Akane Yamaguchi defeated PV Sindhu in the final on Sunday in straight games to clinch the Indonesia Open 2019 title. In the first game, PV Sindhu was leading 11-8 at one stage but Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi came back strongly and won nine consecutive points to take the first game 21-15. In the second game, Sindhu was playing catch-up throughout. At ...

Dhoni opts out of West Indies tour, Hardik rested, Bumrah only for Tests Amid intense speculation over his future, MS Dhoni is not travelling with the India squad to the West Indies. Chief selector MSK Prasad has said the wicketkeeper-batsman has “expressed his unavailability” for the tour. Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya have been rested from the white-ball leg of ...

Colombo (Sports Link Report) Srialanka defeated pakistan by 1 run and won the 15th West asia Baseball Cup 2019 here at Colombo. After a tough, interesting and sensational match in the ninth and last inning the final score was 5-4. However, Pakistan also qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Round along with the winner srilanka.from pakistan fazal, sameer zawar, arsalan and ...

Wolves beat champions Manchester City to win the pre-season Premier League Asia Trophy following a bizarre penalty shootout in China. Four of the first five penalties were saved or missed before keeper Rui Patricio denied City’s Lukas Nmecha to give Wolves a 3-2 shootout victory. The game was level at 0-0 following 90 minutes of an intriguing match in which ...

Russia’s sports ministry has refused to include cricket on its register of officially recognised sports. The order was issued on 15 July – the day after England’s dramatic Cricket World Cup final win over New Zealand. Among the sports officially recognised in Russia are petanque, draughts and mini-golf. Exclusion from the official list does not amount to a ban, but ...

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi lauded his side’s “incredible” Africa Cup of Nations triumph on Friday as Baghdad Bounedjah’s early goal earned a 1-0 victory over Senegal in the final. Bounedjah gave Algeria a dream start against Sadio Mane’s Senegal, the top team in Africa, in front of a large Cairo crowd when his deflected shot looped over Senegal goalkeeper Alfred ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic lived up to the bravado on Friday, scoring all three goals to power the LA Galaxy to a hard fought 3-2 victory over MLS rivals Los Angeles Football Club. The unstoppable 37-year-old showed he’s still capable of astounding feats by dominating the smaller LAFC defence and scoring when it counted the most for his second career MLS hat-trick. ...

PV Sindhu marched into her first final of 2019 after brushing aside second seed Chen Yu Fei of China in the Indonesia Open semi-finals. After struggling early in the match, PV Sindhu fought back brilliantly to win the match 21-19, 21-10 to set up a final clash against fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on Sunday. Sindhu was looking down ...

Lahore:The High Performance Skill and Training Program for national Under-19 cricketers will commence from 22 July at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. A contingent of 17 players – comprising members of the Pakistan side which whitewashed South Africa Under-19 in a seven-match away one-day series – will gather at the NCA by 21 July. The coaches will analyse the ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) held its inaugural meeting at the National Cricket Academy on Thursday to discuss matters ranging from player safety to fitness and health protocols for domestic and international players. The nine-member committee discussed the necessity of enhancing the medical standards – to meet the criteria set by the International Cricket Council – across ...