Sasikiran was key to India’s success till this round but he ran out of steam on a day when two main players - Viswanthan Anand and P Harikrishna signed peace early. B Adhiban, in the absence of Vidit Gujrathi, played out a draw on board three to reduce the deficit margin to 1.5-2.5. It turned out to be a bad day from Indian perspective overall as the women team played out a draw with lower-ranked Italian women....
As the home team wrapped up the much needed practice matches before Asian Games, with their third consecutive victory, Chief Coach Harendra Singh expressed content with his team’s performance. “Playing high intensity matches against one of the Top 10 Teams in the World ahead of a crucial event like the Asian Games is beneficial for us. During these three matches, we tried out different combinations and variations in PC and we are better prepared for the upcoming Tournament,” stated Harendra Singh after the match....
The match saw both the teams play fluent hockey inside the first quarter which saw them create a few opportunities. First, it was India’s debutant Jaskaran Singh who shot at goal in the 5th minute, but could not keep it on target, while the home team also tried their best to penetrate India’s defence, but were well kept out by a resilient defending by India’s Harmanpreet Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh....
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Young paddlers who performed well in the recent South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships held here will represent India at the Gautemala Junior and Cadet Open ITTF Global Junior circuit event scheduled for Aug 7-10. A nine-member team, comprising four boys and five girls, will participate in the event. Anirban Ghosh, Birdie Boro, Lalrinpuia and Arjun Ghosh form the boys unit and Sagarika Mukherjee, Harsha Vardhini, Akula Sreeja, Moumita Dutta and Aishwarya Pathak will competed in the girls category....
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Kanchanmala said, “I was not given any official confirmation if I will receive a reimbursement for the expense I bore. I had to pay around Rs 70,000 for the hotel and more than Rs 40,000 for food. There was a time when I had no money left. I was simply devastated. Moreover, they put my name in 50m Backstroke when it was never my event....
Having gone 0-2 down early on, the men in white never put their heads down, scoring three well-taken goals, the most important one being a penalty in added time, scored by their 19-year-old captain. This win means they have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Super Cup where they will face Kolkata giants, Mohun Bagan. Here are the major talking points from tonight’s exciting clash. #5 Pune took the game to Shillong and understandably so Semi-finalists of the ISL 2017/18 season, FC Pune City didn’t take much time to ease themselves into tonight’s game....
The Dutchman will take over from Steve Coppell, who has joined the new Tata Stell owned outfit Jamshedpur FC. Initially, former Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce was in talks to take over the job. However, it was Meulensteen who has been finally handed the hot seat. When Goal contacted Meulensteen earlier in the day, he replied, “Have the club announced the news yet? I cannot comment on this until they do....
The departure of the former Brazilian national team captain comes on the back of a stupendously poor season for the Gaurs, who finished rock-bottom in the league table, in their poorest showing of any of the leagues they’d participated in. Goal understands the management of the team, who’d had an agreement with Zico for a two-year term at the beginning of the last ISL season, have decided on the divorce as the best possible route to ensure the refreshment of the team....
While the AITA tries to mollify Paes and Bhupathi, the question arises not about the AITA’s final decision, but about the Indian Tennis teams’ chances at the Olympics. Facts clearly state that the partnership between Bhupathi and Bopanna has, so far in the tennis season, failed substantially, while Mirza and Bhupathi have had two grand slam mixed doubles titles to their credit. Considering that winning medals in the doubles is the best tennis result that India can hope for at the Olympics, the AITA’s decision, while succumbing to pressure from players, looks dubious indeed....
The duo have been showcasing consistent performances in recent events. Manika and Archana clinched a bronze medal at the 2022 WTT Star Contender held in Doha. The duo went down in the semi-finals to the Chinese Taipei pair of Li Yu-Jhun and Cheng I-Ching last week. Based on the latest rankings, the Indian doubles pair are currently placed in the fourth spot with 1501 points. Meanwhile, China’s Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha have occupied the top spot with 4289 points, followed by the Japanese combination of Mima Ito and Hina Hayata, who are placed second with 2896 points....
All the familiar signposts are here: the retro, B-movie opening set piece; the old-timey graphic of a map charting Indy’s travels; the winking references to past films. Ever since the second installment (“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”) the movies have been doubly referential, harking both to the pulpy action-adventure, spy and horror films of the 1930s and ’40s, and to their own source material. From our first glimpse of Indy (Harrison Ford) in “The Crystal Skull,” seen as a larger-than-life shadow wearing that now-iconic hat, the filmmakers miss no opportunity to put us in an Indiana state of mind, hitting the familiar notes (the whip, a quip, even the snake phobia) early and hard....
The San Antonio Spurs are in decent form, having won four of their last five matches. In their last outing, they lost 129-134 against the Atlanta Hawks despite a huge 36-point, 9-assist outing from DeMar DeRozan. Nevertheless, the 24-22 San Antonio Spurs are eighth in the NBA Western Conference and look set to qualify for the playoffs again. Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers come into this matchup off the back of three consecutive losses....
Cleveland came away with a 6-5 win over New York at Progressive Field on Friday as the Indians moved to 51-42 for the MLB season, while the Yankees fell to 61-32. The Indians scored a run in the first inning to take an early lead and then plated three more on doubles by Yan Gomes and Michael Brantley one inning later. A sacrifice fly by outfielder Brett Gardner cut the Yankees’ deficit to 4-3 in the fifth before Cleveland tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the frame....
Muthupandi Raja won a gold medal in 62kg Youth Boys section with a total lift of 260 kg (110kg in snatch + 150kg in clean and jerk). He also bagged a silver in 62kg Junior Men category with his total lift of 260kg. The day began for India with a bronze medal in 58kg senior women’s section by Saraswati Rout who lifted a total of 179kg (82kg + 97kg) while Erra Deexitha won a gold in 58kg junior women’s section with a total lift of 167kg (73kg + 94kg)....
In case you didn’t know…. Eric Denis was described to be an ’extremely talented wrestler’ and who had been involved in the fighting world for over twenty years. He was also a ‘super father’ of six children. The event took place in the basement of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer to raise funds for the ICW Crohn’s disease Foundation. The heart of the matter Eric Denis, a forty-year-old wrestler, collapsed in the ring following a heart attack, during an ICW wrestling event in Montreal to raise funds for the ICW Crohn’s disease Foundation....
Jayaram’s whose best performances this year have been quarterfinal finishes in the Sunrise Indian Open and Skycity New Zealand Open, waged a grim battle against Subagja as the match proceeded on an even pace with scores level at 9-9. It was at this juncture that the 71st ranked Indonesian seized the initiative logging five consecutive points to march ahead 14-9 and looked good to pocket the opening game. The Indian narrowed the gap to 13-15 before launching a superb fight back, winning six points on the trot to gain a healthy 19-15 lead....
The third seeded Sindhu was very much off-colour and was upset 14-21, 15-21 by the eighth seeded He Bingjiao in just 37 minutes. The two had been tied at 5-5 in their head-to-head record prior to this showdown and that shows that the Chinese has always been a tough opponent for the Indian. However, the Indian failed to show much resistance this time. The two were locked at 10-10 in the first game, following which Bingjiao simply accelerated and clinched the first game with consummate ease....
An investor note from Sterne Agee (investment advisors and a brokerage firm) analyst Arvind Bhatia suggests that the Wii U launch has been “slightly disappointing,” as gaming retailer GameStop did not reached their expected holiday sales numbers of the new system. No statistical information has been released, except that the retailer seems to have the Wii U in “abundance,” and the software attach rate is “low.” Bhatia attributes this to the price point packages, assessing that the “better value” of the Deluxe model is more appealing to consumers....
Another high-stakes match has also been announced which will see former IWGP Champion Kazuchka Okada take on The Villian Marty Scrull. In case you didn’t know… All-In is a wrestling show which is being promoted by Cody and the Young Bucks, and is being called “the biggest independent show ever”. Christopher Daniels is a former WWE/F Superstar and worked with the company from 1998 till 2001. However, he made a name for himself working for independent promotions like PWG along with TNA and ROH....
Get odds on Man Utd to win PL All three players are with the United squad for their pre-season tour of the United States, with Jose Mourinho’s men set to face Real Madrid at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Sunday, as they continue their rehabilitation. Shaw suffered ligament damage to his foot against Swansea City in May, Young hurt his hamstring in the Europa League semi-final with Celta Vigo while Rojo sustained knee ligament damage in the previous round of that competition versus Anderlecht....
