Новости за 05.04.2018

Having witnessed a successful opening day of the Commonwealth Games with weightlifters Mirabai Chanu and P Gururaja winning gold and silver medals respectively, Day 2 will begin with lawn bowls as Indian athletes will be in action in multiple events.

CWG gold medallist Mirabai Chanu had showed her weightlifting prowess even as a 12-year-old when she would comfortably lift more firewoods than her elder brother.

CWG gold medallist Mirabai Chanu had showed her weightlifting prowess even as a 12-year-old when she would comfortably lift more firewoods than her elder brother.

Kolkata Knight Riders batting coach Simon Katich on Thursday termed the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore as the favourites in the opening IPL encounter between the two sides on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal returns to competitive action in the Davis Cup on Friday for the first time since retiring from the Australian Open with a crippling hip injury in January.

Banned Australian opener David Warner's ouster from Sunrisers Hyderabad had "very little" impact on the team, said head coach Tom Moody, who believes they have a well-balanced squad with enough depth to replace the former captain.

Even as gymnast Budda Aruna Reddy gears up for the Commonwealth Games challenge, her coach N Brij Kishore lost his battle against stomach cancer on Thursday morning. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

After the Indian team expressed its wish to have more exposure before playing a day-night Test at home, former captain Kapil Dev suggested playing a few IPL games with the pink ball next year.

With Mumbai Indians boasting of a new set of young explosive openers, skipper Rohit Sharma said he wants to keep his batting position as a surprise ahead of their lung opener against former champions Chennai Super Kings here on April 7.

India's top squash player and third seed, Saurav Ghosal, suffered a shock defeat against Jamaica's Christopher Binnie in the men's singles second round of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Indian paddlers started their campaign with comprehensive wins in all their group matches in the team event of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

The world's top-ranked Test bowler Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League after being diagnosed with a lower back stress reaction, Cricket South Africa said on Thursday.

Star boxer Manoj Kumar advanced to the round of 16 in men's boxing 69kg category after convincingly thrashing Osita Umeh of Nigeria 5-0 by unanimous verdict at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Indian shuttlers were off to a flying start in the mixed team championship as they blanked both Sri Lanka and Pakistan with identical 5-0 margin in lop-sided preliminary clashes on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

Hours after weightlifter Gururaja opened India's 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign on day one by claiming silver in the men's 56kg category, the world champion and CWG record holder Saikhom Mirabai Chanu delivered a gold in stunning manner.

The widespread criticism of Australia's cricket culture following last month's ball-tampering scandal in South Africa is rather exaggerated, former captain Ricky Ponting said on Thursday.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and chief coach Mahela Jayawardene hailed the introduction of the Decision Review System (DRS) and a mid-season football-style transfer window at this season of the IPL.

NEW DELHI: Star Sports India bagged the BCCI media rights for Rs 6138.1 crore to cover India's bilateral home series for the period of next five years after the three days of intense bidding war concluded on Thursday.

Considered the 'plotter-in-chief' in the ball-tampering scandal, David Warner on Thursday said he has "fully accepted" the sanction imposed on him by Cricket Australia (CA), ending speculations that he may challenge the punishment.

Veteran Leander Paes will make yet another attempt to create the Davis Cup record for the most doubles win as India clash with China in their den in a new two-day format for a place in the World Group Play-offs, here from Friday.

Weightlifting history will remember the name of India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who on day one of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, delivered a performance for the ages.

India’s first gold medal of the opening day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games has come in stunning fashion from world champion and CWG record holder Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who broke six records in six lifts to finish first in the women’s 48 kg with a combined effort of 196kg to smash her previous career best of 194kg.

After a two-year ban, the finalists of the inaugural IPL, CSK and RR, are back with renewed vigour.

Khade, who competed in heat 5, along with teammate Sajan Prakash, overcame a slow start in lane 6 to finish fifth clocking 24.52 seconds. South African Ryan Coetzee, who swam next to the Indian, topped the heat clocking 23.94.

About 10 days ago, Kohli hit the nets again and was also among the firsts to arrive for the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s camp that began last week. He believed the break did him a world of good and he is raring to go again.