AFC Asian Cup qualifier : India win over Myanmar by 1-0

India beat Myanmar 1-0 in their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier to start their campaign with a win and three points in the bag. A 90th-minute winner from Sunil Chhetri who started a counter-attack and finished it iff with a great run and assist from Udanta Singh saw the Blue Tigers top Group A which also includes Kyrgyzstan and Macau.

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Puerto Rico hires Shek Borkowski

Puerto Rico have hired a new women's national team director - former Haitian National Team Head Coach Shek Borkowski On March 11, 2017, the Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF) announced the appointment of Shek Borkowski as the technical director for all the women's national teams. Labrador Rosa, the FPF President said: “For the first time in history we are designating a national coach specifically and permanently for our women's teams, which highlights the importance we are giving to women's football, understanding that we have a great chance of achieving a significant and rapid progress at an international level. We understand that with the arrival of Borkowski we give a big boost to the growth of that process of female advancement." Borkowski, who was the women's national team coach for Haiti for the past five years, has to hit the ground running in order to organize and prepare a team as 2019 Women's World Cup qualifying in the Caribbean reg...

Swiss Open : HS Prannoy loses in QF

Defending champion H S Prannoy was knocked out of the men’s singles competition following a straight-game loss to China’s Shi Yuqi in the quarterfinals of the USD 120,000 event. Fifth seed Prannoy, who had beaten Yuqi at the Badminton Asia Team Championships last year, failed to produce his best game and went down 19-21 11-21 to the second seeded Chinese, who had reached the finals at All England last week. Earlier, fourth seeded Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also had suffered a 19-21 17-21 loss to fifth seeded Chinese duo of Zhang Nan and Li Yinhui. The 21-year-old Yuqi, who had beaten Prannoy at the Indonesian Masters 2015, opened a slender 11-9 lead at the break of the opening game. The Indian then surged to a 18-13 advantage only to let the Chinese claw his way back to pocket the first game. In the second game, Yuqi was more dominant as he broke off at 7-7 to distance himself from the Indian and eventually seal his place in the semi...

World Baseball Classic :Team USA beats Dominican Republic, moves on to semifinals

The game: The United States survived a shaky start, avoided losing control of the game early, and held on to their biggest victory in the WBC in eight years. Team USA, which trailed 2-0 in the first inning and in danger of going down 4-0 by the second, watched its bullpen suffocate rallies virtually every inning, with Giancarlo Stanton hitting the deciding blow with a monstrous two-run home run that broke open a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning., They are going to the championship round for the first time since 2009, joining Puerto Rico out of their pool. They will play Japan in the semifinal game Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. The other semifinal game will be Monday between undefeated Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. Team USA wiggled out of jams throughout the gamer to seize the victory, with the Dominican Republic putting runners on base every inning, and in four innings having runners in scoring position. Yet, inning after inning, USA escaped, using four relievers - Pat Neshek, Cli...

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