Christchurch, Nov 30 (PTI) The toss in the series-deciding third ODI between India and New Zealand here on Wednesday has been delayed due to rain. The second ODI on Sunday in Hamilton was washed out after two rain interruptions. Hosts New Zealand lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the opening ODI by seven wickets in Hamilton on November 25. Source: PTI News
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New Delhi, Nov 29 (Shooting News) Arjun Babuta in men’s 10m air rifle and Vivaan Kapoor in men’s trap were on Tuesday crowned champions in the 65th National Shooting Championships, being held concurrently in Thiruvananthapuram and Delhi. Punjab’s Arjun overcame Assam’s Hriday Hazarika 16-8 in the gold medal match at the Vattiyoorkkavu Shooting Range in Thiruvananthapuram, where the rifle competitions are taking place, while Rajasthan’s Vivaan got the better of Tamil Nadu’s Prithviraj Tondaiman by shooting 31 birds to the latter’s 27 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, venue for the shotgun events. Arjun made the gold medal match…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (Badminton News) Top seed Unnati Hooda started her campaign in dominating fashion as seven Indians won their respective matches at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Tuesday. In the U-17 women\’s singles round of 64 match, Odisha Open champion Unnati thrashed Japan\’s Misato Sasaki 21-11 21-5 in just 24 minutes. Unnati will face Indonesia\’s Dea Nur Fadilla in the round of 32 match on Wednesday. In the other U-17 women\’s singles match, Anmol Kharb won both her matches to move into the round of 32. First, she defeated Singapore\’s Chujei…
Behnavis (Spain), Nov 29 (Golf News) Diksha Dagar finished 2022 with a modest round of 1-over 74 at the Par-73 Alferini Golf course, but ensured full playing status for the next season. The 2023 season will be her fifth successive on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Diksha, one of the only two Indian women to have won on the LET, finished tied 41st at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, the final event of the season. Also finishing in tied 41st place was Vani Kapoor (74). A third Indian, Amandeep Drall, could not reproduce the magic of a…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (Cricket News) The cricketing ecosystem is witnessing a paradigm shift with a major chunk of international cricketers save India rejecting their respective country’s central contracts to become freelance agents for the T20 leagues across the globe, world players’ body FICA stated in its annual report. It must be mentioned that the Indian players’ body is not under the aegis of FICA whose sample survey doesn’t include the Indian cricketers. As per the latest report, “49% would consider rejecting a central contract if they were paid more to play in domestic leagues”. There is a growing debate…
Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), Nov 29 (Cricket News) The pace-spin combo of Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar impressed the most as India A grabbed the opening-day honours after a commanding performance against Bangladesh A in the first unofficial Test here on Tuesday. Opting to field after winning the toss, Saini (3/21), Saurabh (4/23) and Mukesh Kumar (2/25) helped India A bundle out their opponents for a paltry 112 in only 45 overs. In reply, the visitors finished strongly at 120 for no loss to go ahead by eight runs by the time stumps were drawn. Yashasvi Jaiswal and India A skipper…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (Football News) Former Arsenal manager and world governing body FIFA’s current Chief of Global Football Development, Arsene Wenger could visit India to advise on the youth development projects in the country, the AIFF said on Tuesday. All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey held deliberations with Wenger and other senior officials of the FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) regarding youth development projects in India. “Mr. Chaubey had exhaustive deliberations with senior officials of FIFA and AFC on youth development projects in India and reputed coach and FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger…
Imphal, Nov 29 (PTI) Visiting polo players from the United States and the United Kingdom on Tuesday said that the condition of the playing fields in Manipur is different from those in Western countries. The players are in the northeastern state to participate in the ongoing 14th Manipur Polo International which is being hosted after a two-year break. Jorge Vasquez, captain of the US Polo team, told Source: PTI News
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to stay the Arjuna Awards, which are to be conferred on Wednesday during the National Sports Awards ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, over non-inclusion of champion sprinter Manjit Singh’s name in the list. “I am not going to stop the award function which is to take place tomorrow,” Justice Prathiba M Singh said while hearing a plea by athlete Manjit Singh, the 800 metre gold medallist of Asian Games 2018. In his petition, the athlete sought direction to the authorities to consider conferring on him the ‘Arjuna Award for Outstanding…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (Badminton News) Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Tuesday jumped two spots to regain his career-best sixth position in the latest BWF World Rankings. The 21-year-old from Almora, who had a stellar run this season, has 75,024 points from 23 tournaments. Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy remained static at world number 11 and 12 respectively. Women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand broke into the top 20 by jumping two places to world number 19. The pair, winner of bronze medal in Birmingham Commonwealth Games, has 46,020 points from 17 tournaments. French Open…