Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has been reportedly ruled out of the Asia Cup after fracturing his left wrist during the tournament opener against Sri Lanka here on Saturday. Iqbal, who suffered the injury in the second over of their innings, is likely to be out of action for at least[Read More…]
Melbourne, Sep 15 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) has decided to launch a probe on England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s allegations against an Australian player for calling him “Osama” during the 2015 Ashes. Moeen, 31, made the accusation in his soon-to-be-released autobiography, where he also labelled the 2015 Australian touring party as “rude”[Read More…]
Once again, the 102-year-old Indian athlete Man Kaur has made every Indian proud after she bagged a gold medal in the 200m event at World Masters Athletics Championship in Malaga, Spain. Born in 1916, Kaur, who is a world record holder in her age group for several categories, started running[Read More…]
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Former England skipper Paul Collingwood is set to retire at the end of the ongoing domestic season, ending a career spanning more than two decades. Collingwood, who led England to the World T20 title in 2010 — their first major win in a global tournament — played[Read More…]
Opener Lokesh Rahul and Rishabh Pant’s heroics went in vain as England defeated India by 118 runs in the fifth and final Test to clinch the series 4-1 at the Oval here on Tuesday. With India chasing a massive 463-run target, the last day of the series saw a bit[Read More…]
A batting collapse saw India reeling at 58/3 at stumps after England set them a victory target of 464 courtesy superlative centuries from Alastair Cook and Joe Root, on day 4 of the fifth and final Test here on Monday. K.L. Rahul was batting on 46 while Ajinkya Rahane was[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the information about the payments made to Indian cricket players, head coach Ravi Shastri and others. While team India coach Ravi Shastri received a whopping amount of INR 2.05 crore as advance fees for his services for a period of[Read More…]
From India to Sri Lanka, Austria and Switzerland, the world has no shortage of breathtaking places to play cricket. A Twitter user has shared some of the most stunning cricket grounds in a series of tweets. Nanga Parbat Beat that view of cricket with the background of Nanga Parbat pic.twitter.com/zg7O9uuWVY[Read More…]
India earned its seventh gold medal at the ongoing 52nd ISSF World Championship as Ankur Mittal won the men’s double trap title in a shoot-off here on Saturday. Ankur, 26, shot 140 out of 150 to enter into a shoot-off for the yellow metal as China’s Yiyang Yang and Slovakia’s Hubert Andrzej also settled with same scores. In the[Read More…]
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has said that the current Indian bowling attack is one of the best he has ever faced. Ali scored 50 off 170 balls and put on a 73-run stand with Alastair Cook as the hosts finished with 198-7 at stumps. “I just tried to take it a ball at a time. I thought they bowled really[Read More…]
Hima Das, who registered a historic win at Asian Games 2018, by clinching three medals on her debut, received a grand and unique welcome at the Guwahati airport on her return to Assam on Friday, September 7. Hima Das, who hails from Assam, was welcomed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal[Read More…]
England were 198 for 7 at the stump on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against India at Oval here on Friday. Opener Alastair Cook (71) and Moeen Ali (50) were the top-scorer for England. Jos Butler (11) and Adil Rashid (4) at the crease at stumps. England won the five-match series after taking a[Read More…]
Serena Williams swept past Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-0 on Thursday and into the final of the U.S. Open to sit one win away from a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams walked off Arthur Ashe Stadium court with a wave and twirl to await the winner of the other semi-final between Japan’s Naomi Osaka and American Madison Keys, who lost last year’s final to[Read More…]
Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali says pressure will be on arch-rivals India in the upcoming Asia Cup because of the Champions Trophy final defeat last year. Pakistan will face India for the first time since last year’s Champions Trophy final, in which Hasan picked up three wickets in Pakistan’s 180-run win. Pakistan will face India at least twice in the Asia Cup, and three times if[Read More…]
Keeping Haryana’s flag flying high in the medals tally for the country in the Jakarta AsianGames, sportspersons from Haryana have bagged nearly 25 per cent of the total medals. Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said on Thursday that sportspersons from the state won 17 medals in these games. Of the total 69 medals won by India, 15 are gold medals, 24[Read More…]
Former India pacer Ashish Nehra was on Wednesday elevated as a coach, thereby inducting him into the new coaching leadership team of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Nehra, the current bowling coach of the franchise will be part of[Read More…]
Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s ailing father, who had been battling with cancer for the past two years, passed away just when Tajinderpal left for his hometown Moga in Punjab after landing in Delhi from Jakarta. The athlete wanted to meet his ailing father and fulfil his wish of holding the gold medal[Read More…]
Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Croatia midfielder Luka Modric (Real Madrid) and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) were shortlisted on Monday for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award for 2018. The three finalists were announced at an event in London in the presence of football greats, including Peter Schmeichel, Sol Campbell, Nwankwo[Read More…]
India suffered a 60-run defeat against England in the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium here on Sunday to go down 1-3 in the five-match series. Chasing 245 runs for victory, the visitors were bowled out for 184. The visitors resumed the evening session at 126/4 and lost[Read More…]
England were bowled out for 271 in their second innings on the fourth day here on Sunday to set a 245-run target for India to win the fourth Test. Resuming the day at 260/8, England lost Sam Curran (46) and Stuart Broad (0) as the hosts could add only 11[Read More…]
Bridge as a game will gain popularity among the youth of the country after the Bengal duo of Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath De Sarkar bagged gold in the men’s bridge pair competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the teams non-playing captain and coach Debasish Ray said in a statement on Saturday, September 1. “Dreams come true. I[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday decided to rest Virat Kohli, and handed the captaincy to Rohit Sharma for the Asia Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 15. Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was named the deputy while Rajasthan’s Under-19 pacer Khaleel Ahmed earned his maiden India call-up for the 14th edition of the meet. Among[Read More…]
Indian boxer Amit Panghal edged out reigning Olympic and continental champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in a bitterly fought final to win gold in the men’s light flyweight (49 kilogram) category at the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday. The 22-year-old earned a split decision to earn India’s only boxing gold from[Read More…]
Indian athlete Swapna Barman bagged glory to India by winning first Heptathlon gold in Asian Games. Indian athletes had been longing for long to win a gold medal in the sport. Pain is the best motivator. ?Glad to have won a historic gold medal in Women’s Heptathlon in the @asiangames2018[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded sportspersons on National Sports Day on Wednesday. He also paid tribute to the Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. India celebrates National Sports Day on 29 August to mark the birthday of legend Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who bagged[Read More…]