Новости за 06.12.2017

India on Wednesday knocked out tournament favourites Belgium from the Hockey World League Final, winning the quarter-final match in the sudden death.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would allow athletes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag, after the country was banned from the Games over a state-orchestrated doping programme.

Jamshedpur FC notched up their maiden win of the Indian Super League with a solitary goal victory over struggling Delhi Dynamos on Wednesday.

In a heart-stopping end to a breath-taking quarterfinal, the Indian team defeated Belgium 3-2 in the shootout to enter their second ever semi-final of the Hockey World League Final on Wednesday.

"India has several medal prospects, but taking anyone's name is not correct," Bindra said, when reporters asked him about promising shooters who can win medals at the next Olympics.

Defending champions Australia entered the semi-finals of the Hockey World League Final after beating Spain 4-1 on Wednesday in front of a packed stadium.

Gurdeep Singh created three new senior national records in +105kg weight category in the just-concluded IWF World Weightlifting Championships at Anaheim in USA.

Cheteshwar Pujara sought to play down the ineffectiveness of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the third Test against Sri Lanka, saying the fifth day Feroz Shah Kotla strip did not even have the bare minimum assistance for spinners.

Close on the heels of star boxer MC Mary Kom's resignation, double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar has also quit his role as a National Sports Observer for wrestling.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli said he discovered a new facet of his batting in the drawn third Test against Sri Lanka - that hitting the ball in a five-day game is no different from an ODI.

India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has slammed the Badminton World Federation for drawing up a "cramped schedule" which will force the world's top shuttlers to play at least a dozen tournaments in a year.

Paul Pogba says he has "complete trust" in his Manchester United team-mates as they prepare to take on Premier League leaders Manchester City without the suspended French international.

Sri Lanka cricket board has complained to the sport's governing body about the poor air quality in which its players have been compelled to play a Test match in the Indian capital New Delhi.

In a new talent hunt initiative to signal completion of one year of its association with IDBI Federal Life Insurance, the Pullela Gopichand Academy will identify 10-15 under 10 children to be inducted into the Hyderabad-based academy.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was his optimistic self as the sports minister on Wednesday reckoned that India has the potential to produce 100 Usain Bolts if everyone comes together and pitches in to change the country's sports culture.

In a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday, along with the Committee of Administrators (CoA), the IPL GC met to discuss IPL Player retention policy, salary cap, player regulations and other related issues.

Steve Smith has revealed he took a sleeping pill to help him through a "tough 24 hours" before Australia sealed an ultimately comfortable win over England in Adelaide on Wednesday.

Tristan Clemons is a research scientist based in Perth, a marriage celebrant, a motivational speaker, an entrepreneur and goalkeeper for the Australian men's hockey team.

A defiant Joe Root insisted the Ashes series was by no means over despite England falling to a 120-run defeat in the second Test at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday to go 0-2 down with three matches to play.

Serena Williams, 36, won this year's Australian Open while pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl in September. She has not played a competition since, raising questions over whether the 23-time Grand Slam winner would attempt to defend her title next month.

Starting day five of the third and final India vs Sri Lanka Test at 31 for three, the visitors faced an uphill task in order to save the match at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi; and they did a commendable job with Dhaananjaya de Silva (119) and Roshen Silva (74*) bringing fortitude to the fore that was missing from Sri Lanka for most part of the three-match series.

After losing the experienced Angelo Mathews early in the day, Sri Lanka’s uphill task of saving the match looked even more daunting. But the pair of Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananajaya saw off the first session and put their heads down to negotiate the second. The duo put on 112-run stand for the fifth wicket in 199 deliveries and even after the departure of the skipper, Dhananjay battled hard to reach his third Test hundred, before walking off just before tea. SL had reached 226 for five, with one more session of play to go.

Jadeja overstepped as he bowled a peach of a delivery to SL skipper Dinesh Chandimal, which could have effectively ended the visitors’ resistance. Chandimal and overnight batsman Dhananjaya de Silva managed to hang around till lunch taking their team total to 119 for 4, still 291 runs adrift of the target of 410 set by India.