Новости за 24.12.2020

South Africa have slipped to number six in the world, behind fifth-placed Sri Lanka, and have a host of questions to answer, not least around a brittle top six and the balance of the side.

Former Indian pacer Ajit Agarkar has said that he will be surprised if the stand-in skipper doesn’t promote himself at No 4 in the absence of Kohli for the remainder of the series.

In a conversation with The Age and the Herald, the 1983 World Cup winner backed India, stating that the tourists will surely ‘come out and fight.’

Leading the charge will be Ajinkya Rahane, who will also have the hard task of lifting the spirits of the team back up ahead of the 2nd Test.

Mentioning the fact that India will take the field without some of their top performers, former India batsman VVS Laxman stated that the leftover games are going to test the ‘team’s character and mettle’.

A BCCI source informed that the board will back the International Cricket Council’s bid for cricket’s inclusion in 2028 Olympics after some clarifications from International Olympic Committee.

India vs Australia: With skipper Virat Kohli back home on paternity leave and key paceman Mohammed Shami out injured, the team needs to forget what happened at Adelaide and quickly get back in shape for the Boxing Day Test and Gambhir wants the players to take the positives out of the first match.

India vs Australia: Terming paternity leave a ‘modern phenomenon’, former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi said he wouldn’t have flown back home had he been in Virat Kohli’s shoes.

India vs Australia: When asked what would he have done had he been in place of India head coach Ravi Shastri, Justin Langer said he is ‘glad’ that it’s India who are under a slot of stress and not Australia. “None of my business. I have had enough with stresses,” Langer said during a virtual media conference.

Ridhi Phor is only 16. She is an archer. She has learnt to do all of this. And she has learnt to do it all very well. “Archery is a lonely sport because it’s just you out there with your thoughts,” she says.

The fate of the third Test has been shrouded in uncertainty since earlier this month after a fresh Covid-19 outbreak in the northern beaches in Sydney, which is scheduled to host the third Test from January 7.

Australian head coach Justin Langer admitted that the absence of Kohli and Mohammed Shami would be an advantage for his team. However, the focus firmly remains on its own planning.

India vs Australia: India were bowled out for 36 - their lowest Test score - in the 2nd innings of he day-night Test in Adelaide and were handed an 8-wicket defeat by Australia in just two and half days. Lehmann, however, said, India have some quality players in their ranks to stage a comeback in this series.

The new panel was formed on the sidelines of the Board’s 89th Annual General Meeting (AGM) here, with Sharma pipping Maninder Singh and Vijay Dahiya from the north zone.

The change in Australia Test skipper Tim Paine’s attitude as a batsman is credited to former Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy, who gave a piece of his mind to Paine during last year’s Ashes in England.

The proposed stadium would be the largest hockey stadium in India with a seating capacity for 20,000 people. This is going to redefine the sports landscape in the region, the chief minister said.

FIFA says “the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present challenges for the hosting of international sporting events and to have a restrictive effect on international travel.”

At stake in a second CAS hearing would be Yang’s chance to compete at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics now set for July 2021. The Swiss court ruling appears to have swung on an objection by Sun’s lawyers to the chairman of the three-judge panel, former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini.

As per the new BCCI constitution, the candidate with the most Test caps becomes the chief selector. Sunil Joshi, is currently the chairman, having played 15 Tests. Harvinder Singh is the other selector from Central Zone. Apart from Agarkar, Abey Kuruvilla and Nayan Mongia have applied from West. From the North Zone Chetan Sharma, Maninder Singh, Vijay Dahiya, Ajay Ratra and Nikhil Chopra and from East—Shiv Sunder Das, Debashish Mohanty and Ranadeb Bose are known to have applied.

They reached the final of a World Cup this year. Since then, the Indian women’s team has played almost no cricket and have no games to look forward to.

Suyash Mehta on Wednesday made history when he was selected by the NBA as a full-time staff official, becoming the first Indian-origin referee to get into the NBA. Mehta, who hails from Baltimore, Maryland, has been included on the roster for the 2020-21 season which started on Tuesday.

Board members were not willing to commit whether questions about Ganguly would be asked in the meeting. “If anyone raises the issue in the meeting, Ganguly has a line of defence ready,” said a state unit official close to the president.

The minister made the announcement after inaugurating the synthetic turf hockey ground and stainless-steel swimming pool in NCOE (Sports Authority of India) centre of Aurangabad.

The resolution was passed at the BFI’s Emergent General Meeting on Thursday which was presided over by incumbent President Ajay Singh via video conferencing.

The London club says Parker returned a negative test but has been self-isolating this week in accordance with government guidelines