India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday celebrated the 203-run thrashing of England in the third Test by dedicating the win to the flood victims in the southern state of Kerala. Coming back from a 0-2 deficit, India put up a clinical all-round performance at Trent Bridge to deflate England, who[Read More…]
India bags another Gold as Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat attained the victory with a Games record score of 34 in the finals of women’s 25m pistol event on Wednesday. Hailing from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Rahi had won her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008. Rahi was India’s first pistol shooter[Read More…]
A sports-mad Indonesian couple named their new born daughter ‘Asian Games’ to mark her arrival as the country kicked off the world’s second-biggest multi-sport event. The little girl – full name Abidah Asian Games – was born about a month early in co-host city Palembang, just hours before Saturday’s opening[Read More…]
India were just one wicket away from a famous win against England at the start of play on Wednesday, the fiftth day. The Kohli-led team needed 17 runs to wrap up the match when to everybody’s surprise, R Ashwin got rid of James Anderson, leading India to clinch victory against[Read More…]
India earns its third gold medal and second bronze medal on day-3 of the ongoing 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 21. Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma bagged the gold and bronze medal in the Men’s 10 metre Air Pistol final. Saurabh clinched the gold after a[Read More…]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday appointed Ehsan Mani as the new chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, following the resignation of Najam Sethi from the post. “I have appointed Ehsan Mani as Chairman PCB. He brings vast and valuable experience to the job. He represented PCB in the ICC; was Treasurer ICC[Read More…]
India captain Virat Kohli registered his 23rd Test ton and in the process went past former Indian skippers MS Dhoni and MAK Pataudi in scoring fifty-plus runs in each innings of a Test match among Indian captains. The current India skipper has done it five times, whereas Dhoni, Pataudi has done[Read More…]
India won their second gold of 2018 Asian Games as wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated Japan’s Irie Yuki 6-2 to win gold in women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling on Monday. It is India’s second gold medal in wrestling too. It is Vinesh Phogat’s second Asian Games medal. She had won a bronze medal in the[Read More…]
Hardik Pandya’s 5/28 broke the back of English batting line-up as the hosts were bundled out for 161 in their first innings against India in the third Test of the five-match rubber at Trent Bridge here on Sunday. India rode on a brilliant bowling display as the entire England batsmen[Read More…]
India opens its medal tally at the 2018 Asian Games by winning a bronze medal in the finale of the 10m Air Rifle mixed team event. Shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won India a bronze in shooting by scoring 429.9. Earlier these two shooters had won bronze for India[Read More…]
Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane struck fluent fifties to help India recover from the early jolts in the morning session, as the visitors reached 189/3 at tea on Day 1 of the third Test at Trent Bridge here on Saturday. At the break, Kohli (51) and Rahane[Read More…]
Irked at not getting a “specialist” men’s doubles partner, 45-year-old Leander Paes has pulled out of the 18th Asian Games that begins in Jakarta-Palenbang in two days from now. “It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I will not be playing the upcoming Asian Games[Read More…]
Former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar, who had represented the country in 37 Test match, passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai conformed the news on Twitter. Very very sad news: the iconic former Indian cricket captain Ajit Wadekar is no more. Sir,[Read More…]
A young football player died after an on-field collision at Nischintapur village in East Burdwan district, police said today. Mali, 18, collapsed on the field yesterday following an aerial challenge to save a goal, his teammates said. He was taken to the nearby Madhupur Primary Health Centre and later shifted[Read More…]
Following India’s defeat against England in the second Test match, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag criticised the team terming it “very poor”. Sehwag took to the Twitter to express his disappointment by defeat of Indian team and, even slammed Virat Kohli for showing less efforts to fight back. Very poor from[Read More…]
A Tweet by the BCCI stroked a controversy on Twitter as it showed that a beef dish was served to the Indian cricket team at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test against England at Lord’s in London. The cricket board shared the menu for day-three in[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday approved the draft Constitution of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and granted full permanent membership to the Railways, the Tri-Services, and Association of Indian Universities among others. This restoration of permanent membership and votes is in reversal of the[Read More…]
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been banned for six months and was fined $10,000 for breaking tennis anti-corruption rules before Wimbledon 2017. Former doubles world number one Peng tried to change her women’s doubles partner after the sign-in deadline, the BBC reported. The Tennis Integrity Unit said on Wednesday[Read More…]
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) seems to have found a common ground to bring the security forces and tribal community together in order to combat the Leftist radical elements of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other areas with a sizeable tribal presence. The ITBP in Kondagaon village of Chhattisgarh have started a unique initiative[Read More…]
Ranchi: Jharkhand Sports Minister Amar Kumar Bauri has recommended to hand over the case related to financial irregularities in 34th National Games to the CBI, an official said on Monday, adding that the file has been sent for approval of Chief Minister Raghubar Das. Jharkhand had hosted the 34th National[Read More…]
In a bid to promote the sports in India, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, on Monday August 6, announced to make sports period compulsory in schools after reducing the syllabus by fifty per cent by 2019. Rathore said the ministry is planning several things to make sports more relevant.[Read More…]
A 10 man U-20 Indian Football team registered a historic win of 2-1 against Argentina in the COTIF Cup, in Spain on 6 August. Coach Floyd Pinto describes as one of the “biggest days for Indian Football” as they shock the 6-time U20 World Cup champions Argentina. India stunned the[Read More…]
London: India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday became the top-ranked batsman in Test cricket for the first time in his career as he ended Australian Steven Smith’s reign of nearly 32 months. Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat in the first Test in Birmingham against England and[Read More…]
England win by 31 runs Back of the length from Stokes, comes in to Pandya, who edges it to Alastair Cook at first slip. Cook hold on to it and England get 1-0 up in the 5-match series. OUT! Rashid takes the first wicket of the match and what a time[Read More…]
Birmingham: Skipper Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 43-run knock helped India score 110/5 at stumps on the third day of the first Test against England here on Friday. India needs another 84 runs to win. After bowling out the hosts for 180 in their second innings at tea, Indian batters once again[Read More…]