Новости за 08.06.2018

Rahul Dravid is still working out a definite plan to strengthen cricketers at the under-19 level. The recent U-19 team selection for the four-day and one-day games in Sri Lanka has deviated from Dravid's policy of capping a player's journey at the U-19 level to one U-19 World Cup.

Indian boxer N Lalbiakkima (49kg) notched up a sensational triumph over Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov to enter the semifinals of the President's Cup Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday.

Ruthless Rafael Nadal punished Juan Martin del Potro for missed opportunities as he reached his 11th French Open final with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 victory on Friday.

New Zealand women's cricket team posted the highest ever total in one-day cricket by scoring an incredible 490 for four in the first match against Ireland in Dublin with skipper Suzie Bates leading from the front with a blistering 151-run knock.

The state government on Friday inked an MoU with the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation, Hyderabad to upgrade the Odisha-SAI Regional Badminton Academy to a world class training centre.

Comfortably placed atop the points table, arch-rivals India and Pakistan will lock horns in a virtual semi-final clash of the women's Asia Cup at the Kinrara Academy Oval here on Saturday.

Quartermiler Jisna Mathew clinched a gold to lead India's medal charge on the second day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships on Friday.

Viswanathan Anand may not have won the Altibox Norway chess tournament on Thursday night, but the multiple-time World champion - who missed the top finish by just 0.5 points to eventual winner Fabiano Caruana - was pleased with his overall show.

Austrian Dominic Thiem's rise to the top continued when he ended unheralded Italian Marco Cecchinato's run to reach the final of the French Open with a 7-5, 7-6(10), 6-1 win on Friday.

In a "good head space" after an impressive performance in the Indian Premier League, speedster Umesh Yadav is gearing up for the gruelling international season ahead with focus on "single stump training" on the advice of Ashish Nehra.

Simona Halep has been undoubtedly one of the world's best players since first reaching the French Open final four years ago, but on Saturday the world number one could equal the unwanted Open-era record of most Grand Slam finals without a title.

Playing out his third successive decisive game, Viswanathan Anand got the better of Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the final round to end joint second in the Altibox Norway chess tournament, here on Friday.

The standoff continues between the Committee of Administrators (CoA) and office-bearers of the BCCI. The latest point of controversy is the June 22 Special General Meeting (SGM), proposed by the members.

The Indian Under-19 team will play a couple of four-day games and five one-dayers during a month-long tour of Sri Lanka that gets underway next month, it was announced on Friday.

Following the uproar over the controversial circular that ordered Haryana athletes to part one-third of their income and deposit it with the government, chief minister ML Khattar has asked it to be put on hold.

Following the uproar over the controversial circular that ordered Haryana athletes to part one-third of their income and deposit it with the government, chief minister ML Khattar has asked it to be put on hold.

Northern Irish international Jonny Evans signed for Premier League side Leicester City from relegated West Bromwich Albion for a reported fee of £3 million ($4 million) a fraction of the price they bid for him last year.

Senior Hockey India stars feel the tournament Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Breda will be the right platform to test themselves ahead of the World Cup in November-December.

Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan consolidated his position at the top of the ICC T20I Player Rankings after returning with 12 wickets from the just-concluded T20 international series against Bangladesh at Dehradun.

Fresh from their 3-0 whitewash of Bangladesh in the just-concluded T20 series, an upbeat Afghanistan skipper Asghar Stanikzai cautioned India ahead of the one-off Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from June 14.

A wax effigy of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli required repairs the same day it went on display at Madame Tussauds in Delhi after a rush of star-struck fans swamped the statue, the museum said Friday.

Haryana government has issued a notification asking the state athletes to deposit one-third of income from their respective disciplines and endorsements to the Haryana State Sports Council. The said amount, it claims, will be used for the development of sports in the state.

A day after Amjyot Singh was imposed a one-year ban following by the Basketball Federation of India for 'gross indiscipline', the Indian hoospter has expressed shock over the decision.

Sport and society remain stuck in the "stone age" when it comes to women's rights, Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday.

Almost five years after Sachin Tendulkar played his final match for India, his son, Arjun, has been named in India's Under-19 squad that will tour Sri Lanka in July for two four-day games. Arjun however, has not been named in the one-day squad.