Category: SPORTS

London, Jun 1 (DIN NEWS) Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya has resigned as director of his Formula One motorsport company Force India as his legal team filed an application to seek an appeal against a 1.145-billion pound UK high court ruling on freezing of his assets. The 62-year-old Mallya, who is fighting extradition to India on fraud and money laundering charges worth an estimated INR 9,000 crore, resigned as director of Sahara Force India Formula One Team Limited on May 24, according to the UK Companies House records. Sahara India Pariwar…

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New Delhi, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu has tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and she has been provisionally suspended, the international federation said today. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone. “IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham (IND) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Testosterone (S1.1 Anabolic Agents). As a consequence, the Athlete is…

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Stavanger (Norway), May 31 (DIN NEWS) World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by rising Chinese star Ding Liren in the third round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament here. With the invincible tag around him these days, Ding Liren did not face any real danger from Anand, who has 1.5 points in all. The Chinese has not lost a game in classical chess since August 2017 and even though Anand had a new idea and some semblance of an advantage in the closed Ruy Lopez opening, Liren…

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Miami, May 30 (DIN NEWS) World number one Park In-bee will take a low-key approach to the women’s US Open tomorrow as she aims to cement the legacy of compatriot Pak Se-ri with her eighth major title. Twenty years ago, Pak blazed a trail for Korean golfers when she stormed to victory in the 1998 US Open, a spectacular triumph that encouraged many of her compatriots to take up the sport. “Back in ’98, I was really just a kid,” Park said Tuesday. “My dad was really a big fan of…

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Paris, May 30 (DIN NEWS) Chinese-owned Mediapro crashed French football’s television rights party in style, snapping up the right to broadcast Ligue 1 matches domestically for the period 2020 to 2024 for 1.153 billion euros ( 1.33 billion) annually, the French league (LFP) announced. “It was a successful bidding process, with a significant increase of our TV rights,” said LFP president Nathalie Boy de la Tour, with the existing deal for 2016 to 2020 valued at 726.5 million euros. Based in Spain but owned by the Chinese private equity fund Orient…

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Pasadena (California), May 29 (DIN NEWS) Mexico started its World Cup preparations with a 0-0 draw against Wales at the Rose Bowl on Monday night. Playing the first of three tuneup matches before its Group F opener against defending champion Germany on June 17 in Moscow, a rampant El Tri attack could not find a way to beat Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey. Hennessey made several impressive saves, including sticking out his right foot to deny Mexico captain Hector Herrera’s shot in the 56th minute from the edge of the 6-yard box.…

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New Delhi, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Facing continental heavyweights like Bahrain and UAE is a tough ask but Indian national football coach Stephen Constantine is confident that Sunil Chhetri and his men won’t just be going there to make up the numbers during next year’s Asian Cup. In their last appearance in the Asian Cup in 2011, India, coached by Briton Bob Houghton, were comprehensively beaten by Australia, South Korea and Bahrain but Constantine feels things will be different this time round. India have been clubbed with Thailand, hosts UAE and…

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Colombo, May 28 (DIN NEWS) Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Monday described allegations of pitch-tampering at Galle International Stadium as “difficult to believe” but agreed to cooperate fully with an international investigation. TV news channel Al Jazeera broadcast a documentary Sunday showing a groundsman and a player allegedly discussing altering the pitch at Galle during Australia’s 229-run loss in the second Test against Sri Lanka in 2016. Australia lost all their 20 wickets and were beaten inside three days. Galle groundsman Tharanga Indika and professional cricketer Tharindu Mendis also allegedly speculated…

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Fort Worth (US), May 28 (DIN NEWS) India’s Shubhankar Sharma carded three-under 67 on the final round to finish a creditable tied 20th, but his senior compatriot Anriban Lahiri ended far behind at tied 58th spot at the Fort Worth Invitational golf tournament at the Colonial here. The 21-year-old Subhankar had two three-putts on front nine and missed three putts, two of them for pars and one for a bogey, inside seven feet to finish six-under 274 for the week. Lahiri endured a disappointing weekend here, with rounds of 68-69 to…

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Dhaka, May 27 (DIN NEWS) Bangladesh have retained interim coach Courtney Walsh to oversee the national side in next month’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan, the cricket board said today. Bangladesh have been without a head coach since Chandika Hathurusingha stepped down in October after three years at the helm. Walsh has been called on before, leading Bangladesh to the finals of a T20 tri-nations series in Sri Lanka in March which they narrowly lost to India. Afghanistan will host Bangladesh for the three-match T20 series in the Indian city…

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