Category: SPORTS

England romped to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Australia, riding on Natalie Sciver and Tamsin Beaumont’s blistering half-centuries to start their campaign in the Tri-Nation Women’s T20 series on a rousing note, here today. Opting to field after winning the toss, England restricted the Australians to 149 for eight at the Brabourne Stadium. Rachael Haynes top-scored for Australia with a 65 off 45 balls, knock that included eight boundaries and a six. For England, medium pacer Jenny Gunn and Sciver finished with three and two wickets, respectively. In reply, the…

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किदाम्बी श्रीकांत का चार साल पहले मस्तिष्क ज्वर के कारण राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों में पदार्पण अच्छा नहीं रहा था लेकिन अब जबकि वह अच्छी फार्म में चल रहे हैं तब इस बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी की निगाह गोल्ड कोस्ट में अगले महीने होने वाले खेलों में पदक जीतने पर लगी हुई हैं। ग्लास्गो राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों से कुछ सप्ताह पहले श्रीकांत बीमार पड़ गये थे। उन्हें गोपीचंद अकादमी में बाथरूम के फर्श पर बेहोश पाया गया था। बाद में पता चला कि उन्हें मस्तिष्क ज्वर है। उन्हें एक सप्ताह तक आईसीयू में रहना पड़ा…

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A new defensive technique added to her repertoire, Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik is confident that she would fetch her maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal when she takes the mat in Gold Coast next month. The Rio bronze-winner has tweaked her leg defence on the insistence of her coach Kuldeep Singh Malik, something that has already got her a gold in the Commonwealth Championships in December last year. Speaking to PTI, Sakshi, however, refused to go into the details of the new technique that she has worked on. “I can’t give…

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Whitewashed by Australia in the three-match ODI rubber, the Indian women cricketers would be hoping for a reversal of fortunes when they clash with the same rivals in the lung-opener of the T20 tri-series starting here tomorrow. England is the third team to figure in the tournament in which all matches will be played at the Cricket Club of India’s Brabourne Stadium. The Indian women’s team would take confidence from their 3-1 win against South Africa in the five-match T20 series held in the Rainbow Nation. But having surrendered the…

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Tennis great Vijay Amritraj says there should be least controversy with regards to India’s doubles combination in Davis Cup since the doubles match matters only when there are “even singles matches”. AITA has teamed up Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna for the next month’s tie against China despite latter’s reservations about being paired with the veteran legend. Asked if it was a good idea to pair the players, who do not share chemistry, Amritraj said “I dont know” but pointed that those players, who play together on the Tour are…

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World number eight Juan Martin Del Potro raced past Milos Raonic in straight sets on Saturday to book an Indian Wells final clash with world number one Roger Federer. Former US Open winner Del Potro improved to 16-3 on the season with his 6-2, 6-3 victory over the hard-serving Canadian Raonic in just 65 minutes. Del Potro is looking for his 22nd career and second straight ATP title in a row after winning earlier this month in Acapulco where he beat three top eight players in a row. “I broke his serve quick in…

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Aditi Ashok shot a highly creditable 2-under 70 in demanding conditions at the Wildfire Golf Club in the opening round of the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. This has only been her second start on the LPGA this season, after missing the cut in her season-opener in Australian Women’s Open. She is placed Tied-17th and is three shots behind co-leaders, Frenchwoman Karine Icher and Chella Choi, who carded 67 each. Korea’s Inbee Park and Thai Ariya Jutanugarn shot 68 each to be Tied-3rd with four others. Though the Wildfire course…

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Ace striker Rani Rampal will captain an 18-strong Indian women’s team, while experienced goalkeeper Savita will shoulder the duties of vice-captain at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Hockey India said today. The Indian team has been grouped in Pool A along with Malaysia, Wales, England and South Africa at the multi-sport event scheduled to begin on April 4. India will begin their campaign on April 5 against Wales. 27-year-old Savita, who is making a return to the team after having been rested for the recently concluded tour of…

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Rajasthan Royals today announced the appointment of former domestic cricket stalwart Amol Muzumdar as their batting coach ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League season. The Royals said Muzumdar would bring with him immense experience and quality needed to help young and established names fine-tune their batting skills. He, along with Head of Cricket Zubin Bharucha and bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule, will oversee Rajasthan Royals’ first camp here from March 13 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the IPL side said in a release. The camp is meant for all the…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation’ in Imphal on March 16 and present in the long-awaited event will be Olympic medallists — boxer Vijender Kumar and wrestler Sushil Kumar. Nestled at the foot of Langol hills in Manipur’s Imphal West district, Mary Kom’s Boxing Academy, spread across 3.3 acres, is around 10 km from the center of state capital Imphal. It currently houses 45 young boxers, including 20 girls, at the three-storey building. The land was allotted by the Manipur government in 2013, and…

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