Chasing a mammoth 379 to win, RoI were in a spot of bother as the Gujarat bowlers struck at regular intervals to reduce them to 63-4 in the second innings. It was when Saha joined skipper Pujara in the middle. While Pujara was holding one end up, Saha decided to take on the bowlers to keep the scorecard ticking. Saha was not afraid to take on the spinners as he came down the track and smashed them all over the park....
It is to be expected given that the country, where football is gaining a foothold thanks to the advent of the Indian Super League (ISL) and the performances of the senior men’s national team, is hosting its first ever FIFA tournament. It is ever so apparent in FIFA’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairman Javier Ceppi’s words - “India is not treating the U17 World Cup as a regular competition. India has realised the value and the importance of hosting a FIFA event....
The game opened with both teams exchanging blows but none being able to create an early chance. Ozone FC came the closest to scoring on a couple of occasions as their attackers were played through on goal, but some excellent defending from SUFC kept the scores even. South United FC were on the lookout for an opening, with Riswanali and Kishori especially looking to drive at the opposition at every opportunity....
The Patriots have played in six successive AFC championship games, and it will be a tough task for the Tennessee Titans to prevent New England from reaching a seventh. The Titans (10-7) rallied from a 21-3 deficit to pull off a 22-21 wildcard win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota will have to be at his best on Saturday to beat the Patriots (13-3) at Gillette Stadium....
India U-23 begin their campaign on 19th July, playing their three games within five days to end the qualification phase on 23rd July. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In India, the match will sadly not be broadcasted on television. However, one can stream the match live on the official broadcaster’s website worldwide, Fans in the host country could watch the match on Alkass One in HD and Alkass Three in SD....
The second-oldest major tournament, the U.S. Open has been played on acrylic hard courts since 1978 at the UTSA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York’s Flushing Meadows. The men’s draw should be quite a battle as three members of tennis “Big Four” have claimed the first three Grand Slam titles of the year with Novak Djokovic returning to the winner’s circle at Wimbledon in July. Top two seeds Rafael Nadal (2017 U....
A recent opinion poll from Morning Consult shows that Modi has recovered ground after a downward slump during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021, and commands over 70 percent public approval despite entering the eighth year of his prime ministership. What explains Modi’s remarkable longevity and success as a colossus for the past two decades and still counting? There are two broad categories within which the answers lie–policies and politics....
The new year is a big one for Gladbach’s Marco Reus North Rhine-Westphalia is one of Germany’s sixteen federal states. When it comes to football, it is so much more than just one of the Bundeslander. Nearly a third of the Bundesliga heralds from the area. What’s more, of late it has produced some of Germany’s brightest attacking talents. Mesut Ozil and Mario Gotze are two who spring to mind....
Manila, Aug 4 (IANS): Defending champions China suffered their second defeat at the 27th Asian Men’s Basketball Championship here as they lost to Iran 51-70. Meanwhile, Chinese Taipei proved they are the best team in Group A after stunning hosts Philippines 84-79 Saturday. The China-Iran was the first meeting in the Asian Championship in four years after China went down to Iran 52-70 in the 2009 final. Yi Jianlian’s absence, due to injury, gave Iran more chances to play inside the paint where they outscored China 30-18....
The 2013 edition of the Korean Grand Prix further reinforced the hold Sebastian Vettel has on the Drivers’ championship as the Red Bull driver won his 4th successive race, taking an almost unassailable 77 point lead over Fernando Alonso. While the lead was never in doubt from the start of the race, there was quite an epic battle behind him, with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean trading places for 2nd and 3rd places....
Google, the most popular search engine in the world (duh), released its annual “Year in Search” data and there were lots of interesting nuggets from the sports world. MORE: Top NBA moments of 2014 | 2014 Facebook year in review | Top college football moments of 2014 Of course, the World Cup and Ray Rice dominated searches, but there were plenty of surprises, too. Here are seven takeaways from 2014:...
While they scrutinize his arm strength, everyone around the league expects to be dazzled by Manziel’s athleticism at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this weekend. The interview process that looks more into his football intelligence and non-football adventures will be just as interesting. However teams break him down, the one that ends up drafting him in the first round in May must be comfortable with him having a mind and style of his own....
While every elite hockey player in the world desperately wants to win his sport's biggest international tournament, nobody needs to win in Sochi like the host team and Alex Ovechkin, the peerless goal-scorer expected to put Russia back atop the Olympic podium. "Russia is going to have a whole different kind of pressure," said Teemu Selanne, who will suit up for the Finns in his record-tying sixth Olympics. "And it's not easy to be that team....
Morgenstern, 27, lost his balance during a practice jump ahead of an FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event in Tauplitz earlier this month, landing on his back and head. He has skull and lung injuries and was in intensive care at Salzburg Emergency Hospital. Morgansterm was transferred to a rehabilitation clinic and has made a promising recovery, so much so that he is back in physical training. "Under the circumstances I'm doing extremely well," Morgenstern said on Thursday....
"I'm fortunate for the opportunity," Quick said. "And I'll just try to make the most of it." PHOTOS: Best pics of NHL players in Sochi | Beautiful images of the Bolshoy Ice Dome Bylsma declined to say who will be the team's goaltender for the other preliminary-round games, which includes a key matchup with Russia on Saturday. "We have plans for Game 1," Bylsma said Wednesday after practice. Quick is getting the nod instead of Ryan Miller and Jimmy Howard....
Vonn's schedule was announced Wednesday by the U.S. Ski Team. Vonn, 29 returned to competition at Lake Louise, Alberta, last week, 10 months after tearing two ligaments in her right knee and breaking a bone in that leg during a crash at the world championships. She also had a setback when she partially re-tore one of those surgically reconstructed ligaments in a fall during practice on Nov. 19. Vonn finished 40th in a downhill Friday in her World Cup season debut, then 11th in another downhill Saturday, and fifth in a super-G on Sunday....
As we laid out last week, there is serious competition for invitations to the U.S. national team’s pre-World Cup training camp, and some of the battles for the final places are coming down to the wire. When Klinsmann convenes the 25-28 player roster for the pre-World Cup camp at Stanford University, he will obviously have a nucleus of players who have been locks for some time, while also wanting to incorporate some players coming in playing at top form....
The official invitee list will be available the first week of February, but expect to see top prospects such as Florida State’s Jameis Winston and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota throw during on-field workouts Saturday, Feb. 21. Winston and Mariota could decline the invitation to participate, however, much like 2014 first round picks Johnny Manziel and Teddy Bridgewater. MORE: Mock Draft | Jameis Winston scouting report | PHOTOS: Memorable Mariota moments...
Like the Ryder Cup, this event pits a team of players from the United States against an international contingent. Unlike the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup brings players from outside Europe onto the team facing the best of the U.S. It’s America against the world. PHOTOS: Meet the Presidents Cup participants | MORE: Presidents Cup preview The Presidents Cup alternates with the Ryder Cup; both are played every two years, with the Ryder Cup in even-numbered years ever since 2001’s competition was canceled because of the Sept....
