Новости за 24.03.2018

An already emotionally charged Test series between South Africa and Australia turned several shades darker on Saturday after Australian opener Cameron Bancroft was charged with altering the condition of the ball.

Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft and captain Steve Smith admitted to ball-tampering during the third Test against South Africa on Saturday.

South Africa opened up a potentially match-winning lead over Australia on day three of the third Test on Saturday as the tourists' Cameron Bancroft came under scrutiny for an object in his pocket.

N Srinivasan is back in the thick of things. Lying low ever since the IPL spot-fixing scandal in 2013 and the Lodha reforms thereafter which forced him to curtail his 'innings' in the Board, the former BCCI president has again swung into action.

It was a timely advice by stylish batting great VVS Laxman which seemed to have re-ignited the spark inside Dinesh Karthik, who zoomed back into the limelight last week by cracking a match-winning, unbeaten 29 off eight balls.

Toni Kroos rates Brazil "two grades" higher than when Germany hammered the 'Selecao' 7-1 at the 2014 World Cup.

Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft could face questions over an incident captured by television cameras during the third day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands.

Pankaj Advani defended his Asian Billiards Championships title in style by demolishing his practice partner B Bhaskar 6-1 in the summit clash. With this win, Advani remains the reigning Indian, Asian and world champion in billiards for 2017-18.

The CoA chief Vinod Rai said Test specialists like Murali Vijay, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will all land in England in June as a part of Rahul Dravid-coached India A side that will be playing a number of first-class games against county as well as England Lions (A) side.

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav will have "added pressure" in the upcoming Indian Premier League despite his recent impressive showing for India, feels his Kolkata Knight Riders teammate Piyush Chawla.

India's leading off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin can use the Indian Premier League as a platform to revive his dwindling career in limited overs cricket, feels veteran batsman Subramaniam Badrinath.

Seasoned shooter Jitu Rai has put the setback of the Rio Olympics in 2016 behind him and is confident of a podium finish as he prepares for the Commonwealth Games starting April 4 Gold Coast in Australia.

Promising Mumbai paddler Aadil Anand came up with a sterling display to clinch a golden double to lead India's medal charge at the 2018 Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open TT in the harbour city of Rades, Tunisia on Friday.

A triumphant Lewis Hamilton was unable to contain his glee after taking a record seventh pole at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, saying his brilliant lap at Albert Park was designed to 'wipe the smile' off Sebastian Vettel's face.

His team may have already made the finals of next year's Asian Cup but Indian football team head coach Stephen Constantine, who presided over an unbeaten run of 13 internationals, asked his players to remain focussed, having endured a "difficult" qualification.

Indian women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur is happy to play a host of matches, something that they have missed all these years with considerable gap between two international series.

Saha, who was picked up SRH for INR 5 crore in the 2018 IPL auction, hit a blistering 20-ball 102-run knock for his team Mohun Bagan in a JC Mukherjee Trophy match against BNR Recreation Club in Kalighat.

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson will replace injured Australian fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the upcoming fifth edition of Indian Premier League.

"I am really happy with our preparation. 2018 is a big year for us and the Commonwealth Games is the first big major tournament and we want to do well in it," Sjoerd Marijne said.

Ahead of NXT TakeOver New Orleans and Wrestlemania 34, Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative Triple H spoke at length about the Evolution of NXT, his favourite Wrestlemania match, Randa Rosey and much more

Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton produced a sizzling final lap to grab pole position for the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Saturday.

Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki slumped to a shock 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Monica Puig as she suffered her quickest ever exit from the WTA Miami Open on Friday.

Sathiyan Gnansekaran heads into his maiden Commonwealth Games - to be held at Gold Coast City, in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland from April 4-15 - as the top-ranked Indian table-tennis player

Riding on the high of a super past year, ace pistol shooter Heena Sidhu enters the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held at Gold Coast City, in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland from April 4-15, as one of the big bets for a medal.

When Suresh Raina was retained by Chennai Super Kings in January, they were showing faith in a player who had been out of India reckoning for almost a year. Since then, Raina might have earned a recall to the Indian T20 set-up and contributed a couple of useful 40s against South Africa and Bangladesh, but he still has a lot to do if he is to cement a regular spot in the Indian limited-overs sides heading into next year’s World Cup.