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The glam girl of Indian badminton Jwala Gutta, who is taking a sabbatical from competitive action, will now let her dancing moves do the talking. The seasoned southpaw shuttler has stepped into the the tinsel town and will soon be seen shaking a leg in a dance number for a Telugu film ‘Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (GJG)’. Jwala will be doing the peppy dance number opposite good friend Nithin in the film, which is the directorial venture of Vijay Kumar Konda....

A female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games underwent a gender test on Tuesday after she was charged with raping her former lover, who alleged she is actually a man. Pinki Pramanik, who retired in 2007, is in police custody in Kolkata after being arrested last week over allegations that she repeatedly raped her female live-in partner. When Pramanik appeared in court to be charged with rape, the magistrate ordered a panel of experts to assess her gender....

Squad Goalkeepers: 1-Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (Mohun Bagan AC), 20-Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal Club), 21-Nasim Akhtar (Mahindra United). Defenders: 3-Satish Kumar Bharti (Mohun Bagan AC), 4-Debjit Ghosh (Mohun Bagan AC), 14-Mahesh Gawli (Churchill Brothers SC), 16-Samir Naik (Dempo SC), 17-Deepak Kumar Mandal (East Bengal Club), 20-Manitombi Singh (Salgaocar SC). Midfielders: 6-Shanmugam Venkatesh (East Bengal Club), 7-Tomba Wangkheirakpam Singh (Salgaocar SC), 8-Renedy Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), 11-Jo Paul Ancheri (JCT Mills), 18-Krishnan Nair Ajayan (Kerala)....

Anas moved to Kerala Blasters last summer and experienced an injury-plagued season, appearing just eight times for the Blasters. The managerial change might dent the defender’s hopes of carrying on with his hometown club, although he is working on his fitness intensively. The defender has been in talks with the two-time champions ATK. New manager Eelco Schattorie is determined to form a young team at Kerala Blasters, which is the fundamental rationale for Anas to fix on a transfer away from the club....

Lucian Goian had a stellar 2018-19 ISL season with Mumbai City FC as he marshaled the defense line and guided the club in keeping eight clean sheets in the tournament, the most by any team. Lunging 82 tackles, 33 interceptions, 187 clearances, and 34 blocks in 19 matches, Goian was one of the best defenders in the ISL last season and these statistics are a testament of it. A Mumbai City FC fan favorite, many expected the Islanders to retain Goian....

Previously, the federal government only provided vaccinations for front-line workers and those ages 45 and older, and states and the private sector provided vaccines for adults between the ages of 18 and 44. Now, the federal government will obtain 75 percent of vaccines directly from manufacturers to be provided for free. The private sector will purchase the remaining 25 percent. Though many states vaccinated adults ages 18 to 44 for free, there was a competition with the private sector to obtain enough doses of the vaccine....

The Dutchman was impressed with the DYL initiative and was pleasantly surprised to see talent of such nature at display in a city like Delhi. The 53-year-old also made a shot visit at another venue of the league in DPS R.K. Puram. The Delhi Youth League was started in January 2013 and currently its second season is running after the first season was very successful. The league hosts teams from different academies and NGO’s besides public and private schools in various age groups from 6-19 and it is held between the months of September and April....

Recently-crowned US Open champion Novak Djokovic’s decision to opt out of the play-offs along with world number 33 Filip Krajinovic has raised hopes of an equal contest between the two teams. Playing away is still is an enormous task for the Indian team, which has landed here without its top singles player Yuki Bhambri and Asian Games men’s doubles gold medallist Divij Sharan. But the combined experience of the Indian players in Davis Cup is 43 ties as compared to just 14 of the line-up in the home side, something which the visitors would look to exploit....

A second string India, captained by young batsman Ajinkya Rahane, clinched the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 3-0. The visitors were a superior side in the first T20I too, winning the match by 54 runs. The visitors will have very little homework to do after putting up an impressive show both with the bat and ball so far. But the hosts will look to win a match and redeem some of their bruised pride....

Eyeing a maiden gold at the World Cup circuit, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskan Kirar and Trisha Deb had a promising 59-57 lead but they slipped in the third end as the French trio eventually clinched the gold with a score of 229-228. Five consecutive perfect 10s by Sophie Dodemont, Amelie Sancenot and Sandra Herve helped France level the scores 116-all in the second end. Pressure then got the better of the Indian team as they started off the third end with a poor six and then an eight, while the French trio maintained the momentum to make it 174-169....

India made two changes from the team that played the first Test at Kanpur. Shikhar Dhawan replaced the injured Lokesh Rahul, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar made it to the final 11 in place of Umesh Yadav. New Zealand suffered jolt with their regular skipper Kane Williamson ruled out of the game due to indisposition. Ross Taylor went for the toss as the stand-in captain. The visitors made three changes from the first Test team....

Bengaluru, Oct 11 (PTI) India today qualified for the 2019 Asian Cup after they pumped in four goals for a convincing 4-1 win over Macau with two matches still to go in their qualifying round. This is the third time the country has qualified for the continental showpiece. India have qualified for the AFC Asian Cup finals only twice in the past 37 years. The last time it happened was in 2011 and their only appearance before that was way back in 1984....

To put things into perspective, India have not beaten the Kiwis in any kind of ICC competition since the 2003 Cricket World Cup. During that run, the Men In Blue have endured heartbreak against New Zealand plenty of times, including the 2019 World Cup semi final at Old Trafford. Yet, the defeat in the World Test Championship final might arguably leave a bigger scar. Not just because India have been pretty indomitable in red-ball cricket for the past few years, but also because they’d conquered numerous obstacles en route to the summit clash....

Along with South Africa, Australia has been one of those places where India have never won a Test series. In fact, they have not won a single Test in their previous two tours to Australia. The last Test victory in Australia for India came in 2008 at Perth. Not having history on their side, India would look to change the fortunes this time around. And there is no reason why they cannot go ahead and win the series this time....

It seems that the below par performance of Team India in the T20 World Cup final and the Asia cup is not likely to improve on the bouncy pitches of England. First of all, the so called strength and backbone of team India’s batting line has failed to impress in the ongoing IPL. Be it Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh or all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja - everyone has been inconsistent....

For India, Chateshwar Pujara moved from 130 to 193 on the second day and was unlucky to miss out on a double hundred. But, the unexpected hero was Rishabh Pant who remained not out on 159 which came off just 189 balls with the help of 15 fours and one six. Pant showed a lot of maturity in his batting as he was keen on taking the singles and giving the strike back to Pujara as long as he was at the wicket....

“Look, I am not sure he (Kohli) knows how to spell the word (sorry)”, Sutherland told Australian radio channel Fiveaa. Not to be taken literally, his statements implied that Kohli was not the type of personality to issue an apology. Calling for a truce between the two sparring teams upon the conclusion of the fourth Test, he asserted, “After the end of this long and cut-throat series, let’s hope the boys from both teams get together and have a bit of a laugh....

The 31-year old comes into the team following some decent performance in the domestic circuit this season. However, there were few others who had domestic performances, just as good, if not better, than Patel. Let’s look at five such wicketkeeper-batsmen who could have made it to the Test team ahead of Parthiv Patel. Also read: India vs England 2016: Parthiv Patel replaces Wriddhiman Saha for the 3rd Test at Mohali...

There was a lot of talk about Pandya’s selection to the Test team for this series as he has only played a handful of First-class matches and experts felt that he needed to develop a lot more to be even considered an option in Test cricket. Also Read: 5 players who should be picked in India’s Test squad for the remainder of England series Pandya has played just 16 First-class matches, scoring 727 runs at a mediocre average of 27....