Новости за 19.02.2018

Leg-spinner Rashid Khan starred as Afghanistan wrapped up a dominant 4-1 series win over Zimbabwe on Monday, cruising to a 146-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international at Sharjah.

A former English youth soccer coach was jailed on Monday for 30 years for abusing 12 young footballers after the judge called him the "devil incarnate."

The Abu Dhabi Tour, the only UCI World Tour in the Middle East (21-25 Feb), has drawn the best of the world of cycling with a decorated line-up that includes cycling legend Mark Cavendish, last year's champion Rui Costa, Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin and former Vuelta a Espana winner Fabio Aru.

A four member team will represent India in the 20km race walking event at the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15.

Canada and Germany shared gold in a remarkable climax to the two-man bobsleigh on Monday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Fully aware of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's big-hitting abilities, Kiwi left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, on Monday said he is happy to be bowling to the former India skipper in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) nets rather than in a match situation in the upcoming Indian Premier League.

Seema Punia was assured of a medal without a fight, while the likes of MC Mary Kom and Shiva Thapa were handed tricky draws in the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament for men and women, here on Monday.

Former South African chinaman bowler Paul Adams believes that India are in a "unique position" in world cricket with the wrist spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in their limited-overs' playing eleven.

Yuki Bhambri on Monday jumped 11 places to stand just outside the top-100 bracket in the men's singles rankings, following his runner-up finish at the Chennai Open Challenger tournament.

Former India wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani has lauded the manner in which the national cricket team has bounced back after losing the Test series in South Africa, saying the Virat Kohli-led side showcased its real potential and talent in the ODI series triumph.

With 16 months left for the World Cup, India have a couple of middle-order slots still up for grabs and Shreyas Iyer sees this as an "opportunity", as he tries to make a case for himself in the coming days.

Gazprom, the official partners of FIFA and the 2018 World Cup in Russia, have announced as part of the sixth season of its Football for Friendship (F4F) International Children's Social Project.

Khelo India School Games (KISG) drew a remarkable viewership for the inaugural edition of the tournament by attracting 102 million viewers on television.

Batting has been South Africa's "Achilles' heel" during the ongoing series against India, conceded captain JP Duminy, who feels each one of his team's senior players need to "look in the mirror" and improve.

Herschelle Gibbs's attempt at trolling Ravichandran Ashwin did not end well with the Indian offspinner responding with a fixing jibe aimed at the former South African batsman.

While the focus was on Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who fashioned India's 28-run win over South Africa in the first T20I on Sunday, MS Dhoni quietly broke a world record. After he took a catch to dismiss Reeza Hendricks off Bhuvneshwar, Dhoni created a new wicketkeeping record of having taken 134 catches in 275 T20s.

Australian batsman Chris Lynn is quite chuffed at being named as one of the candidates Indian Premier League [IPL] franchise Kolkata Knight Riders are considering to take over the reins of the team for the upcoming season. The captaincy spot is vacant after Gautam Gambhir returned to Delhi Daredevils at the IPL auction last month.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson defended international Twenty20 cricket Monday after his English counterpart called for it to be cut from the sport's crowded calendar.

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir smashed the short dance world record to take the lead in ice dance figure skating at the Olympics on Monday.

England coach Trevor Bayliss has called for Twenty20 matches to be cut from the international calendar to ease the burden on top players and coaches.

Man of the moment Marco Asensio scored twice and Cristiano Ronaldo was also on target as Real Madrid kept up the feel-good factor with a thrilling 5-3 victory at Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday night.

Petra Kvitova fought back from a set down against Garbine Muguruza on Sunday to win the Qatar Open, a victory which will take her back into the world's top 10.

South African opener Reeza Hendricks heaped praise on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, saying the Indian pacer consistently hit the right areas and didn't give the batsmen anything to score off during the first T20 international on Sunday.

"What I was trying to do is bring about change of pace in my bowling. I just wanted to take the pace off the ball because I knew it won't be easy to hit the ball and that's what I did. The important thing is how you mix your deliveries according to the wicket," Bhuvneshwar Kumar said.

Mehtab Hossain spent 10 years with East Bengal but his dream of winning the I-League never became a reality. Now as his beloved red-and-golds stutter in another title-chase, the midfielder, who plays for Jamshedpur FC in the more lucrative Indian Super League, feels the pain.