Новости за 26.03.2018

The ball-tampering saga involving the Australian team has kicked up a storm across the cricket fraternity. Australia skipper Steve Smith admitted that the leadership group had probably thought of getting an advantage by bringing reverse swing into play.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday slammed Australian cricket team's "win at all cost" attitude and said that the ball tampering plot hatched by Steven Smith and his players in the Test against South Africa was an act of sheer stupidity.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran on Monday played down the significance of having played a Challenger tournament in China last week when he goes past the Bamboo Curtain once again for India's Davis Cup clash next month.

The All-India Women's Selection Committee has on Monday named a 15-member India squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England. All the matches of the series will be played in Nagpur.

Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels that the Men-in-Blue can lift the 50-over World Cup title in England and Wales next year if the youngsters train under the guidance of the seasoned MS Dhoni, who was instrumental in getting the cup home in 2011.

Australian cricket's investigation into the cheating plot that plunged its team into crisis and threatens the future of its captain and best player began after two senior officials arrived in South Africa to start work uncovering the extent of the rot.

Australian cricket's investigation into the cheating plot that plunged its team into crisis and threatens the future of its captain and best player began after two senior officials arrived in South Africa to start work uncovering the extent of the rot.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma feels that Mitchell McLenaghan will be an "asset" for the franchise in the upcoming 11th edition of Indian Premier League.

A New Zealand e-auction website has tried poking fun at the expense of controversy-marred Australian cricketers by putting up a piece of sandpaper describing it as "perfect for cheating".

The Sports Ministry has approved shooting coach Ronak Pandit's name in the Indian Olympic Association's list of non-athletes as part of the contingent for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

India's premier Test spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday said that playing county cricket ahead of the five-Test series against England will depend a lot on "feasibility" factor.

Sebastian Vettel won the first round of what could be a long and lively Formula One title fight with Lewis Hamilton on Sunday but the Ferrari driver may be the one with more to worry about as they leave Australia.

The Indian women's team is disappointed at being knocked-out of the ongoing tri-nation series and takes collective responsibility for the failure, said teenaged all-rounder Jemimah Rodrigues, who vowed the side would bounce back in the next series against SL.

Riding on Prameshwori's twin strike, defending champions Eastern Sporting Union notched up a thrilling 3-2 win over Indira Gandhi Academy for Sports & Education in the opening fixture of the Hero Indian Women's League on Monday.

Arpinder Singh, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist in triple jump, qualified for the 2018 CWG to be held at Gold Coast Australia from April 4-15 with a jump of 16.61m at the Federation Cup athletics meet earlier this month.

Former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra concedes that Steve Smith was wrong in orchestrating ball-tampering but it will be sad if the under-fire Australian captain is barred from participating in the Indian Premier League.

Having already secured qualification to the 2019 Asian Cup, India will look to continue their unbeaten run when they lock horns with Kyrgyz Republic in an inconsequential final group match of the qualifying campaign on Tuesday.

Amid doubts over David Warner's participation in the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVS Laxman on Monday said the franchise would wait for Cricket Australia's decision on the player, who finds himself embroiled in a ball tampering controversy.

India were knocked out of reckoning from the Twenty20 tri-series final after Australia handed the hosts their third successive defeat, the highlight of which was medium pacer Megan Schutt becoming the first bowler from Down Under to claim a hat-trick in the format.

Steve Smith stepped down as the captain of IPL team Rajasthan Royals (RR) 'so the team can get ready for the start of the IPL without the ongoing distractions', the franchise confirmed on Monday.

The Sports Ministry has confirmed India's contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held at Gold Coast City in Australia from April 4-15, which comprises 325 members (221 athletes, 58 coaches, 17 doctors and physiotherapists, seven managers and 22 other officials).

The Sports Ministry has confirmed India's contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held at Gold Coast City in Australia from April 4-15, which comprises 325 members (221 athletes, 58 coaches, 17 doctors and physiotherapists, seven managers and 22 other officials).

Widely hailed as the successor to India’s first individual woman medalist at the Olympic Games, Karnam Malleshwari, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu created history last year by winning gold at the World Weightlifting Championships, a feat last achieved by an Indian - Malleshwari - nearly 22 years ago.

New Zealand pulled off a dramatic win by an innings and 49 runs over England in Auckland on Monday, wrapping up the rain-affected first Test with 18.5 overs to spare.

A video, from a CCTV camera, from the fifth Test match of the series played in Sydney shows Cameron Bancroft putting a spoonful of sugar in his pocket while the players were getting ready for the go on to the ground.