Новости за 12.02.2018

A day after he quit the sport during the Winter Olympics here, luger Shiva Keshavan said that representing the country for two decades has been "nothing short of a celebration".

Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare stressed before the Vijay Hazare Trophy started that his side's primary objective was to qualify for the knockouts, which they had failed to do in the last two years.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's style of wicketkeeping has never been purely classical but it has worked wonderfully well for him, feels India's fielding coach R Sridhar.

North Korea's band of all-female supporters was unable to inspire the historic joint Korean women's ice hockey team as they were dumped out of the Pyeongchang Olympics with an 0-8 defeat to Sweden on Monday.

Imran Tahir has complained to the South African team management that he was "racially and verbally abused" by a 'fan' at the Wanderers cricket stadium during the Pink ODI played against India on Saturday.

India were assured of a staggering 10 boxing medals at the Asian Games test event here after three fought their way into the semifinals while seven others got byes into the last-four stage.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands claimed a record 10th Olympic speed skating medal when she surged to gold in the women's 1,500 metres at the Gangneung Oval on Monday.

Roger Federer said he could allow himself to dream about recapturing the world number one spot at this week's Rotterdam tournament and becoming the oldest man ever to hold the position.

With big-ticket events such as the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Commonwealth Games lined up in what is going to be a busy year, India hockey skipper Manpreet Singh says they have it in them to win medals.

Pacer Andile Phehlukwayo said South African batsmen will go into the fifth ODI as a more confident unit, having learnt from their mistakes against the Indian spinners.

Suhana Saini added another feather to India's shimmering cap, claiming the gold medal in the 2018 Oman Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Premium Junior Circuit late on Sunday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that Real Madrid's season is now effectively all about their looming Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain as the Spanish giants trail off the pace in La Liga.

The positive response garnered from the inaugural edition of St Moritz Ice Cricket tournament has encouraged promoters Akhilesh Bahuguna and Vijay Singh to think about making it an annual event.

South African spinner Imran Tahir has alleged that he was racially abused by an Indian fan during the fourth ODI against Virat Kohli's men, prompting the country's board to launch an investigation.

Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson said it will be a real honour to play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL while stating that the thought of playing under the 'great' Mahendra Singh Dhoni excited him a lot.

Australia cricket captain Steve Smith capped off a golden 12 months by winning his second Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on Monday.

Germany's Laura Dahlmeier obliterated the opposition to claim her second gold medal of the Olympics in the biathlon pursuit on Monday, two days after winning the sprint.

The ODI series triumph was offset slightly by a loss in the closing match but that would hardly dent the Indian women's cricket team's confidence as it heads into a five-game Twenty20 rubber against South Africa, starting on Tuesday.

The Men in Blue still have a two-match cushion in the six-ODI series. They lead 3-1 after winning the first in Durban by six wickets, the second in Centurion by nine wickets and the third in Cape Town by 124 runs.

Jamie Anderson survived high winds which disrupted the crash-filled women's slopestyle snowboarding competition to successfully defend her Olympic title on Monday.

Ice dance stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir inspired Canada to the figure skating team title to secure the Winter Games heavyweights' first gold at Pyeongchang 2018 on Monday.

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has decided to advance its meeting with the captains and the coaches of teams in order to smoothen out the domestic calendar. It is learnt that newly-appointed BCCI general manager (cricket ops) Saba Karim has scheduled the meeting on Feb 28, a day after the Vijay Hazare tournament final.

The club record £57 million ($80 million) capture of French centre-back Aymeric Laporte took Manchester City's spending on defence in the past year beyond the budgets of many nations.

There are times in a sportsperson’s life when things aren’t going your way and achieving your dreams looks far-fetched. Injury is a pain — it can cause a lot of anxiety and bring a lot of pain with it.

Former world number one Serena Williams said she felt on the "right track" despite a crushing loss in her long-awaited comeback to tennis on Sunday playing alongside big sister Venus in a Fed Cup dead rubber.