Новости за 25.12.2017

India captain Virat Kohli lost his pole position in the latest ICC T20I Rankings as his absence due to personal commitments led to loss of 48 ranking points.

Rising star Swapnil Kusale, 22, of Railways made his day when he regained the gold in a new record score in the men's 50m rifle 3position of the 61st National Shooting Championship at National Games Shooting Range, here on Christmas day.

Arunima Sinha, former national level volleyball player and the first amputee to scale Mount Everest, said she felt "greater pain" while visiting the Mahakal Temple here than scaling the Everest.

India will host England for three ODIs in April as part of the ICC Women's Championship, the BCCI announced on Monday.

Former Juventus head coach Fabio Capello revealed that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was not good at shooting the ball when he plied his trade for the Italian football club.

Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah said on Monday he hopes he can help Liverpool end a five-year wait for silverware after making a blistering start to life at Anfield.

England skipper Joe Root hit back at former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and said he knows nothing about his team or what is going on in their dressing room.

Graeme Smith and Shahid Afridi have joined a host of former stars for the inaugural St. Moritz Ice Cricket in Switzerland from February 8-9.

Stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma ruled the limited-overs leg of the home series against Sri Lanka, finishing as the highest-run scorer in the two formats while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal ended up as the top wicket-taker.

Comeback from a career-threatening injury is never easy and that's why South African pace ace Dale Steyn might not turn out to be as big a threat for India in next month's highly-anticipated Test series, feels senior spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Dhoni's form with the bat has been heavily scrutinised in the recent past with every failure being looked upon as an ominous sign. However, the talismanic wicketkeeper-batsman did well in the just-concluded limited-overs series against Sri Lanka to silence some of the criticism.

After his team was beaten convincingly by India in all the three formats during their tour to India which concluded with Sri Lanka losing the third and final T20 International by five wickets, Lanka coach Nic Pothas backed Virat Kohli & Co to do well on their forthcoming trip to South Africa.

The reigning Olympic champion in women’s singles, accompanied by her coach Fernando Rivas, spoke about her comeback from injury and why she considers India as her second home while choosing to remain silent over Catalonia movement that has engulfed the Spanish terrain.

The most heartening feature of India’s clean sweep of the Sri Lankans in the three-match T20 International series, apart from Rohit Sharma’s sublime batting and KL Rahul’s power-hitting, has been the superb bowling of Jaydev Unadkat.

India completed a 3-0 clean sweep of the series to wind up the year on a high before they embark on the South African safari a few days later. They end the year with 37 wins across all formats

Sachin Tendulkar has talked about the lack of financial security for athletes. TOI profiles an ex-sportsman, Olympian Lakha Singh, who now drives taxi for a living.