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According to a press release by Extreme E, with just 50 days to go for the Extreme E’s first race weekend and with ten teams confirmed, showcasing a legendary line-up of champion drivers, the series is all set for an iconic action packed weekend in Saudi Arabia on 3-4 April. Founder and CEO of Extreme E, Alejandro Agag, said: “Wow, just 50 days to go until our first race weekend. I’m delighted and proud we have got to this point despite everything that has gone on in the last year. Our adventure now truly begins, with the St. Helena departing…

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Indian judokas will aim to secure Olympic rankings points when a six-member team heads to Israel to participate in the Tel Aviv Grand Slam, scheduled to be held from February 18 to 20. With less than six months left for the Tokyo Olympics, which will start on July 23, the tournament will provide Indian judokas a chance to pocket vital ranking points in their bid to qualify for the Games. The Indian team consists of five players — three men and two female — and a coach. The players are Avtar Singh (men's 100kg), Vijay…

Rajkot, Feb 11 (PTI) Experienced left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat will lead the Saurashtra team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beginning February 20. The Saurashtra Cricket Association announced a 20-member squad through a media release issued here on Thursday. The selectors have picked the likes of Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Avi Barot, Prerak Mankad and Vishwarajsinh Jadeja as specialist batsmen along with young wicket-keeper batsman Harvik Desai, who has also played for India U-19 side. The bowling attack, to be led by Unadkat himself, comprise left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya and 30-year-old slow-left arm orthodox bowler Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, along with off-spinner Kamlesh…

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) The Indian Super League’s 2020-21 season saw significant involvement of transfer fees as the clubs spent Rs 9.5 crore on buying new players, six times more than last season. Over the years, the norm in Indian football has been to sign both domestic and foreign players on free transfers — which means clubs usually avoid paying transfer fees to other clubs and instead focus on signing players who are free agents, that is out of contract. However, during the 2020-21 season, ISL clubs spent almost six times more on incoming player transfers — Rs 9.5…

According to a press release by New Zealand Cricket, the Canterbury Kings finally beat the Central Stags by four wickets in their third encounter this season to join the defending champions Wellington Firebirds for Dream 11 Super Smash Grand Final on Saturday at the Basin Reserve. Third qualifiers, the Kings had lost both their league games against the Stags but turned the tides around for the third time despite having lost the toss and Will Young scoring his first T20 hundred (101 off just 46 balls) which was studded with 10 sixes. The Kings rose to occasion when it mattered…

Chennai, Feb 11 (PTI) England spinner Jack Leach was “not sure” if he wanted to play cricket again after the mauling at the hands of Rishabh Pant in the opening Test against India and is quite chuffed about recovering just in time to make a winning contribution in the match. The left-arm spinner on his first tour of India, was taken to the cleaners by a marauding Pant on the third afternoon of the first Test, but fought his way back to pick six wickets over the next two days as England won by a whopping 227 runs. “This is…

According to a press release by the England Cricket Board, the 16 player squad for the men’s International T20 matches in India was announced by the England National Selectors today. England’s squad will depart on Friday 26th February and the two sides will play five IT20’s in Ahmedabad. England Men’s IT20 Squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood…

ew Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Mumbai City FC player Hugo Boumous was on Thursday served a show cause notice by the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Disciplinary Committee for using “offensive and abusive” language towards match officials in an Indian Super League match against FC Goa. The show cause notice was related to an incident happened in a match played at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on February 8, which ended in a 3-3 draw. “In the game…Boumous received his 4th yellow card of the season in the fifth minute of injury time for ‘delaying the restart of play’. He…

New Delhi, Feb 11 The Kho Kho Federation of India's 2021 Super League tournament will be held at the national capital's Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from February 12 to 15. The country's top Kho Kho players have been exploring various facets of the fitness required to excel in the sport with the help of sports science-based technologies in a first-ever scientific high performance national camp. The month-long camp is being organised by Kho Kho Federation of India and Ultimate Kho Kho. A total of 138 players have been divided into 10 teams (eight for men and two for women) and…

Bengaluru, Feb 11 (PTI) Infosys, the Australian Open’s official digital innovation partner, said on Thursday this year it is applying technology to enhance tennis experiences forthose onsite and those unable toattendinperson. Using digital as an equaliser to bridge the physical gap, Infosys and Tennis Australia are opening up new possibilities by leveraging cloud, AI, 3D virtual experiences and mobility, the Bengaluru-headquartered India’s second largest IT services company said in a statement. “The innovations are envisioned to alter the sporting normal well beyond the current Grand Slam and represent a shift towards placing digital at the core of the tournament to…