AC Milan avoided a Halloween scare by beating Serie A strugglers SPAL 1-0 at the San Siro on Thursday to give coach Stefano Pioli his first win since replacing the sacked Marco Giampaolo.
The winds subsided in virtually all parts of the state Thursday and forecasters anticipated at least a week of calm weather, though there was no rain in the forecast that would reduce the threat of fall fires.The winds subsided in virtually all parts of the state Thursday and forecasters anticipated at least a week of calm weather, though there was no rain in the forecast that would reduce the threat of fall fires.
Captaining India is such an honour for Rohit Sharma that he would not fuss whether it's full time or sporadic, he said. Rohit captained India to Asia Cup victory last year and, with Virat Kohli resting, will lead the side again in the three-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh starting in New Delhi on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka for the 19th time in 22 meetings, winning 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals.
In a strongly-worded report earlier this week, the Commons watchdog said there was "convincing evidence" that Vaz was "evasive or unhelpful" during an investigation into his conduct.
As Indian cricket board (BCCI) gears up to host its first day-night Test in less than a month's time, focus is back on how the pink ball will behave. BCCI has asked SG, the makers of the red balls used in first-class cricket in India, to provide 72 new balls for the Test match against Bangladesh that is scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens from Nov 22.
Oman defeated Hong Kong by just 12 runs on Wednesday in a do-or-die T20 World Cup qualifier to reach the finals in Australia along with Scotland who thrashed United Arab Emirates by 90 runs. Oman and Scotland join Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Ireland, who had already booked their places in the 2020 showpiece but are still competing for the winner's trophy in UAE.
The Pentagon released video and photos of the US special forces raid that resulted in the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground who opened fire on the helicopters that ferried US forces in for the assault on Baghdadi's compound in Syria's Idlib province.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday vowed to ramp up pressure on China on multiple fronts, calling Beijing "truly hostile" to the United States. In the latest hawkish take on China by President Donald Trump's administration, Pompeo said he would deliver a series of speeches in coming months laying out cases against Beijing on areas from ideology to trade to its efforts for influence within the United States.
Some broke with pro-Trump friends and family. Many quit social media and now refrain from talking about politics. Others say they had old emotional wounds reopened by his presidency. The anger felt in Democratic strongholds like New York towards Donald Trump since he was elected three years ago has been on ample display in street protests and on social media.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday vowed to ramp up pressure on China on multiple fronts, calling Beijing "truly hostile" to the United States. In the latest hawkish take on China by President Donald Trump's administration, Pompeo said he would deliver a series of speeches in coming months laying out cases against Beijing on areas from ideology to trade to its efforts for influence within the United States.Some broke with pro-Trump friends and family. Many quit social media and now refrain from talking about politics. Others say they had old emotional wounds reopened by his presidency. The anger felt in Democratic strongholds like New York towards Donald Trump since he was elected three years ago has been on ample display in street protests and on social media.
The third strong earthquake this month shook the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties. The US Geological Survey said the 6.5-magnitude quake was centered 10 kilometers deep (6 miles) near Kisante town.
India's first-ever Day-Night Test, slated to be played against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens, is likely to have an early start which will eliminate the dew factor to a considerable degree, said local curator Sujan Mukherjee. The experienced campaigner also said that the wicket will be a sporting one like it has been at the relaid Eden Gardens square for the past few years.
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday officially recognizing the "Armenian genocide," a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already heightened tensions with Washington.
Electrical equipment caused two Southern California wildfires — one that killed three people and destroyed more than 1,600 homes last year — and another still smoldering in the well-heeled hills of Los Angeles, where thousands of people including Arnold Schwarzenegger fled homes in the dark, utilities said Tuesday.
The fast bowler has been out of action since coming back from the limited-overs leg in the WI in August. When the T20I squad for the home series against SA was picked, it was said that Bhuvneshwar was “unavailable”. TOI has learnt that the bowler is nursing a hamstring and side strain, and has been carrying the injury since July last year.
Lionel Messi made it clear he is fit and back to his scintillating best by tearing apart Real Valladolid on Tuesday in a thumping 5-1 victory for Barcelona. Messi scored another spell-binding free-kick at Camp Nou after his sumptuous pass had already teed up Arturo Vidal for Barca's second. He then drove home his second late on before sliding through Luis Suarez to make it five.
Daniil Medvedev suffered a shock second-round defeat by French world number 65 Jeremy Chardy at the Paris Masters on Tuesday, ending his bid to reach a seventh straight final, while his fellow Russian Karen Khachanov's title defence met a quick end.
The iconic Eden Gardens is now set to become India's first venue to host a day-night Test match. The second Test of Bangladesh’s upcoming tour — comprising three T20 Internationals and two Test matches — will be played under lights at Eden from Nov 22 to 26. Sourav Ganguly, prez BCCI, has been quite vocal on the need to stage D/N Tests to rekindle spectator interest.
Namibia will appear at the T20 World Cup for the first time after beating Oman in Dubai, joining the Netherlands on Tuesday in qualifying for next year's tournament. All-rounder JJ Smit blasted 59 off 25 balls as Namibia beat Oman by 54 runs to progress to the eight-team first round of the World Cup in Australia in October 2020.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to "listen" to "science" and not awards. Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's annual environment prize.
British MPs on Tuesday voted in favour of holding general elections on December 12 following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fourth bid to force an early poll, a day after a similar attempt was rejected by the leaders as the European Union further extended the Brexit deadline until January 31.
In 2016, the board's technical committee, under the chairmanship of incumbent BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, had decided to run a pilot project with Duleep Trophy being played with pink balls. That experiment was not very encouraging.
A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines Tuesday, authorities said, rattling buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing into the streets. The shallow tremor hit the island of Mindanao in the same region where a deadly quake struck earlier this month, the US Geological Survey said, adding there was no tsunami threat.
Trump on Monday tweeted a photo of a Belgian Malinois that he said worked with a team of special forces in the capture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a tunnel beneath a compound in northeastern Syria. The name and other details about the dog remain a secret.
It's learnt that the BCCI has proposed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to play the second Test at the Eden in Kolkata, from November 22 to 26, in a Day/Night format. The move seems to be a brainchild of former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who, after taking over as the BCCI president on October 23, spoke in favour of Day/Night Tests.
Emerging cricket nation PNG were 19/6 against Kenya after an early collapse at Dubai International Stadium but ended up thrashing the Africans by 45 runs on Sunday ultimately topped their group at the tournament due to a higher net run rate and qualify directly for their first World Cup in any format.
Lewis Hamilton drove to a near-flawless victory, but not yet a sixth drivers' world championship on Sunday when he claimed his 10th win of the season for Mercedes at the Mexican Grand Prix.
The Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished second best after losing the finals in straight games against top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia at the French Open Super 750 in Paris on Sunday. The Indian duo suffered a 18-21 16-21 loss to Marcus and Kevin, the world No.1 pair currently.
The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles final of the Yonex French Open, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, in Paris, on Saturday. In an exciting semifinal, the unseeded pair shocked No. 5 seeds Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watamabe of Japan 21-11, 25-23 in 50 minutes. This is also the second final of the year for Satwik and Chirag.
With a hat-trick each from Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy, Leceister equalled the record of biggest win in the Premier League history as they hammered the Saints 9-0, which matched the 9-0 win Manchester United registered in the 1995 season against Ipswich.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has been forced to fall back on ageless Leander Paes for India’s highly-anticipated Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group-I tie against Pakistan after both non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi and leading doubles player Rohan Bopanna refused to travel to Islamabad, citing security concerns.
With two World T20 tournaments coming up in 2020 and 2021 and the ongoing World Test championship cycle, there’s a lot on Team India’s plate. Coach Ravi Shastri puts things in perspective in an exclusive chat with TOI.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday (local time) was knocked out of the ongoing French Open. Sindhu lost her quarter-final match against Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying 16-21, 26-24, 17-21. Earlier in the day, men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy advanced to the semi-finals.
Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed flames and fears in the state still jittery from devastating wildfires in the past two years. Officials said they did not yet know how many homes had burned in the state, and that no immediate injuries were reported.