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Metz: Depleted Paris Saint-Germain gave debuts to two teenagers but still won 2-0 at Metz on Friday in another Ligue 1 game interrupted by fan banners. Angel Di Maria and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored the goals the visitors needed to win an undistinguished game and move to the top of the table. Angel Di Maria celebrates scoring for PSG against Metz. Reuters/Vincent Kessler "We won, and that was important," said Di Maria. Neymar, who reportedly wants to return to Spain, was again left out of the squad as negotiations over his potential transfer drag on. "It depends on Barcelona. We were open to talk," PSG sporting director Leonardo said after the game in Metz, adding that there was no agreement yet with Barcelona. "We have always said that he could leave if a proposal that satisfies us arrives. This is not the case." Another player who has become the centre of speculation, goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, dropped to the bench. Areola, a France inter

The excitement, anxiety and fear is palpable across Assam on the eve of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), a document unique to the state, which was first published in 1951 and is being updated for over six years now under the watch of the Supreme Court. The NRC aims to list legal citizens and non-nationals illegally settled in the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NEoAad

The excitement, anxiety and fear is palpable across Assam on the eve of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), a document unique to the state, which was first published in 1951 and is being updated for over six years now under the watch of the Supreme Court. The NRC aims to list legal citizens and non-nationals illegally settled in the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2HCHQkv

New Delhi : Pardeep Narwal's superhuman effort lit up New Delhi's Thyagaraj Sports Complex on Friday, but failed to pull Patna Pirates over the finish line as they fell short against Dabang Delhi KC in a nail-biting encounter that went 38-35 in hosts' favour. File image of Pardeep Narwal. Twitter/@Patna Pirates Narwal, 22, lifted Pirates from a horror start that saw them slip to a 23-7 deficit inside first seven minutes of the match and brick by brick, raid by raid, single-handedly resurrected Pirates even as the partisan home crowd brought the house down. Narwal's bloodymindedness gave Pirates more than a glimmer of hope as he created chances at regular intervals and converted them too. He scored 18 of Pirates' 35 points and was clearly the best raider on view. The five-minute period between the seventh and the 12th minutes of the game gave ample early signs of the storm that Narwal was about to unleash. He followed his back-to-back successful raids with an A

The track at Sabina Park in Kingston, in times gone by, when West Indies ruled the cricket world, used to have a sheen that intimidated the visiting teams for the pace it held. As West Indies were looking to square the series at Jamaica after being thrashed at Antigua, a pitch that bore a very different look from its past welcomed the teams; green grass with a bit of moisture with cracks already visible. Jason Holder, on a more placid wicket in Antigua used a four-man seam attack but at Jamaica, decided that he along with Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel would be sufficient to take the seam bowling duties and handed debut to Antiguan Rahkeem Cornwall who would bowl 27 out of the 90 overs on his first day of Test cricket. Holder has had to carry a lot of responsibilities in this West Indian side: be a capable third seamer that can switch between attack and defense; bat by taking his time or look to score fast lower down the order; marshal the troops as the captain. That is a lot to put

New Delhi:  'Kabaddi is a team game'. You hear this very often by kabaddi players and coaches alike. It does not really matter who gets a Super 10, a High 5 on a day, if the team is not playing together, a win will be hard to earn. Puneri Paltan's performance on Friday was a case in point. There were no standout performances. Nitin Tomar collected 8 points and Manjeet finished with 9. The defence was tight and Anup Kumar kept the team going from the sidelines. All these factors led to the team finding its way through 40 minutes against Telugu Titans. Vishal Bhardwaj (extreme left) trying to catch a Paltan raider during Friday's clash. Image courtesy:PKL Both these teams were lagging at the bottom and wanted to prove a point in the penultimate match of the Delhi leg. Puneri Paltan started off well with Nitin and Manjeet making it 5-0 in under two minutes after the start of play. By the sixth minute, Titans were left with just two players on the mat in the form of V

Djokovic will next meet former champion Stan Wawrinka from The Hindu - Sport https://ift.tt/2ZmskEe

Rio de Janeiro:  India's Deepak Kumar was left to rue a poor start after finishing seventh to miss out on an Olympic quota in the men's 10m air rifle event of the World Cup on Friday. Deepak Kumar started poorly and couldn't prolong his place in the final of ISSF Shooting World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Reuters file photo Needing to finish above any one of two competitors to secure India's ninth Tokyo Olympic quota place, Deepak could not make the cut after making the finals. Earlier, Deepak had bagged the eighth and final qualifying spot with a brilliant finish at the end, which gave him a score of 627.9 after 60 qualifying shots. Five of the eight finalists could not claim quotas and Deepak had to finish above either Australian Dane Sampson or Slovakian Patrik Jany to claim one of the two available Tokyo berths. He was poorest off the blocks though, beginning with a couple of 9.7 and 9.2s, which eventually cost him the quota as even after shooting nothing below 10

Berlin: Timo Werner scored a hattrick as RB Leipzig won 3-1 at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday to move top of the fledgeling Bundesliga table. The German international striker was at his clinical best as Julian Nagelsmann's fine start to life as Leipzig coach continued with a third straight win to kick off the league season. Timo Werner scored a hattrick in RB Leipzig's win at Moenchengladbach. Ina Fassbender/AFP "In the first half, we didn't really know how we were ahead," admitted Werner, a few days after extending his contract with the club until 2023. "We were a bit lucky, but it was good to score the second goal at the very beginning of the second half." Leipzig, who were drawn in Champions League Group G alongside Zenit Saint-Petersburg, Benfica and Lyon on Thursday, had beaten Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt in their first two games. They continued their strong form as Werner latched onto Emil Forsberg's through ball to slip

Rally star Gaurav Gill talks about the evolution of his driving, his philosophy of racing and what he still wants to achieve in the sport from The Hindu - Motorsport https://ift.tt/2ZFcGDk

Rally star Gaurav Gill talks about the evolution of his driving, his philosophy of racing and what he still wants to achieve in the sport from The Hindu - Sport https://ift.tt/2ZFcGDk

Rome: Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has signed a year-long loan deal with Roma for three million euros ($3.2 million), the Serie A club confirmed on Friday. "This is the perfect opportunity for me," said the 29-year-old England centre-back. Chris Smalling has joined AS Roma on loan. Image courtesy: Twitter @ChrisSmalling "The chance to experience a new league, with a big team that has got big aspirations is exactly what I needed. "Hopefully I can hit the ground running. I'm looking forward to joining up with my teammates." Smalling, who has 31 caps for England, made 323 appearances for United during nine years at Old Trafford, winning the Premier League twice. But he has fallen out of favour, with the club signing Harry Maguire for £80 million (90 million euros, $97 million) from Leicester. "Chris fancied the chance to go over there; it's a new experience, new adventure," said United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. "H

Milan: Veteran Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini will undergo surgery after tearing a ligament in his right knee in training, the Serie A champions announced on Friday. The Turin club said that the defender had suffered the injury in training on Friday and that tests "showed a lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament." File image of Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini. Reuters "It will be necessary to have surgery in the coming days," said the club website. Juventus did not give details of how long the 35-year-old would be sidelined, but according to reports in Italy, it could be up to five months. The eight-time reigning champions have signed Dutch defender Matthijs De Ligt this season but the absence of Chiellini will be a blow. Juventus can count on Leonardo Bonucci and Daniele Rugani in defence along with Turkey's Merih Demiral, signed from Sassuolo. Chiellini scored the first goal of the Serie A season last Saturday as the champions kicked off their

New York: Britain's Johanna Konta extended her strong run of Grand Slam results this year by blasting past Chinese 33rd seed Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 to make the US Open last 16 on Friday. Konta, the 16th seed, equalled her 2015 and 2016 runs to the fourth round in New York and will play former runner-up Karolina Pliskova for a spot in the quarter-finals. Johanna Konta celebrates her win over Shuai Zhang. Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today Sports via Reuters She has experienced middling fortunes on the WTA circuit this season while producing some of her best tennis at the majors, reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros and then advancing to the last eight at Wimbledon last month. "I don't think there's necessarily any specific magic click or pill or anything, but I definitely feel like I've been giving myself every opportunity possible to get better and grow," Konta said. "I don't think I necessarily allowed losing in the first round of Toronto or C

New York: Britain's Johanna Konta extended her strong run of Grand Slam results this year by blasting past Chinese 33rd seed Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 to make the US Open last 16 on Friday. Konta, the 16th seed, equalled her 2015 and 2016 runs to the fourth round in New York and will play former runner-up Karolina Pliskova for a spot in the quarter-finals. Johanna Konta celebrates her win over Shuai Zhang. Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today Sports via Reuters She has experienced middling fortunes on the WTA circuit this season while producing some of her best tennis at the majors, reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros and then advancing to the last eight at Wimbledon last month. "I don't think there's necessarily any specific magic click or pill or anything, but I definitely feel like I've been giving myself every opportunity possible to get better and grow," Konta said. "I don't think I necessarily allowed losing in the first round of Toronto or C

New York: Stan Wawrinka is on a collision course with reigning US Open champion Novak Djokovic after the Swiss star returned to the fourth round on Friday for the first time since capturing the 2016 title. The 34-year-old Wawrinka, seeded 23rd in New York, beat Italian lucky loser Paolo Lorenzi 6-4, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4) and will meet either World No 1 Djokovic or American Denis Kudla in the last 16. Stan Wawrinka celebrates after beating Paolo Lorenzi in the third round. AP/Michael Owens "It was a tough match for sure," said Wawrinka, who smacked 64 winners against 135th-ranked Lorenzi. "I'm happy to get through and am just trying to focus on my game. I wasn't at my best level but am happy with the fight and win." Wawrinka needed five sets to come through his opener against Italian qualifier Jannik Sinner and was then made to play on consecutive days after rain disrupted the schedule, his victory over Lorenzi coming 24 hours after he beat Jeremy Chardy i

In 1956 she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her long poem, 'Sunehade' (Messages) from The Hindu - Entertainment https://ift.tt/2UjBmw1

Captain Virat Kohli's fighting 76 and opener Mayank Agarwal's half century helped India reach 264 for 5 on Day 1 to take a slight edge over the West Indies in their World Test Championships second match in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday. Hanuma Vihari (42*) and Rishabh Pant (27*) were unbeaten at the crease when umpires called it a day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2zx2HkH

The merged entity comprising Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will become the second largest lender after SBI. The merger of Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will create the fifth largest lender, with the Union Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank amalgamation at number six, based on business at the end of March 2019. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Uo1dD5

Kingston: India posted a score of 264/5 on day one of the second Test of the two-match series against West Indies at Sabina Park on Friday. Both Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 42 and 27 respectively at the close of play on day one. Kohli brought up his half-century in the 55th over of the innings. AP After being put in to bat, India had a steady start as openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal laid down a solid foundation for the team. Both the batsmen put up a stand of 32 runs, but their resistance was cut short as Windies skipper had Rahul (13) caught at first slip. Cheteshwar Pujara (6) once again failed to leave a mark as he was dismissed by debutant Rahkeem Cornwall, reducing India to 46/2. Agarwal and skipper Kohli ensured that the team does not lose more wickets, and the side got to a score of 72/2 at the lunch break. Both the batsmen resumed their innings after the lunch break and the duo was able to bring up the fifty-run stand just twenty minutes aft

03:30 (IST) That's all we have for you today. Do join us for all the action tomorrow, the blog will be up from 7 pm IST onwards. Till then, it is a goodbye. 03:11 (IST) After 90 overs,India 264/5 ( Hanuma Vihari 42 , Rishabh Pant (W) 27) Roach, who bowled the first over of the day, will also close the opening day, can he break Vihari's concentration? Absolutely NOT! Instead Vihari has whipped couple of boundaries to deep mid wicket fence as Vihari and Pant see off the seven overs of the second new ball. They added vital 62 runs for the sixth wicket stand after Kohli's departure and once again grabbed the advantage that West Indies threatened to take after the dismissal of the Indian captain. An excellent day for India after having lost the toss. Still lot of work left to do on the second day of Jamaica Test. West Indies bowling was impressive barring Gabriel who was not 100 percent fit and bowled poorly, while Roach doesn't have wickets to reflect as to how go

The country's GDP growth slowed to an over six-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter, dragged down by manufacturing sector expansion of just 0.6%, sluggish financial services, farm and construction sectors and a slowdown in consumption. “The slowdown in growth is due to endogenous and exogenous factors,” said chief economic adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZBzDqW

किंगस्टन सलामी बल्लेबाज मयंक अग्रवाल (55) और कप्तान विराट कोहली (76) की अर्धशतकीय पारियों की बदौलत भारत ने वेस्टइंडीज के खिलाफ दूसरे टेस्ट मैच के पहले दिन अपनी स्थिति मजबूत कर ली है। पहले दिन का खेल खत्म होने पर भारत ने 5 विकेट गंवाकर 264 रन बना लिए हैं। युवा बल्लेबाज ऋषभ पंत (27)और हनुमा विहारी (42)क्रीज पर डटे हुए हैं। वेस्टइंडीज के कप्तान जेसन होल्डर ने भारत के दोनों सलामी बल्लेबाजों को चलता किया जबकि चेतेश्वर पुजारा का विकेट पदार्पण कर रहे रहकीम कोर्नवाल को मिला। भारत ने घसियाले पिच पर लोकेश राहुल (13), चेतेश्वर पुजारा (6), मयंक अग्रवाल (55), कप्तान विराट कोहली (76) और उपकप्तान अजिंक्य रहाणे (24) का विकेट गंवा दिया है। मयंक अग्रवाल ने अपनी अर्धशतकीय पारी के दौरान 127 गेंद में सात चौके लगाए। इससे पहले वेस्टइंडीज के कप्तान जेसन होल्डर ने टास जीत कर भारत को बल्लेबाजी का न्यौता दिया। राहुल और अग्रवाल ने मुश्किल पिच पर पहले आधे घंटे बिना कोई जोखिम उठाए बिताया। वेस्टइंडीज के शुरूआती गेंदबाजों केमार रोच और शेनोन गैब्रियल पिच से ज्यादा फायदा नहीं उठा सके। कप्तान होल्डर ने सातवें ओवर में

  How much do patterns and history matter in tennis? A great deal – even for someone as pattern-destroying and history-defying as Petra Kvitova. The Czech has spent a good chunk of the last decade breaking open the carefully constructed templates of her opponents with stone-cold winners out of nowhere. She has also shown a remarkable ability to forget the many unforced errors she commits, by starting each new point with a blank slate. But against Andrea Petkovic in the US Open second round, Kvitova couldn’t quite shake off the memories of her past struggles against the German. She also couldn’t find a way to counter the pointed incisions the German was making into her game; the stone-cold winners were still present, but never appeared when she needed them the most. The result? A surprisingly routine 6-4, 6-4 loss for the World No 6. Andrea Petkovic in action at the US Open. AP Petkovic has famously suffered the mother of all declines over the past few years. After breaking into

नई दिल्ली को इंटरनैशनल क्रिकेट से संन्यास लिए भले 6 साल हो गए हों, लेकिन मास्टर ब्लास्टर को आज भी कहीं क्रिकेट खेलने का मौका मिले, तो वह बिना देर किए बल्ला थामने का मौका नहीं चूकते। गुरुवार को एक बार फिर तेंडुलकर ने कुछ ऐसा ही किया। सचिन यहां एक शूटिंग के सिलसिले में पहुंचे हुए थे। यहां उन्हें काम से थोड़ा वक्त मिला तो फिर उन्होंने क्रू टीम के साथ चौके-छक्के लगाने शुरू कर दिए। इस बीच बॉलिवुड के दो स्टार और भी सचिन को बोलिंग करते हुए दिखाई दिए। सचिन ने करीब दो मिनट का यह विडियो अपने टि्वटर अकाउंट पर शेयर किया है। इस विडियो में सचिन यहां बैटिंग बोलिंग और कोचिंग बारी-बारी सब करते हुए दिखाई दे रहे हैं। मास्टर ब्लास्टर यहां अपने साथियों के साथ टेनिस की गेंद से क्रिकेट खेले। पढ़ें: दरअसल सचिन शूट के लिए कहीं आए हुए थे और यहां वह अपनी क्रू टीम के क्रिकेट खेलने लगे। फिर अचानक ही वहां वरुण धवन उन्हें बोलिंग करने आए, तो सचिन पहले उनसे गले लगे और फिर कुछ पल बात की इसके बाद अभिषेक बच्चन के साथ उन्होंने ऐसा ही किया और खेल जारी रखा। बाद में सचिन ने कुछ पलों के लिए गेंदबाजी भी की और क्रू मेंबर्स

Rio de Janeiro: Asian Games medallist Abhishek Verma won the gold while teen sensation Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the bronze as Indian shooters dominated the podium in the men's 10m air pistol event of the ongoing ISSF World Cup. Verma, a part-time lawyer, shot 244.2 in the eight-man final on Thursday, while the 17-year-old Chaudhary's 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze after five gold medals this year. Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary in a file photo. AFP The silver medal went to Turkey's Ismail Keles, who aggregated 243.1 in the season's fourth ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters. India are now placed at the top of the medals tally with two gold, one silver and a bronze. India have already exhausted the maximum Olympic quotas available per country in this event, with both Verma and Chaudhary securing the sports in the previous qualifying events. In the qualification round on Thursday, Chaudhary was fourth with 584 points and Verma entered

Palma: Andy Murray suffered a setback in his return from injury as he slipped to a surprise last-16 loss to World No 240 Matteo Viola at the second-tier Challenger event in Mallorca on Thursday. The three-time Grand Slam champion, returning after hip surgery, was beaten 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) by his Italian opponent. File image of Andy Murray. AP/Andy Brownbill Murray was competing in a Challenger tournament for the first time since 2005 and had cruised through his opening two matches at the Rafa Nadal Open in straight sets. A third consecutive such victory looked on the cards when he took the opening set with two breaks of the Viola serve, but he dropped the second despite twice fighting back from a break down. The former World No 1 again recovered an early break in the decider, but lost a tie-break on Viola's second match point. The 32-year-old, currently ranked 328th in the world, had a metal hip implanted in January and pulled out of the doubles at the ongoing US Open in or

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday offered in the Supreme Court to remain in CBI's custody till September 2 in the INX Media corruption case. Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21, is in the CBI custody till Friday and will be produced before the concerned trial court on expiry of his remand. from Times of India https://ift.tt/30LG34b

New York: Simona Halep said she was "not inspired at all" in Thursday's US Open loss to 116th-ranked American qualifier Taylor Townsend as her miserable run in New York continued. The reigning Wimbledon champion saved a pair of match points but then failed to convert one in the final set of a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) defeat. Simona Halep said she struggled with inspiration in her loss to Taylor Townsend. AP/Kevin Hagen "I was not inspired at all today, but I fought. I thought when I came back that I will take it and I will win it. But sometimes it goes the other way," Halep said, digesting another early Flushing Meadows exit following first-round losses in 2017 and 2018. "I'm used to it. It's the third year. I'm disappointed. I had expectations from myself that I'm confident and I feel the game. But today was different. I was very close. I had match ball. But, you know, sometimes it happens. "She played really well. She really deserved

नई दिल्ली लिमिटेड ओवर क्रिकेट में टीम इंडिया की बात हो तो फिर विकेटकीपर के रूप में पूर्व कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी से बेहतर विकल्प कोई नजर नहीं आता। भारतीय टीम का अगल लक्ष्य है, जो 2020 में ऑस्ट्रेलिया में खेला जाएगा। क्रिकेट के इस शॉर्ट फॉर्मेट में टीम इंडिया इसी लक्ष्य की तैयारी में जुटी है। टी20 वर्ल्ड कप की शुरुआत से पहले भारत के पास अपनी टीम तैयार करने के लिए 22 टी20 मैच ही बचे हैं। ऐसे में सवाल उठता है कि टी20 फॉर्मेट में भारतीय टीम के लिए विकेट के पीछे कौन खड़ा होगा। क्या ये महेंद्र सिंह धोनी होंगे या फिर धोनी की जगह कोई और खिलाड़ी यहां नजर आएगा। अभी तक धोनी ने नहीं लिया संन्यास 38 वर्षीय धोनी ने अभी तक उन कयासों को भी गलत साबित किया है, जिनमें माना जा रहा था कि वनडे वर्ल्ड कप 2019 के बाद वह क्रिकेट को अलविदा कह देंगे। वर्ल्ड कप के बाद अभी तक न तो धोनी ने अपने ग्लब्स उतारने का ऐलान किया और न ही टीम इंडिया के सिलेक्टर्स ने उन्हें टीम में चुना। वर्ल्ड कप के बाद टी20I सीरीज के लिए दो बार टीम इंडिया का चयन हो चुका है। पहली बार टीम इंडिया वेस्ट इंडीज दौरे पर टी20I सीरीज खेली, तो अब

New Delhi: Tamil Thalaivas find themselves in a spot of bother suddenly. It has been 20 days now since they last won a match this season. The defeat in Thursday's encounter meant they have lost three matches on the trot, slipping to ninth in the points table. A team which had a decent start in the tournament fell off the track in their home leg itself, losing three matches out of four in Chennai while one ended in a draw. Rahul Chaudhary (in yellow jersey) displayed one of his worst PKL performances against Bengal Warriors on Thursday. Image courtesy: PKL When the team entered the contest against Bengal Warriors on Thursday, they would have aimed to start afresh. This was their first and only match in Delhi, and on a very special evening also. Thakur had been conferred with the Arjuna Award earlier in the day in the national capital. The Indian national team captain had waited for the award for long and playing the game of kabaddi on the same day as the ceremony must have ins