Kohli slips to 10th in t20 rankings
Dubai: India skipper Virat Kohli slipped to the 10th position but KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma remained static at the second and 11th place respectively in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Batting mainstay Kohli (673 points) dropped down as England captain Eoin Morgan (687), who scored 136 runs including two fifties against South Africa moved to the ninth place.
Casillas to run for RFEF presidency
Madrid: Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas confirmed he will run for the presidency of Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The date of the election has not yet been decided but Casillas said he has informed his current club Porto of his decision, with the 38-year-old now expected to retire from playing the game. “Yes, I will run for the presidency of the RFEF when the elections are called,” Casillas wrote. “Together we will put our federation at the top of the best football in the world, the football of Spain”.
Harsimran invited to NBA Global Academy
New Delhi: India's Harsimran Kaur has been invited to participate in a multi-week training camp at The NBA Global Academy at Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence in Canberra. The training camp started on Monday and will end on March 3. This will be her second stint at the NBA Global Academy after attending a camp from November 7 to 24 last year.
India will host FIH jr men's WC in 2021
Lausanne: International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Monday announced India as the hosts for next year's junior men's World Cup. This is the second time that India will be hosting the prestigious tournament, having staged it in Lucknow in 2016, where the hosts lifted the coveted trophy. FIH said that the competition will be played towards the end of 2021 but exact venue and dates for the tournament will announced at a later stage. The junior men's World Cup will see 16 teams compete for the title, out of which six will be from Europe, four from Asia, including hosts India, two from Africa, two from Oceania and two from Pan America.
Jr weightlifters win 5 Silver, 6 Bronze
New Delhi: India claimed five Silver and six Bronze medals at the ongoing 2020 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting C’ships in Tashkent. KVL Pavani Kumari (45kg) won Silver medals in both youth girls and junior women section, while Sidhanta Gogoi (61kg) claimed Silver in youth boys and junior men events after lifting a total of 145 and 269kgs respectively. Mukund Aher (49kg) then clinched a Silver in youth boys category with a lift of 189kgs. Harshada Goud (45kg) clinched two Bronze medals with a lift of 139kgs in youth girls and junior women events. Other lifters to win Bronze medals are Boni Manghkya (55kg), Ch Nirmala Devi (59kg), S Gurunaidu (49kg) and Golom Tinku (55kg).
Tokyo marathon cancelled for 38k runners
Tokyo: Organisers said on Monday they are cancelling the amateur portion of the Tokyo marathon, affecting around 38,000 runners, on fears about the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan. “We reached the conclusion that unfortunately it is difficult to organise the event... After several cases (of the virus) were confirmed in Tokyo,” the Tokyo Marathon Foundation said. The decision will not affect elite runners, including elite wheelchair participants, the organisers said. But they only account for around 200 of the tens of thousands of people who had registered for the March 1 race.
Marega walks off after monkey chants
Lisbon: Porto's Mali striker Moussa Marega walked off the pitch in disgust after being subjected to a torrent of monkey chants in a stormy Portuguese league game at Vitoria Guimaeres on Sunday. The 28-year-old had scored a 60th-minute winner for Porto against his former club which sparked the home fans to aim even more vitriol at the France-born player which had started as early as the pre-match warm-up. In the 71st minute, Marega signalled to the bench that he was walking off in protest even though teammates, Porto coach Sergio Conceicao and Vitoria players tried to get him to stay on the pitch. As he walked off, an angry and upset Marega gave a thumbs-down signal with both gloved hands to the home fans.