Новости за 17.07.2018

An allround England team registered a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over India in the third and deciding one-day international at Headingley on Tuesday.

Arsene Wenger has said staying as Arsenal manager for nearly 22 years may have been the biggest mistake of his career and that he regrets sacrificing "everything" for the job.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe turned on the style to secure his maiden Tour de France stage win on Tuesday as Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet stubbornly held on to the yellow jersey.

India's Greco Roman wrestler Sajan gave his blood and sweat before emerging champion in the 77kg category as the hosts claimed four medals, including two silver and a bronze, on the opening day of the Junior Asian Championships here.

Arjun Tendulkar, son of arguably one of the greatest batsmen some of whose unique records are tipped to live down the ages, on Tuesday made his much-anticipated international debut on a ground identified by its unique name.

Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai played down the recent trend of senior players influencing the future of coaches in Indian cricket, saying "there was nothing new in it".

PV Sindhu might have to upstage defending champion and familiar foe Nozomi Okuhara as the two finalists of the previous edition are drawn to meet in the quarter-finals of the World Championship, to be held from July 30 to August 5 in Nanjing, China.

India's rising star Shubhankar Sharma will realise a long-time dream when he makes his debut appearance at The 147th Open at Carnoustie, which gets underway on Thursday.

The American superstar returns to The Open after three years and said on Tuesday that it is his best long-term chance to add to his 14 major victories.

Delhi fast bowler Parvinder Awana has decided to retire from all forms of cricket two days ahead of his 32nd birthday. Awana has spearheaded the Delhi attack for most of the past decade, playing two T20Is for India in the process.

His much-awaited fight for the Commonwealth Super Middleweight title was cancelled earlier this month.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) dropped 20 athletes from the Pencak Silat team for the upcoming Asian Games, alleging fake credentials, prompting the national federation to threaten legal action.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) dropped 20 athletes from the Pencak Silat team for the upcoming Asian Games, alleging fake credentials, prompting the national federation to threaten legal action.

India have jumped a rung to fifth position in the men's hockey world rankings issued by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Tuesday.

"Though we are the defending champions, we cannot take any team lightly. I don't call this an easy group. We must be highly cautious against each of these teams as we have not played against teams like Hong Kong China and Sri Lanka," Harendra said after the schedule was announced on Monday.

The team led by striker Rani Rampal and coached by Sjoerd Marijne left for London on Sunday. The players looked in good shape on the preparatory tour of Spain, where India drew the five-Test series against the hosts 2-2.

Written off as a spent force -- and even doubting his own famed powers of recovery -- after seeing his world ranking slump to its lowest in 12 years, Novak Djokovic swept past a weary Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) in the final, adding the 2018 title to his wins in 2011, 2014 and 2015.

In the months leading up to Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic did a lot of visualizing. The 31-year-old pictured his first-born Stefan celebrating this Grand Slam title with him.

On the eve of the final, FIFA president Gianni Infantino hailed VAR a resounding success in the system's first World Cup, but there are four million Croatians who would now strongly disagree.

In January 2018, Olivier Giroud was a desperate man. He was not getting enough opportunities to play at Arsenal and that was never a good thing leading up to the World Cup.

Ronaldo, who joined the Italian champions last week on a four-year contract for 100 million euros ($117.07 million), said that he did not want to stay in his comfort zone after winning three straight European Cups with Real.

The European Cup/Uefa Champions League final is normally the most anticipated fixture of the football season, except during World Cup year.