Category: SPORTS

Sydeney, Jul 27 (DIN NEWS) Australia coach Justin Langer was handed more power today in a shake-up of the national cricket selection process following the resignation of Mark Waugh. A streamlined selection panel will now consist of just three people — Langer, Trevor Hohns and Greg Chappell — with Waugh not being replaced. Langer will chair the Twenty20 panel, with support from the other two, while Hohns will head the Test and one-day process in consultation with Langer and Chappell. Previously, Waugh — who leaves next month to join pay-TV…

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London, Jul 27 (DIN NEWS) England leg-spinner Adil Rashid has hit back at Michael Vaughan who had criticised the selectors’ decision to recall him in the Test squad, saying the former captain’s comments were “stupid” and “do not matter”. Rashid’s inclusion to the Test squad for the home series against India has brought sharp reactions from ex-players with Vaughan terming it as “ridiculous”. Vaughan had questioned the decision of the England selectors, saying that someone who does not want to play the longer format has been rewarded with a Test…

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Mumbai, Jul 26 (DIN NEWS) In spite of terming the Indian team led by Virat Kohli as capable of pulling off anything, veteran South Africa paceman Dale Steyn backed hosts England to come out victors in the upcoming five-Test series because of their slightly superior seam bowling attack. “Led by Virat this Indian team is capable of anything. I know Virat pretty well; he’s quite a determined character. Five Test matches is going to be good for one team and if one team gets on a roll the other team…

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New Delhi, Jul 26 (DIN NEWS) Leading the race to become Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan will always be first and foremost the enigmatic ‘Kaptaan’, who pulled off the impossible — transform an immensely talented but fractious bunch of cricketers into world beaters. There were many international captains during the ’80s but there was only one leader on the cricket field and that was Pakistan’s Imran Khan. It was an era when India lost more often to Pakistan (in Sharjah mostly) and those who would be glued to Doordarshan on…

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Kuala Lumpur, Jul 25 (DIN NEWS) The United Arab Emirates and Palestine were Wednesday officially added to the football tournament at the Asian Games after they were accidentally omitted from the original draw. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted a limited re-draw at their headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to include the two sides alongside 24 others taking part in football at the Games, which begin next month. AFC secretary-general Windsor John said Games organisers failed to pass the names of UAE and Palestine to his body for the initial draw,…

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Paris, Jul 25 (DIN NEWS) Serena Williams claims she is the victim of “discrimination” by US doping chiefs who are testing her more than other players. At Wimbledon Williams slammed “shocking” treatment over excessive targeting from testers in the run-up to the second Grand Slam of the season. And in a tweet on Wednesday the 23-time Grand slam winner reignited the discussion. “…..and it’s that time of the day to get “randomly” drug tested and only test Serena,” she posted on her official Twitter page. “Out of all the players…

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The Ashes remains the pinnacle of Test cricket for James Anderson “like any Englishman” but the showdowns against India also rank pretty high as the world No.1 side brings out the absolute best in him — the 2012 away series being a case in point. “We have played against South Africa when they were number one in the world and that was a good test, and India is exactly the same for me,” Anderson told PTI in an interview ahead of the five-match Test series starting August 1 in Birmingham.…

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A country which is already struggling to host enough tennis tournaments for its top men’s players could see the Pune Challenger going off the calendar next year due to additional financial burden, expected to be caused by the revamp of the ATP Challenger Tour. The TNTA and the KSLTA are willing to the take the pinch, though. Among the wholesale changes announced by the ATP, from 2019 the singles main draw size will increase from 32 to 48 players and the hosts will have to provide hotel accommodation to all…

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London, July 23 (DIN NEWS) Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah says meticulous planning before an overseas tour is not just confined to cricket for him, as he also likes to explore the country he visits. You look to enjoy the country, you look to see the place. That is how you get to know about the culture of the place and you eventually start enjoying the country. It then reflects on your performance as well, Bumrah, who will be available for selection from the second Test onwards, was quoted as saying…

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New Delhi, July 23 (DIN NEWS) A “calmer and focussed” Ramkumar Ramanthan is not crying over losing out on the chance to create history in Indian tennis and he would rather savour the priceless moment of earning his maiden singles final on ATP World Tour. Ramkumar became the first Indian in seven years to advance to the singles final of an ATP World Tour event but missed out on ending India’s 20-year title drought when he lost the Hall of Fame final to Steven Johnson on Sunday night. “I was…

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