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India crowned Tri Nation-series champion

Agencies
August 25, 2017

Mumbai, Aug 25: Despite being held to a 1-1 draw by St. Kitts & Nevis at the Mumbai Football Arena last night, India triumphed the Tri-Nation Football Series 2017 with one win and a draw in the tournament.

St. Kitts & Nevis finished second with two consecutive draws.

Jackichand Singh started on a promising note and looked to be the major threat to the visitors, who poked a dangerous pass in the second-minute itself but Balwant Singh missed the header by a whisker.

Stephen Constantine's boys got the breakthrough in the 38th minute when Jackichand Singh headed a long ball from Rowllin Borges home to send the crowd into a delirium.

Indian midfielders were dictating the game from the scratch of the game and the St. Kitts & Nevis players were completely dominated by their Indian counterparts.

Meanwhile, it was Jackichand's second International goal and incidentally, both goals have been scored at this particular venue, the maiden one coming against Puerto Rico.

The boys went into the break with a one-goal lead.

Constantine opted to introduce Robin Singh after the break having withdrawn Balwant Singh who saw a first-half goal ruled offside in the 26th minute.

Nine minutes after the hour-mark, Bertie Carlos came very close to find the equaliser but Subrata Paul poked it away to give away with a corner to the visitors.

On the third consecutive corner, the Carribean side scored the equaliser from a looping header by Amory Gvaune in the 71st minute.

10 minutes to the end of the regulation time, Anirudh Thapa joined the fray to etch his name in the history book as the 517th player to debut for the Senior National Team.

Nikhil Poojary operated exuberantly from the right flank but his efforts could have been dealt well by the strikers.

In the added time, Robin Singh hit the woodwork and Md. Rafique's header missed the back the net by a whisker.

Meanwhile, India's enviable 9-match (including an unofficial friendly against Bhutan) winning spree came to an end with the 1-1 draw.

India are scheduled to play against Macau in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers on September 5.

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Agencies
May 9,2020

Tokyo, May 9: As the world continues to grapple with coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of Tokyo Game Show have cancelled 2020 showpiece event.

TGS 2020 was slated to be played from September 24 to September 27 at the Makuhari Messe convention center. However, there now talks going on for holding an online event instead.

According to the Verge, this is the first time that TGS has ever been cancelled since it started in 1996.

TGS 2020 gained more attention because of its status as the last major trade show before the launch of the upcoming next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.

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June 23,2020

Karachi, Jun 23: Pakistan cricketers Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf and rookie Haider Ali on Monday tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

"The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed three players - Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan - have tested positive for Covid-19," said the PCB in a statement.

"The players had shown no symptoms until they were tested in Rawalpindi on Sunday ahead of the Pakistan men's national cricket team's tour to England."

The infected players will go into self-isolation.

"The PCB medical panel is in contact with the three who have been advised to immediately go into self-isolation," the statement said.

Earlier this month, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was tested positive for the deadly virus.

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February 7,2020

New Delhi, Feb 7: It was on February 7, 1999, that Anil Kumble became just the second bowler in the history of cricket to take all ten wickets in an innings of a Test match.

He achieved the feat against Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, now known as Arun Jaitley cricket stadium in Delhi during the second Test of the two-match series.

India had set Pakistan a target of 420 runs in the match and the visitors got off to a steady start as openers Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar put on 101 runs for the first wicket.

It was then Kumble who came into the attack and wreaked havoc on the Pakistani batting line-up.

The spinner, also known as 'Jumbo' first dismissed Afridi (41) in the 25th over. After the right-handed batter's dismissal, India kept on taking wickets through Kumble and Pakistan was reduced to 128/6 in no time.

Kumble then kept on taking wickets at regular intervals and he got his tenth scalp in the 61st over after dismissing Wasim Akram.

This effort enabled India to register a win by 212 runs, and Kumble became the second bowler after England's Jim Laker to take all ten wickets in a single Test inning.

Kumble finished with the bowling figures of 10-74 from 26.3 overs.

Kumble announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008 and finished with 619 wickets in the longest format of the game.

He has the third-highest number of wickets in Tests, only behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Australia's Shane Warne (708).

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