Maurice Lindsay: The ground-breaking innovator who changed face of rugby league
Maurice Lindsay was the man who changed the face of rugby league.
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Bigger than any individual achievement, India will now be considered a badminton superpower: Prakash Padukone
Thomas Cup victory will make it a "badminton superpower" as it has well and truly arrived on world stage with an achievement, which is way bigger than any individual accomplishment, feels legendary Prakash Padukone. India on Sunday dethroned defending champions and 14-time winners Indonesia with a commanding 3-0 win in the summit clash of the Thomas Cup Final to script a historic win.
Australian Matthew Mott lined up as England limited overs coach: Reports
Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australia women's team, is the front-runner to take charge of the England men's limited-overs side, according to media reports in both countries. England put former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in charge of their test team earlier this month having decided to split the coach's roles after Chris Silverwood's exit in February.
Cricket-Australian Mott lined up as England limited overs coach - reports
LONDON (Reuters) - Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australia women's team, is the front-runner to take charge of the England men's limited-overs side, according to media reports in both countries.
Touring Irish to play Maori All Blacks twice
Ireland will play two midweek matches against the Maori All Blacks on their mid-year rugby tour of New Zealand, it was announced on Tuesday, creating an intense fixture list of five games in the space of 18 days.
On this day in 2013 – James Anderson claims 300th Test wicket
James Anderson became just the fourth Englishman to take 300 Test wickets in his career during a match against New Zealand on this day nine years ago.
Indian men badminton players never had it so good
Sania Nehwal and PV Sindhu have carved a niche by winning so many World, Olympic and Super series titles that - barring Kidambi Srikanth's four successive Super series titles in a year - it shaded the efforts of the men on the circuit. But the last few years have seen a gradual shift with the men reclaiming lost ground. After Prakash Padukone's memorable All England triumph, it took 21 years for another Indian - Pullela Gopichand - to emulate him. And now after a 16-year gap, the likes of Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and Lakshya Sen are winning big tournaments.
Aim to have at least 10 Indians in top-30 in each category: Gopichand
'BAI appointed 30 coaches on Sunday, they will be sent to different areas'HYDERABAD: Back in Bangkok all the Indian players slept wearing their gold medals after celebrating their sensational Thomas Cup triumph on Sunday. Exactly 28 years back, the Indian government had refused to send the badminton contingent to the 1994 Commonwealth Games as it was so confident that they cannot finish in the top-6, that too competing with the likes of England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka etc.