Calling it a “difficult moment”, Lionel Messi has decided to hang his boots after Argentina lost 4-2 to Chile on penalties in the Copa America finals. Messi, incidentally, missed his penalty costing Argentina dearly in the shootout. “I thought about it in the locker room and think national team career[Read More…]
Ronaldo made history as the first player to score in four European Championships with a double in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Hungary. The result saw Portugal just squeeze through behind Iceland and Hungary in third-place in Group F. The Real Madrid star has more records in his sights as[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the appointment of former captain Anil Kumble as the 11th coach for the India cricket team for one year. The appointment of bowling, batting and assistant coaches will follow, board president Anurag Thakur said. His first assignment will[Read More…]
India’s silver medal winning performance in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy has earned the players and team officials a reward from Hockey India. Immediately after the medal presentation, Narender Batra, President of Hockey India, went to the dressing room and announced the rewards. “Australia did well to win the title,[Read More…]
The 34th president of the Board, Anurag Thakur who donned the mantle on Sunday at a Special General body Meeting summoned after the previous president Shashank Manohar quit to focus on the ICC, has a particularly harrowing time ahead of him. The Supreme Court hearing objections to the recommendations of[Read More…]
Former India all-rounder Sanjay Bangar was on Thursday appointed national head coach for the limited overs tour of Zimbabwe, starting June 11 while ex-domestic cricketer Abhay Sharma was named fielding coach. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also announced that former cricketer Koka Ramesh will tour with[Read More…]
The Qualifier 2 for the Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Lions (GL) was held on 27 May, 2016 that is on Friday in New Delhi. The battle for the entry into the finals has been fought by both the teams very well but the knock from David Warner has[Read More…]
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowlers put up an incredible performance to ruin Virat Kohli’s fairytale season beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 runs in a high-octane summit clash walking away with their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy, in Bengaluru on 29 May. In a battle between IPL’s best batting[Read More…]
Indian national team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu created history on Sunday, becoming the first Indian footballer to start a European top division match after he made a debut for Stabaek FC in the Tippeligaen. Gurpreet kept a clean sheet and emerged victorious after Stabaek defeated IK Start 5-0. Sandhu, who[Read More…]
Raj Kumar, a resident of Jarara town situated 20 kilometres from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, would not have thought in his dreams that his one decision of declaring a delivery ‘no ball’ would end up in him losing his sister. The incident took place last Friday when Kumar, who was[Read More…]
The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has said that he was not in favour of the World T20 taking place in 2018 and insisted that the cricket boards needed to pay more attention to the traditional Test format. “Yes T20 cricket is very popular and necessary[Read More…]
Defending champion India is seeded second and leads Group B, which also comprises third seed South Africa, fifth seed Sri Lanka and eighth seed Pakistan. India will launch its ICC Champions Trophy title defence against traditional rival Pakistan when the two Asian powerhouses go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham,[Read More…]
