Новости за 28.02.2019

Here are the big sports events lined up for Friday (March 1) that comprise the first Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh.

Chris Gayle says he is reconsidering his decision to retire after this year's World Cup after the West Indies' opener's record-breaking feats in the ongoing one-day series against England.

Australia coach Justin Langer on Thursday promised unwavering support for out-of-form Aaron Finch, saying he has no doubts that the limited-overs skipper will soon find his mojo back.

FC Goa notched up a 1-0 victory over bottom-placed Chennaiyin FC to seal the second spot in the Indian Super League points table on Thursday. Goa now have 34 points, same as Bengaluru FC, but on head-to-head equation a tad behind on the table.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea by former cricketer S Sreesanth challenging the lifetime ban imposed on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for his alleged involvement in match fixing during 2013 IPL.

PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have a great chance to win the All England Championships this year, said former national coach U Vimal Kumar. Despite the tough draw for both, the girls can go the distance with a bit of effort, he said.

Gulbadin Naib took two wickets to help dismiss Ireland for 161 and then struck a crucial 46 as Afghanistan achieved their target in 41.5 overs in the north Indian city of Dehradun.

Thai Airways has cancelled nearly 30 flights, affecting 5,000 passengers.Singapore Airlines' was also forced to direct flights to Europe to re-fuel, while a flight to Frankfurt was cancelled. Emirates was earlier forced to cancel 10 return flights to Pak while Qatar Airways too pulled flights. Others like Saudi Airlines, Air Canada were also affected.

China, a close ally of Pakistan, has consistently blocked moves first by India and later by the US, UK and France to designate Azhar as a global terrorist. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said,"As we have said on many occasions, the 1267 committee of the UNSC has clear norms on the listing of terrorist organisations or individuals and relevant procedures."

“ATF prices are up again by 10% effective (March). Not good for already struggling industry!” Tweeted AirAsia India COO Sanjay Kumar, an industry veteran. A kilo-litre (KL) of ATF in Delhi and Mumbai for domestic flights costs Rs 58,060.97 and Rs 58,017.33, respectively. This ends a short declining trend seen from last November when the price was Rs 76,378.80 and Rs 76,013.2 in Delhi and Mumbai, respectively.

Officials sources said the meeting was attended by chiefs of the three Services, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, finance minister Arun Jaitley, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, home minister Rajnath Singh and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Several other senior officials also attended the meeting held at the Prime Minister's residence here.

The Indian Air Force on Thursday said there was enough evidence to conclusively say that MiG 21 scrambled by India had shot down Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet that had intruded into Indian air space.

Varthaman's MiG 21 was shot and he bailed out after bringing down two Pakistani F-16 fighters during a dogfight to repel a Pakistani attack on Wednesday morning, he said. He has been in Pakistan since then. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced in Parliament on Thursday that Varthaman would be released on Friday as a "peace gesture".

Neena Gupta looking for a platform to relaunch 'Saans'.

'Roadies’ fame television producer and actor Raghu Ram says that harassing fellow Indians in the name of patriotism should be condemned and stopped.

Tamil Nadu registered a three-wicket win over Vidarbha in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 clash in Surat. Chasing a target of 142, TN received crucial contributions from opener Murali Vijay (74) and J Kousik (41 n.o.) as the side won with four balls to spare.

The ICC on Thursday warned fans against potential scams making it clear that there is no competition, lottery or promotion associated with the upcoming men's World Cup in England starting May 30.

Speaking at an award ceremony for scientists, he said, "You spend your life in laboratories. You have a tradition of first doing a pilot project. It is later scaled up. So recently a pilot project happened", as the audience burst into applause. Modi continued, "Now the real one has to be done. Earlier one was a practice. And the real is to actually give a standing ovation to today's award winners. We will will give a standing ovation."