2016 Premier Badminton League Delhi Acers Beat Chennai Smashers 4 3 To Book Finals Spot

Here’s how all the action unfolded: Men’s Doubles: Koon Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (DA) vs Chris Adcock/Pranaav Jerry Chopra (CS) The opening game saw the Acers pair take a 4-2 early lead, which they soon stretched to 6-2. The Smashers started to claw their way back at that stage with a two-point streak to make it 4-6, but it was the pair of Keat and Heong who went 8-6 ahead at the interval....

December 31, 2022 · 5 min · 1042 words · Kelly Doward

2017 18 Ranji Trophy Round 2 Ravindra Jadeja And Washington Sundar Shine Pathan Brothers Fail

While Irfan Pathan got out for a duck in the first innings, Yusuf walked without troubling the scorers in the second as Baroda finished with 195/6 and the match ended in a draw. Brief Score: Baroda 373 and 195/6 drew Andhra 554 Mumbai take three points home Naman Ojha’s 180 for Madhya Pradesh powered them to a first innings total of 409. However, the Ranji giants Mumbai came back roaring and courtesy Jay Bista’s whirlwind knock of 140-ball-135 helped his team to a first innings lead....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 404 words · Jaime Hamilton

2017 Heisman Odds Feature Several Returning Contenders

Here’s what Bovada has to offer: MORE: Everything you need to know about National Signing Day for college football Baker Mayfield has a slight edge over J.T. Barrett, as the Sooners QB comes off two monster seasons in which he averaged over 44 total touchdowns, less than eight interceptions and 295 pass yards per game. The senior finished fourth in Heisman voting in 2015 and third in 2016. Barrett enters his fourth season as the Buckeyes starting QB, already a two-time Big Ten Quarterback of the Year and owning a school-record 100 total touchdowns....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 220 words · Charles Johnson

2017 U 17 World Cup Kolkata Gear Up For Football Frenzy After Durga Puja Carnival

India are hosting this tournament for the very first time in the history and Kolkata, ‘The Mecca of Indian Football’ as it is popularly known, will be hosting the grand World Cup final. Almost 90 percent of the tickets are sold out at the newly refurbished Salt Lake Stadium which clearly reflects the enthusiasm among Kolkatans. The Durga Puja hangover generally remains in the city for at least a week after the conclusion of the grand festival, but this year the scenario will be a little different as the enthusiastic Bengalis have football to cheer for and at the grandest arena....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 362 words · Lisa Martinez

2018 Atp World Tour Finals Roger Federer Vs Dominic Thiem Preview And Prediction

Federer looked uncharacteristically rusty in his opening encounter. His usually reliable serve was often off-target. And he failed to seize several openings he created against Kei Nishikori, whom he had defeated twice in the last month. On the other hand, Thiem gave a close fight to Anderson despite having a rough day with his serve. He was not blown away by the powerful serve of the South African, but he could never break him either....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 293 words · Charles Rollman

2018 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Second Base

Two things make 2B a difficult position to assess: One, many players are eligible at other spots, and two, many players offer varied offensive production. Because of this, once you get past the top four or five, you really don’t know when a given 2B-eligible player will go off the board. That’s true of all positions to some extent, but second base seems to be sort of a hub, and because it’s deeper than SS and possibly even 3B this year, many of the players on the list below won’t actually be drafted to play 2B....

December 31, 2022 · 1 min · 187 words · Maria Carr

2018 Fifa World Cup Brazil Vs Belgium 3 Key Battles To Watch Out For

Red Devils have been a dominant team, who have won all their matches in the World Cup so far. Having proved their mettle against Japan by coming from 0-2 down, to a 3-2 victory, Belgium is an adventurous and a difficult side to beat. Hence, Brazil will have to be at their best. Brazil has had a roller-coaster World Cup so far. Having progressed from a difficult group stage, the Selecaos were on song in the second-half against Mexico and comfortably beat them 2-0 in the Round of 16....

December 31, 2022 · 4 min · 649 words · Martha Stewart

2018 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers Uzbekistan 1 0 Qatar White Wolves Pile Further Misery On The Maroons

Uzbekistan came into this game after being shocked by Syria in the previous round while Qatar suffered a narrow loss to group leaders Iran. But Uzbekistan had the chance to cut down second-placed South Korea’s lead to just one point with a win tonight and they started well. Barcelona want Marco Verratti But Qatar, who were fighting for survival, would not budge and displayed resolute defending as the Central Asians struggled to find an opening in the first half of the game....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 241 words · Erin Valdez

2018 Intercontinental Cup India Ease Past Chinese Taipei In Tournament Opener

Hosts India lined up in a 4-2-3-1 shape. The Blue Tigers featured a handful of new faces as Pronay Halder and Anirudh Thapa formed the double pivot, while Subashish Bose became the latest player to be handed a debut by coach Stephen Constantine. The team got off to an entertaining start as Jeje Lalpekhlua kick started the attack from the middle. Charging from the right, winger Udanta Singh squared the ball for skipper Chhetri but the latter’s attempt went wide off the goal....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 369 words · James Hoyle

2018 Nfl Preview Under The Radar Rookies To Watch

Ahead of the big kick-off, we’ve taken the time to point out a few young players you may have overlooked, or maybe some who simply got lost in the shuffle. Here are your surprising rookies for the 2018 NFL season: SURPRISING ROOKIES TO WATCH IN 2018 Justin Reid, safety, Houston Texans The brother of free-agent safety Eric Reid, Justin is just as physical as his sibling but he never quite got the attention because he played on the West Coast at Stanford....

December 31, 2022 · 3 min · 505 words · Marion Prince

2018 Spanish Super Cup Barcelona Vs Sevilla Preview Team News Probable Line Up And Stats

The La Liga Champions has been on one of their busiest transfer seasons so far with Arturo Vidal, Malcolm, Clement Lenglet, Arthur Melo all joining the Catalonian giants on big money moves while club legend Iniesta, Alex Vidal, Paulinho are the major exits from the club. WIth Real Madrid now without their talismanic striker Cristiano Ronaldo Barcelona will be hoping for another double sweep of the domestic cup and league titles this year....

December 31, 2022 · 2 min · 405 words · Diane Perry

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December 30, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Jason Costello

2013 Canadian Gp Ferrari Preview

Things have not gone well for Scuderia Ferrari in the past two weeks. Firstly, Massa’s twin car crashes at Monaco and then the tyre test controversy. Fortunately, Ferrari have found their way out of both the situations. Massa had been provided with a new chassis for the Canadian GP and FIA had cleared the Italian manufacturer of any wrong doings in the tyre test it had undergone with Pirelli....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 555 words · Albert Black

2013 Chinese Grand Prix Friday Practice Session Analysis

The Chinese Grand Prix weekend got underway today and it was the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton who topped the timesheets during the first practice session, while in the second practice as the track rubbered in, the Ferrari‘s and Lotus came into contention and in the end it was Felipe Massa who topped the second practice session. Since the fastest times on Friday don’t really show the true picture, let’s take a deeper look into the two practice sessions....

December 30, 2022 · 6 min · 1241 words · Elaine Mirza

2014 Badminton World Championships Sindhu Reaches Last 16

One of India’s best hopes P.V. Sindhu came out with a strong performance to enter the third round of the World Badminton Championships after earning a straight games win over Russian Olga Golovanova at the Ballerup Super Arena. The 11th seeded Indian needed only 40 minutes to ease past Olga 21-12, 21-17 in their first ever match. Last year’s bronze medallist Sindhu next faces a tough match against South Korean sixth seed Yeon Ju Bae, who has beaten the Hyderabadi in both their previous meetings....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 398 words · Steve Mccalla

2014 Pga Championship Jason Dufner Defends Title All Time Winners

Big-name players and occasional surprises dot the list of winners. Before 1958 this was a match-play competition. Here are the men whose names are on the Wanamaker Trophy. 2013: Jason Dufner, Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.2012: Rory McIlroy: The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C., Golf Resort2011: Keegan Bradley: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga.2010: Martin Kaymer: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis.2009: Y.E. Yang: Hazeltine National Golf Club, Shaska, Minn.2008: Padraig Harrington: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, Mich....

December 30, 2022 · 4 min · 748 words · Maura Jackson

2014 Sochi Olympics Neureuther Win World Cup Slalom Closes On Leader

Ted Ligety continued his push toward the Winter Olympics by finishing with a 1:55.39 time, good for fifth place in the overall standings. Nolan Kasper of the United States lost a pole when he tried to clean his goggles during the final part of his first run. He completed the final gates. "It's definitely tough, it's one or two gates in a row that get a lot of splashback," said Kasper, who finished 2....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 342 words · Robert Morgan

2014 Sochi Olympics U.S. Teammates Jacobellis Holland Win Winter X

The perfect way to head over to Sochi, where both will be on the U.S. Olympic team. Jacobellis won her eighth title. She is back to 100 percent after a pair of knee operations over the last two years, won her eighth gold. Jacobellis finished fifth in Vancouver and second in Turin after giving away the gold when she fell on a celebratory jump near the bottom of the course....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 115 words · June Tellez

2015 French Open Odds Nadal Not Favored Despite Near Flawless Record At Roland Garros

Nadal has won nine of the last 10 men’s singles titles and is 66-1(!) for his career at Roland Garros, Yet, at 11-to-4 odds, Nadal is the second betting choice, behind odds-on favorite and No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic. The out-of-form Nadal is the No. 6 seed in the men’s bracket. Sporting News: French Open story lines On the women’s side, top seed and two-time French Open champ Serena Williams, one of the five Americans listed in either division, is favored at 9-to-4 odds....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 325 words · Michael Blevins

2015 World Championships Day 2 Round Up

In women’s singles, P.V Sindhu survived a scare to overcome Danish shuttler Line KJjaersfeldt in the second round. Ranked 13th, Sindhu defeated the World ranked 35 Dane 11-21, 21-17, 21-16 in a match which lasted for 50 minutes. The 20-year-old, who is battling for her third consecutive World Championships medal was absolutely no match to her lower ranked opponent as she was sidelined in just 15 minutes in the opening game....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 444 words · Christine Melvin