Новости за 01.09.2018

Jos Buttler once again proved to be a thorn in India's flesh as his gutsy knock of 69 enabled the hosts to put up a fighting 260 for 8 in their second innings on the third day of an evenly poised fourth Test.

India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday described Cheteshwar Pujara's 132 not out against England in the first innings of the ongoing fourth Test as the Saurashtra batsman's best inning that deserves to be at the top.

Amit Panghal displayed a soldier's grit to stun the reigning Olympic champion for India's only boxing gold and two 50-plus bridge players proved that age is just a number with their top finishes as the country achieved its best-ever medal haul at the Asian Games.

Sri Lanka's cricket selectors Saturday recalled fast bowler Lasith Malinga after an year in limbo and included him in a 16-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup tournament.

Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal was on Saturday selected as India's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the 18th Asian Games.

Boxer Amit Panghal and bridge men's pair of Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar won gold medals on the penultimate day of the 2018 Asian Games as India capped off the quadrennial event with their best ever medal haul of 69 comprising 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze medals.

Defending champions India beat arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 in a keenly-contested match to bag a consolation bronze medal in the men's hockey competition at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday.

The Indian athlete with six toes on each foot, who won gold at the Asian Games, is to receive special custom-made shoes after a company boss was touched to hear of the pain she suffered while running in the heptathlon.

Amit Panghal (49kg) on Saturday became only the eighth Indian boxer ever to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games with a stunning tactical win over reigning Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the summit clash.

The inclusion of rookie pacer Khaleel Ahmed in the Asia Cup squad is India's latest move to find a potent left-arm fast bowler that can lend variety an attack that has grown in stature over the years but remains without a southpaw seam-up option that is consistent with his performance.

The Indian women's squash team finished second best to a clinical Hong Kong in the final, settling for a successive silver at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday.

The Indian women's squash team finished second best to a clinical Hong Kong in the final, settling for a successive silver at the 18th Asian Games on Saturday.

The national selection committee on Saturday decided to rest India skipper Virat Kohli while handing over captaincy to Rohit Sharma for the Asia Cup, taking place barely four days after a gruelling tour of England.

India won a gold medal in the bridge competition of the 18th Asian Games with Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar clinching the top honours in the men's pair event, on Saturday.

Amit Panghal (49kg) on Saturday became only the eighth Indian boxer ever to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games with a stunning tactical win over reigning Olympic and Asian champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the summit clash here.

Harshita Tomar, all of 16 years, took the wind out of men’s sails to win bronze in the open laser 4.7 sailing category in Asian Games on Friday. She was the only girl on the podium — the only girl, in fact, in the top 10.

Sarita, daughter of a farmer from Dang, called up her rakhi brother in Chikhli town of Valsad on Friday and requested him to send some money a day after she made India proud, along with her team-mates, by winning the 4x400m relay gold.

Serena Williams roared through her 30th career meeting with her sister Venus on Friday, booking a US Open fourth-round berth with a 6-1, 6-2 victory.

World number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal came back from a set and break down to defeat Karen Khachanov 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3) and reach the US Open fourth round on Friday.

A cash windfall from the Odisha government has followed her success in the 100m and 200m dash in Jakarta and will enable Dutee to build a new house at her village, Chaka Gopalpur, and fund the education of her two younger sisters.