Dancing in ice 2018

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

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

Deepak, who has been in terrific form as evidenced by his scintillating 4-1 victory against the reigning Olympic champion and World Champion, Shakhobidin Zoirov from Uzbekistan in the semis on Friday fell short in the final against the determined local boy Daniel Asenov, who won the bout 3-2. Deepak started with a cautious approach and was exposed to some solid punches from his opponent in the first round. The boxer from Hisar looked to improve and up his attack and gave his all in the second round with some decisive punches landing on the opponent’s face. While Deepak showed controlled aggression, despite that Asenov held his ground. An assertive and steady Deepak though put his all in the final round but the 2019 European Games silver medallist Daniel Asenov landed some clear punches in the dying minutes to win the bout 3-2 in a really close encounter. “It is disappointing that I could not win the gold but these last few days have been nothing short of a dream come true. I was … [Read more...] about Deepak ends a memorable campaign with a silver medal at 72nd Strandja Memorial Cup

New Delhi, October 12: Search engine giant Google made a massive goof-up as it accidentally showed India captain Virat Kohli's actor wife Anushka Sharma as the wife of star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan. As per reports when people started typing 'Rashid Khan wife' on the Google search bar, Anushka's name started appearing first in the results page. A short bio of Rashid was written, after the actress' name on the page, followed by his marital status that reads, 'Married'. Google's goof-up A short bio of Rashid was written, after the actress' name on the page, followed by his marital status that reads, 'Married'. In the wife's name section, it mentioned Anushka Sharma's name. In the marriage date column, her wedding date with Virat Kohli was mentioned on December 11, 2017. The cause for this goof-up started when the Afghan spinner - who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad - during an Instagram chat with fans in 2018, named Anushka and Preity Zinta as his favourite … [Read more...] about Anushka Sharma wife of Rashid Khan? Google goof-up shows Virat Kohli as Afghanistan spinner’s wife