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The Indian pair, who are playing together for the first time on the professional circuit, defeated the strong Spanish-Argentinian combine of Marc Lopez and Juan Monaco in straight sets in their previous match, but today were flummoxed by Adil Shamasdin of Canada and his Swedish partner Andres Siljestrom, who beat Bopanna and Nedunchezhiyan 6-4, 7-6. Bopanna and Nedunchezhiyan had looked strong in their match yesterday, beating a powerful Lopez who is fresh off a Grand Slam win and Olympic doubles gold this year, but looked less powerful today against their lower-ranked opponents....

After losing to the reigning champion and top seed Egypt on Sunday night, India slipped out of the top four and will play New Zealand late on Monday night in the 5-8 category. A win would leave India competing for the fifth or sixth position with Hong Kong or Canada, something that would be a deserving consolation for all the hardwork the team comprising Adya Advani, Harshit Jawanda, Akanksha Salunkhe and Nikita Joshi has put in....

Tensions have remained high between China and India for years as the two superpowers skirmish over border disputes. The Indian army reported a recent clash in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh state, the eastern tip of India, on December 9. A few soldiers have suffered some injuries from the skirmish.The First India News Twitter account noted India’s response following the clash. “All airbases of Eastern Command on alert,” a tweet read....

#1 Murali Vijay Being calm and composed, irrespective of what the situation is on field, is a commendable quality. Murali Vijay, also referred to as ‘Monk’ by his teammates, epitomizes calmness and composure. He is one man who is never in a hurry to score runs and takes his time while putting the bad deliveries away stylishly and leaving the good ones. One of the best players of swing bowling in India and one of the finest readers of the cricket ball behavior, Murali Vijay has made himself a test match specialist batsman....

Weightlifting: Gold: Men’s 85 kg: Ragala Venkat Rahul Gold: Men’s 77 kg: Sathish Sivalingam 5th: Women’s 63kg: Vandana Gupta Hockey: Men: India drew Pakistan 2-2 Badminton: Mixed Team quarterfinals: India beat Mauritius 3-0 Table Tennis: Women’s team quarterfinals: India beat Malaysia 3-0 Men’s team quarterfinals: India beat Malaysia 3-0 Lawn Bowls: Men’s triples: India beat South Africa 18-17 Women’s singles: Pinki beat Pauline Blumsky 21-9 Men’s pairs: India lose to Norfolk Island 7-17...

In April, the BCCI decided that one match of a three-test series against New Zealand would be a day-night affair, pending trials of the pink-ball in a domestic tournament, with Kolkata’s Eden Gardens a popular choice for the contest. A local media report claimed New Zealand Cricket (NZC) were wary of the dew factor and ground conditions in India during the series scheduled to start in September and had conveyed their reluctance to BCCI officials....

After being put into bat, the hosts rode on KL Rahul’s belligerent innings to get off to a decent start. However, the Indians went through a trough after the opener’s dismissal. Yet, the home side’s big guns, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli turned in vintage displays to carry the score to 190. In reply, the Aussies were rattled early with Siddarth Kaul castling Marcus Stoinis in the 3rd over. Aaron Finch followed suit an over later as his vigil was cut short by Vijay Shankar....

On the 21st of October 2018, Pant made a rather silent debut against the West Indies at Guwahati, with MS Dhoni still keeping the gloves and the top order managing to comfortably chase down the opposition’s total of 322 within 42.1 overs. It was only on the third match of this West Indies series that Pant first got a chance to showcase his skills. Walking in at 135/3 in the 25th over with India chasing 284 for the match and series victory, Pant hit 17 off 13 deliveries....

It was the 105th over of the Indian innings when Moeen Ali came on to bowl to Wriddhiman Saha. Moeen let one through slow in the air as the ball pitched a long way outside the off-stump and turned sharply to hit Saha right in front and on the back foot as the batsman was deep inside the crease. The bowler appealed immediately as the batsmen were looking to sneak a run....

Batsman KL Rahul, pacers Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav were excluded from the squad while wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and pacer Shardul Thakur made the cut. Indian ODI squad to face New Zealand: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzi Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur. Let us take a look at the five things we learnt from India’s squad announcement for the New Zealand series....

The Islanders looked bereft of ideas for the majority of the encounter as they often floundered when the going got tough. After being set 202 for a series-equalling win, they unravelled rather spectacularly when they lost four wickets in the Powerplay. Although Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva restored a bit of pride in the overs that followed, the visitors never looked capable of mounting a substantial chase. For the hosts, Navdeep Saini scalped three wickets while Shardul Thakur and Washington returned with two wickets apiece....

Indian team will be without their usual captain Virat Kohli who has been rested and hence Rohit Sharma will lead the side. Surprisingly, the selectors have dropped MS Dhoni from the T20I squad. Match Details Date: 4th November 2018 Time: 19:00 IST Venue The first T20I will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This is the same venue where West Indies won the World T20 in 2016 with Carlos Brathwaite hitting those four massive sixes....

In 1971, India toured the Caribbean Islands. The series ended in a way no one thought it would. Sunil Gavaskar, a 21-year-old from Mumbai, debuted in the Test series against the mighty West Indies. No one would have believed that he will score a record 774 runs in those 4 Tests. One man literally changed the course of the series and the Indian side belittled the then giants of cricket....

Teenager Deborah led the medal haul with gold in 500m time trial and sprint in the junior women’s category while the other medallists were Manipur’s Manorama Devi (two silvers), Haryana’s Dilawar (silver) and Rutuja Satpute/V.G. Parvathy (bronze in team sprint). “This was by far India’s best ever performance since the 70s. This performance has now given us the confidence to prepare for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games next year,” said Cycling Federation of India secretary Onkar Singh....

Of course. Ask a Bengalurean and he’ll tell you the journey from the city to the Kempegowda International Airport is more strenuous than the long flight that he might take across the globe. And for TRAU FC (Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club), it was the journey to the neighbouring state Mizoram’s capital Aizawl that proved to be the toughest. TRAU, though, didn’t have that luxury of a Bengalurean of taking a flight from Imphal to Aizawl....

Unlike his predecessor, Igor Stimac has made sensible selections. The likes of Jobby Justin, Michael Soosairaj, Rahul Bheke and Adil Khan, who didn’t get opportunities under Stephen Constantine earlier, have been included in the Croatian’s list. Only time will tell if they will make the final cut. These players performed wonderfully for their clubs in the I-League and ISL but missed out due to the cut-throat competition in the Indian football....

The Brazilian is the second foreign defender signed by the Kochi outfit in this transfer window. Blasters had earlier acquired the services of Gianni Zuiverloon from Delhi Dynamos. Sandesh Jhingan will be a strong pillar at the back for Eelco Schattorie as well. Jairo Rodrigues began his professional career with América Futebol Clube in Brazil, in 2011. He then plied his trade with Botev Vratsa, a club in the First League in Bulgaria....

International exposure was a key objective when India decided to field a maximum of 11 players, including six girls for the championship, which this year witnessed individual competitions for boys and girls and team events for girls. The Netherlands was not the original destination for this championship, but because Egypt could not host it in Cairo, the event was re-routed to Europe. It is a measure of Egypt’s depth of talent that a change of venue did not make a difference to its fortunes....

The Indian cricket team considered walking out Monday from their rain-affected second warm-up match here at the Manuka Oval. The match, however, started late due to rain and India decided to bat after winning the toss. India are desperate for key players to get some much needed match practice under their belts ahead of Melbourne, particularly experienced fast bowler Zaheer Khan who is making his return from an ankle injury....