Last tournament’s runners-up weren’t off to the best of starts as they were 61/3 after the dismissals of skipper Prithvi Shaw, Manoj Kalra and Shubmam Gill for 16, 31 and 0 respectively. However, Aryan Juyal and Himanshu Rana stitched a partnership of 138 to put India in a strong position. Rana scored 69 before being dismissed by Jade de Klerk. Juyal went on to score 86 before De Klerk caught him off Kenan Smith’s bowling....
The league awards are set up for the regular season. We vote on what happens from late October through mid-April. As the NBA does things now, the winners of the awards are not announced until an awards show at the end of June. That means there’s a two-month gap in which the most crucial games of the NBA year are played, and they hold zero impact in how we pick the top players and coaches in each category....
The Warriors, on the other hand, are the defending champions of the league. By all accounts, they have been the cream of the league for the large part of the last 4 years. Under Steve Kerr, they play a brand of unselfish basketball and ball movement that makes watching even their blowout wins an enjoyable experience. Nor are they light on the win count, having won over 80% of their games this season with a fully-fit Fantastic Four....
Initially, Tokyo was all set to host the Olympics in 2020. However, it will now do so starting 23 July, 2021. In an exclusive chat with Indranil Basu on Sportskeeda’s Facebook page, India’s para-badminton stars Sukant Kadam and Pramod Bhagat gave their views on the possibility of the Tokyo Olympics happening in 2021. We need to learn to live with coronavirus: Sukant Kadam Kadam stated that the IOC was confident in hosting the Olympic Games with or without any audience next year, so there was no reason to delay it again....
Released nearly two decades ago, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is an outlier in the series. A stand-alone class-based multiplayer spinoff of Return To Castle Wolfenstein, it’s been kept alive by a small but dedicated fanbase. RELATED: Fallout: New Vegas Mod Reinstates Cut Content, Including Advanced NPC AI Players have been hosting their own servers for decades, featuring a variety of mods and custom maps. While these aren’t going anywhere, developers wanted to cater to Wolfenstein fans looking for a more nostalgic experience....
Slate.com unveiled a tremendous widget today which lets you “Travoltify” your name, spinning it into a similar yet bizarre names. For example, my name "Troy Machir," becomes "Ty Morphay." Kinda similar, yet kinda really weird. Anyways, we decided to take some already unique and bizarre names, the members of our 2013-14 All Name Team, and see what Slate's widget churned out. Surprisingly enough, it made most of the unique names rather un-unique: MORE: Athletes turned actors | Jennette McCurdy-Andre Drummond beef | Field of 68 All Name Team: Travoltified...
Lotus had a better car(in terms of speed) than some of the other front runners and couldn’t have asked for a better result in Yeongam under Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing-Renault’s continued domination and as they had failed to see a podium finish last year. A near perfect finish for the Enstone based team now sees them move closer to Mercedes F1 in the Constructor’s table the deficit being 44 points and Kimi Raikkonen move into third with 6 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers tally....
Sudha, reigning Asian Games and Asian champion in 3000m steeplechase, said Indian runners are ready for the mega event. “We have been training continuously under Dr Nikolai Snesareva since February at our Ooty camp. All of us are ready to fight for our medals at Incheon, there is no question of being apprehensive of any competition that comes our way,” said Sudha, as the first batch of the Indian athletics team comprising of seven endurance runners and their coach left for Incheon Thursday....
Here’s a recap: (1) Indiana Pacers vs (5) Washington Wizards ( Washington won 102-79, Indiana lead series 3-2) The reasons why everyone was excited about the Pacers’ Game 5 victory was much more than just their commanding lead of 3-1 in the series. Their second half comeback on the road, down 19 points, was reminiscent of their successful play in the first half of the season, powered by the vital contributions of All-Stars Paul George and Roy Hibbert....
Read below for the nine games on tap that check the major boxes for Sunday and Monday night programming: large media markets and rabid fanbases of competing teams, general interest derived from the matchup and projections for the teams' quality in 2014. These are the games NBC and ESPN salivate for in their Sunday and Monday night programming; CBS and NFL Network obviously would also love to see available for Thursday nights....
U.S. Figure Skating officials took into account performances over the past year in picking the three women who will go to Sochi, not just their showing at this week's event. Mirai Nagasu, who was fourth at the 2010 Olympics, didn't make the team despite taking third Saturday at the U.S. Championships. Polina Edmunds, 15, who was second, was selected even though she has no major international experience at the senior level....
He is also providing Canada with a surprising offensive boost at the Sochi Games. Doughty broke a scoreless tie midway through the first period and scored the game-winning goal with 2:28 left in overtime, giving the Canadians a 2-1 win over Finland on Sunday. "I don't know what's going on," said Doughty, who has four goals in three Olympic games after scoring just eight times in 59 NHL games this season....
Sania and Cara suffered a 2-6, 4-6 loss in an hour and 10 minutes to the unseeded team at the Louis Armstrong stadium. Sania, who was partnering China’s Jie Zheng in last year’s tournament, failed to get past the semis stage. But the Indian tennis star still has a shot at the top prize. Sania and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, the top seeds, will take on American-Mexican team of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez in the final of the mixed event....
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The 2015 Big East men’s basketball tournament is scheduled for March 11-14 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. All games will be televised on Fox Sports 1, with the title game slated for an 8:30 p.m. ET tipoff at the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” which has hosted every Big East tournament since 1983. MORE: Best players who did not win an NCAA title | Selection Sunday, March Madness info | Tournament records that won’t be broken...
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 7:15 p.m., CBS — Notre Dame vs. Wichita State, Midwest Region at Cleveland Announcers: Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Lewis Johnson 7:47 p.m., TBS — Wisconsin vs. North Carolina, West Region at Los Angeles Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Rachel Nichols 9:45 p.m., CBS — Kentucky vs. West Virginia, Midwest Region at Cleveland Announcers: Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Lewis Johnson 10:17 p....
For fantasy owners with certain pass-catchers in mind as we enter March — never too early to ponder the fantasy draft — below are ideal landing spots for immediate fantasy production among some of the top rookie wide receiver prospects. 2015 NFL DRAFT: Best QB landing spots | RB | TE | Top Combine results Amari Cooper to New York Giants Between injury worries for Victor Cruz and play-based concerns for Rueben Randle, Eli Manning could certainly use a rich man’s Steve Smith — in terms of offensive role — to move the chains across from Odell Beckham Jr....
But all that came to a screeching halt when thunderstorms cut Friday’s action short, and robbed some of the leaders of their chance to conclude play. MORE: Best images from 2015 PGA Championship | John Daly loses it, launches club into Lake Michigan Australians Jason Day and Matt Jones are tied for the lead at 9-under-par. Day was on the par-4 15th hole when the siren went off just after he hit his second shot....
The class of 2015 stinks Is that too harsh? Perhaps even mean? OK, guilty as charged. It’s also true. Look over the list of the top 10 prospects in the class. If you think signing No. 2 means you get this year’s Kevin Durant, or No. 10 is the next Tristan Thompson, you’re going to be disappointed. Let’s put it this way: In a great class, the best 2015 player — Ben Simmons of Florida’s Montverde Academy — would be a strong No....
