Новости за 09.02.2018

Debutants Bengaluru FC secured a play-offs berth in this year's Indian Super League (ISL) with a convincing 2-0 win over FC Goa at the Kanteerava stadium on Friday.

Nagarkoti, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.2 crore at the Indian Premier League auctions last month, is excited to be working under Jacques Kallis and Simon Katich.

Star luger Shiva Keshavan once again did the honours of holding the national flag as the Indian contingent, including cross country skier Jagdish Singh, took part in a glittering opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday.

Unless the Indian government provides a tax exemption, India may not be able to host the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy, and perhaps even the ICC World Cups, in future.

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday announced that the pension given to meritorious sportspersons has been doubled, with Olympic medallists set to get Rs 20,000 per month.

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore defended the big hike in allocation of funds for the Khelo India scheme in this year's sports budget at the expense of SAI, saying it will give a massive push to upgradation of infrastructure.

The CABI chief revealed that post the Indian visually challenged team's latest triumph, in UAE, when they beat Pakistan by two wickets in a thrilling final, he had a positive meeting with the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai in New Delhi too.

The two Koreas marched together and South Korea's president shared a historic handshake with Kim Jong Un's sister as the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opened in a spirit of intense rapprochement on Friday.

The India team underlined their supremacy in the Asian Para-Cycling Championships by posting three podium finishes, here at the Wunna Theikdi Sport Stadium here in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on Friday.

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris conceded that the whole team is under tremendous pressure ahead of the "do or die" fourth ODI, as a dominant India eye a first-ever series win on Saturday.

Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun said the door is not closed on Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the lead-up to the 2019 World Cup, despite the emergence of a red-hot wrist spin duo in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.

In an apparent case of unsportsmanlike behaviour, Leeward Islands have come under heavy criticism for deliberately knocking down the chances of their opponent team's 20-year-old batsman to score a maiden List A hundred.

Russian athletes marched behind a neutral flag at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, after Russia's team was suspended over a doping scandal.

Australia fast bowler Kane Richardson has opened on his decision to skip the Indian Premier League [IPL] this year citing his wedding in April and the dream to represent his country in Test cricket as the reasons.

Italian cyclist Sonny Colbrelli, who rides for Bahrein Merida, won the "queen" stage of the 2018 Dubai Tour that stretched across the Hatta Dam climb in a frenzied finish on Friday.

Italian cyclist Sonny Colbrelli, who rides for Bahrein Merida, won the "queen" stage of the 2018 Dubai Tour that stretched across the Hatta Dam climb in a frenzied finish on Friday.

Formula One will have no female models parading on the starting grid this season but will still be a sport of "glamour and mystique", according to chairman and chief executive Chase Carey.

Nearly a year after turning professional, seasoned Indian boxer Akhil Kumar will fight his second bout in the circuit when he takes on Tanzanian Sadiki Momba on Saturday under the aegis of a brand new promoter.

The Indian men's and women's teams crashed out of the Badminton Asia Team Championships after losing to China and Indonesia respectively in the quarter-finals here.

The Indian women's team campaign at the Badminton Asia Team Championships ended as they went down to Indonesia 1-3 in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

Pyeongchang Olympic organisers said they had apologised to Iran on Friday after a diplomatic furore over its athletes being denied special Samsung phones issued for the Games.

Ankita Raina continued her red-hot form with a fluent win after Karman Kaur Thandi's erratic victory as India blanked Hong Kong 3-0 in the Fed Cup on Friday.

The first edition of the Khelo India School Games held in New Delhi came to a close on Thursday, and on the side-lines of it Rathore spoke to Rajesh Kalra, Chief Editor of Times Internet Ltd, about the importance of KISG and what it means for the future of Indian sports.