SPORTS
Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu makes it to knockout round with win over Hong Kong's Cheung
Sindhu's better court coverage and her use of the angles was the key to her victory against the 28-year old Cheung, who lost her sixth consecutive career match to the tall Indian shuttler. The sixth-seeded Sindhu raced to an 11-5 lead as Cheung fruitlessly tried to push the 26-year old Indian deep into the corners of the forehand backcourt, ending up pushing the shuttles long.
Mitchell Starc the best death-overs bowler in the world: Australia coach Justin Langer
"I think Mitchell Starc is the best white ball bowler in the world," Langer said before the team's departure for Bangladesh to play a limited-overs series. "He bowls up front, swings the ball. He is the best bowler at the death in the world. He is great to have in our team. The combination with him and Josh Hazlewood is a real plus for us," Langer was quoted as saying on the ICC website.
Tokyo Olympics: Not planning to retire anytime soon: Paddler Sharath Kamal
Sharath Kamal put up a superb fight against the reigning Olympic champion, and even took a game off the Chinese before losing 1-4 in men's singles, in a match where Ma Long was seen shaking his head in frustration at times. Sharath Kamal, competing in his fourth Olympics, said on Tuesday that, "His legs were shaking. I could see him shake. And I was happy I could put him in that position.
Ex-England pacer Mike Hendrick, who shook India in 1974, no more
Hendrick, who took 770 wickets in 267 first-class matches and 35 wickets in 22 ODIs, was also the first professional coach of Ireland. "Derbyshire County Cricket Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of club great, Mike Hendrick. Our thoughts are with Mike's family at this sad time," tweeted Derbyshire County Cricket Club on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics: Dutch rowers set world best time to win men's quadruple sculls
Dutch rowers Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard, Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten and Koen Metsemakers improved the previous world best, created by Ukraine in 2014, by 0.23 seconds. The 1,000m leader, Britain took the silver in 5:33.75, edging third-placed Australia by 0.22 seconds, reports Xinhua. Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis won the first gold for Romania in women's double sculls final.
The Hundred: Smriti's unbeaten 61 helps Southern Brave win
In her previous game, on July 24 (Saturday), Smriti had flopped as she failed to get off the mark against Trent Rockets at Nottingham. Smriti had fallen on the sixth ball of the innings. The Indian, however, had then taken a brilliant catch at mid-on to send back opener Rachel Priest early.Her side prevailed by 23 runs. The chase proved to be a cakewalk as Southern Brave.
Kohli, Rahane back to training on centre wicket after missing warm-up
Both Kohli and Rahane had batting sessions along with No. 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal, who is expected to open with Rohit Sharma in the first Test in Nottingham. "#TeamIndia back at it and having a centre wicket training at Durham Cricket Club ahead of the five-match Test series against England," tweeted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) alongwith pictures of the batsmen having nets.
Tokyo Olympics roundup: Indian shooters' reputation in tatters after another forgettable day
On a day when Indian shooters gave their worst performance at the Tokyo Games, that too in their favourite events -- mixed team 10m air pistol and mixed team 10m air rifle - the hope of a medal from the 15-member contingent, which was flown by a chartered flight to Croatia with nearly a dozen support staff for a two-month training-cum-competition stint, continued to fade on Tuesday.
Tokyo Olympics: Chinese pair takes air rifle mixed gold, Indians nowhere in contention
This is the second gold for Olympic debutant Yang Qian, who won the first gold of Tokyo 2020 in the women's individual event, while Yang Haoran added a gold to his individual bronze. Both teams were in good form as the match was tied four times before the two Yangs shot 21.3 points to that of their opponents' 20.8 to win the third gold for the Chinese shooting team.
Tokyo Olympics Football: Spain have injury issues ahead of key Argentina encounter
The Spanish Football Federation confirmed that tests carried out on central defender Oscar Mingueza and midfielder Dani Ceballos have shown that Mingueza will be available to play in the game, but Ceballos will almost certainly be out for around three or four weeks. Both players suffered their injuries in the first half of a 0-0 draw against Egypt in Spain's Olympic Games opener, and neither played in Sunday's tense 1-0 win against Australia.
Don't Miss
Advertisement