Ronaldo father to twins with surrogate mum
lisbon: Cristiano Ronaldo has become a father to twins with a surrogate mother, Portuguese media reported. Reports said the babies — a girl and boy named Eva and Mateo — were born on Thursday to a woman living on US West Coast. Captain of Portugal's Euro 2016 winning team had his first son Cristiano Junior in June 2010 — also reportedly with a surrogate mother, although he has never confirmed it.
Hockey Pro league to kick off in Jan '19
lausanne: Nine men's and women's teams from around the world would compete against each other both home and away basis every year in the Hockey Pro league — to be launched by the FIH in January 2019. The league, which will run between January and June every year, will see a total of 144 one-off matches in national stadiums, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced. The men's teams were confirmed as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England/Great Britain, Germany, India, Netherlands, New Zealand and Pakistan, the latter playing their home matches in Scotland. The women's event will be contested between Argentina, Australia, China, England/Great Britain, Germany, India, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA.
Praneeth eyes Indonesia title
Jakarta: On a roll with successive title wins, shuttler B Sai Praneeth will look to continue his rampaging form when he leads the Indian challenge at the $1,000,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier which begins with the qualifier, here on Monday. His campaign starts against second seeded Korean Son Wan Ho. PV Sindhu will also look to continue her good form but Saina Nehwal will face a tough task as he faces Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the opening round. Ajay Jayaram will face Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, while Singapore Open finalist Kidambi Srikanth meets Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent and Sameer Verma will take on fourth seed Dane Jan O Jorgensen. HS Prannoy, who was one of the Indian shuttlers whose passport arrived just in the nick of time, will play in the qualifiers against Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli.
ISl to unveil two new teams
mumbai: The Indian Super league (ISl) organisers will unveil two new teams on Monday, and they will be part of the 2017-18 season and beyond. FSDl, organisers of the Indian Super league, will announce the winning bids for the new teams. The bids were invited from prospective team owners in 10- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.