Perth: After losing both their openers for eight runs, India managed to recover to post 172/3 at the end of day two of the second test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy here on Saturday, in reply to Australia’s 326 in the first innings. Indian captain Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane were[Read More…]
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FIH World Cup: Belgium hammer England to enter final
Bhubaneshwar: Belgium thrashed a disjointed England 6-0 to enter the final of the men’s hockey World Cup for the first time here on Saturday. The Belgians scored in all four periods with Alexander Hendrickx (19th, 44th, 50th minutes) converting three penalty corners to complete a hat-trick. Tom Boon (7th), Cédric[Read More…]
FC Barcelona recover their only surviving Mediterranean League memento
In a series of tweets by one of the most popular football clubs of the world FC Barcelona, it was revealed that the club has recovered its only surviving memento from 1937 Mediterranean League. Apparently one of the sports collectors had approached the Barça museum with a pennant. He felt that the pennant[Read More…]
Ranji Trophy: Shahbaz Nadeem scores his debut hundred, Jharkhand post a mammoth 354
Left-arm orthodox bowler and IPL sensation Shahbaz Nadeem scored his debut century to help Jharkhand post a huge first innings score of 354 against Uttar Pradesh at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. In his innings of 215 deliveries, the Bihar boy scored 109 runs with[Read More…]
Tendulkar blunders while congratulating Saina and kashyap for their marriage
The year 2018 is the celebrity marriage year in India as many famous personalities have tied their knots this year. Badminton stars Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap took to Twitter to announce their marriage on December 14. Some popular celebrities and the fans of the badminton couple congratulated them for their[Read More…]
Gary Kirsten applies for the post of Indian women cricket team’s head coach: Report
Gary Kirsten, 2011 World Cup winning coach with Indian cricket team who coached the side from 2008-11 has enquired and applied for the vacant post of Indian women cricket team’s head coach, according to a report. He was the coach of his home team from 2011-13 after he completed his[Read More…]
Gautam Gambhir takes a jibe on Ravi Shastri for “best Indian team overseas in 15 years” comment
Gautam Gambhir, former Indian cricket team batsman who recently claimed his retirement from all formats of cricket has taken a jibe on present Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri, following his comments about the current team being the best Indian team overseas in the last 15 years. Shastri praised[Read More…]
PV Sindhu beats Ratchanok, reaches the final of BWF Tour Finals
India’s hope at the BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, Sindhu entered the last two of the tournament after she registered a straight two game victory against Ratchanok Intanon. The racquet-eer made her way to the second successive final at the event after beating the World Number 8 Thai shuttler.[Read More…]
2nd Test: Australia dominate opening session of second day
Perth, India was 6/1 in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the second cricket Test here on Saturday. Lokesh Rahul was on 1 at the break. The visitors now trail the Australian first innings total of 326 by 320 runs. The Indians lost opener Murali Vijay[Read More…]
2nd Test: Australia post 326 in first innings
Perth, India dismissed Australia for 326 runs in the first innings of the second cricket Test here on Saturday. Resuming the overnight score of 277/6, Tim Paine and Pat Cummings held the Indian bowlers at bay for a while before both the players departed in consecutive overs. Fast bowler Ishant[Read More…]
