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The defending champions have retained most of their core foreign squad that won them the title last season. Manzi is the third foreigner to renew his contract after his country mates defender Roberto Eslava and midfielder Sandro Rodriguez. It is learned that their Spanish goalkeeper Nauzet Santana will also sign on the new contract very soon. The tussle between Chennai City and FC Pune City over the signing of Nestor Gordillo is now in All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) court....

England and India, currently ranked first and second respectively, play the first match of their upcoming series in Nottingham on Thursday, in what will kick off a month-long extravaganza of One-Day Internationals featuring 10 sides, spread across four continents. India, who had beaten England 2-1 in the Twenty20 International series, had conceded the top ranking to England at the annual update on May 2 but it will get a chance to claim back the spot....

India has been pooled along with Bahrain, Iraq, and Lebanon while Sri Lanka will face Jordan, Kazakhstan, and Palestine in their quest to qualify for Asia’s biggest basketball competition. Defending champions Australia is drawn in group C with Guam, Hong Kong, and New Zealand 24 participating nations are drawn in 6 groups with each group containing 4 teams. Below are the groups. Group A: Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Thailand Group B: China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Malaysia...

Cape Town, Jan 5 (PTI) Skipper Virat Kohli’s perennnial weakness outside the off-stump was once again exposed as India were in deep trouble at 28 for 3 after bowlers dismissed South Africa for a modest 286 on the opening day of the first cricket Test. In their 11 over burst during the final hour, the South African trio of Vernon Philander (1/13 in 4 overs), Dale Steyn (1/13 in 4 overs) and Morne Morkel (1/0 in 2 overs) troubled the Indian top-order with bounce, seam and swing....

The trophy had been in the hands of the Australians since 2014-15 after Steve Smith’s men won that four-match series 2-0. But the Border-Gavaskar trophy made its way back to Indian shores after the hosts successfully chased down the 106 runs set for victory during the morning session in Dharamsala, where a 2-1 series triumph was sealed on the penultimate day. Following a dramatic third day, India resumed on 19-0 and needed just 87 more runs with all 10 wickets in hand, and there was inevitably in the air, despite the loss of two early wickets....

After winning against Alejandra Valencia in the semi-finals, the 19-year-old Indian could only manage ending up as second best to Yun Oh Hee of Korea. Despite shooting a perfect 30 in her first attempt, the 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold medalist went down as a result of one really horrible shot in her third attempt, one in which she managed only 19. The world number three’s scores read 30, 28, 19, 27, 29 as against the Korean player’s tally of 26, 28, 29, 28, 29....

Computers to be launched in phases Confirming the news to IANS, the associate director and head of the High Performance Computing, C-DAC, Pune, Sanjay Wandhekar said that they have plans for installing at least five to ten supercomputers in this year and the rest would be introduced in phases in the the coming three years. According to the reports, the supercomputer machines planned for installation in the coming days are developed under the National Supercomputing Mission worth Rs....

If it was a 5-match series, India might have backed the same XI for one more game. But since it’s only a 3-match series and the series is on the line now, the chances are very slim that the men in blue would go with the same selection strategy again. The hosts have back-up options in the squad and they can make like-for-like replacements if they want. Some of the players, who had a case to be picked in the first ODI itself, might get their opportunity in the second ODI now....

Rohit is just 56 runs away from completing 9000 runs in ODI cricket. He will be the third-fastest to reach this landmark if and when he is able to do so. He is also one century away from grabbing the fourth spot for most centuries scored in the history of ODI cricket. Also see – IPL 2020 Teams Rohit Sharma’s career had a big turning point when then Indian captain MS Dhoni had asked him to open the innings and he had scored 83 against England at Mohali....

The visitors were bulldozed by an innings and 130 runs in the opening Test at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Mominul Haque and Co will have to perform much better in the upcoming match if they wish to salvage something out of the tour. The performances of Mushfiqur Rahim and Abu Jayed were the only bright spots for Bangladesh in the first match, as the Indian team outplayed them in all three departments....

The Blue Tigers landed in China on Wednesday and were happy with the pleasant weather, hovering around 15-degree Celsius, in the city of Suzhou near Shanghai. ALSO READ: Balwant Singh left out of India squad Kotal though immediately got into the business, suggesting the defenders will have a big role to play during the game. This is the first visit of an Indian senior national team to China. India have not been able to manage a victory against China in their 17 outings for far....

The decision to field first proved to be the right one as England reduced India to 22 for 3 in the eighth over of the innings, but a 57-run stand between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina restored the innings before the latter fell for 27. Then, the skipper was joined by MS Dhoni and the duo kept the scoreboard ticking along, even as the fours and sixes dried thanks to some fine bowling by the hosts....

But with the tie just a day away, let’s focus on who will be on court rather than who won’t. The Indian squad will be led by 39-year-old Leander Paes. But even the most successful player in Indian Davis Cup history will have a tough time shouldering the responsibility of the rookie team (the other three Indians in the squad are all making their Davis Cup debuts) solely on his shoulders....

Khaleel Ahmed has been the new find of the series as the third seamer in their bowling attack. India should feel encouraged by the resurgence of Ambati Rayadu at the number four spot. Jadeja seems to have rediscovered his mojo in the middle-overs. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have completed 1000 runs for the year. During the series, the Indian skipper became the fastest to reach 10,000 ODI runs....

Indian Test batting line-up of Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Ganguly and VVS Laxman was popularly known as the FAB 5. Add MS Dhoni to that, and India had one of the best batting lineups. Post-retirement of Ganguly and Dravid, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli took over their responsibility in the 2011 World Cup. Their exploits in the final helped India loft the trophy. Post World Cup 2011, Virat Kohli emerged as one of the best players in ODIs and took the mantle of the Indian batting in his hands....

Speaking on the excellence of both bowlers, Umesh Yadav stressed that the pair had been performing exceedingly well in recent times. However, the Indian cricket team pacer opted for his compatriot due to the latter’s propensity to come up trumps across all formats. A post shared by Sportskeeda India (@sportskeeda) on May 4, 2020 at 5:30am PDT To put things into perspective, Indian cricket team fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah averages 20....

Speaking of the six RFYS kids being selected for the trial camp, Abhishek Yadav expressed his joy. “We are extremely glad to scout some raw talent from RFYS matches at Maharashtra and Kochi. The important aspect about RFYS’ efforts is that more options are being provided to the Indian National team coaches for selection. This is also a huge opportunity for the scouted boys to be at trials under the supervision of Head Coach, Stephen Constantine....

The team of Manika Batra, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Reeth Rishya Tennison managed to win their singles which helped the team claim the 9-10 play-off match. Both Ayhika Mukherjee and Manika Batra lost their rubbers to Jeger Mateja 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 9-11 and Rakovac Lea 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11 respectively. Reeth Rishya pulled one back beating Markati Paula 10-12, 15-13, 12-10, 11-7 to infuse fresh blood in the competition....