Deadline Over, Women Footballers Wait For 'Fair Play' As Government Swings Into Action

19.08.2022 - 20:19 sports.ndtv.com

"This tournament is a dream for us, we have prepared for almost a year," says Michelle from Tashkent. Mansa echoes her sentiment and adds, "This is not just for us but for the future generation as well.

We want to gift them something special." As the cloud of uncertainty hangs over 23 girls on their team, they are even more determined for a good show if given a chance.

In their group are Jordan and Iran. With the FIFA ban on India, Sree Gokulam FC's matches have been cancelled in the schedule.

Their CEO, Dr B Ashok Kumar told NDTV, "No deadline was communicated to us. Why should they give is a deadline of 48 hours when our first match against Iran is on 23rd?

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Virat Kohli ended his nearly three-year long wait for an international century on Thursday as he cracked an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Thursday.

Minimum salary cap for women footballers, Santosh Trophy revival in AIFF boss' priority list

Chaubey also laid out his plans to revive some old tournaments including the Santosh Trophy to have a good supply chain for the national team. "We want to have a minimum salary cap for women footballers so that there's not much (salary) disparity with their male counterparts and it's at a respectable level. We also want to make IWL better than before," Chaubey said at a press conference here on Thursday.

England women name squad for T20I series against India

The 21-year-old Bell comes into the squad in place of the 37-year-old Katherine Brunt, who has been rested from the series. Brunt is England's leading T20 wicket-taker. England captain Heather Knight is also missing from the squad as she continues her recovery from last month's hip surgery.

Harmanpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year Award; Sreejesh, Savita in goalkeepers' categories

Indian team vice-captain Harmanpreet was named along with two Belgians in Arthur de Sloover and Tom Boon, Niklas Wellen of Germany and Thierry Brinkman of the Netherlands for the FIH Men's Player of the Year award. There is no Indian in the list of players nominated for the FIH Women's Player of the Year award. Harmanpreet had also won the coveted award last year when the Indian players and coaches swept all the honours after their historic Olympic Games performance in Tokyo where the men's team won a bronze for the first time after 41 years while the women's side lost in the bronze-medal match.

Jemimah Rodrigues Nominated For ICC 'Player Of The Month' Award

Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues was on Monday nominated for the ICC 'Player of the Month' award for her impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games in August. The nominations in the women's category also feature the gold medal-winning Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath. Rodrigues was one of the pillars of the Indian team that went all the way into the finals of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She ended the tournament fifth on the run-scorers list with 146 runs in five matches.