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England captain Ben Stokes promised to persist with their new attacking approach to batting in Test cricket despite being handed an innings defeat in the first Test against South Africa at Lord's.
England captain Ben Stokes insisted he was "absolutely fine" with his side's "off-game" after a humiliating innings and 12-run defeat in the first Test against South Africa at Lord's. The hosts were comprehensively outplayed as the Proteas won inside three days, with this reverse England's first loss under their new red-ball leadership duo of skipper Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum following a run of four successive wins.
Football Confederation (AFC) has told ATK Mohun Bagan that the Kolkata club is “currently unable to fulfil its obligations in respect of the AFC Cup 2022 inter-zone semi-finals”, scheduled for September 7 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. FIFA’s suspension of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Tuesday means no Indian team can take part in international competitions.
football at Engomi, near Cyprus’s capital of Nicosia. At the stroke of the 60th minute in the match between Apollon Ladies FC and SFK Riga, Manisha Kalyan came in as a substitute for the former at Makareio stadium and became the first Indian footballer — among both men and women — to play in the topmost European club competition, the Uefa Champions League. For Haryana girl Manisha, it was not the impending history for the nation but the personal milestone and earnestness to stay focused that topped the mind ahead of her debut.
The hosts were comprehensively outplayed as the Proteas won inside three days, with this reverse England's first loss under their new red-ball leadership duo of skipper Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum following a run of four successive wins. It was only England's fourth innings defeat in 128 years of Test matches at Lord's and the first since a South Africa team led by Graeme Smith enjoyed a similar thumping in 2003.
Bhaichung Bhutia was backed by a male and female ‘eminent’ player for the All India Football Federation’s president post, but other footballers have distanced themselves from an administrative role. The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), now running AIFF, had come up with a draft constitution that reserved five spots for former players in the AIFF executive committee. Thirty-six players were also added to the electoral college for the first time, inviting objections, and later a ban, from FIFA, the governing body for world football.
Yuzvendra Chahal has played a lot of cricket with Virat Kohli. Apart from when they turned out together for India, Chahal also spent eight years at Royal Challengers Bangalore, before being bought by Rajasthan Royals in the latest season of the Indian Premier League. Kohli has been in focus for an extended lean patch and a stretch of three years without an international century, but the star leg-spinner feels that it's not just tons that matter, and that Kohli has made several valuable contributions in the time period.
England suffered their first defeat since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took over as the Test team's capain and coach respectively as South Africa won the first Test of the three-match series on a canter. England's aggressive approach has been termed 'Bazball' - after McCullum's nickname - but at Lord's, South Africa's pacers made short work of their batting lineup to inflict an innings defeat inside three days. Following South Africa's win, former India batter Mohammad Kaif took to Twitter to point out why 'Bazball' did not work in the match.