Новости за 21.05.2018

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday joined Bishan Singh Bedi and Dilip Vengsarkar in opposing the proposal to abolish the toss from Test cricket.

Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson has been named in the Iceland squad for next month's World Cup in Russia despite the midfielder missing the end of the league season with a knee injury.

Everybody knows how MS Dhoni loves to surprise his opponents with his unconventional decisions. On Sunday, Kings XI Punjab coach Brad Hodge was prepared for one. But not for two.

When South African pacer Lungi Ngidi came in to bowl the second over for Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, he was in for a pleasant surprise.

It has been a long and frustrating road back to fitness for Japan's Kei Nishikori, who will arrive at Roland Garros without an ATP title for more than two years and desperate to prove that his career has not already peaked.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin and Russia for playing host to the FIFA World Cup 2018 beginning next month and hoped for the successful organisation of the sporting extravaganza.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has slashed his provisional World Cup squad to 24 players from 32 and axe one more player by the June 4 deadline for next month's tournament in Russia.

Liverpool's German international midfielder Emre Can, who has missed the past two months with injury, returned to training ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid.

Maria Sharapova's run to the Italian Open semi-finals has earned her an 11-place jump to 29th in the latest WTA rankings . While Sharapova was moving up the charts Elina Svitolina remained at number four despite her successful title defence in Rome.

Stage is set for a historical IPL exhibition match between Trailblazers led by Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet's Supernovas at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday and players believe it would be a stepping stone for the launch of a women's T20 league in country.

Virat Kohli's aura in Indian cricket has grown exponentially over the past few years but contrary to popular perception, he has never wielded "disproportionate influence" when it comes to policy decisions, says Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai.

Virat Kohli's aura in Indian cricket has grown exponentially over the past few years but contrary to popular perception, he has never wielded "disproportionate influence" when it comes to policy decisions, says Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai.

India has not had a female player in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam since Sania Mirza played at the Australian Open in 2012 and a gritty Ankita Raina is all fired up to change this statistic in the French Open qualifiers, beginning on Tuesday.

Indian men's and women's badminton teams dumped a lowly Australia 5-0 and 4-1 respectively on the second day of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup but the road to the quarter-finals still remain a difficult one.

Indian women's badminton team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up a dominating 4-1 win over lowly Australia in the second Group A match of the Uber Cup on Monday.

Nemanja Matic says Manchester United "can fight for the title and the Champions League" if they make the right signings in the transfer window after defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup final left the Old Trafford trophy cabinet bare.

Iran announced its 24-man squad for the 2018 World Cup late Sunday, surprisingly omitting striker Kaveh Rezaei, but with plenty of expectation after an unbeaten run through qualifying.

The Indian duo of G Sathiyan and Sanil Shetty finished its campaign at the Thailand Open table tennis event with a silver in the men's doubles.

Rafa Nadal returned to the top of the world rankings on Monday after winning his eighth Italian Open title at the weekend to confirm once more his status as the king of the clay court.

Fast bowlers usually have uncharitable words to describe Indian wickets but Lungi Ngidi was full of praise for the Pune surface where he wrecked Kings XI Punjab on Sunday in a stellar display of pace bowling in the batsman-dominated format.

An intriguing battle between two former champions is on the cards when table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad clash with second-placed Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 on Tuesday.

Australian legend Ricky Ponting, who was appointed head coach of Delhi Daredevils ahead of IPL 2018, has made an alarming statement on the poor form of allrounder Glenn Maxwell following the beleaguered franchise’s final match of the tournament.

Though Kings XI Punjab failed to make it the IPL 2018 play-offs, franchise co-owner Preity Zinta has been caught on camera apparently delighted that defending champions Mumbai Indians did not progress beyond the league stage too.

Two Spanish giants bid farewell to their boyhood clubs on Sunday as Andres Iniesta waved goodbye to Barcelona and Fernando Torres went out with a bang at Aletico Madrid.

Billy Beane may have popularized sports analytics with his use of statistics to build a better baseball team, but the cricket world is now catching up with it. In this two-part story, S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath examine the evolution of looking at data for better performance