems in playing, I can think of returning to action. Until then, I wouldn't want to return, neither the physio will let me," ESPNcricinfo.com quoted Hasan, as saying.Speaking about the importance of the tournament, he said that the comeback would help him getting back into full rhythm."It will be good preparation .
46th FIH Congress kick starts in New Delhi
The 46th Congress of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), on Wednesday launched its week-long programme in the New Delhi.About 250 delegates from across the globe have gathered in the capital. The FIH Executive Board meeting and Continental Federation CEO's meet was also held. The FIH Honorary Awards, to be given to sportspersons, who have made an outstanding contribution to the game will be distributed on November 1.The Congress meet, which is a biennial event, will conduct its meeting on November 3 at the Lalit Hotel. It is the governing body of the FIH and makes strategic decisions for the development and governance of hockey at the global level. Its agenda includes an overview of the status of the game, evolution and development worldwide.The FIH President Narinder Dhruv Batra said that he is looking to develop the sport globally and gave details of the ten-year Hockey Revolution Strategy."Over the past years, we have worked tirelessly to develop and expand hockey worldwide.
SAFF U-15 C'ship: India ready for Bangladesh challenge in semi-final
After registering a thumping win against Bhutan on Monday, Indian U-15 boys will take on Bangladesh in the semifinal clash of the ongoing South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Championship in Kathmandu on Thursday.Drawn against Pakistan and Bhutan in the group stages, the Indian colts started off their campaign with a loss against arch-rivals Pakistan as the match ended 2-1.Despite the early setback, the team coached by Shuvendu Panda fought back in their next game and pumped four unanswered goals past Bhutan to secure a place in the last four.Talking about the previous two matches, Panda stated that the team continued to play the same way despite the initial loss."Although we displayed a dominating performance in our first match, we couldn't get the right result. We continued the same performance against Bhutan and we succeeded," he said.He further stated that the team is looking forward to the task at hand on November 1 and working hard for it."We will continue the same ...
Following hotel fall, Pelayo Novo retires from Spanish football
Pelayo Novo, a former midfielder for third-tier Spanish league club Albacete Balompie, on Wednesday said that he has decided to retire from professional football after suffering serious injuries in a fall from the third floor of a hotel earlier this year.
Umpiring issues could lead to rescheduling of Cooch Behar Trophy
The BCCI may be forced to reschedule the Cooch Behar Trophy since it is clashing with the Ranji Trophy and there are not enough match officials -- umpires and match referees -- to manage the two tournaments simultaneously. The inclusion of nine new states into the competition has thrown Indian cricket's domestic calender into complete haywire. The BCCI, in all likelihood, will have to delay the matches of National U-19 competition by two-three days. The Cooch Behar Trophy as per BCCI website was scheduled to start on November 19 but multiple matches of Ranji Trophy will also be played on the same dates. "The Cooch Behar Trophy might be rescheduled by 2-3 days," BCCI GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim told PTI. When asked if there has been shortage of umpires, Karim said, "I don't think number of umpires is a problem. It's just that with so many matches scheduled together, we needed to realign umpiring and match official duties," Karim said. The Cricket Operations team under Karim has
ICC suspends Sri Lanka bowling coach Zoysa on fixing charges
Sri Lanka's bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa was Wednesday suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and charged with match-fixing, compounding the crisis that has gripped the game in the island nation. Just days before the Lankans take the field against England in a Test series, Zoysa has been charged with articles which relate to match-fixing and encouraging players to influence results. "Mr Zoysa has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect. Mr Zoysa has 14 days from 1 November 2018 to respond to the charges. The ICC will not make any further comment in respect of these charges at this stage," said an ICC release without getting into the specifics of what Zoysa could have done to invite the charge. The ICC is currently conducting a full-scale investigation into the alleged corrupt activities in Sri Lankan cricket. It recently charged World Cup-winning batting legend Sanath Jayasuriya with non-cooperation in the probe. Former left-arm seamer Zoysa, who played 30 Tests .
Kenya's Wanjiru ready for New York Marathon after knee injury
Former London Marathon champion Daniel Wanjiru has dared his opponents to pick up the gauntlet and take him on in Sunday's New York Marathon.