Новости за 09.12.2017

Real Madrid sent a warning to Barcelona just two weeks ahead of El Clasico by storming back into form as Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in a 5-0 thrashing of Sevilla on Saturday.

Ferran Corominas scored a fine hat-trick as FC Goa hammered Kerala Blasters 5-2 in a high-scoring enthralling match of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Saturday.

Five days after he earned his maiden call-up into the Indian T20 side, Tamil Nadu allrounder Washington, on Saturday, received a last-minute call as replacement for an injured Kedar Jadhav in the India 50-overs team.

Putting behind their derby defeat, East Bengal roared back to form with a 5-1 demolition of Shillong Lajong FC in an I-League football fixture on Saturday.

Mehuli Ghosh and Tushar Mane on Saturday became the first Indian shooters to secure the women's and men's quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by winning a gold and bronze each at the 10th Asian Championship 10M Rifle/Pistol at Wako City, Japan.

Australia defeated a depleted Germany 3-0 to enter their second consecutive final of Hockey World League Final on Saturday. Goals from Wotherspoon (42'), Haywards (48') and Wickham (60') helped the defending champions set up a summit clash with Argentina which will be played on Sunday.

Srikanth triumphed at the Indonesia Open, Denmark Open, Australia Open and the French Open this year, and is keen on capping it with a victory in Dubai, where eight of the top men and women performers will battle for supremacy.

Indian Shubhankar Sharma fired a flawless 65 Saturday to build a five-shot lead after three rounds of the Joburg Open at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg.

North Korea suffered late heartbreak against Japan on Saturday in a 1-0 football defeat played out against the backdrop of heightened political tensions over Pyongyang's recent missile launches.

Tamil Nadu youngster MS Washington Sundar has been called up as injured Kedar Jadhav's replacement against Sri Lanka for the three-match ODI series, which starts on Sunday in Dharamsala.

Belgium defeated Spain 1-0 in a classification match of the Hockey World League Final on Saturday. A first-quarter strike from Sebastian Dockier helped them finish at fifth spot, ahead of Spain - a team they had thrashed earlier in the tournament during the league stage.

Formula One saw an eight percent rise in the number of fans attending races in 2017 with 13 of the 20 races reporting bigger crowds, according to figures published by the sport's commercial rights holder.

Shreyas Gopal compiled his fourth hundred in first class cricket, an unbeaten 150, as Karnataka piled on a massive first innings total of 570 to take a huge 397-run lead against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy quarter final on Saturday.

Two first-half goals from Felix Chidi and Pritam Singh and a sublime header from Ronald Singh in the injury time completed a 3-0 win for Neroca FC over Gokulam FC as they opened their account in the I-League on Saturday.

A fit-again Dipa Karmakar will join the gymnastics national camp next week but there is an air of uncertainty regarding her participation at the Commonwealth Games as coach Bishweshwar Nandi does not want to rush things.

Elite sportsperson more often than not look for inspiration on their comeback trail from injuries and for Dipa Karmakar, it is Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina, who won four medals at the 2012 London Olympics after being almost down and out with a career-threatening ACL tear.

Opener Keaton Jennings top scored but Test all-rounder Moeen Ali missed out on runs in England's two-day tour game against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth on Saturday.

Jasprit Bumrah's selection in the South Africa-bound Test squad is a lesson for all youngsters that hard work always pays off, said Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.

He has successfully led Mumbai Indians to a hat-trick of IPL titles and no wonder Rohit Sharma firmly insists that "basics of captaincy remain same" when one shifts from franchise to international cricket.

Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Saturday said her rehabilitation has been completed and she will join the training camp at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on December 11 to prepare for next year's Commonwealth Games.

The current WWE Intercontinental Champion speaks about his two big matches of the year and reveals how defeating The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 33 turned out to be a lot more emotional than expected.

Team India captain Virat Kohli who has been rested for the ODI series against Sri Lanka is set for another extended break after being kept out of the T20I series too, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on December 4.

Shannon Gabriel took three wickets as the West Indies recovered from an ineffectual start to fight their way back into the second Test against New Zealand on day one in Hamilton on Sunday.

A horribly out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane will be aiming to get his mojo back as India, formidable even without regular skipper Virat Kohli, eye another 'Whitewash' against Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series, starting on Sunday.