The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the Test squad for the five-match series against England, starting November 9. The meeting, which was held in Mumbai, was attended by five national selectors, board secretary Ajay Shirke and physio Patrick Farhart while, Test captain Virat Kohli[Read More…]
If all goes according to plans, Barcelona’s trident of Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez will be in India very soon as Barcelona’s president Josep Bartomeu confirmed that the club are planning a visit to the country in the next two or three years. Several other clubs have previously come[Read More…]
Chelsea continued their impressive form in the Premier League as they moved into fourth place with a convincing win at Southampton. The Blues took the lead when Eden Hazard capitalised on poor marking before cutting inside Steven Davis and powering a shot through the legs of keeper Fraser Forster. Southampton[Read More…]
Spinner Mehedi Hasan took six wickets as Bangladesh secured their first ever Test win over England with an 108-run victory on Sunday. England had won all previous nine matches against their South Asian rivals but were all out for 164 in their second innings while chasing 273 for victory on[Read More…]
Liverpool continued their impressive form and moved level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City courtesy of a thrilling victory at Crystal Palace. Goals from Emre Can, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino secured the Reds’ fifth win in six league games and only goal difference now separates[Read More…]
The final ODI between India – New Zealand, of the five match series, is one that has the country on its toes. With the series tied at 2-all, both teams would be giving it their all. The Indian team though would be seen sporting a different style of jerseys when[Read More…]
Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has pulled out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in Iran due to their compulsory hijab rule for all women athletes. The Olympian had informed the National Rifle Association of India three weeks in advance about her decision of withdrawing from the competition as the tournament[Read More…]
Juan Mata scored the solitary goal to win a tight Manchester derby as United knocked out EFL Cup holders City to reach the quarter-finals. The Spaniard pounced to drive low into the corner from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s pull-back as United set up a home tie with West Ham. Paul Pogba had[Read More…]
Daniel Sturridge kept his scoring record intact in the League Cup as he struck twice as Liverpool overcame Tottenham to reach the EFL Cup quarter-finals and extend their unbeaten run to 10 matches. The Reds’ striker was an unused substitute in Saturday’s win over West Brom but needed less than[Read More…]
The FIFA under-17 World Cup in 2017, which will be held in India, officially has six venues now after the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata was ratified by the FIFA delegation after an inspection on Tuesday. The other five venues that had been ratified before Kolkata are Kochi, Mumbai, Goa,[Read More…]
Real Madrid wingers Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero were nominated for the coveted 2016 Ballon d’Or football award, a French sports magazine France Football announced on Monday. The magazine said that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Emerik Aubameyang and long-serving Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus were[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday has given it’s green signal to deploy the DRS in the upcoming test series against England starting from November 9. BCCI President Anurag Thakur, who was present throughout the presentation stated, “We are happy to note that Hawkeye has[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a limit on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) financial transactions which is set to cripple the cash rich Indian cricket board. In what is yet another huge setback for the BCCI, the Supreme Court has asked the Lodha Committee to[Read More…]
The Indian football team achieved its best FIFA ranking in over six years when the side jumped 11 places to be 137th in the latest list released on Thursday. India, who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an International Friendly in Mumbai in September, garnered 230 points for the month.[Read More…]
Sunil Chhetri led Bengaluru FC to a historic AFC Cup final by scripting an inspiring 3-1 win over defending champions Johor Darul Ta’zim with his stunning double strike, on Wednesday. Bengaluru made it to the final by virtue of superior aggregate goal difference of 4-2. The first leg in Malaysia[Read More…]
A review petition filed by BCCI to look into verdict passed by the court in the Lodha panel logjam was refused by the Supreme Court. BCCI had asked the court to consider a review of the verdict passed on July 18 where the recommendations by Lodha panel were accepted including a[Read More…]
Star India, sponsor of the Indian cricket team, has launched a TV campaign called ‘Nayi Soch’ for which they have signed cricketers MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane to portray the importance of mothers in life. The ad shows the three cricketers proudly wearing their mothers’ names on their[Read More…]
Week 8 and the traditional power houses of the Premier league are all eyeing the trophy. Champions Leicester travel to Chelsea to kick off the action on a Saturday wherein leaders Manchester City face fifth-placed Everton; throw in a London derby between Crystal Palace and West Ham to make things[Read More…]
Paksitan’s Azhar Ali led from the start and remained unbeaten in the final session of the second day against West Indies in Dubai in the first pink ball Test in the sub-continent. To make this occasion special, Ali registered an unbeaten 302 against the downtrodden visitors who have been mauled[Read More…]
Pakistan women’s football team striker Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch died in a car crash in Karachi late on Wednesday night. Police officials said that Shahlyla was returning with her cousin, Fadeayan Baluch, with whom she was engaged too, from a restaurant when the Toyota Cruiser she was travelling in went out[Read More…]
NorthEast United FC returned to the top of the ISL table after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over FC Pune City at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, Balewadi-Pune, on Wednesday. In a match that saw fortunes-fluctuating and both teams reduced to 10 men, NorthEast United scored the only goal[Read More…]
Dipa Karmakar became the talk of the town after her performance at the Rio Olympics 2016. The Indian gymnast, along with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik was presented a BMW car by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. However, due to the difficulties in maintenance, Dipa is all set to return[Read More…]
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will be looking to end a dismal Premier League run against Manchester United and build on a promising start to the campaign with victory over their bitter north west rivals on Monday. Resurgent Liverpool are three points ahead of United in the table as Jose Mourinho’s rebuilding[Read More…]
Brazil powered to the top of the table in South America’s 2018 World Cup qualifying race on Tuesday with a victory over Venezuela as Argentina suffered a shock defeat at home to Paraguay. Goals from Manchester City teenager Gabriel Jesus and Chelsea’s Willian secured a 2-0 win over Venezuela in[Read More…]
R Ashwin’s 20th five-wicket haul in Test Cricket helped India bowl out New Zealand for 299 on the third day of the Indore Test. Declining to enforce the follow-on after Ashwin’s 6 for 81 secured a 258-run lead, the Indian batsman ended the day at 18/0, giving their bowlers a[Read More…]
