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Karthik praises Saha, sympathises with him; but says Pant cemented his place in Team India
The 37-year-old Saha was left out from India's Test squad for the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka, with Rishabh Pant and KS Bharat the two wicketkeepers selected. Saha later revealed he was told by India head coach Rahul Dravid that the team would look to move on from the veteran. Karthik praised Saha for his contributions to Indian cricket, adding that he is still one of the best wicketkeepers in the world.
Replacing the Russian GP, 'no problem at all', says F1 CEO
F1 had to replace several races across the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Domenicali insisted that the sport would be prepared to stage another race elsewhere, even at short notice.
India among four teams to tour Ireland in 2022
Ireland will host India, New Zealand, South Africa, and Afghanistan in their 2022 home summer, the country's cricket board (CI) confirmed while announcing a near-complete fixture list for the men's international season on Tuesday
Ind vs SL: Kohli's 100th Test in Mohali will have spectators, confirms BCCI secretary
The 33-year old Kohli, who made his Test debut against the West Indies at Kingston in 2011, has scored 7962 runs from 99 red-ball matches. During the upcoming Mohali Test, he will become the 12th Indian to play 100 Tests after Sachin Tendulkar (200), Rahul Dravid (163), VVS Laxman (134), Anil Kumble (132), Kapil Dev (131), Sunil Gavaskar (125), Dilip Vengsarkar (116), Sourav Ganguly (113), Ishant Sharma (105), Harbhajan Singh (103), and Virender Sehwag (103).
We need to provide top-class coaching to our chess players, says Pragganandhaa's coach RB Ramesh
Speaking exclusively to IANS, the winner of the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship, Ramesh, popularly known as the 'Super Coach' added that India "needs many good and performing coaches which can help the children grow faster"."Our population is huge and we need more coaches in the field which we don't have right now. The demands are so high that we need many good and performing coaches who can help the children grow faster."
'He is shaping up well', Bumrah provides an update on Ashwin's fitness ahead of 1st vs Sri Lanka
Ashwin, who last played for India in the ODI series against South Africa, was ruled out of the white-ball series against West Indies due to an unknown injury. Later, when the BCCI announced the squad for the Sri Lanka Tests, the off-spinner's participation was said to be "subject to fitness." However, in the pictures shared by BCCI's Twitter handle on Tuesday, the veteran was seen training in the nets alongside several members of the Indian men's Test cricket team at the IS Bindra PCA International Stadium.
England opener Jason Roy confirms he is pulling out of IPL 2022
Earlier, a report had said that Roy had pulled out of the tournament "citing the challenge of staying in the tournament bubble for an extended period". The 31-year-old Roy, who was signed by the Titans for his base price of Rs two crore at the IPL mega auction barely a fortnight ago, had informed the franchise of his decision to quit last week, a report in espncricinfo said on Tuesday.
Russia's No 1 tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova urges end to war with Ukraine
The 30-year-old, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year, wrote a long post, clarifying her stand on the ongoing dispute between the two countries. "I've been playing tennis since I was a kid, I have represented Russia all my life, this is my home and my country - but now I am in complete fear, as are my friends and family," the world No 14 wrote in a post on her Twitter page.
ISL 2021-22: East Bengal and NorthEast United share points after 1-1 draw
Goals from Marco Sahanek and Antonio Perosevic managed to split the points either way as Khalid Jamil's men ended the season with only three wins. As for SC East Bengal, their winless run extended to seven matches. Marco Sahanek (45+1') scored his first goal for NEUFC to give them the lead in the first half but the equaliser came through Antonio Perosevic (55' P) who scored from a precise penalty.
Olympic gold medallist boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko joins Ukraine Army
According to an ESPN report, Lomachenko, who won Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, recently returned to his home near Odessa to be with his family. Online Boxing Editor for talkSPORT.com. Michael Benson also posted a picture of Lomachenko, wearing a Ukrainian Army jersey.
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