Новости за 02.05.2018

Delhi Daredevils defeated Rajasthan Royals by four runs in a rain-curtailed thriller to register their third win of the 2018 Indian Premier League at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.

Bengaluru FC thrashed a listless Aizawl FC 5-0 to keep their AFC Cup knock-out round hopes alive on Wednesday. Segovia (17th and 62nd minutes) struck twice while captain Chhetri (16th), Udanta (30th) and Lalhlimpuia (89th) scored once each in Group E match.

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Israel enters uncharted territory on Friday when it begins hosting the three opening stages of the Giro d'Italia, the biggest international sporting event to be held in the country.

Kolkata Knight Riders middle-order batsman Nitish Rana was down with a lower back spasm as the team think tank today refused to give a clear picture on his availability for their match against Chennai Super Kings on Thursday.

IPL Score: Follow all the live IPL Score updates from the 32nd Match of IPL 2018 between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals on Times of India

Chennai Super Kings' coach Stephen Fleming is happy that pivotal role played by veteran trio of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shane Watson and Dwayne Bravo have shut the sceptics, who termed the team as Dad's Army.

Indian teenager Lakshya Sen is set to play the biggest match of his nascent career when he will lock horns with legendary Lin Dan in the second round of the New Zealand Open Badminton Championship on Thursday.

Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne has fractured a finger in practice, officials said Wednesday, and is in doubt for a West Indies tour starting this month.

Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday his confidence had been rocked by a string of poor results after a premature return from elbow surgery but the former world number one vowed to work hard to get back to winning ways.

Former India batsman Aakash Chopra believes that Chennai Super Kings have the best batting unit in this year's Indian Premier League and the way their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rewound the clock is sensational.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland on Wednesday said India's refusal to play a day-night Test during the series later this year is driven by a desperation to win Down Under even as the BCCI stayed firm in its rejection of the proposed match.

Anirban Lahiri will make yet another attempt to salvage his season as he returns to competition at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

Welcoming the appointment of Harendra Singh as the coach of the Indian men's national hockey team, former coach Joaquim Carvalho wondered whether he has enough time on his hands to fine tune the squad for tougher battles ahead.

Delhi Dynamos has released its head coach Miguel Angel Portugal of Spain following the team's disappointing outing in the 2017-18 Indian Super League.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition.

Thai boxer Wanheng Menayothin clinched his 50th straight victory on Wednesday, defending his WBC title against a Panamanian challenger and tying the undefeated record of boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Sunita was handed the leadership responsibility of the 18-member side in the absence of regular skipper Rani Rampal, who has been rested for the tournament. Goalkeeper Savita will be the vice-captain.

England stumper-batsman Jos Buttler has said there is nothing wrong with cricketers wanting to specialise in a particular format and believes the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) has changed the "climate" of the sport considerably.

The England cricket team claimed top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI teams for the first time since January 2013, displacing India from its perch in the latest reshuffling of the governing body’s annual updates.

Defending champions Mumbai Indians are standing at the threshold of an early exit from the ongoing IPL, but an optimistic bowling coach Shane Bond feels the team has enough arsenal at its disposal to turn things turnaround in its must-win remaining six games.

England's talismanic striker Harry Kane believes he and his international colleagues are an easy target for cheap jokes just over a month before he carries his nation's hopes at the World Cup.

Two Malaysian badminton players have been hit with career-ending bans of 20 and 15 years respectively after being found guilty of corruption and match-fixing, the sport's governing body said Wednesday.

Disgraced David Warner still has a future in Australian cricket, the sport's chief executive James Sutherland says, handing the explosive opener a lifeline after a cheating scandal.