Contestants for dancing on ice 2019

First, there was a deflection of the throw from the fielder that had deflected off a diving Ben Stokes' bat to go for four boundary runs and the home team was awarded six runs, making the equation a lot easier for them. And then, after the Super Over too ended in a tie, England were awarded the game by the virtue of hitting more boundaries. WC Special | Stats There is something eerie about the ICC rules for big events. They make simple things complicated in an effort to import a football-like excitement in games that go down to the wire. The irony is that while some of the ICC's rules are too complicated (especially their wordings that look like real legal deals!), there are others that appear flimsy and shallow, particularly when seen in the context of a tournament of the magnitude of the World Cup. First, about the deflection rule. It was a simple incident of the ball hitting the running batsman and getting deflected to reach the boundary. An unintentional act in … [Read more...] about ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Complicated wordings, zeal to make climax more exciting denied New Zealand title

Rachel Homan , while eight months pregnant, skipped a curling team that took runner-up at the Canadian National Championship on Sunday. Homan, Canada’s skip at the 2018 Olympics, led a four-woman team in their first full tournament together to the top ranking and a playoffs bye into Sunday night’s final in Calgary. In that final, Kerri Einarson ‘s team edged Homan’s group 9-7 for a repeat title. Homan finished as, statistically, the second-ranked skip behind Einarson at the event known as Scotties. “Can we talk for a second about skipper over here?” Emma Miskew , a teammate since each were 11 years old, said after the final. “Unbelievable that you curled that well. Think all women should be inspired to do that. It’s just amazing.” Homan is due with her second child in April. “My energy levels are really good, just a few body aches that obviously come with being this far along and trying to have balance on the ice, sliding up and down and even walking,” she said last … [Read more...] about Rachel Homan runner-up at Canada curling championship while 8 months pregnant

Virat Kohli on Saturday becomes the first Indian person to breach the 100-million followers’ mark on Instagram. Kohli, who is the most followed Indian on Instagram, has almost 40 million more followers than the second person on the list who is Priyanka Chopra with 60.8 million. Kohli is also the most followed cricketer on Instagram while he is the fourth on the list of athletes across all sports. The top on the list Cristiano Ronaldo who is also the most followed on Instagram with 265 million Instagram. Barcelona captain Lionel Messi is second on the list with 186 million followers, while Brazil star forward Neymar is on third with 147 million followers. The Indian cricket team captain is the only cricketer in the world’s top-10 highest-earning sportspersons through sponsored posts on Instagram. Kohli is at No.6 in the list headed by Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who has earned the most through Instagram posts during the lockdown period between March 12 and May 14 … [Read more...] about Virat Kohli Becomes First Indian to Have 100 Million Followers on Instagram

The documentary narrated by famous Indian cricket commentator - Harsha Bhogle, directed by award-winning director Nel Minchin and written by Mithila Gupta also features additional interviews by Indian cricket legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid alongside Australian legends of the game like Adam Gilchrist, former Australian Women's Captain and ICC Hall of Famer Lisa Sthalekar. The story of the documentary revolves around Steve Waugh's passion for photography and his fascination for India and its cricketing culture since his first international tour in 1986. Over 30 years and hundreds of cricket tours later, Waugh heads back to take on a new challenge - to discover the true spirit of cricket and understand its unique capacity to unite. Flanked by a mentor, Magnum photographer Trent Parke, and good friend Jason Brooks, Steve trails the country with his camera in hand, across nine major cities documenting India's love for the game which is equivalent to a religion. Crafted … [Read more...] about “Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh in India” documents legendary Australia captain’s journey in India

Indian men's singles players, too, have tasted success in this tournament with Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth emerging victorious in 2018, 2016 and 2015 respectively and B Sai Praneeth finishing runners-up in the last edition. All four will be looking to relive the moments and extend India's good run at the USD 140,000 event which will also resume the extended Olympic qualifying period. It was here at St. Jakobshalle venue that Olympic silver medallist Sindhu had claimed the world championship gold in 2019, her last title before the COVID-19 pandemic disruption. The 25-year-old from Hyderabad, seeded second, will look to go the distance again as she opens her campaign against Turkey's Neslihan Yigit. Sindhu didn't have a good outing in the three events in Thailand recently but the road to the quarterfinal here looks smooth for the Indian where she is likely to confront fifth seed Thai Busanan Ongbamrungphan, an opponent she had beaten at the Toyota Thailand Open … [Read more...] about Swiss Open: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal may face off in semifinals; all eyes on Chirag-Satwik