Новости за 23.06.2018

Chennai lad R Praggnanandhaa created history on Saturday as he became the second youngest GM in the world at 12 years, 10 months and 13 days. Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine had become the youngest GM at 12 years, seven months back in 1990.

World champions India cruised to a 48-19 win over Kenya to pick their second successive win and lead group A in the Kabaddi Masters Dubai on Saturday.

Former NZ captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that he tested positive for a banned substance during 2016 IPL but insisted that it was not a "failed drug test" as he had procured a retroactive Therapeutic Use Exemption certificate to "clear his name".

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Ireland have named the 14-member squad led by Gary Wilson for the two T20 Internationals against India and one of the notable names is 31-year-old Punjab born off-spinner Simranjit 'Simi' Singh.

Carlos Vela's penalty and a superbly-taken breakaway goal by Javier Hernandez gave Mexico a 2-1 World Cup Group F win over South Korea on Saturday which put them on the brink of a place in the last 16.

Novak Djokovic ended his final drought as the former world number one reached his first title match for a year with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 win against Jeremy Chardy at Queen's Club on Saturday.

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Anirban Lahiri produced another solid round of 3-under 67 to position himself at Tied-11, three behind a trio of leaders, at the midway stage of the Traveler's Championship.

The fast-rising Gaurav Solanki (52kg) notched up his second successive international gold medal, along with Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) as India ended a strong campaign with six medals at the Chemistry Cup in Halle, Germany on Saturday.

Defending champion Petra Kvitova dispatched Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 6-2 with a powerful display to reach the final at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham on Saturday.

Top seed Marin Cilic ended Nick Kyrgios's entertaining run at the Fever-Tree Queen's Club championships with a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) on Saturday as he reached the final for the fourth time.

Romelu Lukaku notched his second brace in as many World Cup games and Eden Hazard also scored twice as Belgium thumped Tunisia 5-2 in their World Cup Group G match on Saturday to put themselves on the brink of clinching a round of 16 place.

India once again reasserted their supremacy over Pakistan as they clinically decimated the arch-rivals 4-0 in the opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Saturday.

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One of the central themes from the early stages of the World Cup in Russia is the number of penalties being awarded, many following the intervention of video assistant referees (VARs).

Switzerland's 2-1 World Cup win over Serbia was given a mixed reaction by Swiss media who applauded their rousing second-half comeback but criticised celebrations by scorers Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri which appeared to have political overtones.

After his team crashed out of the World Cup, Egypt's star player Mohamed Salah has won a consolation prize in the form of honorary citizenship of Chechnya.

Formula One bosses are hopeful that a deal can be reached with Silverstone to keep the British Grand Prix on the calendar after next year's race, having agreed an extension with Belgium.

Sri Lanka on Saturday named Suranga Lakmal as skipper for the potentially series-saving third Test against the West Indies after Dinesh Chandimal lost his appeal against a one-match ban for ball tampering.

World silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) and Mandeep Jangra were among the finalists but Shiva Thapa (60kg) signed off with a bronze medal in a mixed first semifinal session for India at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia on Saturday.

The experts will go into the details of how and why Croatia’s master snipers were left to pick off the sitting ducks in blue and white but the real anguish, perhaps, lies in our fault of being starry-eyed about Argentina.

Beating Argentina is surely a step towards realising that dream. But winning the odd skirmish soon fades from public memory. What stays are trophies or at least, being there till the last week of the World Cup. Croatia senses that Modric & Co can go beyond 1998.

NEW DELHI: ​Two games down the line, Messi’s Argentina are staring at a shock exit. We look at the reasons as a debacle unfolds.