Новости за 16.03.2018

Bangladesh pulled off a sensational two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka under dramatic circumstances to set up a summit clash against India in the Nidahas Twenty20 cricket tri-series on Friday.

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu says losing close matches from advantageous position dealt a blow to her confidence and she is looking to overcome it by working on the mental aspect of her game.

Olympic men's singles champion Chen Long crashed out of the All-England Open on Friday when he was beaten by his Chinese team-mate Shi Yuqi in the quarter-finals.

Chelsea full back Marcos Alonso received his first call up to the Spain squad on Friday for the team's friendlies against Germany and Argentina while former Blues striker Diego Costa returns to the international fold.

Jose Mourinho favourite Marcos Rojo has signed a new deal at Manchester United that will keep him at the club until at least 2021.

Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu overcame a stiff challenge from the seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara to book her spot in the women's singles semi-finals of the 2018 All England Open Championships in Bermingham on Friday.

Wasim Jaffer missed out on a triple hundred but Vidarbha, in their bid to out-bat Rest of India, posted a mammoth 702 for five at stumps on a rain-curtailed third day of the Irani Cup on Friday.

Speedster Mohammed Shami, in all likelihood, will find himself back in the list of centrally contracted players if the report filed by the BCCI's Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) head Neeraj Kumar absolves him from any wrongdoing as per the Board's Code of Ethics.

Within a day after the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) severely cut down the functions of the office-bearers of the BCCI, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary has hit back by writing a stinging letter to the committee headed by Vinod Rai.

Manchester City will face Liverpool in an all-English Champions League quarter-final while Juventus have a chance to gain revenge on holders Real Madrid in a repeat of last year's final.

Bengaluru FC Captain Sunil Chhetri on Friday said the Indian Super League (ISL) title-clash against Chennaiyin FC on Saturday is the most important game of his life.

Kagiso Rabada will have his appeal against a Level 2 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct heard on Monday (March 19, 2018). The South African paceman was suspended for the remaining two matches of the ongoing four-Test series against Australia.

Leg-spinner Mason Crane will miss the rest of England's tour of New Zealand because of a stress fracture in his lower back and will be replaced by Somerset's Jack Leach.

India's top singles player Ankita Raina reached her first final of the 2018 season when her semi-final opponent Yana Sizikova retired from the contest of the USD 25,000 ITF event due to dizziness on Friday.

Amid speculations about shooting's future as a CWG sport, renowned pistol shooter Jaspal Rana on Friday called for the country's boycott of the Commonwealth Games as a mark of protest.

"Since ACU chief Neeraj Kumar is investigating and has been given a seven-day time frame, any decision will be taken after he submits his report. The final decision will be taken by the CoA," acting president Khanna said on the sidelines of the IPL Governing Council meeting.

India won team gold in the men’s 10m air pistol at the FISA World University Shooting Sport Championship 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, while promising Indian shooters Meghana Sajjanar and Elavenil Valarivan won silver and bronze respectively in the 10m air rifle competition on Friday.

On Thursday March 15, Nepal became the latest Associate team to gain one-day international (ODI) status by the ICC.

Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami, under fire due to adultery and fixing claims made by wife Hasin Jahan, has said he has evidence regarding his innocence and that he will be "taking the legal route" than settling matters out of court.

"It would be fantastic if I can make it to the Presidents Cup. It'll be a dream come true. But in saying that, it's in 2019, we still have a year and a half to go. I don't want to get ahead of myself just yet. Anything is possible if I continue to play really well and break into the top-50 in the world," said Sharma.

"There were too many service faults in the opening game. I didn't expect that to happen. Yesterday I didn't get even one, today it was totally changed. That should not happen in a tournament. There should be a specific rule. The umpire couldn't find faults yesterday but today the umpire sitting there found too many faults. It is ridiculous," an upset Srikanth said.

The last of India’s contingent at the 2018 All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham will feature in today’s quarter-finals, with the queen of Indian badminton PV Sindhu facing seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles from 6:10pm IST (approximately) and World No 16 HS Prannoy meeting Huang Yuxiang early on Saturday morning from 1:20am IST (approximately).

Roger Federer won 70 percent of his first serve points, had just one double fault and broke Chung Hyeong's serve four times in the one hour, 23-minute main stadium match.