Новости за 16.08.2018

Miffed at not getting a "specialist" men's doubles partner, veteran tennis star Leander Paes on Thursday pulled out of the 18th Asian Games starting on Saturday.

After a series of disagreements and legal battles over selection or non-selection of India squads/athletes for various sports, the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) final list for the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia counted 571 athletes.

India's Viswanathan Anand had a forgettable outing in St. Louis Rapid and blitz as he finished last after scoring 13.5 points in all out of a possible 27 games that ended on Thursday.

He might be recovering from a back injury, but Virat Kohli could become more dangerous as a player when the India skipper turns up for his team in the third cricket Test starting here on Saturday, feels England coach Trevor Bayliss.

World tennis chiefs on Thursday approved a radical Davis Cup revamp that will overhaul the 118-year-old competition, condensing the annual worldwide showpiece into an 18-team, week-long event.

England coach Trevor Bayliss has suggested Ben Stokes make a public apology over the events that led to his eventual acquittal for affray as the all-rounder waits to see if he will be recalled for this week's third Test against India at Trent Bridge.

Opening in shorter formats proved to be a boon for Rohit Sharma, who said that he will not mind taking a shot at it in Test matches too, if the team management ever considers that as an option in near future.

Spaniard Carlos Sainz will drive for McLaren in next season's Formula One championship, filling the vacuum left by the retirement of Fernando Alonso, the team announced on Thursday.

West Indian fast bowling great Michael Holding feels Hardik Pandya is not yet the all-rounder India wants him to be, because he is ineffective as a bowler and also not scoring enough runs with the bat.

The Indian football team on Thursday climbed one spot to the 96th in the recently released FIFA rankings.

Under-fire India coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday called on his struggling batsmen to show more discipline and grit when the third Test against England gets underway at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

The tri-colour on Thursday unfurled at the Asian Games Village following a simple flag-hoisting ceremony, attended by India's men's hockey stars and wrestlers.

India's rifle and pistol shooters have grabbed the headlines at international events across the globe and will face a stern test now at the Asian Games, where the shooting is once again expected to spearhead the country's medal hunt.

The visual of South African fielding ace Jonty Rhodes running out Inzamam-ul-Haq at Brisbane during the 1992 World Cup remains etched in the memories of millions of cricket fans, who still go on Youtube to view it one more time.

Ex-Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is not being moved from his home in Switzerland to the Spanish island of Mallorca, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, refuting a report by a Swiss magazine.

Former BCCI chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has backed the inclusion of rookie wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in India's playing XI for the third Test against England, starting at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes said on Thursday that the spontaneous outpouring of condolence messages for former Test captain Ajit Wadekar, who died on Wednesday, was unique to Indian cricket.

"I have no idea of his arrival. Only Paes can tell you when he is coming. The last time I spoke to him he said he would play in Cincinnati and then come to Palembang. But he is not playing there also," Zeeshan Ali said.

"We would jealously look at the athletes from other countries enjoying fabulous amenities; they had the latest equipment at their disposal. We wondered if we too would one day have access to such facilities," PT Usha said.

"We would jealously look at the athletes from other countries enjoying fabulous amenities; they had the latest equipment at their disposal. We wondered if we too would one day have access to such facilities," PT Usha said.

"I think staying away from wrestling for two years with injury and the movie, I lost my focus. Now I am concentrating just on wrestling," veteran Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat said on the sidelines of a function.

All of 14, India's latest Grandmaster Nihal Sarin says he is more relieved than ecstatic about achieving the feat as the build-up to it was distracting.

Novak Djokovic battled stomach issues to beat Adrian Mannarino and reach the third round in Cincinnati on Wednesday as women's title holder Garbine Muguruza crashed out.