Hyderabad: Telangana’s Sub-Junior Softball girls’ team along with their coaches and managers were felicitated by Telangana Softball Association at Fateh Maidan Club, LB Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The State softball showcased excellent performance to grab the gold medal in the 36th Sub-Junior National Softball Championship for Boys and Girls held at Divisional Sports Complex, Aurangabad recently.

FIFA increases investment in football development to 2.25 billion USD

Geneva: The FIFA Council unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023 and the increase of investment in football development to 2.25 billion U.S. dollars, the world football governing body announced on Thursday. FIFA confirmed that the budget for the 2023-2026 cycle is almost seven times as much as the investment in the development programs prior to 2016. The Annual Report will be submitted to the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 17, 2024 for final approval. The Congress will hold a vote on the host(s) of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Bangkok after FIFA received a bid from Brazil, a joint bid from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as a joint bid from Mexico and the United States. The FIFA Council also supported the FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s call to fight racism in football, FIFA said.

Nishant Dev misses out on Paris Olympics quota, loses by split decision in QF

Nishant Dev missed out on a Paris Olympic quota by a whisker, suffering a heartbreaking loss in the 71kg quarterfinals as all Indian boxers returned empty-handed from the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier here. Dev went down 1-4 to USA’s Omari Jones, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist, in a closely-contested light middleweight quarterfinal late on Monday. A win in the last eight stage would have fetched the 2023 World Championships bronze medallist an Olympic quota. None of the nine boxers competing here were able to add to India’s tally of four quotas in boxing. After two qualification events — the Asian Games and the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier — not one Indian male pugilist has been able to book a place for the Olympics. All four quotas in boxing have come in the women’s section with two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg), and Tokyo Olympics bronze…

Rohit Sharma watches Ranji Trophy Final at Wankhede, days before IPL 2024

India captain Rohit Sharma was a star attraction during the Ranji Trophy 2024 Final match between Mumbai and Vidarbha at the Wankhede Stadium on March 12, Tuesday. Before joining the Mumbai Indians training camp for the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, Rohit was spotted inside the Mumbai team’s dressing room. A man of his word, Rohit, who has been promoting the importance of domestic cricket along with the BCCI and the team management, marked his presence during the Ranji Trophy final. Instead of opting for a much-needed break between the IPL and the 5-match Test series against England, the Indian skipper came to support the players. Rohit, who represents Mumbai, would be happy with the team’s performance. His teammates, Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer, scored 73 and 95 each. 19-year-old Musheer Khan stood out with the bat with his 136-run knock as Mumbai were on course to set a massive…

India beat England by five wickets to bag Test series in Ranchi

India batters Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel put together a 72-run partnership as India beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test match in Ranchi and took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. Chasing a target of 192 runs in the fourth innings on Monday, India were reduced to 120-5, but Gill (52) and Jurel (39) calmly guided their side home with their unbeaten partnership on the fifth day of the Test. Young England spinner Shoaib Bashir took three wickets as the visitors kept India’s batters in check until Gill and Jurel steadied the chase. India’s skipper Rohit Sharma said his team’s young players had filled the shoes of missing veterans to shine in cricket’s toughest format. Player of the match Jurel, 23, who made his debut in the previous win in Rajkot, turned the match on its head with his 90 after he lifted India from…

Claressa Shields: Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will be close | ‘A split decision going either way’

Ngannou is a former UFC heavyweight champion who has only had one professional boxing contest. On March 8, live on Sky Sports Box Office, he will take on two-time unified titlist Anthony Joshua. Tyson Fury beat Ngannou on a contentious split decision in his last fight and Shields believes Joshua could have a difficult contest too with the mixed martial artist. “I think it’s going to be a good fight. At first I kind of felt that AJ was going to knock out Ngannou, that’s how I saw the fight. Now it’s kind of shifted on, I feel like it’ll be a split decision going either guy’s way,” Shields told Sky Sports. “I say that because it feels like AJ has a lot to prove and I feel like when he’s got a lot to prove sometimes he puts too much pressure on himself and he doesn’t fight his fight. And if…

India v England: Shoaib Bashir puts England on top in Ranchi

Shoaib Bashir’s wonderful 4-84 gave England a golden opportunity to take control of the fourth Test against India in Ranchi. Off-spinner Bashir, who is playing in only his second Test, bowled 31 consecutive overs in a spell that stretched across all three sessions of the second day. At one stage he picked up three wickets for five runs in 41 deliveries, then crucially got Yashasvi Jaiswal to chop on to his stumps for 73. From 177-7, India rallied to 219-7 thanks to an unbroken stand of 42 between Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav, leaving the hosts 134 behind the 353 England were dismissed for on Saturday morning. Joe Root and Ollie Robinson added 102 for the eighth wicket, with Robinson making 58 for his first half-century in Test cricket. Robinson was the first of three wickets taken in 11 deliveries by Ravindra Jadeja, who mopped up the tail to leave…

Carlos Alcaraz was forced to retire from his Rio Open first round match after injuring himself just two points into the match.

Replays showed how the 20-year-old suffering a nasty looking injury when planting his foot on the clay. But just one game later, Alcaraz had his serve broken, shook Monteiro’s hand, and left the court shortly after, retiring from the match. The Wimbledon champion was then seen limping out of the stadium and head straight onto a golf cart to take him away. “Tomorrow I’ll have a test for my ankle and let’s see if it’s something serious or not,” said Alcaraz. “I felt bad. That was the first impression I had. I was feeling pain once I fell down, so I thought it was going to be difficult to continue if I was still having those feelings. “After a few points it didn’t feel better. I couldn’t move well and I knew that it was going to be impossible to continue. “I thought it was going to get worse if I…

Dana White has revealed that Vladimir Putin gifted Russian MMA icon Khabib Nurmagomedov $20million after his stunning win over Conor McGregor.

Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor in the fourth round of their grudge match at UFC 229 to retain his UFC lightweight title in October 2018, McGregor was forced to tap out to Khabib during their lightweight title fight. En route to the neck crank finish the Dagestani grappler mauled McGregor on the ground and even dropped the Irishman with a clean overhand right in the second stanza. The victory propelled Nurmagomedov to the top of the sport and sent shockwaves around the MMA world. Everyone wanted to talk to the pound-for-pound king after his historic victory, including the Russian president. But Putin was left waiting after a brawl broke out in the immediate aftermath of the fight between McGregor and Nurmagomedov’s entourages. When he eventually got him on the phone, White claims Putin offered Nurmagomedov and his late father Abdulmanap $20m worth of property in their home country. “He (Nurmagomedov) didn’t even make it back to his dressing room…

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Netizens react as Siraj gets wicket on the very first ball of the innings

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj struck on his very first ball of the innings against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Siraj dismissed Najmul Hossain Shanto for a golden duck as the former obtained a thick outside edge when he tried to play the off-side delivery. The pacer from Hyderabad claimed his second wicket by dismissing opener Litton Das in the 14th over of the innings, and he soon picked one more. Kuldeep Yadav also stepped in with four-fer in the match to reduce Bangladesh to 138/8 at stumps on day 2. The India team that started Day 2 with an overnight score of 278/6, added 126 runs to the scoreboard today. Ashwin and Kuldeep put up a brilliant batting performance…
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This Messi interview is so beautiful it will give you shivers

The 35-year-old produced one of his best performances yet and played a starring role in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia. Messi scored the first goal and then set up the third with a brilliant assist. Argentina will now face either France or Morocco in the World Cup final on Sunday. The game will be Messi’s second-ever World Cup final after he also made it in 2014. Messi has rolled back the years in this tournament and several pundits and fans have recognised his genius. Gary Neville was full of praise for him after the match. The pundit told ITV: “It was a moment of genius that third goal, absolutely unbelievable. They’ve got 10 fighters, who were scrapping like hell for…
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15 December

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France are into their second consecutive World Cup final. They face Argentina on Sunday.

Sunday is going to be dubbed as Lionel Messi v Kylian Mbappe so you may as well get used to that now. Two Paris St-Germain team-mates. Battling it out for the Golden Boot too. They both have five goals but Messi leads by one assist. Argentina 🆚 FranceThe #FIFAWorldCup Final is SET! 🇦🇷🇫🇷— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022 2018/2022 – France are the first nation to reach back-to-back World Cup finals since Brazil in 2002, and first European country to do so since Germany in 1990. Generation. pic.twitter.com/wWiJfKMq8r— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 14, 2022 Kylian Mbappe went straight over to console his good friend and teammate Achraf Hakimi.🤗 pic.twitter.com/IvbwKbemEu— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) December 14, 2022 Source
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14 December

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Arjun Tendulkar scores century on Ranji Trophy debut, emulates father Sachin

Arjun Tendulkar recorded his maiden first-class century on Ranji Trophy – and first-class – debut on Wednesday, thus emulating his father, Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin had scored his maiden first-class century on debut for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in 1988, against Gujarat, as a 15-year-old. Thirty-four years later, 23-year-old Arjun, whose primary role is that of a fast bowler, hit 120 off 207 balls on day two of Goa’s game against Rajasthan, at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground in Porvorim. Coming into bat at No. 7 at the fall of wicketkeeper-batter Eknath Kerkar’s wicket on the first day with the score on 201 for 5, Arjun was unbeaten on four off 12 balls overnight. On the second day, he went on to stitch…
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Former England all-rounder Flintoff injured in accident, airlifted to hospital

England‘s former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was involved in an accident while shooting for the BBC show Top Gear and had to be airlifted to the hospital while filming at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, England. “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning with crew medics attending the scene immediately. He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course,” Sky Sports quoted a BBC spokesperson. In 2005, Flintoff helped England win the Ashes for the first time in 18 years before helping his team reclaim the urn four years later. This achievement stands out in the history of English cricket. At the conclusion of the 2009 Ashes series, he…
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Messi and Alvarez fire Argentina past Croatia into World Cup final

DOHA: An inspired Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot and Julian Alvarez struck twice as Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday to reach their second World Cup final in eight years. The two-times world champions, backed their passionate, singing followers at the Lusail Stadium, produced their best display of the tournament to ensure they will meet the winners of Wednesday’s semi-final between holders France and Morocco in Sunday’s final. Messi, 35, who suffered defeat to Germany in the 2014 final, is desperate to crown his extraordinary career by winning his first World Cup and a third for Argentina after wins in 1978 and 1986. And after getting his team on the way to victory with a perfectly struck first-half penalty…
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Destiny calling Messi: Argentina defeat Croatia 3-0, punch tickets to World Cup final

On an electrifying night at the Lusail Stadium, gleaming in all its grandeur, Lionel Messi kept his World Cup winning destiny on course. He tucked in a penalty, masterminded another for two-goal hero Julian Alvarez and produced a near vintage show to thrill the multitudes that had gathered to watch him and steer his team to the final, outclassing Croatia 3-0. It’s all the crowd wanted. Messi moments. And he granted their wish several times. None as striking as the assist for the third goal though. He ripped through the right, through the edge of the touchline, gliding past Mislav Orsic, turning him over. But Josko Gvardiol, in his spidery mask, was clinging onto him like a child would a…
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Messi leads Argentina into the World Cup Final

Lionel Messi with the assist of the tournament.pic.twitter.com/09eQcFQIWC— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) December 13, 2022 Man on a mission 🕵️ ✨#FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 #ARG pic.twitter.com/RNcneFIn9c— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) December 13, 2022 #FIFAWorldCup final bound 🇦🇷👏 pic.twitter.com/sxD2Os1VGK— Premier League (@premierleague) December 13, 2022 TIME FOR REDEMPTION.LEO MESSI AND ARGENTINA ARE ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE WORLD CUP 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/J9PcmKXbwW— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 13, 2022 Lionel Messi is one step closer to being the first Argentine to lift the World Cup trophy since Maradona in 1986 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/HQznQQ0uql— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 13, 2022 Stop that Messi. pic.twitter.com/Dbi7EjmrXi— Stop That Football (@stopthatfooty) December 13, 2022 Source: Twitter
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‘He is not for international cricket’: Danish Kaneria’s shocking statement on rookie Pakistani pacer

England defeated Pakistan in the second Test played at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday (December 12) to seal the three-match series 2-0. Former Pakistani leg spinner Danish Kaneria slammed pacer Mohammed Ali for remaining wicketless in the Multan Test. Kaneria felt that Ali did not have the qualities to play at the highest level. Notably, in the first match, the speedster had picked four wickets. The former Pakistan leg spinner also said that the speedster could not ball, bat or field. On His YouTube channel, Kaneria, said, “Mohammad Ali is not a Test bowler. You’ve to think of other options. He doesn’t have the capability or aggression. He is good enough for the domestic circuit. Sorry, he is not…
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No central contract from Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma; Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shubhman Gill to get promotions – Check Full List

Former India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and veteran India pacer Ishant Sharma are set to be released from the BCCI’s central contract for this year. In-form India batsman Suryakumar Yadav, opening batsman Shubhman Gill and all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to get promoted in the central contract. There are talks that Hardik is likely to be named the next T20 captain for the T20 World Cup and thus is could be promoted to group B from group C. Another key name who is likely to be axed is wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha. Red-ball specialist wicket-keeper batsman, Saha was suggested to take retirement from India head coach Rahul Dravid. “Surya was in Group C but his performance in the last one year…
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