Новости за 23.03.2018

The Australian cricket team on Friday laid an official complaint over what coach Darren Lehmann labelled "disgraceful" behaviour by spectators during the third Test against South Africa at Newlands.

Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games to recover from injuries he sustained in a horrific crash at last week's Milan-San Remo race, his team announced on Friday.

Multiple-time World and Asian champion Pankaj Advani stayed on course to defend his title as he sailed into the final of the 17th Asian Billiards Championship on Friday.

The once formidable on and off-the field cricketer-administrator pair of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and N Srinivasan were seen having an interaction at the Chepauk during the second day of Chennai Super Kings' training session.

Star opener Shikhar Dhawan on Friday made it clear that if Indian team intends to do well in upcoming England tour, the preparations for that would need to start early.

David Warner has been involved in another off-field incident in Australia's cricket series in South Africa, when a spectator walked up to and directed comments at the batsman as he left the field after being dismissed.

Soumyajit Ghosh was dropped from India's Commonwealth Games table tennis squad and placed under provisional suspension, a day after he was accused of rape by a teenager in Kolkata.

Catapulted into limelight after bagging a contract with Kolkata Knight Riders, Rinku Singh is hoping to follow the advice of his idol Suresh Raina and play freely when he makes his IPL debut for the two-time former champions.

Throwing his weight behind Ronak and Heena , NRAI chief Raninder said "we have to fight more here than there", in an apparent dig at the sports ministry's move to drop 21 names from the IOA's list of non-athletes as part of contingent for the Commonwealth Games.

England manager Gareth Southgate believes more must be done to eradicate racism in football closer to home before criticising World Cup hosts Russia's willingness to tackle the problem.

Swift dribbles have been the Indian hockey team's calling card since time immemorial but new national coach Sjoerd Marijne wants his men to not hold onto the ball for too long in a bid to attack with more gusto, says skipper Manpreet Singh.

Germany dropped out of the top two in the FIFA women's rankings for the first time since 2009 after a poor run of results while the United States retained top spot.

Daniel Ricciardo's Australian Grand Prix jinx struck again on Friday with the Red Bull driver handed a three-place grid penalty for his home race for going too fast during red flag conditions.

South African opening batsman Dean Elgar equalled a world record when he carried his bat through a completed innings for the third time as his team were bowled out for 311 on the second day of the third Test against Australia on Friday.

Elias’ song (check it out here) drew a lot of negatives reaction from the crowd, ‘heel heat’ in wrestling terms (deliberate attempt to draw heat) and became one of the memorable spots in a very entertaining show, and for his part, Elias was happy to have got that reaction.

Kane Williamson's New Zealand-record 18th Test century brightened an otherwise wet and gloomy day two as the hosts tightened their grip on the first Test against England on Friday.

Teenaged shooter Vivaan Kapoor delivered India its fourth and fifth medals at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Sydney, Australia, claiming bronze in the men’s trap singles and team events respectively.

In less than a fortnight, Srikanth will carry the aspirations of millions on his shoulders as he looks to retain the Commonwealth Games gold medal that Parupalli Kashyap had won for India in Glasgow after 32 long years.

This year, the pair – the only two women from India's seven-member squash contingent – would love to replicate their success of a gold medal finish at the 2014 Glasgow Games.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff on Friday urged Formula One owners Liberty Media and the sport's regulators FIA to come up with an improved deal to avoid a breakaway championship.

Kane Williamson posted a New Zealand record 18th century then passed the helm to Henry Nicholls as the Black Caps built a substantial lead over England on a rain-marred day two of the first Test on Friday.

At M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 23, 2016, India defeated Bangladesh by one run in a closely fought contest of the ICC World T20.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed for the Los Angeles Galaxy and could make his debut for the Major League Soccer side this month, US media reported on Thursday.

The fight between Mercedes and Ferrari, which lit up much of 2017 after three years of complete domination by the Silver Arrows, is set to continue.

The last few rounds at the ongoing Candidates tournament in Berlin have clearly seen a pattern emerge. United States Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is fast making it a habit of fighting it out till the very end and safeguard his slender lead. In the round 10 clash on Thursday evening against the highly skilled Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan, Caruana gave it his all and at the end of the 58-move slugfest --- settled for a draw.