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  • Aditi finishes thirty first, Maja Stark wins by means of 5 pictures in Northern Eire

    India’s Aditi Ashok completed in a tie for thirty first after carding a 2nd successive two-under 71 over the weekend on the ISPS Handa International Invitational.

    She was once the one Indian of the 3 who began to make the 54-hole reduce on the match that was once performed concurrently with the lads and over two lessons in Northern Eire.

    Tvesa Malik had neglected the primary reduce carried out after 36 holes, whilst Diksha Dagar neglected out the 54-hole reduce. Maja Stark fired an outstanding path report of 10-under 63 at the ultimate day to win by means of 5 strokes.

    The 22-year-old started the day two pictures at the back of in a single day chief Amanda Doherty however were given off to a sensational get started with birdies at the first, 3rd, 5th and 6th.

    Stark rolled in two extra back-to-back birdies on 8 and 9 to make the flip in 31 (-6), however the Swedish big name didn’t forestall there.

    From holes 12 thru to fourteen, she rolled in 3 birdies consecutively sooner than making any other at the seventeenth and regardless of discovering the water at the closing, Stark made the up-and-down for par to win with a complete of 20-under-par.

    After profitable the tri-sanctioned tournament, Stark formally authorised LPGA Excursion Club and can turn out to be a rookie for the remainder of 2022.

    Having were given in throughout the winner’s class she is not going to wish to qualify for LPGA.

    American Allisen Corpuz completed in 2nd position on 15-under-par after generating a spherical of 68 (-5) at the ultimate day at Galgorm.

    England’s Georgia Corridor carded a last spherical of three-under 70 to complete in 3rd position on 14-under-par, whilst Sweden’s Linn Grant, Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen and Chinese language Taipei’s Peiyun Chien had been T4 on 13-under.

    Within the 2022 Race to Costa del Sol, Stark’s win manner she had prolonged her merit on the most sensible of the standings and now has 3,037.64 issues from 14 occasions.

    Her compatriot Grant continues to be 2nd with 2,447.66 issues to her title with fellow Swede Johanna Gustavsson in 3rd position (1,768.63).

  • Mumbai Khiladis clinch mystery to protected first win in Final Kho Kho

    Mumbai Khiladis opened their account by means of securing a nail-biting eight-point victory towards Rajasthan Warriors of their 2d fit on the inaugural version of Final Kho Kho right here on Monday.

    Mumbai Khiladis clinched the fit with a 51-43 ranking.

    In a different opening rite of the Final Kho Kho Day 2, the nationwide anthem was once performed by means of the brass band of the Bombay Engineering Crew of the Indian Military at the Independence Day.

    Mumbai’s Gajanan Shengal inspired within the assault, scoring 16 issues with two pole dives and one sky dive.

    Skydives make our eyes sparkle ?

    Powerplay ka sateek instemaal aur @Rajasthan_W ne kiya @MumbaiKhiladis ko batch out ?#RWvMK #UltimateKhoKho #IndiaMaarChalaang #AbKhoHoga #KhoKho percent.twitter.com/ZcLhP6YQS4

    — Final Kho Kho (@ultimatekhokho) August 15, 2022

    Mumbai Khiladis received the toss and selected to shield as captain Vijay Hajare along Rohan Kore and Avik Singha began the complaints. Nikhil struck for Rajasthan as he captured Hajare within the first fit of the sport earlier than the batch was once out within the subsequent part minute.

    Faizankha Pathan, from the 3rd batch of Mumbai, showcased skilful defence to stay unbeaten however Rajasthan Warriors ended the primary flip with 18-4 lead.

    Phew…that was once a nail-biting come across ?@MumbaiKhiladis get one over @Rajasthan_W in this night’s first recreation of #UltimateKhoKho ?#RWvMK #IndiaMaarChalaang #AbKhoHoga #KhoKho percent.twitter.com/wpzHCu5BDB

    — Final Kho Kho (@ultimatekhokho) August 15, 2022

    Mumbai Khiladis persisted their aggression after they became to assault, shooting 3 opposition batches to finish the primary innings at 29-20 of their favour.

    Rajasthan earned 21 issues within the assault to take 8 issues lead within the first flip with the ratings at 41-33.

    Alternatively, Mumbai fought-back smartly to bag 18 issues within the ultimate flip and secured the fit by means of 51-43 ranking.

  • No Indian participant can play or mentor any crew in in a foreign country T20 leagues: BCCI

    No Indian participant, reduced in size or retired and enjoying in IPL, can be allowed via the Indian cricket board to function within the two upcoming T20 leagues of South Africa and UAE. Nobody enjoying within the IPL could be even allowed to be a mentor in those in a foreign country leagues.

    Or in different phrases, Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) Cricket Restricted can’t use its icon participant MS Dhoni even in a mentorship position for its crew in SA T20 League as he’s nonetheless enjoying for CSK in IPL.

    “It’s transparent, no Indian participant together with home gamers can participate in every other league till he’s retired from all varieties of the sport. If any participant needs to participate in those upcoming leagues he can most effective accomplish that when he cuts off all ties with the BCCI,” a BCCI reliable informed The Indian Categorical.

    When requested if a participant like Dhoni can also be a part of this sort of league as a mentor or as a trainer, the BCCI reliable mentioned, “Then he can’t play IPL for CSK. He has to retire right here first.”

    In 2019, Dinesh Karthik needed to factor an unconditional apology for violating a clause of his central contract via gazing a Caribbean Premier League fit from Trinbago Knight Riders’ dressing room. As in line with the central contract, Karthik must have taken permission from the BCCI prior to attending the fit. In his answer, Karthik wrote that he had long past to the dressing room on the request of KKR’s new trainer Brendon McCullum and watched the sport dressed in the TKR jersey on McCullum’s insistence.

    Six Indian Premier League (IPL) homeowners have purchased groups within the South Africa T20 League. In a press liberate, Cricket South Africa said that the homeowners of Mumbai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Chennai, Rajasthan and Delhi franchises from the IPL now personal the South Africa T20 groups from Cape The city, Durban, Gqeberha (previously referred to as Port Elizabeth), Johannesburg, Paarl and Pretoria respectively.

    The UAE T20 league already boasted 5 out of the six franchises with Indian homeowners, 3 of that have groups within the IPL. Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have invested in UAE T20 League. Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals homeowners had already invested within the Caribbean Premier League prior to.

    Not too long ago, there was once a furore when former Australian captain Adam Gilchrist puzzled why Indians weren’t allowed to play in overseas leagues. “”I’m now not criticising the IPL, however why received’t Indian gamers come and play within the Giant Bash league? I’ve by no means had an open and fair resolution: Why are some leagues having access to each and every participant on this planet? No Indian participant performs in every other T20 league,” he had mentioned.

    With out taking Gilchrist’s identify, Sunil Gavaskar, who were the IPL president all through its 7th version in 2015, had a answer.

    “Some in a foreign country former gamers have mentioned that the Indian gamers must be allowed to play the Giant Bash or the Hundred. Principally, they would like their leagues to have extra sponsorship and so forth. They’re considering their cricket, which is completely comprehensible. But if Indian cricket appears to be like to give protection to its cricket via making sure that their gamers keep recent for his or her fits and thus limiting them from enjoying in a foreign country, that’s not appropriate to the blokes from the ‘outdated powers,’ Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.

    “They’re speaking most effective in regards to the Indian gamers being made to be had for his or her nation’s leagues however now not the beef up team of workers or others who can even do a beautiful activity because the cricketing international has came upon over the past part dozen years or so. The IPL, for some time, ran the risk of being known as the Australian league with now not simply the Aussie gamers dominating the composition of the groups however the coaches and beef up team of workers too. It’s by no means a two-way side road for the ‘outdated powers’ of cricket,” he wrote.

  • Anirban Lahiri begins with 71 as Korea’s Si Woo Kim takes lead at St Jude Champs

    Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri carded a disappointing one-over 71 to lie tied 86th after the primary spherical of the FedEx St. Jude Championship right here. Lahiri, who’s entering the FedExCup Play-offs per week after a Best-10 end, will want to do a large number of paintings to get into the weekend.

    It used to be a super day for Asian challenger, Si Woo Kim, who holed out for a terrific eagle from 168 yards and shared the lead at 8-under 62 with American J.J. Spaun. Sahith Theegala, an American of Indian beginning, is in 3rd position at 7-under, whilst Sepp Straka, KH Lee, Tony Finau, and JT Poston are tied fourth at 6-under.

    The 27-year-old Kim, who withdrew from the overall spherical of the Wyndham Championship ultimate weekend because of sickness, used to be in scorching shape at TPC Southwind in Memphis the place he capped his day by means of sinking an manner on the par-4 18th gap with an 8-iron. He had seven different birdies and a lone bogey.

    Kim is hoping to transform the fourth Korean golfer to win this season and the second one successive following younger compatriot, Joohyung “Tom” Kim’s victory on the Wyndham Championship on Sunday.

    Lahiri hit 12 of 18 vegetables in legislation right through his first spherical. Lots of his approaches left him far from the pins and he additionally neglected a few birdie probabilities from inside of and round 10 ft. Ranging from the tenth, Lahiri bogeyed the twelfth however discovered his first birdie at the 395-yard par-4 fifteenth gap. He hit his manner from 115 yards and arrange a birdie. He bogeyed first and 5th and in between birdied 3rd to complete at 1-over.

    Kim modified his hanging grip halfway within the spherical and it labored as he powered house for an inward 28 to mark a career-low nine-hole rating. It used to be additionally his first ever sub-par spherical at TPC Southwind in seven rounds.

    Kim’s compatriots, KH Lee and ‘Tom’ Kim Joohyung additionally loved speedy begins with rounds of 64 and 66 respectively to be tied fourth and 18th respectively. Different Asian gamers within the FedExCup Playoffs, Korean Sungjae Im and Chinese language Taipei’s CT Pan carded ratings of 70 and 73 respectively, and have been at risk of lacking the minimize.

    Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the event on Wednesday because of a neck damage. Tony Finau, who received the 3M Open and Rocket Loan Vintage back-to-back ultimate month, is among those that carded 64s, whilst present FedExCup No. 1 and International No. 1 Scottie Scheffler returned a disappointing 71.

    The highest-70 ranked golfers in Memphis will growth into subsequent week’s BMW Championship, the place the sphere can be additional diminished to 30 gamers for the season-finale, TOUR Championship.

    The PGA TOUR’s final prize, the FedExCup, can be awarded in Atlanta the place the winner may even earn US$18 million.

  • Liverpool will best signal the ‘proper’ gamers in spite of accidents, says Klopp

    Liverpool supervisor Juergen Klopp stated on Friday {that a} mounting damage checklist on the membership used to be a priority however that he would now not splurge within the switch marketplace only for the sake of strengthening his squad.

    Liverpool, who had been held to a disappointing draw through promoted Fulham at the opening weekend, were hit with accidents to a number of key gamers, together with Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita, Diogo Jota, Ibrahima Konate and Kostas Tsimikas.”We’ve got accidents, that’s how it’s. This is a query of ways lengthy will the gamers be out,” Klopp instructed newshounds forward of Monday’s house fixture towards Crystal Palace.

    “There are other answers for it. Considered one of them is the switch marketplace. That best is smart if we will be able to herald the appropriate participant – the appropriate participant, now not a participant. In some circumstances, it isn’t conceivable, in different circumstances extraordinarily tricky.”

    Tsimikas will go back to coaching in a while Friday whilst Keita is anticipated to be again on Monday. Thiago, a the most important determine in central midfield, may be out for 4 to 6 weeks after injuring his hamstring towards Fulham.” The entire different answers are within the squad… if we had the appropriate resolution (within the switch marketplace) then we’d have accomplished it already. We aren’t cussed,” stated Klopp.

    The absences be offering a chance for younger midfielder Harvey Elliott, who signed a brand new long-term contract at Anfield on Thursday.

    “He’s an incredible boy and an ideal participant. He had a just right pre-season and is all the time in rivalry to start out… in fact he’s (in my plans),” added Klopp. The German bemoaned his facet’s gradual get started towards Fulham and stated they had to be switched on from the outset towards Palace, who fell to a 2-0 defeat through Arsenal of their opener.

    “It generally is a serious warning call, evidently. It felt like a loss and that’s the way it felt after we left the stadium,” stated Klopp. “Having a gradual get started does now not imply you are going to do it once more however this can be a signal so use it as data and pass from there.”

  • Alexander Zverev objectives Davis Cup go back, assists in keeping US Open hopes alive

    Alexander Zverev expects to be again from harm to play for Germany within the Davis Cup in September however stated on Thursday there was once an actual likelihood of returning previous on the U.S Open.

    The 25-year-old international quantity two has had surgical operation after harmful ligaments in his proper ankle all through this 12 months’s French Open semi-final towards Rafael Nadal however hopes he could be able for this 12 months’s last Grand Slam.

    “In fact, I can nonetheless attempt to make the U.S Open, even supposing it’ll be very, very shut,” Zverev instructed journalists at a information convention forward of the key which begins on Aug. 29.

    “Each day it in reality will get higher. That’s why I don’t need to say that I’m no longer enjoying the U.S Open but.”

    Germany face France, Belgium and Australia in Workforce C of the Davis Cup in Zverev’s house town of Hamburg from Sept. 13-18.

    In the event that they development from the crowd section they’ll play within the knockout degree of the finals in Malaga in November

  • ‘Ashish Nehra is at this time getting ready for UK Top Minister Elections. So Sit back’: Sehwag trolls Pakistani political commentator

    Former India participant Virender Sehwag, who is understood for his humorous and hilarious tweets and posts on social media,   got here up with a tweet on Ashish Nehra the place he stated ‘Nehra is getting ready for the United Kingdom Top Minister elections.’

    The Pakistani political commentator Zaid Hamid’s tweet at a loss for words the previous India speedster Nehra with India’s Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as he tweeted, “And what makes this victory, much more, sweeter is the truth that this Pakistani athlete has destroyed Indian javelin throw hero Ashish nehra…… Within the remaining festival Ashish had defeated Arshad Nadeem… What a candy revenge come again.”

    Chicha, Ashish Nehra is at this time getting ready for UK Top Minister Elections. So Sit back ? %.twitter.com/yaiUKxlB1Z

    — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 11, 2022

    Having noticed the evident error, Sehwag took no time in reacting to it as he shared the screenshot and wrote: “Chicha, Ashish Nehra is at this time getting ready for UK Top Minister Elections. So Sit back.” Hamid, whose Twitter profile has been withheld in India in line with a prison call for, become the butt of jokes after Sehwag’s reaction.

    The tale is Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem grabbed the gold medal within the not too long ago handed Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham the place he broke the 90-meter mark and become the primary Asian to take action. His arch-rival Neeraj Chopra has no longer participated within the Males’s javelin because of an damage. Neeraj additionally wanted the Pakistani after his gold at Birmingham.

  • Returning house from CWG, Indian ladies’s cricket workforce individuals have a look at ‘silver’ lining

    With the Indian ladies’s cricket workforce returning with a silver medal from Birmingham Commonwealth Video games, it was once time for the households of captain Harmanpreet Kaur, all-rounder Harleen Deol and wicket-keeper Taniya Bhatia to provide a rousing welcome to their daughters on the Mohali World Airport on Wednesday night. Whilst pacer Renuka Singh’s circle of relatives from Parsa village close to Rohru in Himachal Pradesh may just no longer come to Chandigarh, the households of the opposite 3 cricketers welcomed Renuka at Mohali.

    “It feels particular to peer the silver medal round Harmanpreet’s neck and it’s a different feeling for all her team-mates too. We had been a bit of disillusioned to peer them lose in opposition to Australia within the ultimate however then this silver medal is a historical medal too for India. The Indian ladies’s cricket workforce competed within the Commonwealth Video games for the primary time and to peer the Indian flag upward thrust made us emotional,” stated Harmander Bhullar, father of Harmanpreet Kaur, who was once additionally accompanied by means of spouse Satwinder Kaur.

    Whilst Harmanpreet was once the 6th absolute best scorer within the Video games, with a complete of 137 runs together with a combating knock of 65 runs within the ultimate in opposition to Australia, the 33-year-old Moga cricketer additionally picked up one wicket within the event.

    Despite the fact that the Indian ladies’s workforce misplaced the overall by means of 9 runs, it was once simplest the second one time that an Indian cricket workforce was once competing within the Video games, with the primary time being in 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Video games.

    “It feels just right to peer everybody welcome us right here. I’m disillusioned too as a result of we may have gained the overall fit. However sadly, success was once no longer in our favour. We were given a possibility to satisfy avid gamers from different sports activities and likewise met the Indian hockey workforce individuals. I’m positive that extra oldsters will encourage their daughters to play the sport,” stated Harmanpreet.

    Himachal pacer Renuka Singh Thakur, who claimed 11 wickets together with two four-wicket hauls, rued the overlooked possibilities
    within the ultimate however was once happy the workforce gained the silver medal. “We really feel proud to go back with a medal. It was once a just right revel in and we performed smartly as a unit. I want to prolong my due to Anurag Singh Thakur sir, who opened the HPCA Girls’s Academy,” stated Thakur.

    24-year-old wicket-keeper Taniya Bhatia, who performed in 3 suits in Birmingham, accounted for one stumped likelihood within the ultimate aside from contributing with different avid gamers in three-run outs within the event. “Proper from her youth, Taniya simplest dreamt about being a wicket-keeper and it was once heartening to peer her play the specialized wicket-keeper position. It was once unlucky that she confronted concussion within the ultimate and may just no longer bat. I can be welcoming her with aarti at our house together with my elder daughter Sanjana and my husband Sanjay Bhatia and son Sehaj, “stated Sapna Bhatia, mom of Taniya.

    Mohali all-rounder 24-year-old Harleen Deol, an alumnus of Yadavindra Public College, Mohali, and MCM DAV School, Chandigarh, performed in India’s opening fit in opposition to Australia. Whilst mom Charanjit Kaur Deol was once looking ahead to her daughter to come back, she additionally hugged pacer Renuka Singh. “Each time Harleen comes again from excursion or the Indian camp, she loves to spend time at house having her favorite meals. It is going to be the similar for her for the following couple of days as she want to have a good time the medal with house cooked meals,” stated Deol.

  • Lengthy jumper Sreeshankar finishes sixth in Monaco Diamond League

    Commonwealth Video games silver medallist lengthy jumper Murali Sreeshankar completed 6th within the Diamond League Assembly with a below-par effort of seven.94m right here on Wednesday.

    Sreeshankar accomplished his very best bounce in his 5th strive. He had received silver within the Birmingham CWG six days in the past with a very best bounce of 8.08m. He has a season’s and private very best of 8.36m.

    He had completed 7th within the International Championships in Eugene, USA, final month.

    Maykel Masso of Cuba received the development with a very best effort of 8.35m whilst International Championships silver medallist and reigning

    Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece (8.31m) and Marquis Dendy (8.31m) of USA completed 2d and 3rd respectively.

  • Bangladesh wins ultimate ODI in Zimbabwe by way of 105 runs

    A batting-friendly pitch nonetheless proved an excessive amount of hassle for Zimbabwe as Bangladesh were given a 105-run comfort win of their 3rd and ultimate one-day global on Wednesday.

    Zimbabwe had already clinched the sequence by way of successful the primary two video games however used to be bowled out for 151 at Harare Sports activities Membership in 32.2 overs whilst chasing Bangladesh’s 256-9. Opener Anamul Haque made 76 from 71 balls for Bangladesh and No. 6 Afif Hossain used to be 85 now not out from 81 to arrange the guests’ overall.

    It wasn’t a large ranking on a usually batting-friendly pitch however the hosts didn’t take benefit. Zimbabwe misplaced wickets within the first and moment overs, and two extra within the 6th over, to slide to 18-4.

    A richly deserved Participant of the Collection award for @SRazaB24 ?#ZIMvBAN | #WaltonODISeries | #VisitZimbabwe percent.twitter.com/NzlaC02zZ7

    — Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) August 10, 2022

    At 83-9, Zimbabwe’s remaining two batters rallied with a 68-run stand — the second-best partnership of the fit — as Richard Ngarava made 34 now not out and Victor Nyauchi scored 26.The overdue surge used to be entertaining however Zimbabwe simply fell quick.

    Bangladesh’s excursion used to be nonetheless a good fortune for Zimbabwe underneath new trainer Dave Houghton, who used to be introduced in for any other spell in fee after Zimbabwe misplaced six instantly ODI and T20 video games at house towards Afghanistan in June.

    Zimbabwe secured its first ODI sequence over a fellow top-tier crew since 2017 when it chased down 291 in the second one ODI towards Bangladesh on Sunday. It additionally received the T20 sequence 2-1 for its first-ever 20-over sequence win over a top-tier crew.