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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FIFA WC 2022: Croatia beats Japan in penalty shootout and Brazil thrash South Korea

Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup on Monday, securing a return to the quarterfinals for the runner-up in the 2018 tournament. Mario Pasalic converted the clinching penalty for Croatia after the teams were tied at 1-1 after extra time In another match Brazil thrash South Korea 4-1 to meet Croatia in the next game. 🎥 Brazil full highlight against South Korea in the #FIFAWorldCup 😅 pic.twitter.com/HLylD9Rfsm— Pulse Sports Nigeria (@PulseSportsNG) December 5, 2022 That Richarlison goal was 🤤 (The celebration was pretty good too…
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ENGLAND BEAT PAKISTAN by 74 RUNS

Luck only favors the bravest 👊🏻One of the best wins in Test cricket 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿#crickettwitter #engvspak pic.twitter.com/XecJ6PnUd5— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) December 5, 2022
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Rampant England set up quarter-finals with France after 3-0 victory vs Senegal in FIFA World Cup 2022

England set up their quarterfinal fixture against defending champions France by defeating Senegal in their Round of 16 match on Sunday, 4 December at the Al Bayt Stadium in Doha. Captain Harry Kane ended his goal drought at the FIFA World Cup 2022 with a strong finish late in the first half of the game. It was a good day at the office for Gareth Southgate’s men, who played to their potential once they took control after early jitters at the start of th first half. Goalkeeper Jordan pickford was called in two occasions in the first 15 minutes where he made himself big and did not send the English fans into a frenzy in the FIFA World Cup knockouts. …
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IND vs BAN 1st ODI: Mehidy Hasan helps Bangladesh beat India by one-wicket

Bangladesh recorded a sensational one-wicket victory over India in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Sunday. Bangladesh recorded a sensational one-wicket victory over India in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Sunday. Put into bat, India were all-out for for 186 in 41.2 overs with KL Rahul (73 off 70 balls) playing a lone hand for the visitors.In reply, Bangladesh rode on skipper Litton Das’s 41 to stay in the hunt initially before collapsing to 136 for 9 in the 40th over. However, Mehidy Hasan Miraz produced a sensational 39-ball 38-run cameo to take the team home with four overs to spare. Mohammed Siraj (3/32) was the most successful bowler for India, while Washington Sundar (2/17)…
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FIFA WC 2022: Kylian Mbappé leads France past Poland 3-1

Kylian Mbappé scored two goals and set up another for Olivier Giroud, giving France a 3-1 victory over Poland and a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday. The Paris Saint-German forward now has a tournament-leading five goals and the 2018 champions are within three wins of defending their title. Robert Lewandowski scored from the penalty spot in second-half stoppage time for Poland. No country has repeated as World Cup champions in six decades — since Brazil achieved the feat by claiming consecutive trophies in 1958 and 1962. Italy is the only other nation to have won two straight, in 1934 and 1938. France’s quarterfinal opponent will be either England or Senegal. France gets a dominant win vs. Poland to advance…
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Fresh fears for Pele as ‘chemotherapy fails’

Harry Kane sent his best wishes to his “inspiration” Pele as doctors indicated his most recent course of chemotherapy had not worked. The 82-year-old, lauded as the greatest footballer in history, had been receiving treatment for bowel cancer for more than a year. Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reports he is no longer responding to treatment in hospital where he is being spared invasive tests. However doctors at the Sao Paulo hospital later pushed back on reports that he was receiving end of life palliative care. Instead, they say he is in for a “reassessment of chemotherapy therapy” for his tumour. A host of leading figures at the World Cup in Qatar had expressed concern for Pele, with England’s…
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Qatar: Stadium 974 to disappear after FIFA World Cup

Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament. That’s what the games’ organizers have said about Stadium 974 in Doha — a port-side structure with more than 40,000 seats partially built from recycled shipping containers and steel. Qatar says the stadium will be fully dismantled after the World Cup and could be shipped to countries that need the infrastructure. Outside experts have praised the design, but say more needs to be known about what happens to the stadium after the event. “Designing for disassembly is one of the main principles of sustainable building,” said Karim Elgendy, an associate fellow at the London-based Chatham House think tank who previously worked as a climate consultant for…
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FIFA WC 2022: Netherlands beat United States 3-1, and Argentina won 2-1 against Aussies to advance to quarterfinals

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzil Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory on Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals. Second-half subsitute Haji Wright cut the U.S. deficit to 2-1 in the 76th minute when Christian Pulisic’s cross hit his trailing foot and popped over goalkeeper Andries Noppert and into the net. But Dumfries, who assisted on the first two goals, scored on a volley in the 81st.Runners-up in 1974, 1978 and 2010, the Oranje extended their unbeaten streak to 19 games and face Argentina or Australia on Friday. Lionel Messi magic was inevitable, but, interestingly, it stemmed from his own…
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FIFA WC 2022: South Korea beats Portugal 2-1, advance to round of 16

Hwang Hee-chan gave South Korea hope at the World Cup by scoring in stoppage time to help his team beat Portugal 2-1 Friday. Al Rayyan: South Korea advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup on the tiebreaker of goals scored after beating Portugal 2-1 Friday following a stoppage-time strike from Hwang Hee-chan. South Korea was heading out of the tournament until Son Heung-min led a length-of-the-field breakaway in the first minute of added time and slipped a pass through to Hwang, who converted a low finish. Son and his teammates then formed a huddle in the middle of the field after the final whistle and watched coverage of the end of the other Group H match between Uruguay and Ghana…
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FIFA WC 2022: Uruguay eliminated despite 2-0 win over Ghana

Uruguay and Luis Suarez were eliminated from the World Cup despite a 2-0 win over Ghana on Friday. Al Wakrah: Uruguay and Luis Suarez were eliminated from the World Cup despite a 2-0 win over Ghana on Friday. The result also put Ghana out of the competition. Suarez played a key role in both first-half goals for Uruguay scored by Giorgian De Arrascaeta. Uruguay was in a position to go through until South Korea’s late goal gave it a 2-1 win over Portugal in the other Group H game. That meant Uruguay needed to score one more goal in the dying minutes of its game to qualify. It didn’t and Suarez was distraught on the sidelines and covered his face with his shirt…
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