Dubai, Nov 12 (IANS) In a bid to make umpiring more understandable to viewers, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday confirmed it would conduct a live-match trial where broadcasters will be permitted to air the decision-making communication between on-field and TV umpires. The trial will be conducted in the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) series between […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 12 (IANS) Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap got off to a victorious start by winning their respective opening round encounters at the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier here Wednesday. While women’s singles sixth seeded Saina beat old foe Sayaka Takahashi of Japan 21-14, 19-21, 21-17 in 58 minutes […]
Besozzo (Italy), Nov 12 (IANS) Mahindra Racing Wednesday announced that they have formed a new technical base at Besozzo in Italy which will be the Moto3 team’s centre to assemble, test, manufacture, design, research and develop racing bikes. The new headquarters is the latest addition to the company’s existing research facilities in India, Europe, United […]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) The two-day warm-up game between India ‘A’ and the South African women’s cricket team was called off Tuesday due to an unforeseen delay in the arrival of the visiting team in the country. The warm-up game was scheduled to be played at Alur Nov 12-13. The remainder of the tour schedule […]
Sydney, Nov 11 (IANS) The Twenty20 format is still struggling to find a foothold in the congested international cricket calendar despite a decade of existence, Australia cricket legend Adam Gilchrist said Tuesday. Gilchrist, regarded as one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batsmen of all time, believes most of the cricket community was still “confused” by where the […]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Gavin Hawke and Muthukumar Balakrisnan were Tuesday named as the assistant tournament directors for the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL), scheduled from Jan 22 to Feb 22, 2015. Speaking on the appointments, HIL chief executive officer Elena Norman said: “We are delighted to have Gavin Hawke and […]
Berlin, Nov 10 (IANS) Wasteful Borussia Dortmund ended their negative run against Borussia Monchengladbach, winning 1-0, while VFL Wolfsburg beat Hamburg 2-0 to extend their winning streak at the 11th round of Bundesliga. Bottom-placed Dortmund recovered from a five-game losing streak to jump to the 15th spot in the standings thanks to the own goal […]
The Hague, Nov 10 (IANS) A goal by Karim Rekik in injury-time earned PSV a 2-1 win against Heracles Almelo, helping them open a four-point lead in the Dutch Eredivisie. After a mistake by PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet, Heracles Almelo took the lead in the 29th minute Sunday night, but just before half-time, PSV equalised […]
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 9 (IANS) Joel Tadjo struck his fifth goal of the season as Coritiba defeated Fluminense 1-0 in Brazil’s Serie A championship. The 20-year-old fired into an unguarded net after coolly rounding goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri following a counterattack at the Couto Pereira stadium Saturday, reported Xinhua. The victory lifted the hosts to 14th […]
Madrid, Nov 9 (IANS) Luis Suarez was the hero for FC Barcelona as he came off the bench at halftime to set up the goals that gave his side a 2-1 win against Almeria. The Uruguayan set up Neymar and Jordi Alba to score the second half goals that gave Barca three vital points, reports Xinhua. […]