Новости за 29.05.2018

The second round of the Altibox Norway chess tournament on Tuesday was a stalemate affair. Multiple-time World champion Viswanathan Anand drew his encounter against Hikaru Nakamura.

Toss will remain the fundamental starting point of a Test match as the Anil Kumble-led Cricket Committee of the ICC on Tuesday decided against abolishing the spin of coin in the game's traditional format, calling it an "integral part of the narrative".

No one in the history of marathon has won nine out of 10 races, including an Olympic gold, except Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge. Considered by many as the greatest runner ever, Eliud was discovered by the accomplished coach Patrick Sang at the age of 16.

Even the Parisian storm clouds cleared for Serena Williams on Tuesday, as the new mother's baby steps back to Grand Slam tennis became a stride into the second round of the French Open.

Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi will lead the ICC World XI in an exhibition Twenty20 International against West Indies after Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the May 31 game with a fractured finger.

India suffered a major setback as wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has been all but out of the only Test match against Afghanistan with a broken thumb.

Rafael Nadal overcame a spirited show of aggressive groundstroke hitting by lucky loser Simone Bolelli as he launched his campaign for an eleventh crown on the terre battue of Roland Garros with 6-4 6-3 7-6(9) victory.

After a stupendous show with the bat higher up the order for Chennai Super Kings, the 2018 IPL champion side, experts are now backing MS Dhoni to bat at No. 5 instead of No. 6 for the Indian ODI team.

With the team having gone through too many changes - players as well as coaches - since the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sreejesh is tasked with carrying with him a team which is a mix of former captains, seasoned players and fresh talent.

Former fencer Stanislav Pozdnyakov was elected president of the Russian Olympic Committee, the committee said on Tuesday, as the country works to regain the trust of international sports bodies after a string of doping scandals.

Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks has had surgery on the ankle injury that ruled him out of the World Cup. Winks has played only three matches since the start of 2018 after suffering the ankle problem.

Third seed Marin Cilic reached the French Open second round on Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) win over Australia's James Duckworth.

Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov eased to a 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Australian John Millman in his first ever main-draw French Open match on Tuesday.

Fulham's teenage sensation Ryan Sessegnon will remain at Craven Cottage next season despite being linked with a move to a top-six Premier League outfit, according to club owner Shahid Khan.

A total of 422 players will go under the hammer during a two-day-auction for the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which begins on Wednesday.

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will make his comeback from a nine-month injury break in Saturday's international against Austria as he races to be fit for next month's World Cup, goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke said on Tuesday.

England international Raheem Sterling has defended a new tattoo depicting an assault rifle after anti-gun campaigners labelled it "disgusting" on Tuesday.

New Zealand football coach Fritz Schmid on Tuesday dubbed India lying somewhere between "a sleeping giant and a rising competitor". Schmid is with his team to take part in the Hero Intercontinental Cup, starting June 1.

World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was caught off-guard by Levon Aronian of Armenia as he conceded an easy draw in the first round of Altibox Norway chess tournament.

World's premier T20 bowler Rashid Khan will headline a four-pronged spin attack in the 15-strong Afghanistan squad announced on Tuesday for the historic one-off Test against India in Bengaluru, starting June 14.

The Jamaican says he was serious when he said Sehwag saved the IPL by picking him because he contributed a lot to the league.

The Jamaican says he was serious when he said Sehwag saved the IPL by picking him because he contributed a lot to the league.

Disgraced Australian stars David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will return to competitive cricket at a low-level limited-overs tournament in the country's tropical north in July, it was announced on Tuesday.

In an exclusive interview to TOI, the 32-year-old claimed that since he was a ‘late entrant into the Indian team,’ he was still hungry to achieve more.

36-year-old Serena Williams last played a major tournament in a victorious 2017 Australian Open campaign while two months pregnant, before taking time out of the game to give birth to her daughter.