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New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is planning an exposure camp for swimmers to South Africa in March subject to the COVID-19 situation in the country. A group of 20 swimmers — 10 seniors and as many juniors will train either at the High Performance centre in Pretoria or Stellenbosch and will also take part in the FINA qualifying meets scheduled to be held in Durban. "The team will arrive sometime in March and the last event is around May 29 so the swimmers will train and race there," SFI Secretary General Monal Chokshi told…

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) The ITBP on Friday won the 10th national ice hockey championship held in Jammu and Kashmir's tourist town of Gulmarg, a force official said. The team of the border-guarding force defeated Ladakh 5-1 at the Gulmarg ice rink located at a height of 8,694 feet. The national championship was organised by the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) from January 16-22 in which eight teams participated, an ITBP spokesperson said. "The ITBP has a strong ice hockey team with many of its players being part of the national team too. In recent years, our team…

Santiago, Jan 22 (PTI) A resilient Indian junior women’s hockey team came from behind twice to hold Chile senior side to a 2-2 draw in its fourth match of the tour here. Deepika (40th minute) and Gagandeep Kaur (55th) led India’s fight back after Chile had taken the lead twice through goals from Mariana del Jesus Lagos (21st) and Fernanda Villagran (51st) at the Prince of Wales Country Club. With three wins from as many games in the tour, the Indian team started the match brightly as they tried to penetrate Chile’s defence, but could not find a clear opportunity…

A press release by the England Cricket Board announced a 16-strong squad by the England National Selectors along with six travelling reserves for the first and second Test matches in India starting on 5th February at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. England Men’s Test Squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire) (captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire). Reserves: James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Mason Crane…

Sri Lankan cricketers Binura Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne, who were part of a 22 member pool training for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour of West Indies to take part in a limited over series, have tested positive for Covid-19. According to a press release sent by Sri Lanka Cricket, the duo was found to be positive after a PCR test was carried out on 20th January and were immediately directed to follow the protocols laid out by the government. The PCR Test was conducted after the squad started training at the SSC Grounds on 18th January. As part of a…

Bangkok, Jan 22 (PTI) India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa stunned fifth seeds Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia in a hard-fought three-game contest to enter the mixed doubles semifinals of the Toyota Thailand Open badminton tournament here on Friday. The unseeded Indian pair toiled hard for one hour and 15 minutes to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel. Rankireddy and Ponappa, world no. 22, will be up against the winners of the last quarterfinal match between top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand and Korean…

Santiago (Chile), Jan 21 (PTI) The Indian women’s junior hockey team rallied from a goal down to script a stunning 3-2 win over the Chilean senior side at the Prince of Wales Country Club here. Deepika (39th), Sangita Kumari (45th) and Lalrindiki (47th) scored for India after Fernanda Villagran (21st) had given the hosts the advantage. Chile’s Simone Avelli (56th) pulled one back late in the match, but it was not enough to force a comeback as the Indian junior team secured a creditable win. It was India’s third consecutive victory on the tour. They had defeated Chile’s junior side…

The Sydney Sixers announced their 19 member squad in their latest press release for their next match against Sydney Thunder at Adelaide Oval tomorrow (Friday, 22nd January). Australian all rounders Moises Henriques and Sean Abbott will be returning to the Sixer’s campaign. The duo was part of the Australian National squad during the recently concluded series against India. The squad will be shortened to 13 players and the final 11 and captain announced at the bat flip. The Daniel Hughes lead side and two time Champions Sixers are on top of the points ladder with 8 wins in 11 matches…

Bangkok, Jan 21 (PTI) India’s Sameer Verma continued his impressive run at the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament, stunning world no 17 Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a second round match to advance to the men’s singles quarterfinals, here on Thursday. The world no 31 Indian, who had shocked Malaysia’s eighth seed Lee Zii Jia in the opening round, needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke 21-12 21-9. This was Sameer’s third victory over Gemke. The Indian had defeated the world no 17 Danish shuttler in their previous two clashes. Sameer will face third seed Anders Antonsen of…

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) Football Delhi on Thursday announced a scholarship programme of talented U-16 players of the National Capital Region for college admission in the US and UK, in partnership with Crayons Academy for Skills Excellence (CASE). Each year, two talented footballers — a junior boy and a girl — will be identified based on their football and academic achievements for a scholarship. Football Delhi and CASE will work to secure admission of these two selected players in colleges in USA, Canada and UK. “Playing college sports is a unique way of combining education with high-level of competitive…