Новости за 17.03.2018

It was heartbreak for India after ace shuttler PV Sindhu lost her semi-final encounter against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi at the prestigious All England Open Championships despite exhibiting top-class fitness under incredible testing conditions.

Canadian boxer David Whittom died Friday, almost 10 months after he fell into a coma following his final fight, his partner announced.

Chennaiyin FC claimed their second Indian Super League (ISL) title with a convincing 3-2 win over hot favourites Bengaluru FC in the final on Saturday.

Sporting legend Balbir Singh Sr and world's oldest marathoner Baba Fauja Singh went down the memory lane when they came together at Play Write 2018, a first-of-its-kind Sports Literature Festival on Saturday.

Vidarbha ended up with a record 800 for seven before pacer Rajneesh Gurbani tore through the Rest of India batting to put the reigning Ranji champions on the cusp of securing the Irani Cup here.

Christian Eriksen proved Tottenham can thrive without Harry Kane as the Dane's double sent them into the FA Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win at Swansea on Saturday.

As they gear up for the Twenty20 tri-series title clash against a formidable India, skipper Shakib Al Hasan says Bangladesh have "momentum" after their spectacular win over the hosts.

India's bid to host the next U-20 FIFA World Cup ended in disappointment as world football governing body FIFA accorded the status to Poland.

In a departure from convention, India's chief boxing coaches SR Singh and Shiv Singh have been left out of the contingent for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast from April 4-15.

Either Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's maiden Day-Night Test match when the West Indies will arrive for a tour, later this year. The BCCI on Saturday finalised Indian team's home series itinerary.

Despite losing their opening game of the Nidahas Trophy to the home team, India won their next three to seal passage to Sunday's final in Colombo where they will face Bangladesh. Here's a recap of how it panned out.

Dinesh Karthik is aware that non-performance may result in him going off the radar but the wicket-keeper batsman says he would rather "embrace" the pressure rather than run away from it.

India will host West Indies for three Tests, five ODIs and a one-off T20I later this year. The Caribbean team is set to visit the country in October-November, and Sourav Ganguly, President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) announced that Kolkata’s Eden Gardens will host the one-off T20I.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and reverse player Nurul Hasan have both been fined 25 per cent of their match fee and have received one demerit point each for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during their two-wicket win against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Ankita Raina won her first singles title in more than three years when she fought past second seed Amandine Hesse in straight sets in the final of the USD 25,000 ITF women's event on Saturday.

Teen shooting sensation Mehuli Ghosh, fresh from bagging two bronze medals at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, has now set her eyes on breaking a senior world record by the end of 2018.

The series already lost, India women would look to salvage some pride when they take on mighty Australia in the third and final game of the series, a part of the ICC Women ODI Championship on Sunday.

Ahead of the all-important clash between India and Bangladesh in final of the Nidahas Trophy 2018, here's presenting a statistical analysis of the two teams in T20Is.

A bitter, yet intense rivalry is expected to produce a cracker of a contest when a confident India take on a fiery Bangladesh in the final of the Nidahas Twenty20 tri-series on Sunday.

The controversy that erupted during the last over of the Bangladesh innings against Sri Lanka in a must-win encounter of the Nidahas Trophy seems to have spilled outside the field.

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen seems to have confirmed his retirement from professional cricket with his latest tweet on his official handle on Friday.

Having won four titles in four years - I-League (2014, 2016) and Federation Cup (2015, 2017) - since their inception, the Blues are undoubtedly the favourites to wear the ISL crown in their debut season.

Former India footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, in his today's TOI column, mentioned that both franchises have been the most consistent teams of the tournament and it is fitting that they meet in the all-important final on Saturday.