Follow The Times of India - Sports, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/timesofindiadiatimes9 Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:58:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMaIFGCpylG5VjH6qdYdAk England centurion Johnny Bairstow and debutant Jamie Overton blazed a thrilling unbeaten seventh wicket stand of 209 in 223 balls to guide their teetering side to 264 for six at the close of the second day of the third Test with New Zealand on Friday.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:58:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMaIFGCpylG5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIeNdnyLTm1gaCY3L745TL_ The International Boxing Association will not be in charge of the boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics or qualifiers for those games, the IOC said on Friday. The IOC had stripped the IBA in 2019 of its involvement in last year's Tokyo Olympics due to governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues. The sport was also not included in the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:32:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIeNdnyLTm1gaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLlV-qebYULCeT5HJgy6HUf Rishabh Pant decided to rise in the west after his woes in the sub-continent, batting in his signature attacking manner to hog the limelight on the second day of the warm-up match between India and Leicestershire. One among four India players to turn out for the English county side in the practice match meant to help the visitors acclimatise with the conditions, Pant knocked his way to an entertaining 76 off 87 balls at Grace Road.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:12:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLlV-qebYULCeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJe6wb_gyYmlHn9ye8UNv30 England Test captain Ben Stokes on Friday became the third batter to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket history during the third match against New Zealand at Headingley.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:51:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJe6wb_gyYmlHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMtABzYIUML5s0ohxaO6Yr Veteran sports administrator Narinder Batra was on Friday ordered to stop functioning as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president by the Delhi High Court "in a contempt proceeding", a month after it asked him to relinquish the top job.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:24:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMtABzYIUML5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMtABzYIUML-zdsCmHakzH Wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey's unbeaten 45 and inspired bowling helped Australia to a four-wicket consolation win over Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international on Friday.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:14:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMtABzYIUML-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJQ-WYHzr9SauzdsCmHakzH ]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:49:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJQ-WYHzr9SauzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhJs0ohxaO6Yr Indian women's hockey team coach Janneke Schopman is stressing on consistency, without which, she said on Friday, the side will struggle to go far in the upcoming World Cup. The quadrennial event will be jointly hosted by the Netherlands and Spain from July 1 to 17.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:22:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhHn9ye8UNv30 Pistol ace Manu Bhaker shot a double gold, claiming both the women's and junior women's 10m air pistol titles at the 20th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting event on Friday.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:17:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhCejEQ2Mq9rY Dashing stroke-players Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson will be returning to the India playing XI in place of Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant in the two-match T20I series against Ireland starting Sunday. While chief coach Rahul Dravid is in Leicester with the Test squad, National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman, who is in charge of the T20I side for this particular series, is expected to follow the template set by 'The Wall'.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:06:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSLfbyUpdbyPhCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMphUhzdgkZV1cWWor9YPv The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed hope that the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) would increase the quota of the Athletics Federation of India in Commonwealth Games participation so that additional athletes could take part in the event.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:54:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMphUhzdgkZV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMphUhzdgkZXn9ye8UNv30 World Archery (WA) on Friday announced it has pushed for the inclusion of indoor compound events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, a move, if accepted, could be a "game changer" for India, hoped High Performance Director of the sport in the country. Currently, the Olympics only have recurve events in the sport.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:49:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIMphUhzdgkZXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKfNIOxhROa_nn9ye8UNv30 Unheralded Yash Dubey and Shubham Sharma made the biggest stage of Indian domestic cricket their own with well-crafted centuries, that pulled the rug from under heavyweights Mumbai's feet as Madhya Pradesh took a giant leap towards their maiden Ranji Trophy title, here on Friday. Mumbai's first innings score of 374 looked reasonably good on the second day but Dubey (133, 336 balls) and Sharma (116, 215 balls) added 222 runs for the second wicket to take MP to a solid 368 for 3 at the end of day three.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:37:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKfNIOxhROa_nn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJ8kqN8VwUzIZs0ohxaO6Yr AC Milan will begin their Serie A title defence with the visit of Udinese after the 2022/23 season's fixture list was announced on Friday. Stefano Pioli's side then face Atalanta, Bologna and Sassuolo before hosting the first Milan derby of the season in early September.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:28:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJ8kqN8VwUzIZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJ8kqN8VwUzIV1cWWor9YPv Indian archers assured themselves of a second medal in the World Cup Stage 3 with ace duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam sailing into the compound mixed team final. The Indian duo will face fifth seed France in the compound mixed team final on Saturday. Earlier, Deepika Kumari and Co. cruised into the final of recurve women's team event to confirm their first medal of the meet.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:59:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSJ8kqN8VwUzIV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIrd3CfjTR83SejEQ2Mq9rY One of the most important parameters to measure the impact a batsman has in the shortest format of the game - Twenty20 cricket - is batting strike rate. It shows how many runs a batsman scores per 100 balls faced.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:58:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIrd3CfjTR83SejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIDOeHvELcQVKCY3L745TL_ The DP World Tour on Friday banned members who played in the inaugural Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series event from three tournaments and fined them £100,000 ($123,000) each.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:37:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSIDOeHvELcQVKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPD11cWWor9YPv Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja has obliquely said that he wants to continue in the top post, following prolonged speculations that he was likely to be sacked by the ruling government.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:14:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPD11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPD3n9ye8UNv30 A Swiss appeals court found former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke guilty of forging documents and accepting bribes in a case involving World Cup media rights, it said on Friday.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:06:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPD3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPDylmFkX7M1Jw "My point is clear: if there is any development in world cricket that means we are being short-changed, we will challenge it in a very forceful manner and put our point across strongly in the ICC," said PCB chairman Ramiz Raja.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:53:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dtVLQzXgmSKa360I6SUPDylmFkX7M1Jw