Новости за 19.07.2018

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed that four international captains reported approaches to the governing body's Anti-Corruption Unit between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.

India's women compound team of Trisha Deb, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Muskan Kirar shocked top seed Turkey to storm into the final of the Archery World Cup Stage 4, on Thursday.

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore refused to be dragged into a row over a tweet by the Athletics Federation of India on Hima Das' English- speaking skills, saying he had major responsibilities to shoulder and did not comment on everything that people said.

Veteran Indian star Leander Paes, who missed the entire clay and the grass court season, made a winning return to competitive tennis with American partner Jamie Cerretani at the ATP Hall of Fame Open in Newport.

CWG bronze medallist Divya Kakran had to settle for a silver medal after being too defensive in the final against nemesis Meerim Zhumanazarova while Karuna and Reena returned with bronze medals at the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship on Thursday.

The Indian badminton team, including its best bet Sourabh Verma, bowed out of the Singapore Open after a dismal outing on Thursday.

India A batsmen's vulnerability against the red ball in foreign conditions was exposed as England Lions handed the visitors a 254-run defeat in the one-off Unofficial Test on day four on Thursday.

India U-19 gave themselves time to force a result after leaving Sri Lanka 168 runs behind their mammoth first-innings total of 589 on the third and penultimate day of the first Youth Test here.

The Indian men's hockey team began their three-match Test series against New Zealand with a sensational 4-2 win here at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru Campus on Thursday.

Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Thursday sought to clarify his widely-publicised bold prediction on Virat Kohli, saying it was more wishful thinking than him targeting the Indian run-machine.

Ahead of India's tour Down Under later this year, Australian quick Pat Cummins has praised skipper Virat Kohli as a "really passionate" player while conceding that his bowling attack will target the "prized" wicket of the right-hander.

Mohammad Kaif reacted sharply to the alleged bribery scandal unearthed by a sting operation, which claimed that a member of IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla's personal staff sought bribes to facilitate selection of players.

England's bid to regain the Ashes next year will begin with first Test against Australia at Edgbaston, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has called a meeting of its Core and Legal Committees on Friday to decide its future course of action after the Sports Ministry asked it to relax the Asian Games selection norms for better medal prospects.

Four-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton ended months of speculation about his future on Thursday by signing a new two-year deal keeping him at his Mercedes team until the end of 2020.

The remuneration of coaches in various sports disciplines would not be limited to Rs one lakh as the government has increased the cap to Rs two lakh, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.

After the Indian U-16 National team came from two goals down to play out a 2-2 draw against "bigger" opponents, U-17 Bangkok Glass FC U-17 in Thailand, head coach Bibiano Fernandes, labelled the performance as a "brave" one.

England may have cracked the Kuldeep Yadav code, but former left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell says India will be better off playing him in the Test series as well, having done the good thing by picking the "rare" talent in the five-day squad.

The BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit on Thursday said it will launch a probe into an alleged bribery scandal unearthed by a sting operation, which claimed that a member of IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla's personal staff sought bribes to facilitate selection of players.

Less than two weeks after an acrimonious aftermath to the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton will this weekend bid to wreck Sebastian Vettel's homecoming at Hockenheim just as the German ruined his own carnival at Silverstone.

England will have no qualms about selecting Ben Stokes for next month's first Test against India, even though the match could finish just a day before the all-rounder's trial for affray begins.

"Wriddhiman's rehabilitation has been a complete goof up. The NCA physio has bungled it big time. Now only a surgery can put him back on track. Once he is done with surgery, he will not touch the bat for at least two months and then rehab will start," a senior BCCI official said on Thursday.

Captains of the 16 teams participating in the women's hockey World Cup were invited to the event held around River Thames in London, where they stood beside the national flags of their respective country.

The BCCI, on Wednesday, released the schedule for the 2018-19 domestic season, sharing a gist of the number of tournaments that will make for a total of 2017 First Class and List A matches starting with the Duleep Trophy next month.

There is growing discontent over the way the Indian team management and the Indian cricket board (BCCI) are handling the fitness of the players.