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Opener David Warner, all-rounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis as well as paceman Mitchell Starc all return to the squad after missing the trip to India, where Green was a standout as Australia lost the series 2-1. Green, who stood in for the rested Warner as skipper Aaron Finch's opening partner in India and scored two half centuries, was not included in the squad for Australia's World Cup title defence.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, went off well on Tuesday as a resolution on amendment of IOA constitution in order to hold its elections before December could be achieved, according to sources. While issuing a final warning to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to hold elections by December or face ban, the IOC, earlier this month, had called for a joint meeting on Tuesday "in order to agree on a constructive solution and establish a roadmap leading to the elections of IOA". "The meeting went off well. It was a constructive and fruitful meeting. A plan is there and I think we can have a solution. Let's see," a source privy to the development told PTI on conditions of anonymity. On September 22, the Supreme Court gave its permission to IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta and vice president Adille Sumariwalla to participate in the meeting with the IOC, along with sports ministry officials. The SC had also appointed former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitution of IOA and preparing electoral college. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud asked Justice Rao to prepare a road map for amending the constitution and holding elections by December 15. Meanwhile, shooter Abhinav Bindra, the country's first individual Olympic gold medallist, also attended the meeting and presented his views. "...unexpected for me, is to be back for a second meeting on this subject 10 years after the first one. So much has changed in Indian sport over the last ten years and yet a fair bit has not," Bindra said in his statement to the joint meeting. He was referring to a similar endeavour he was involved in when the IOA was banned by the IOC from December 2012 to February 2014.
Vietnam in the second and final match of the Hung Thinh Friendly football tournament on Tuesday. It was a reality check for the 104th ranked Indians after three convincing wins in June in the Asian Cup qualifiers and a 1-1 draw against Singapore in this tournament on Saturday as they were literally outplayed by the 97th ranked Vietnam in the second half. Phan Van Duc (10th), Nguyen Van Toan (49th) and Nguyen Van Quyet (70th) scored for Vietnam to no reply from the Indians whose defenders had a mediocre outing, especially in the second half.
Keeping player safety as priority, the club in consultation with the league, has taken the decision to shift the first game to the alternate venue, the club said in a statement. Hyderabad FC will be back in action at the Gachibowli Stadium for their second home match, slated against Bengaluru FC on October 22.
BCCI sources said chances of that happening in near future is "next to nil". The UK daily 'Telegraph' reported that "Martin Darlow, the deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has held talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board during the current Twenty20 series and offered England's grounds as venues for ideally a three-match Test series in future." While the ECB has made the offer for its own commercial gains, the powers that be in the BCCI laughed off the suggestions and said that no such possibilities might arise at least in the next few years. "Firstly, ECB spoke to PCB about an Indo-Pak series and that's a bit weird.
Karun Nair, who was on Tuesday omitted from the list of probables named by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament beginning next month. The 30-year-old, who was the second highest run-getter for Karnataka in the previous edition of the tournament, failed to make the 25-player cut. The list will be pruned to 15 before the team leaves for Mohali for the tournament beginning on October 11.
Ecuador. Schmidt reached to his right to keep out Valencia's spot kick after Michael Estrada had been brought down in the area by Shogo Taniguchi at the end of a disjointed game between the two World Cup qualifiers. Ecuador will open the World Cup finals against hosts Qatar on Nov.
The hosts will play their remaining two group games against England at the same venue two days later on January 15 and will then travel to Bhubaneswar where they will play their third group game against Wales at Kalinga Stadium on January 19. It's the second consecutive time that Odisha will be hosting the quadrennial event and a lot is expected after the grand success of the 2018 edition which was won by Belgium.