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Tamil Nadu’s poor Ranji show results in TNCA reviving Buchi Babu in four-day format

At a time when most state units are using the pre-season to host domestic T20 tournaments, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has also found space for four-day cricket games with the return of the All-India Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament after a gap of six years. Tamil Nadu’s poor show in the Ranji Trophy is also a reason for the tournament being played in the four-day format for the first time. The tournament is now bigger in terms of the number of teams and the window. Usually played by 8 teams, the upcoming edition will be played from August 15-September 11 and will feature 12 teams. The tournament’s playing conditions will be similar to the Ranji Trophy’s.The decision to increase the number of teams followed requests from other state units. With monsoons prevailing in the...

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Cristiano Ronaldo streets ahead of Instagram influencers in annual ranking

Cristiano Ronaldo has yet again left the competition behind as the five-time Ballon D’Or winner was named Instagram’s top earner for the third year in a row. Ronaldo, who in July was ranked as the world’s highest-paid athlete by Forbes for the first time since 2017 following his move to Saudi Arabia, has now topped the 2023 Instagram Rich List, a global marker of online influence. The list, compiled by Instagram scheduling tool Hopper HQ, is based on internal and publicly available data on how much each user can charge for a post on Instagram and YouTube. The Portugal forward brings in a massive $3.23 million per Instagram post, according to Hopper HQ, as he nears 600 million followers on the social media platform. To little surprise, Ronaldo’s closest rival on the list is Lionel Messi,...

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Cristiano Ronaldo tops Instagram’s Rich List for third consecutive year | Off the field News – Times of India

Cristiano Ronaldo has once again outperformed the competition, being voted Instagram's top earner for the third year in a row.Ronaldo, who was named the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in July for the first time since 2017 after moving to Saudi Arabia, has now topped the 2023 Instagram Rich List, a global indicator of online popularity.The list was developed by Hopper HQ, an Instagram scheduling tool, and is based on internal and publicly available data on how much each user can charge for an Instagram and YouTube post.According to Hopper HQ, the Portugal forward earns a whopping $3.23 million each Instagram post as he approaches 600 million followers on the social media network.Ronaldo's closest competition on the list is Lionel Messi, with the Argentina World Cup winner command...

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Rajasthan Premier League auction: Deepak Hooda bags biggest deal | Cricket News – Times of India

JAIPUR: The auction of the inaugural edition of the Rajasthan Premier League (RPL) saw all-rounders attracting big deals in an intense bidding war between six franchises that lasted for more than seven hours on Thursday. It was all-rounder Deepak Hooda who landed the highest bid as Kota splurged Rs 15,50000 to have his services. Another all-rounder, Mahipal Lomror bagged the second-highest bid of Rs 15,00000 by Sikar. Injury prone seamer Deepak Chahar was taken by Bhilwara at Rs 5,75,000 while his cousin brother, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar was picked by Jodhpur at Rs 7,00,000. Surprisingly, the Jaipur franchise splurged Rs 14,00000 for lesser known batting all-rounder Shubham Garhwal. Other marquee players like Aniket Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti have been picked by Sikar a...

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If KL Rahul is unavailable for World Cup, Ishan Kishan is his backup option: RP Singh

With India running out of time to sort out their middle order for the 2023 ODI World Cup, the recovery of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer is under the microscope. The two batters had sustained injuries earlier this summer and have remained out of action in the lead up to the marquee tournament in October. Former India pacer RP Singh has a suggestion. If KL Rahul isn’t fit in time for the tournament, keeper-batter Ishan Kishan can be his replacement. “It doesn’t work out with just one chance. According to me, Ishan should play at No. 5 if you see him at No. 5 for the (ODI) World Cup. If KL Rahul is unavailable in the future, Ishan Kishan is his backup option,” Singh told JioCinema. Kishan was India’s top batter in the recently concluded ODI series in the Caribbean, where he scored three conse...

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Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion, according to book by renowned ga

Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion over the last three decades and wanted to place a $400,000 bet on the 2012 Ryder Cup while playing for Team USA, according to a much-anticipated book by renowned gambler Billy Walters.The stunning betting estimates Walters provides — from his own detailed record from what he describes as two reliable sources — are detailed in an excerpt of Walters’ book, “Gambler: Secrets from a Life of Risk.”It is scheduled to be available Aug. 22. The FirePit Collective obtained an excerpt of the book. Mickelson’s management group did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment. Walters is widely regarded as America’s most famous gambler who claims to have a winning streak of more than 30 straight years. He said he ende...

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Can oil-money buy football dreams? As European football season beckons, the cash-rich shadow of Saudi Pro League looms large

It was Napoleon who had said, “whoever possesses Constantinople ought to rule the world.” By the end of June 10 – in pure footballing terms – it was Manchester City. Europe has, for long, been the heartbeat of club football. And City, the champions of England, were finally the champions of Europe. It was the last piece of silverware missing in their trophy cabinet and now, they had it. Making them unequivocally, the best football club in the world. Maybe even of all times. But just as the days rolled by and we moved closer to the beginning of another football year around the sun, Pep Guardiola’s juggernaut wasn’t the big topic of conversation in football circles. The departure of club captain Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez wasn’t an issue. The arrivals of the likes of Josko Gvardiol an...

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Eden fire wont affect deadlines, says CAB president Snehasish Ganguly

A fire, which broke out at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday night, has not caused any major damages to the stadium which is being renovated for the upcoming ODI World Cup.“A fire broke out last night at 11.50 pm. People who were working here saw smoke and then the fire. Immediately, two fire tenders were pressed into action and flames were doused in no time. There was no damage to the dressing room as such. Only some cables were burnt,” Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Snehasish Ganguly told reporters on Thursday.The cause of the fire was the heating of the sauna heater from which sparks spread to the stacks of towels kept close by, he informed.Ganguly said the damaged cables would be changed in a couple of days and the incident would not affect the deadlines for finishing th...

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Impossible for Man City to recreate ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ treble win, says Guardiola

Manchester City will not be able to scale the dizzying heights of last season’s treble-winning campaign, manager Pep Guardiola said on Thursday ahead of their Premier League opener against Burnley. Guardiola’s side have won five of the last six Premier League titles and last season also won the FA Cup and expanded their domestic dominance to the continent as they lifted the Champions League for the first time. Despite City undoubtedly being favourites in every competition they will feature in this season, Guardiola was rather guarded about the team’s prospects. “It will not be possible to do what we did last season, it is once in a lifetime,” Guardiola told reporters ahead of Friday’s trip to Turf Moor. “We climbed the highest mountain last season, but in the last two days we came down ...

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Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat making efforts to ensure Sanjay Singh doesn’t become WFI chief: Source | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's top grapplers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik are reportedly making a last-ditch effort to ensure Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's close aide, Sanjay Singh, does not become the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief.Two candidates -- Brij Bhushan-loyalist Sanjay Singh and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anita Sheoran -- are in the fray for the WFI president's post in the elections on Saturday.The six wrestlers, who protested at Jantar Mantar for two months alleging Brij Bhushan sexually harassed women grapplers, have thrown their weight behind rival candidate Sheoran, who is also one of the witnesses in the sexual harassment case against the BJP leader.A source close to the Bajrang, Vinesh and Sakshi camp told PTI on Thursday that the wrestlers had ...

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ICC ODI World Cup: Everyone is desperate to go and win the World Cup: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India are "desperate" to end their ICC trophy drought at the 2023 ODI World Cup, according to skipper Rohit Sharma, and are armed with "inner "confidence" and "self-belief" to do it.India have been without an ICC trophy for over a decade, with their most recent big triumph being in the Champions Trophy in 2013, two years after winning the ODI World Cup at home."Honestly, I have never won a (50 overs) World Cup, it's a dream to win a World Cup and to be here fighting for it nothing makes me happier than that," Rohit told the media on the sidelines of an event."You don't get World Cups on a platter, you have to really work hard and that is what we have been doing all these years from 2011 till now we all are fighting for it," the India captain said."Everyone is desperate to go ...

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Ask coach, selectors why I am not in the team; what happened to me in the last two years wasn’t right: Rani Rampal | Hockey News – Times of India

CHENNAI: Months after Rani Rampal was dropped from the Indian women's hockey team core group, the former India captain and a legend of Indian hockey broke her silence on Thursday. Rani accused the current coach of the Indian women's team, Janneke Schopman, for her ouster from the national team. Rani claims she is still fit and on top of her game. Rani, who interestingly has been roped in by Hockey India as chief coach of its under-17 programme for girls, spoke about this when she was asked if accepting this role means she has retired from the game."Whatever happened to me in the last two years wasn’t right. I came back from an injury, was the top scorer at the National Games, but wasn’t picked 9in the national team)," said Rani, who was ignored for both the 2022 Commonwealth Games as we...

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I hope that my runs do the talking: Prithvi Shaw | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: He might have been out of the Indian team for a fair while now, but Prithvi Shaw keeps reminding us of his enormous talent by making his bat talk from time to time. On Wednesday, the dashing opener, who has played five Tests, six ODIs and a T20I for India, roared back into form in grand style with a record-breaking 153-ball 244 for Northamptonshire in England’s Royal One-Day Cup tournament against Somerset on Wednesday.The Mumbaikar is now the first Indian to score a double hundred in List A cricket in England. "Oh am I? I didn't know that. But, it feels great and hopefully, I can score more," is how Shaw reacted from Northampton, when TOI told him about his special feat, a day after he achieved it.In the last Ranji Trophy season, Shaw smashed a mammoth 379 against Assam, going ...

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World Cup wins don’t come on platter, India ‘desperate’ to win it: Rohit Sharma

Skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said India are “desperate” to break their ICC trophy drought in the upcoming World Cup and are armed with “inner “confidence” and “self-belief” to win the title.India have gone without a trophy in ICC events for a decade now, with their last major win coming in the Champions Trophy 2013, two years after their World Cup triumph at home.“Honestly, I have never won a (50 overs) World Cup, it’s a dream to win a World Cup and to be here fighting for it nothing makes me happier than that,” Rohit told the media here on the sidelines of an event. “You don’t get World Cups on a platter, you have to really work hard and that is what we have been doing all these years from 2011 till now we all are fighting for it,” the India captain said. “Everyone is desperate to ...

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India vs Japan: India’s dominance over Japan in hockey | Hockey News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India and Japan have a long-standing rivalry in international hockey, since playing their first match against each other way back in 1932 Olympics Games. They have faced each other a total of 34 times so far.Out of these matches, India have emerged as the clear frontrunner, winning 27 of them, while Japan have managed only three victories. Additionally, the two teams have played four drawn matches.Interestingly, Japan are the only team that India have failed to defeat in the ongoing Asian Champions Trophyleague stage.In their most recent match, the two teams battled it out to a 1-1 draw. This result highlights the strength and competitiveness of the Japanese team against the more fancied hosts.Looking at the history of the Asian Champions Trophy, India and Japan have faced ea...

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‘Shocked’ Shikhar Dhawan determined to make national comeback after exclusion from Asian Games squad | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Senior India batter Shikhar Dhawan was "bit shocked" by his absence from the Asian Games squad but remains keen to make a national comeback in the near future.The BCCI chose a roster of teenagers for the Hangzhou Asian Games in September-October, with the first-choice players busy preparing for the ODI World Cup at home.The 37-year-old left-hander was expected to lead India's second-string squad in China, a post he held till 10 months ago, but the selectors chose Ruturaj Gaikwad instead."When my name was not there (for Asian Games), I was a bit shocked. But, then, I was like they have a different thought process, you just have to accept it. Happy that Rutu (Gaikwad) will lead the side. All the young boys are there, I am sure they will do well," Dhawan told PTI on Thursday.Wit...

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No. 4 slot in ODIs has been an issue for us for a long time: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: According to captain Rohit Sharma, no batter has succeeded in settling into the crucial number four slot in the Indian ODI side since Yuvraj Singh's departure, causing severe worries ahead of the World Cup.With the 50-over World Cup less than two months away, India is still looking for a batter to fill the No. 4 slot, a problem that plagued them in the previous tournament in England in 2019.Shreyas Iyer, who is returning from a long injury layoff, performed admirably in his 20 matches at No. 4, accumulating 805 runs at 47.35 with two centuries and five fifties."Look, No. 4 has been an issue for us for a long time. After Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh), nobody has come and settled themselves in."But, for a long period of time, Shreyas (Iyer) has actually batted at No. 4 and he has done we...

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Rani Rampal and Sardar Singh named chief coaches of India’s sub-junior teams | Hockey News – Times of India

CHENNAI: Hockey India on Wednesday appointed Sardar Singh and Rani Rampal as the chief coaches of U-17 boys and girls's teams respectively, the federation announced on the sidelines of the men's Asian Champions Trophy.The two legends accepted the roles offered by Hockey India in a press conference by president Dilip Tirkey and secretary general Bhola Nath Singh.Sardar led India to Asian Games gold in 2014 and was one of best playmakers of his era. Former captain Rani, who is currently not part of the national squad, is currently deployed at NIS Patiala in her job with the Sports Authority of India.Rani, who has not yet retired from the game and is not part of the national squad, said that accepting this role from HI does not mean she has retired from the game. The newly-instituted sub-j...

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Need to be ‘bomb-proof’ as a team: India hockey coach Craig Fulton | Hockey News – Times of India

CHENNAI: There's a lot happening too quickly in the still-nascent Craig Fulton era after India's new chief coach replaced Graham Reid in the hot seat this April.The six months that he had before the Asian Games when he joined couldn't have allowed him to make sweeping changes to India's game, but he wants to take every challenge coming his way, on and off the field, "head on".In the backdrop of his impressive achievements, which include a stint as Belgium's assistant coach during their golden triumphs at the 2018 World Cup and the Tokyo Olympics, Hockey India must be lauded for their choice of a candidate with a proven track record.Timesofindia.com caught up with the former South Africa international on the sidelines of the Asian Champions Trophy here, in Chennai.02:49Asian Champions Tr...

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PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag pair get first-round bye in BWF World Championships | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, and men's doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were given first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.This year's BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21 to 27.Sindhu, who won the women's singles world title in 2019, has been given a difficult draw, and she may play Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and Korea's top seed An Se Young, who are all clubbed in the top half of the draw.Sindhu is the lone Indian competing in the women's singles.Satwik and Chirag, the World Championships bronze medallists in men's doubles, attained a career-high world no.2 ranking last month after winning the Korea Open and are in top form.India's men's singles campaign wi...