India clubbed with Egypt, Switzerland, Jamaica in inaugural Men's Hockey5s World Cup
Britain's women beat New Zealand 3-1 to take Olympic hockey bronze on Friday, winning a match played mostly in midfield in which all the goals came from set-piece penalty-corners.
Lovlina, who was knocked out in the first round in Gold Coast edition, attacked from the word go, using a combination of punches.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently the T20 series.
The Round of 16 at the 2015 Women's World Cup is taking shape. The final three days and 12 games of group play will supply the remaining 14 teams.
Stokes is also among the Test Cricket of the Year nominees alongside compatriot Jonny Bairstow, Australia opener Usman Khawaja and South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada.
'30 days for the start of the women's World Cup in NZ ..wish the Indian team and the rest of the teams all the very best ... @ICC @BCCI' Ganguly captioned the video.
HI Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh suggested that if the Pakistan hockey team can come to India, then the Men in Blue should also tour their neighbouring country.
The Indian men continued their winning streak by clinching the fifth Kabaddi World Cup title, while women bagged the crown for the fourth consecutive time.
The club's cricket committee considers the nomination of players for life membership as recognition to the 'outstanding international careers for some of the greats of the game'.
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Since hockey's introduction at Commonwealth Games 24 years ago, World No.1 Australia have been the most dominant force, having won all six gold medals till date.
India women's cricket team head coach Ramesh Powar on Sunday said that the workload management of senior bowler Jhulan Goswami would be really important in the New Zealand series as the side wants her to be at her peak when the 50-over World Cup starts.
Grace Stewart's goal in the third quarter was enough to take the home side through for a meeting with New Zealand in the semi-finals.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made it to her third final in four years at Roland Garros.
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India play Australia for their next ICC Women's World Cup match in Auckland on Saturday. India have so far won two of the four matches they've played.
Ferrari are planning to add female racers to their expanding young driver programme as they seek to develop talent for the future.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead two teams in the one-off Women's T20 Challenge on May 22 ahead of the Indian Premier League's Qualifier 1 match in Mumbai.
Speaking to reporters in her home state of California, Rapinoe said she had known for about a year that this would be the point at which she would be ready to retire.
England's women's cricket team scripted history on Sunday by winning a World Cup double after a comprehensive six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup. England, who had won the ODI World Cup in Australia in March, produced a clinical bowling and batting performance against the Kiwis at Lord's to hold world titles of the two shorter formats of the game.
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The agreement will see women's players at both international and domestic level receive the same match fees as men
Three-time Olympic champion Australia had to beat world champions Argentina on Monday to reach the Olympic women's field hockey semi-finals. It never got close. Argentina relentlessly pressed forward and barely gave Australia a chance in a 0-0 draw at the Riverbank Arena.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-member women's squad for a series in New Zealand and the Asia T20 Cup in Thailand but with uncertainty still prevailing over whether India would play Pakistan in the regional event.
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Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood has called on the his side to draw inspiration from the women's side who displayed a spirited performance during the recently-concluded World Twenty20.
Mithali Raj will lead the 14-member Indian squad in the next month's ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers which brings together 10 sides in their quest to claim the remaining four places in the main event to be held in June next year. The tournament will run from February 7 to 21 at four Colombo venues and the sides finishing in the top four of the Super Six stage will join defending champion Australia, host England, former winner New Zealand and reigning ICC World Twenty20 champion West Indies in the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 from June 26 to July 23.
Skipper Mithali Raj's well-crafted half-century went in vain as Indian batting flopped once again with the visitors losing the first WODI against New Zealand by 62 runs in Queenstown on Saturday.
Former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy said that Mithali Raj took the right decision by retiring from T20 Internationals as it will help her focus more on the 2021 ODI World Cup.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after some excellent performances that helped complete a 3-0 sweep over England in their ICC Women's Championship (IWC) series.
Mandhana moves up to 6th, Harmapreet drops to 8th in ICC women's ODI rankings
India will take on four-time winners Australia, who defeated South Africa by five runs in what was also a rain-hit semi-final, curtailed to 13 overs after Australia's innings.
Harmanpreet Kaur got back among the runs with a 63-run knock in the fifth ODI against New Zealand and followed that up with a century (104) in the World Cup warm-up match against South Africa.
After planning to introduce central contracts for India's women's cricketers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to give green light to the likes of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami to play in tournaments abroad like the Women's Big Bash League in Australia and the Women's Super League in England.
This is clearly a new India, one that displays temerity in plenty, and backs up intent with performance.
Deprived of some much-needed game time with the cancellation of England tour, senior India spinner Poonam Yadav reckons it could be extremely difficult for the World Cup-bound players to turn up and "instantly" deliver after the long coronavirus-forced break. The Indian women's cricket team's proposed tour, the only major assignment before next year's ICC World Cup, was called off earlier this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead against England.
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