There are plenty of IPL stories doing the rounds all across the Internet and hence the anxiety is palpable. The10th edition of the cash-rich tournament kicks-off on April 5 and the finals will be played on May 21. The tournament provides a chance for fans all across the nation to come together and witness the thrill of fast-paced action. Availability of tickets thus becomes a big factor right through the tournament....
However, Kolkata Knight Riders’ fans have something to be content about as their spearhead Umesh Yadav’s injury concerns because he will return for the team’s game against Mumbai Indians on the 10th of April. In case you didn’t know… The right-arm fast bowler is not the only Indian player to deal with injury woes ahead of the 10th edition of the IPL. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are set to miss the initial phase of the IPL whereas opener KL Rahul and this season’s highest wicket-taker Ravichandran Ashwin are set to sit out of the tournament....
All the fans are eagerly waiting for the start of this season of IPL on 7th April. The first match will be be played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It goes without saying that each and every team aims to win the coveted title. But in order to keep their hands on the trophy, they need to get into the playoffs. Out of eight teams, only four get through the playoffs....
Delhi Daredevils will enter the colossal league with a hope to end their jinx at IPL by lifting their first-ever IPL trophy. Delhi has a more or less settled batting line-up with a quality top order. Thus, this time around, with many openers in their squad, team selection will be an uphill task for DD. Here is a look at four players who can fulfill the opening duties for Delhi Daredevils in the upcoming edition of IPL....
There were a lot of changes made to the squad that was selected during the last season. The most notable change was the omission of the big-hitting Chris Gayle - a man who has been a regular part of the RCB squad in the past. The squad selected is a very talented one and even though things may appear to be gloomy at the moment, there are plenty of star cricketers RCB have at their disposal to get their campaign back on track....
IPL has been a pool of records. In its long history of ten years, IPL has witnessed many records being broken. Thus, let us have a look at five IPL records that are expected to be shattered by the end of the season. #5 Most stumpings in the history of the league When it comes to stumpings, MS Dhoni is the ultimate boss. But the story is different in IPL as Robin Uthappa leads the chart of most stumpings in the history of the league....
After winning a crucial toss, Kolkata decided to field first to put the home team into bat. Delhi got off to a blistering start as the duo of Colin Munro and Prithvi Shaw propelled them to their highest powerplay score this season. It was later a show from the new captain Shreyas Iyer, who blazed his way to a 40-ball 93 to leave visitors with 220 runs to get in their 20 overs....
In this exclusive interview with Sportskeeda, Ryan talks about his cricketing career in Australia and also the upcoming IPL season. What was your experience in the Money Gram Cup where you captained the Melbourne Renegades’ multicultural side? Ryan Ninan: The Money Gram Cup was a three-match bilateral series in which we came up against the Sydney Thunder multicultural side. Cricket Australia is actively involved in ‘community engagement’ and making cricket a sport for all and this tournament presented a lot of us from South-Asian backgrounds with another opportunity to showcase our skills....
Excerpts: Q How satisfying was it winning the 2015 Senior National Badminton Championship singles title? Well, the Senior Nationals is a big event in India and winning it was quite special. I had lost the opening game to Sameer Verma but fought back to win the next two games and won the title. I had finished runners-up in the 2012 Senior Nationals losing to Sameer’s brother Sourabh in the final....
Kim Wall eagerly accepted Peter Madsen’s invitation to join him on the submarine in the hope of securing an exclusive interview in August 2017. Miss Wall, an award-winning freelance reporter, had become fascinated by eccentric Madsen and his self-built rocket and submarine projects. The duo set off for what was scheduled to be a short trip from Copenhagen harbour. However, the 30-year-old journalist failed to return home and her distraught family reported her missing, sparking a police investigation....
This week Montana joins former San Francisco 49ers teammates Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton as a general partner in Champion Ventures, an investment fund for professional athletes. Lott, the Hall of Fame defensive back, and Barton, a former lineman, started Champion last year and have now pooled money from 300 athletes, including Dan Marino, John Elway and Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson. And they’ve invested the money in 19 of the Valley’s best- known venture-capital firms....
The banned athletes include Dmitrii Trunenkov and Aleksei Negodailo, both in the gold-medal winning four-man bobsleigh team, plus biathlon relay silver medallists Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina, who also won silver in the 7.5 km event. The latest bans bring the total number of Russian athletes suspended from the Games for life to 19 this month, with the IOC annulling results following widespread doping and tampering with samples of Russian athletes during the Sochi Games....
Concerns for Shuai’s safety arose after the three-time olympian vanished from the public eye when she accused former vice premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in a social media post nearly six weeks ago. The IOC said they’ve now spoken to her two times. The first was on November 21 and then again more recently at the beginning of December. “Why don’t you respect Peng Shuai in this and let her decide where her priorities are,” Bach said....
In a report released on Tuesday, the DOJ found serious failures at Glenwood Resource Center—a residential facility for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) operated by Iowa’s Department of Human Services (DHS). These included conducting experiments without consent, poor healthcare, unnecessary physical restraints and inadequate protections from harm. The report said: “Iowa has been deliberately indifferent to those breakdowns and the risks they pose. Glenwood frequently leaves residents at serious risk of harm or death by ignoring changes in condition outright, or by adopting a clinically unjustified ‘wait and see’ approach....
The mask mandate comes eight months after Iowa recorded its first infection. On March 8, the state reported its first three “presumptive” positive cases of the virus. The governor’s office noted in a statement at the time: “No additional or special precautions are recommended for Iowans beyond the simple daily precautions to combat the flu including washing hands frequently, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying home when ill.” Reynolds said in the statement: “The state of Iowa has been coordinating plans across state agencies, including a partial activation of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), to protect the health of Iowans and assess our operational needs....
Meriah Carlyle, 21, was shot by her 2-year-old son with an unsecured handgun in Dyersville on November 4. Officers responded to a call from the home at 406 4th Avenue NE around 6:15 p.m, Dyersville police said. Investigators allege that both parents were in the room with the child when the 2-year-old found the gun, but didn’t notice the boy had picked up the weapon until it fired, according to an affidavit cited by the Associated Press....
ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in Ames, the Cy-Hawk Trophy is on the line and it’s one of the bigger games in recent memory with that hype attached. WEEK 3 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Iowa State had a week to prepare after a 29-26 overtime escape against Northern Iowa in Week 1. Iowa, meanwhile, has allowed just 14 combined points in victories against Miami (Ohio) and Rutgers....
No. 10 Iowa faces No. 9 Iowa State in the battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday. The game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on ABC. This is the first top-10 showdown between the Hawkeyes and Cyclones. Iowa State also will welcome ESPN’s College Football GameDay to Ames for the event. The Cyclones won their opener against Northern Iowa 16-10, and the cast of Brock Purdy, Breece Hall, Charlie Kolar and Mike Rose returned to school for games like this under coach Matt Campbell....
Apple took a slice of the pie from every major player. In the portable gaming market, between 2008 and 2009: Sony’s PSP market share fell from 20% of the market to 11% Nintendo’s DS share fell from 75% to 70% Apple’s iPhone OS (which powers both the iPhone and the iPod touch devices) share nearly quadrupled from 5% in 2008 to 19% in 2009 In the overall video game software market, portables are taking an increasingly large share of revenue from consoles....
The talented southpaw hit the bowlers all round the park and bowlers were simply clueless against his array of strokes. He played the spinners well too and kept a calm head to steer his side home. His partnership with Karun Nair proved to be decisive as the two played sensibly and kept the scoreboard ticking all the time. Confident of chasing 192: De Kock “We were confident of chasing 192 because it was gettable on a batting track like this and to achieve that we focused on saving wickets till the end trying to capitalize by accelerating in last overs,” De Kock told reporters during the post-match press conference....
