Новости за 19.12.2017

Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra called for improvement in the professional support system of the athletes if the country wants to produce a continuous line of top performers.

In the only T20I played here on October 5, 2015 India collapsed for 92 to lose to South Africa. But in an ODI exactly 11 months ago, India and England aggregated more than 700 runs, with Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh's centuries helping the team to a narrow win after it notched up a mammoth 381 for six.

"We are keenly thinking of privatising some of our stadia to have better operations in terms of delivering sports to the sportspersons. There was a general study on how the stadia can be improved. The fact is that there is need to improve the way stadia are administered," Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said.

There has been a string of fabulous performances from junior shooters in the ongoing National Shooting Championship at the National Games Shooting Range here.

"Since most of the capped players will be back in auction, it will be a mega auction that will be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28. Since Bengaluru has been hosting all previous auctions, that was the choice of franchises," a senior BCCI official said on Tuesday.

Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj on Tuesday said youngsters Ramanathan Ramkumar and Yuki Bhambri had improved a lot this year and have the potential to be top-100 players.

Soon after his decimation of Bengal in the Ranji Trophy semi-final, Delhi pacer Navdeep Saini said he owes his "life and success" to former India opener Gautam Gambhir.

Batting great Sachin Tendulkar's son, Arjun, clicked with the ball for the third time in age-group cricket this season, his five-wicket haul paving the way for Mumbai's win over Railways in the U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy.

Pakistan middle-order batsman Babar Azam has played down his comparison with Indian skipper Virat Kohli, saying he should not be likened with such a 'big player'.

"Scheduling affects the entire world, not just India. But the fact that we have the Commonwealth and Asian Games, which are important, makes it a lot more complex for India," Gopichand told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of a sports foundation.

Skipper Thisara Perera is confident of a Sri Lanka comeback in the T20 series against India, insisting that his side would look to "flush out" the negativity following defeats in the preceding Tests and ODIs.

Delhi thrashed Bengal by an innings and 26 runs within three days to storm into the final of the Ranji Trophy 2017-18 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Tuesday.

India Under-15 women's team scored five goals in each half to thrash Nepal 10-0 in a one-sided group encounter of the SAFF Women's Championship at Dhaka on Tuesday.

India's professional boxing ace Vijender Singh's trainer Lee Beard is confident of his knockout win against African middleweight champion from Ghana Ernest Amuzu on December 23 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

India will return to the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) semi-professional World Series of Boxing (WSB) in February next year with the country finding a place in the Asian group for the event's eighth season.

Dinesh Karthik on Tuesday said the Indian team's uncapped players are not "perturbed" anymore and their IPL experience will hold them in good stead in the T20I series against Sri Lanka, starting on Wednesday.

World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin says he is "shocked and surprised" by allegations in a British newspaper that his coach and an athletics agent offered to sell performance-enhancing drugs to undercover reporters.

Trainer Lee Beard is confident that Vijender Singh will knock out Ghana's Ernest Amuzu when the unbeaten Indian lock horns with the African middleweight champion in Jaipur on Saturday.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who has scored 4,396 runs at an average of 52.96 in 54 Tests, currently has 873 points in the list of Test batsmen, headed by Australia captain Steve Smith, who continued to top the rankings for almost two years.

Top-ranked Steve Smith’s phenomenal run has lifted him to new heights in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings as he has moved closer towards Don Bradman’s highest-ever ranking points after a match-winning double-century in the third Test against England in Perth.

AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander will all make long-awaited returns for South Africa at Test level after being named in the 14-man squad for next week's day-night, inaugural four-day contest against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth.

Test cricket, the longest format of the game, is also the most interesting one. Teams may put up an insane score but they may still end up being at the losing end.

The bench strength is expected to be tested but India are unlikely to lower the intensity when they take on Sri Lanka in a three-match Twenty20 series starting on Wednesday, aiming to extend their dominance in the shortest format as well.

It was a huge week for RAW with Stephanie McMahon announcing the first ever Women's Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar making his presence feel and finding out who he will be fighting at Royal Rumble. Also, NXT's popular star, Hideo Itami made his unexpected RAW debut

Premier League leaders Manchester City are close to agreeing a new long-term contract with Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, British media reported on Monday.