Indian captain Virat Kohli continued his unbelievable record-breaking spree on Friday and surpassed the legendary Sir Donald Bradman and Rahul Dravid by becoming the first batsman to score double hundreds in four successive Test series. Kohli’s double tons came in the series against the West Indies, New Zealand, England and[Read More…]
India managed to reach a massive 356 for 3 at stumps on day one of the only Test against Bangladesh after centuries each from Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli. Vijay scored 108 and Kohli remained unbeaten on 111 at the end of the day. Ajinkya Rahane was unbeaten on 45[Read More…]
On the 1st day of the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, Cheteshwar Pujara broke five-decade old record for scoring most number of runs in an Indian first-class season. The record was previously held by Chandu Borde, who scored 1604 runs in 1964-65. As Pujara reached his personal score of 83,[Read More…]
Indian star sportsperson, Sania Mirza has been summoned by the Service Tax department in connection with alleged non-payment or evasion of Service Tax. Principal Commissioner of Service Tax office here issued the notice on February 6 and the date to appear before it in person or by an authorised agent[Read More…]
Soon after reports of controversial Indian cricket team’s dressing room talks were leaked to former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, the Apex court-appointed Committee of Administrators sacked the board media manager on Monday. The decision was taken on February 1st that all the officials appointed by Thakur and ex-secretary Ajay Shirke[Read More…]
India defeated Malaysia by a score of 2-0 in the boy’s team event at the Asian Junior Squash championship on Sunday. This is their second victory, once back in 2011 defeating Pakistan in Colombo. India’s No. 1 player Velavan Senthilkumar defeated second seed Malaysia’s Ong Sai Hun in quick time. Then[Read More…]
Supreme Court on Monday nominated former CAG Vinod Rai, Ramchandra Guha, Vikram Limaye and former captain of the women’s cricket team Diana Edulji as administrator who will look after the day-to-day functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and ensure the smooth implementation of the Lodha[Read More…]
Supreme Court on Monday nominated former CAG Vinod Rai, Ramchandra Guha, Vikram Limaye and former captain of the women’s cricket team Diana Edulji as administrator who will look after the day-to-day functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and ensure the smooth implementation of the Lodha[Read More…]
Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal- 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3- to win his 18th Grand Slam title. It was the 35-year-old Federer’s fifth Australian title, his first Grand Slam major since 2012 Wimbledon. Federer had lost six of the previous eight Grand Slam finals he’d played against Nadal, and had[Read More…]
Serena Williams beats sister Venus by 6-4, 6-4 to win the Australian Open on Saturday and a record 23rd Grand Slam title in the professional era. Williams slumped to the ground, with hands in the air and eyes wide with joyous disbelief, before congratulating her sister for inspiring her run[Read More…]
Cricketer Virat Kohli and wrestler Sakshi Malik along with Singer Kailash Kher may receive the Padma Shri award this year, as per a report in HT. Five sportspersons including captain Virat Kohli, Olympian Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, discus thrower Vikas Gowda and national hockey team captain PR Sreejesh along[Read More…]
Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, India’s two premier spinners have been rested for the three-match T20 series against England beginning January 26. In a statement released by BCCI, leg-spinner Amit Mishra and Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool have been named in place of them. NEWS ALERT – @ashwinravi99 &[Read More…]
Zeel Desai moved to the girls’ singles pre-quarterfinals of the junior Australian Open but bowed out of the doubles event after first round loss on Monday. Zeel defeated Germany’s Jule Niemeier 6-4 6-2 in the second round to set up a match against fifth seed Serbian Olga Danilovic, who outplayed[Read More…]
