Новости за 01.02.2018

Virat Kohli peeled off yet another century as India defeated South Africa by six wickets in the first ODI of the six-match series to take 1-0 lead in Durban on Thursday. India chased down 270 in 45.3 overs thanks to a measured century from Virat Kohli, his first limited-overs ton in South Africa, who was out after scoring 112 off 119.

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has signed a new contract to extend his stay in north London, the Premier League club said on Thursday.

It was one of those days in football when one striker keeps getting all the chances and he keeps missing it. Balwant Singh, who has seven goals in ISL Season 4, could have almost doubled his tally for Mumbai City FC against Jamshedpur FC.

Karnataka swimmers dominated the first day of finals in swimming at the SPM Pool in the first inaugural Khelo India School Games on Thursday. Their swimmers won six of the nine gold medals on offer and both the boys and girls contributed three each.

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He may just have led India to a Test series' loss in South Africa, but Virat Kohli will be pleased about the fact that amongst those who are impressed by his captaincy is a certain Mike Brearley, regarded as one of the finest captains of all time.

Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain caused the biggest upset of the India Open 2018, a part of the BWF World Tour 500, when he took down home favourite and World No. 3 Kidambi Srikanth in straight games.

Ten North Korean skiers and skaters arrived in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a "peace Olympics" after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

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MC Mary Kom claimed a gold in the women's competition but Indian men were denied a complete sweep by traditional powerhouses Cuba and Uzbekistan on an exciting final day of the India Open boxing tournament.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 5 an appeal filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.

Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma and mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up thrilling three-game wins to enter the quarterfinals of the India Open Super 500 World Tour badminton tournament here on Thursday.

Dhananjaya de Silva struck a century and shared 187 runs in an unbroken second wicket stand with Kushal Mendis as Sri Lanka gave a strong reply to Bangladesh in the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday.

While Praveen won gold in triple and silver in long jump, Ancy Sojan won a gold in long jump and silver in 200m in a single day and Sandra won silver medals in long and triple jumps.

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The sports ministry on Thursday received a hike of Rs 258.2 crore in the union budget for 2018-19, presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament.

The first Khelo India School Games which was declared open by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a glittering opening ceremony on Wednesday at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, has elicited strong support from a galaxy of India's top sports stars.

Premier League clubs spent 430 million pounds ($612 million) in the January transfer window to shatter the previous mark of 225 million set in 2011, said a report by the Sports Business Group at Deloitte.

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wo-time champions Pakistan claimed third position at the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 after their third-fourth position play-off match against Afghanistan was washed-out on Thursday without a ball being bowled.

The BCCI treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry has questioned COA member Diana Edulji benefitting from a one-time ex-gratia payment given to women international cricketers, implying conflict of interest in the allocation.

He is known to be a demanding coach but Pullela Gopichand is of the opinion that Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu's odd defeats can't be termed as her failure, not even by a single percent.

TOISA is a platform created by the Times Group to recognise and reward Indian sporting talent and achievements on a global scale and will be held soon to honour the lion hearts who have done the country proud. Ahead of the 2018 TOISA to be held on February 26, here’s a look at the nominees for Team of the Year for 2017.