Posts

Excitement has reached fever pitch ever since it was announced that a ‘Fedal’ set would be part of the second season of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). Tickets had been flying off the shelves as Indian fans grabbed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a date with the two tennis icons. On paper, the Nadal-led Aces look to be in a slightly more advantageous position. The home team is a much more compact, solid squad and the form of the individual players too has been impressive....

The farmer, who was identified by local media as Ramaiah from the Sidlipura village, filed the complaint at the Holehonnur police station in the Indian state of Karnataka. In his complaint, he claimed that despite taking the cows to graze every day over a period of four days, the man received nothing in return, Unilad said. According to Penn State Extension, a variety of factors could prevent a cow from producing milk, such as severe anemia or lack of water intake....

What was even more interesting was to take a look at the bowlers from around the world, who represented their nations at this level. With the recent bowling performances in what might be considered as lively enough pitches in New Zealand, the skipper seems to have trouble marshalling his fast bowlers around to contain the opposition. Surprisingly his spinners have fared better than the fast bowlers. One wonders whether India has always been a bowling unit that has relied too much on their batsmen coming good, rather than looking like a solid unit, strong enough to run through the opposition batsmen....

The All India Football Federation (AIFF), to this effect, has received a written communication from the watchdog informing them of the 30 year-old’s sample ‘A’ test results, though it has been reported that the exact substance in question has not been revealed. It is also unknown if the Indian FA has suspended the Arjuna Awardee, as the world governing body Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) stipulates a player who fails a drug test must be suspended by his/her federation within a week of the result....

This provides weight to the rumours doing the round that CFG would claim stakes with Indian Super League (ISL) club Mumbai City FC as the latter’s CEO Indranil Das Blah is the chief executive of KWAN Sports. ALSO READ: Signs point to Man City owners buying ISL club Mumbai City Indranil Das Blah, however, said this particular association is completely different from the talks of CFG acquiring Mumbai City. “This is a commercial venture as far as CFG is concerned and it has nothing to do with them allegedly purchasing Mumbai City FC....

The new additions to the Red and Gold Roster are Abhishek Ambekar and Pintu Mahata who have been signed on three-year and two-year deals respectively. Abhishek Ambekar, who spent most his professional football career in Mumbai, has come a long way. He made his professional debut with Air India against Prayag United in a 5-1 loss in the 2012-13 I-League and went on to play 3 more games for the departmental side....

The hosts dismissed West Indies for 196 runs just 20 minutes into the evening session on day three with left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav returning career-best test figures of 5-57. Ravichandran Ashwin (2-71) and Ravindra Jadeja (3-35) shared the other five wickets as the spinners ran amok against West Indies. Resuming after tea, the match lasted only another 35 balls. Jadeja trapped Sherman Lewis (4) lbw in the 49th over with Ashwin wrapping up proceedings 11 balls later as Shannon Gabriel (4) holed out in the deep....

Thailand dominated the proceedings right from the start and led 8-0 at interval at the Namdong Asiad Rugby Field. It was India’s second successive loss in the tournament by a similar margin. Four goals each from captain Sung Ngoen Kanjana and midfielder Boothduang Wilaiporn, and one each from substitutes Sornsai Pitasamai and Seesraum Naphat sealed the issue for Thailand in an one-sided encounter. Such was Thailand’s domination that they surged into a 2-0 lead within eight minutes of the match and breezed to a 6-0 lead by the half-hour mark....

India are to visit England, after hopping over from Ireland where they will play two T20 Internationals, in June, to play three T20s and as many ODIs between July 3 and 17. The tourists then have the remainder of July to practise and get more acclimatised to the weather and wickets before the start of the opening Test at Edgbaston on August 1. “There will be more than enough time to get used to the conditions....

India took an early lead in the first half via a long-ranger from Harsh Patre but a 93rd-minute penalty from Ashkul Rahman saw the match go past regulation time. In the end, however, the Indians experienced heartbreak as Bangladesh won 4-2 on penalties. In the first half, Bangladesh took the early initiative and launched a flurry of attacks. However, India were alert and looked to capitalise on any opportunity to hit their neighbours on the counter....

India made three changes in the playing eleven. M S Dhoni was back in the team in place of Dinesh Karthik while Mohammad Shami and Vijay Shankar replaced Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav, who has been rested. Teams: India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal. New Zealand (Playing XI): Henry Nicholls, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle, Matt Henry, Trent Boult...

Ajinkya Rahane at 17 and Rohit Sharma at 9 were at the crease when lunch was called after the first two-hour session when 23 overs were bowled. India got off to a poor start losing opener Shikhar Dhawan (1) cheaply while skipper Virat Kohli (3) also perished soon after in the first hour of the day. Tottering at 19/2, opener Lokesh Rahul (50) showed some resistance with a fine half century as he put on 58 runs for the third wicket with Rahane before all-rounder Roston Chase packed him back to reduce the visitors to 77/3....

Recurve Mixed Team Final After a tied first set World number one Korea dominated the match against Turkey to claim the Gold in the Recurve Mixed team event. The hosts succumbed to the pressure with Mete Gazoz registering a Seven-point score In round two. South Korea (1) (Chang Hye-Jin, Kim Woojin) defeats Turkey (4) (Yasemin Anagoz, Mete Gazoz) 5-1 (36-36, 37-35, 38-37) Recurve Women Quarter-Finals World number eleven Yasemin Anagoz of Turkey created a major upset by knocking off the reigning World number one Chang Hye-Jin of Korea in the quarter-finals, raising the host’s nations expectations of claiming Gold....

The 17-year-old will meet Kantawat Leelavechabutrof Thailand for a place in the final. The teenage Indian started slowly and was trailing at the first break, but caught up well and made it 15 all and never looked back, and then went on win the first game 21-17. However, Goh lost plot in the 2ndgame and handed easy points to Lakshya, who capitalised on it and finished the match 21-10....

In a nail-biting contest on Tuesday, Mariyappan failed to defend the title he won five years ago at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. While the Indian cleared the bar at 1.86m in his third attempt to settle for a silver medal, Sam Grewe of America won gold as he cleared the bar at 1.88m. Sharad, meanwhile, won a bronze medal. He was successful in clearing the bar at 1.83m. India’s Varun Singh Bhati finished seventh in the field of nine competitors....

Entering the fifth and final day, India were in the box seat to draw first blood in their pursuit of a maiden Test series victory in Australia, with the hosts four wickets down and needing to produce a record fourth-innings run chase to claim an improbable victory. India appeared set to cruise to victory at Adelaide Oval when Travis Head (14) and Shaun Marsh (60) fell in the morning session to leave Australia 156-6, but an inspiring rearguard display from Tim Paine (41), Nathan Lyon (38 not out), Pat Cummins (28) and Mitchell Starc (28) frustrated the visitors....

After the first three matches of the five-match ODI series, both India (won the first ODI at Guwahati) and Windies (won the third ODI at Pune) secured a victory each with the second ODI at Vishakhapatnam ending in a dramatic tie. The Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai hosted its first ever ODI game in almost 12 years after the match which was slated to be hosted at the Wankhede Stadium was moved out due to the dispute between the BCCI and MCA....

Sri Lanka gained their independence from colonial rule in 1948 and will celebrate their 70th year of independence in 2018. To celebrate it through sport, the Sri Lankan Cricket board will organize a 4-nation tournament with India, Pakistan and South Africa being the visitors. “We are very very keen to play our Independence cup in Sri Lanka next year which India has agreed to be part of it,” Sri Lankan Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala confirmed....

Having visited as many as 13 counties as part of their exposure trips over the last three years, the India Under-17 team have played nearly a 100 games - both international and domestic - with a winning rate of close to 40 per cent. In 2015, India qualified for the U-16 AFC Championship in India on merit under former coach Nicolai Adam, defeating countries like Bahrain and Lebanon. The next year under the German coach, India’s youngsters won againt the age group national team of Luxembourg besides participating in four international tournaments where they were up against the likes of USA, Korea Republic, Tanzania, Norway, Brazil, South Africa, China, Russia and Uruguay....

Former Australian cricketer and current head coach of the Gujarat Lions, Brad Hodge has apologised to Indian skipper Virat Kohli for his comments during the Dharamshala Test. The 42-year-old took to his Twitter handle to issue the apology for his comments on Kohli, stating that he never intended to cause any harm or criticise anyone and he only meant those words in a light-hearted sense. In case you didn’t know…...