Hyderabad: India set themselves a 71-run target after wrapping up the West Indies for a paltry 127 runs in their second innings of the second and final cricket Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday. The Indian bowlers came out all guns blazing to dismiss the entire[Read More…]
Ranchi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the government is working to create an environment and infrastructure to nurture sporting talent in the country. Piyush Goyal said this during a visit to Jharkhand state sports promotion society’s sports academy at Khelgaon. Addressing the cadets at the sports academy, Goyal[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Riding on some top-class bowling, West Indies wrapped up India at 367 runs in their first innings at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium here on Sunday. Resuming the third day at 308/4, the hosts lost five wickets in quick succession before Ravichandran Ashwin (35) and Shardul Thakur (4 not[Read More…]
Jakarta: India ended the 2018 Asian Para Games on a high after bagging a total of 72 medals, their best show in the event’s history. India clinched 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals to finish the campaign at the ninth place. In the last edition in 2014, India[Read More…]
Coimbatore: On a day of great thrills and a handful of crashes, Ashwin Datta made the most of his good fortune to hang on to his Euro JK 2018 lead in the 21st JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship here on Saturday. Joseph Mathew too continued his stunning run in[Read More…]
While until now, #MeToo storm had hit the journalists, politicians and Bollywood world, latest is the cricket to be taken away by the blow. In a shocking development, Rahul Johri, serving as CEO of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since April 2016, has been called out by a[Read More…]
Hyderabad: West Indies rode on excellent half centuries by Roston Chase and skipper Jason Holder to recover from a middle order collapse and post a healthy 295/7 against India at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday. Chase[Read More…]
New Delhi: Rising wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was on Thursday included in the India squad for the first two One-Day Internationals (ODI) of the five-match rubber against the West Indies on October 21 and 24, the BCCI announced. Rishabh Pant has been in prolific form with the willow in the longer[Read More…]
Chennai: Aiming to cement his place in the national team in white ball cricket — a Herculean task by his own admission — young India pacer Deepak Chahar wants to be counted as a new-ball bowler who is also handy with the bat. “I can bat too. I was drafted[Read More…]
Buenos Aires: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced there will be a Olympic team made up of refugees at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as happened in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. “Last time (in the 2016 Rio Olympics) we were under very high time pressure. Now we[Read More…]
Billabong High International School, Noida organized a press conference on 8th October,2018 to honour Harsh Tyagi, an alumnus of the school. The event was graced by the chairman Mr. Paramjeet Gandhi, director, Ms.Jasmine Gandhi and the principal Ms. Sharmila Chatterjee. The event began by felicitating Harsh Tyagi who has won[Read More…]
Chennai: Tamil Thalaivas succumbed to their second successive defeat in a row as they lost to Telugu Titans 28-33 on the third day of the Pro Kabaddi tournament at the packed Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday. Playing their first game of the sixth season, Telugu Titans rode on[Read More…]
While Prithvi Shaw took of his career with registering a hundred on Test debut in first test between India and West Indies in Rajkot on September 4, there were negative vibes of the brutal world of brand preservation coming Prithvi’s way. Sports marketing firm, Baseline Ventures which manages Shaw’s commercial interests,[Read More…]
Jakarta: Indian para athletes dished out commendable performances to bag 11 medals, including three golds, on the second day of the 2018 Para Asian Games here on Monday. Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary clinched India’s first gold of the Games in the men’s F42-44/61-64 category in the morning session, before middle[Read More…]
Chennai: Former champions U-Mumba led for large parts but eventually succumbed to the grit of local rivals Puneri Paltan and settle for an entertaining 32-32 draw in the opening day’s second game of the Pro Kabaddi tournament here at the packed Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Sunday. After inflicting the[Read More…]
Summer Youth Olympics, which is commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018. This Olympics involve a range of international sports, cultural and educational events which will be hosted by Argentina between 6 and 18 October. Important details of the 2018 Youth Summer Olympic Games. 1. What are the Youth Olympics? The[Read More…]
LIVE UPDATES 100! Prithvi Shaw completes a sensational ton here, he is all smiles. This is a sensational innings from the teenager, dressing room enjoyed that as well. He will now look to convert this into a big one. India are now 174/1! After 16 overs, India 77/1 (Shaw 46, Pujara 30)[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Former American boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson gorged on chicken biryani and took home a traditional sherwani, says celebrity bodyguard Shera. Shera and Tiger Security Services were specially roped in to handle the security for Tyson, who was in Mumbai on his maiden visit to launch[Read More…]
Paris: Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward Neymar Jr on Tuesday hailed his coach Thomas Tuchel, just one day ahead of PSG’s home game against Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Champions League group stage. At a pre-match press conference, the Brazil forward reiterated that working under the German coach has helped[Read More…]
Madrid, Oct 2 (IANS) Atletico Madrid held its final training session on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming UEFA Champions League clash against Belgium’s Club Brugge, but without Spanish winger Victor “Vitolo” Machin or Montenegrin defender Stefan Savic, both still recovering from injuries. Head coach Diego Pablo Simeone led the session[Read More…]
New Delhi: Bihar’s Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad was elected the President of Hockey India following the eighth Hockey India Congress on Monday. Ahmad, who formerly held the Secretary General’s post, will succeed Rajinder Singh after being elected unopposed, according to a Hockey India statement. While Gyanendro Ningombam of Manipur will take[Read More…]
Dubai, Sep 29 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday released the updated version of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) System along with the new ICC Code of Conduct and ICC Playing Conditions. These will come into effect from Sunday (September 30), when the first ODI between South Africa and Zimbabwe[Read More…]
Dubai, Sep 29 (IANS) After a hard-fought win over Bangladesh in a nail-biting Asia Cup final, stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma praised his players for handling pressure well beside playing quality cricket throughout the tournament. In an unpredictable affair in the finals, the lower and middle order batsmen helped India[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Calling himself a slum-dog, former American boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who is currently on his maiden visit to India, believes successful boxers, who were once poor, have been mostly raised in slums. Tyson, who holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight[Read More…]
Chennai, Sep 28 (IANS) The fifth seeded Indian teams under open and women’s category won their matches comfortably against Paraguay and Argentina, respectively, in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Georgia. Both the Indian teams won with identical scores 3.5-0.5 against their respective rivals. In the open section, recovering from[Read More…]