Group leadership games

IMAGE: PV Sindhu struggled to match China’s Chen Yufei. Photograph: BAI Media/Twitter Defending champion P V Sindhu was knocked out of the year-ending BWF World Tour Final after losing to China's Chen Yufei, her second defeat in two days, in Guangzhou, on Thursday. Sindhu lost 22-20, 16-21, 12-21. Akane Yamaguchi's win over Bing Jiao He confirmed Sindhu's ouster from the prestigious tournament, which she had won last year.With two wins from as many outings, both Yamaguchi and Chen Yu Fei have qualified for the semifinals from Group A. Trailing 17-20, Sindhu staged a dramatic turnaround to score five straight points and claim the first game. However, the Chinese rallied to win the second game after a strong start. Chen Yufei, who has been in rampaging form this season having won all six of her finals, including the All England Championships, carried the momentum into the decider and left Sindhu stunned with her wide repertoire of shots. Coming into the match with a … [Read more...] about Sindhu loses again, knocked out of BWF World Tour Final

But as pressure mounts on struggling Victory, Thomas is not looking beyond Saturday’s crunch game against Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park. Thomas said the Asian campaign of 2018 was a turning point for the team as a late-season surge took it from fourth to the title. Stream every game of The 2019/20 Hyundai A-League season LIVE & On-Demand with KAYO SPORTS. Get your 14 day free trial & start streaming instantly > Victory will host Tampines Rovers (Singapore) or Bali United (Indonesia) on January 21, the winner to face Kashima Antlers or Kawasaki Frontale in Japan a week later. The winner of that game joins China’s Beijing FC and Thailand’s Chiangrai United in Group E, plus another playoff winner, possibly South Korea’s FC Seoul. “First we have to qualify,’’ Thomas said. “It’ll be a big effort to get in, but looking back a few years ago when we started quite poorly, the Champions League helped us. We got away, we … [Read more...] about A-League preview Round 10: Melbourne Victory can ignite season on back of Asia performances

In this exclusive interview, his first after his release on bail in the INX Media case, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram speaks on the Citizenship Bill and the ills plaguing the economy.Now that the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has been passed, where do you go from here? Your tweet did hint about the bill land up in Supreme Court.It was not a hint. It will happen. I think already a number of people are getting ready to challenge the bill. Whether political parties will formally challenge the bill, I cannot say, but the bill will be challenged by a number of concerned citizens and groups.There are people like Harish Salve and former judges who are saying that it does not necessarily violate Article 14.Obviously, there will be two sides to argue the matter. But I think the weight of argument lies in favor of holding that the bill is unconstitutional. First, the classification itself is a suspect classification. If there are half a dozen neighbours, why do you pick only three … [Read more...] about Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a clear signal, a blunt signal to Muslims: Chidambaram

        HT Correspondent Podar International School, CBSE, Kalyan, under the leadership of principal Bhavesh Bhalerao, organised its 5th annual sports meet, “Khel-Mahotsav 2019-20” on December 7. Kalyan deputy commissioner of police Vivek Pansare was the chief guest at the event. The principal of Podar International School, ICSE, Kalyan, Samarjit Dasgupta, headmaster of Podar Jumbo Kids, Kalyan, Darshani Patel, and Sunil Wayle, were the special guests for the event.The program started with the chief guests lighting a lamp. It was followed by the thrilling carnival with the theme ‘The Essence of Maharashtra’. The sports meet was officially declared open by the chief guest after the opening ceremony. The students participated in sports and won prizes. They also displayed their mastery in the lezim, aerobics and pyramid formation etc. The little stars of the school entertained the audience with a foot-tapping dance. The prize … [Read more...] about Mumbai school events: Kalyan school holds annual sports meet

A day after the Rajya Sabha cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, protests and celebrations erupted in Kolkata and different parts of Bengal on Thursday.Protests against the contentious legislation were called by scores of civil rights groups while celebrations were witnessed outside the State headquarters of the BJP. The Trinamool Congress leadership, whose MPs had opposed the Bill in Parliament, did not organise any protest. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was busy at the Bengal Business Summit in Digha, called a meeting of the MPs and the MLAs on December 20 to chalk out the strategy for countering the Bill.The followers of the BJP, who were celebrating the passage at the headquarters at 6 Murlidhar Sen Lane in central Kolkata came face to face with a group of Congress supporters who were rallying from the nearby Central Avenue against the Bill. Amid slogan shouting, they threw sticks and water bottles at each other.A few hours later tension prevailed in the area when a few … [Read more...] about Protests and celebrations in Kolkata over passage of CAB