Friday 10 May 2013
Saturday 4 May 2013
Online ticket sale for IPL qualifiers begin.
IPL NEWS
Online ticket sale for IPL qualifiers begin.
The online ticket sales of the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 2 and the final to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on May 24 and 26 respectively began on Saturday on the official website of the cash-rich Twenty20 league.
The ticket sales began at 11 a.m. on Saturday at www.iplt20.com.
The minimum price of the tickets is Rs. 300, the IPL said in a release.
Information pertaining to the box-office ticket sales of the two games will be announced soon. The details regarding the online and box-office ticket sales of the Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator to be played at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground in New Delhi on May 21 and 22 respectively will also be announced soon.
The team ranked first at the end of the league stage will play the team ranked second in Qualifier 1 at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground in New Delhi on May 21. The winner of this game will qualify for the final.
The team ranked third at the end of the league stage will play the team ranked fourth in the Eliminator at the Kotla on May 22. The winner of the Eliminator will play the loser of Qualifier 1 in the third playoff (Qualifier 2) at the Eden Gardens here on May 24.
The final between the winners of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2 will be played at the Eden Gardens here on May 26.
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PV Sindhu wins Malaysia Open Grand Prix
Badminton News
Shuttler PV Sindhu wins Malaysia Open Grand Prix
PV Sindhu
KUALA LUMPUR:
PV Sindhu reaffirmed her status as the rising star of Indian badminton as she lifted her maiden Grand Prix Gold title in Malaysia after getting the better of Juan Gu of Singapore in a gruelling final on Saturday.
The top-seeded Indian took an hour and 11 minutes to prevail over her fifth seeded opponent, 21-17 17-21 21-19.
What turned out to be a close match, the in-form Sindhu played the smash winners better than Gu.
The World No.13 Indian shuttler hit as many as 17 smash winners compared to just nine by the Singaporean girl.
Sindhu opened up a 5-0 lead in the first game but the World No. 27 came back brilliantly to make it 7-7.
The Singaporean then won a couple of more points to climb to a 10-7 lead.
But the tall Indian teenager showed her class as she went on to clinch six consecutive points to make it 13-10 before surging ahead and forcing her rival into submission to claim the game 21-17.
In the second game, however, Gu launched a tough fight against the Indian. It was a neck-and-neck battle till 15-15 before Gu notched up three straight points to take a lead and wrap it up at 21-17.
The third and deciding game started on an even footing and the two were tied at 5-5. But Gu upped the ante, even as Sindhu seemed went haywire for a while. Gu went on to take a massive 13-7 lead and it seemed all over for the Indian.
But with Gu leading 15-10, Sindhu fought back to pocket four points on the trot and reduce the gap to 14-15.
Thereafter the match tilted from one end to another with the scores levelled at 18-18 at one stage.
Sindhu managed to bag two more points and pushed herself when it mattered most to close the issue at 21-19.
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Viswanathan Anand finishes third
Chess News
Viswanathan Anand draws with Boris Gelfand, finishes third
RUSSIA:
World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Boris Gelfand of Israel in the ninth and final round to finish third in the Alekhine memorial chess tournament.
Playing the black side of a Semi-Slav, Anand got nothing to push for as Gelfand played solidly for one of his best performance ever. The Israeli ended as joint first along with Levon Aronian of Armenia who defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in his final game.
In other games of the day, Nikita Vituigov of Russia mishandled a promising position and drew with Ding Liren of China while another Russian, Peter Svidler, shared a point with Laurent Fressinet of France.
World number three Vladimir Kramnik was still pressing for a victory against Michael Adams of Englands and though the result will not have much implication for the winners, Adams can finish joint third if he pulls off a draw.
Both Gelfand and Aronian ended on 5.5 points and Anand is sole third as of now with five points in all. After a shocking first-round loss, it was a good comeback by Anand who started winning only in the fifth round of the tournament. For the records, the Indian ace won two, lost one and drew the remaining seven games.
Anand went for a similar variation he had employed against Vachier-Lagraev in one of the earlier rounds and did not face problems as Gelfand was also content with a peaceful result.
The Israel pressed for some time but could not make any progress with Anand going for piece trading in a heap. The players soon arrived at a drawn endgame where the draw was agreed to after 40 moves.
Vachier-Lagraev ran completely out of luck in the last round too. Having lost the penultimate game to Nikita Vituigov, the French Grandmaster has lost his lead and ran into a spirited Aronian, who handled the intricacies of a Grunfeld in masterly fashion.
It was a long theoretical duel wherein Aronian manoeuvred his forces well to reach a better endgame, calculated precisely and won an exchange after which the victory was imminent.
Playing the black side of a Semi-Slav, Anand got nothing to push for as Gelfand played solidly for one of his best performance ever. The Israeli ended as joint first along with Levon Aronian of Armenia who defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in his final game.
In other games of the day, Nikita Vituigov of Russia mishandled a promising position and drew with Ding Liren of China while another Russian, Peter Svidler, shared a point with Laurent Fressinet of France.
World number three Vladimir Kramnik was still pressing for a victory against Michael Adams of Englands and though the result will not have much implication for the winners, Adams can finish joint third if he pulls off a draw.
Both Gelfand and Aronian ended on 5.5 points and Anand is sole third as of now with five points in all. After a shocking first-round loss, it was a good comeback by Anand who started winning only in the fifth round of the tournament. For the records, the Indian ace won two, lost one and drew the remaining seven games.
Anand went for a similar variation he had employed against Vachier-Lagraev in one of the earlier rounds and did not face problems as Gelfand was also content with a peaceful result.
The Israel pressed for some time but could not make any progress with Anand going for piece trading in a heap. The players soon arrived at a drawn endgame where the draw was agreed to after 40 moves.
Vachier-Lagraev ran completely out of luck in the last round too. Having lost the penultimate game to Nikita Vituigov, the French Grandmaster has lost his lead and ran into a spirited Aronian, who handled the intricacies of a Grunfeld in masterly fashion.
It was a long theoretical duel wherein Aronian manoeuvred his forces well to reach a better endgame, calculated precisely and won an exchange after which the victory was imminent.
Results round 9:
- Boris Gelfand (Isr, 5.5) drew with V Anand (Ind, 5);
- Levon Aronian (Arm, 5.5) beat Maxime Vachier-Lagraev (Fra, 4.5);
- Peter Svidler (Rus, 3) drew with Laurent Fressinet (Fra, 4.5);
- Nikita Vituigov (Rus, 4.5) drew with Ding Liren (Chn, 3.5);
- Michael Adams (Eng, 4.5) playing Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 3.5).
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News about Gambhir
News
Gambhir clears air about verbal duel with Dravid
A file photo of Gautam Gambhir.
Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Gautam Gambhir on Saturday sought to downplay his verbal duel with Rajasthan Royals counterpart Rahul Dravid in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, insisting that he never exchanged harsh words with the legendary batsman.
This was the second time that Gambhir found himself involved in an on-field spat after a run-in with Virat Kohli in a previous IPL match.
On Friday night in the fifth over of the KKR innings, the incident started with Manvender Bisla and Shane Watson exchanging a few words after the Australia sought to intimidate the Indian with the ball on his follow through.
Dravid stepped in to try and calm Bisla but the stumper asked him to cool off Watson first. Gambhir, who was batting at the other end, joined the heated discussion even as Dravid walked past the two with a smile on his face.
In the next over, when Gambhir was stumped by Dinesh Yagnik off Watson, the batsman again appeared to be exchanging some words with Dravid before walking off.
However, Gambhir sought to clear the air saying he did not disrespect Dravid during the incident.
“Guys, u have got it all wrong. No harsh words exchanged between me n Rahul bhai. He was n will always be a respected teammate. No fuss plz,” he wrote on his twitter page.
Gambhir actually ridiculed the way last night’s incident was hyped.
“Guess we are always obsessed wid some drama or spice.
Sorry none existed between me and rahul. Always respect him,” read his second tweet.
Before Gambhir, Australian spin legend Shane Warne, who led the Rajasthan Royals to the IPL title in 2008, took a jibe at the Indian opener on the same site.
“Question cricket followers - is Ghambir in the top 3 annoying cricketers on the planet ???,” Warne wrote on his twitter page.
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