Rain and wet outfield brought a premature end to a day in which New Zealand defied India’s spin threat to reach 152/1. Kiwi captain Kane Williamson (65) and opener Tom Latham (56) hit unbeaten half-centuries before rain and a wet outfield washed out the final session of the second day’s[Read More…]
After a lacklustre performance at the Rio Olympics, government think tank ‘NITI Aayog’ has come up with a strategy to help the country achieve 50 medals at the 2024 Games. India sent more than 120 athletes to Rio de Janeiro with hopes of exceeding the six medals won at London[Read More…]
India let go a solid start as a middle-order collapse saw them reduced to 291 for 9 on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand despite half-centuries from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, in Kanpur on Thursday. After electing to bat in the historic 500th Test,[Read More…]
In a startling admission, former chief selector Sandeep Patil revealed in an interview to ABP Majha that Sachin Tendulkar would have been dropped from the Indian ODI team in 2012 had he not announced his retirement. It was heavily speculated in the media at the time of Tendulkar’s retirement that[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) re-elected Ajay Shirke as Secretary unopposed in its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. With the shadow of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel recommendations hanging over its head, the BCCI is conducting its 87th AGM in Mumbai. Shirke became the secretary[Read More…]
A twitter war seems to be brewing between the three tennis aces of India. While Leander Paes’ remarks on India’s combinations for the last two Olympics after the Davis Cup tie against Spain in New Delhi have been particularly scathing, even Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have been quick to[Read More…]
Barcelona’s high flying trio of forwards Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar all scored as they won 5-1 over newly promoted Leganés in La Liga on Saturday. Messi scored twice, while the other two shared a goal apiece. The Argentine has now scored five goals in two matches for Barcelona.[Read More…]
Liverpool showed their intent on a Friday night ending Chelsea’s unbeaten run in the Premier League 2016-17 season. Two goals by Dejan Lovren and captain Jordan Henderson sealed Liverpool’s victory over the Blues at the Stamford Bridge. Liverpool were keen to build on the 4-1 thrashing of champions Leicester City[Read More…]
The monumental India’s tour of Pakistan threw up an unlikely hero. A tall, lanky 23-year-old cleanly lofted a thundering Shoaib Akhtar for a six in Peshawar. The catch here – the boy was a tailender, brought in to the squad for the pace he generated in first class cricket. The[Read More…]
The Indian football team has made a steady ascent to go up to 148th position, according to the latest Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released by the apex football body. In July 2016, India propelled 11 positions to be ranked 152nd in the world after a 7-1 win[Read More…]
A disabled athlete outclassing a physically able runner in an international event is something that is unheard of. But, when it happens, history is scripted. On Monday night, the ongoing Paralympic 1,500m final witnessed a stunning outcome in Rio as the top four finishers achieved quicker times than the Olympic[Read More…]
India’s Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch second gold in men’s javelin throw F46 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Devendra Jhajharia had won gold in the javelin event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics with a record throw of 62.15 metres. Almost after 12 years of break,[Read More…]
Rio Paralympic gold medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu has decided to donate ₹30 lakh from his ₹2 crore prize money to the government school he attended as a kid. Thangavelu won the gold in T-42 high-jump with record-breaking 1.89m jump at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Two days ago Tamil Nadu chief minister[Read More…]
The Sandeep Patil-led selection committee has decided to make two changes, for the upcoming test series against New Zealand, to the squad that played against West Indies last month. This could probably be the last team selected by this committee after BCCI President Anurag Thakur confirmed that a new selection[Read More…]
Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic lost the US Open title to Swiss professional Stan Wawrinka in the men’s singles final match. The third seed Wawrinka won the title by defeating World No. 1 Djokovic by 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. With this 31-year-old, Wawrinka became the oldest US Open men’s champion[Read More…]
German Tennis star Angelique Kerber became World No. 1 champion after defeating Czech’s Karolina Pliskova in US Open final. Kerber, 28, won the final match against Pliskova by 6-3 4-6 6-4. With this Kerber added second Grand Slam to her Australian Open title. The 10th seeded Pliskova, who reached finals[Read More…]
Manchester United’s gremlins were on the show as Manchester City completely outclassed them in a 2-1 victory. Touted as the clash of the titan managers, City’s Pep Guardiola vs United’s Jose Mourinho, the Manchester derby was undoubtedly one of the best matches in recent Premier league history. The sky blues[Read More…]
India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu created history on Saturday morning by winning a gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics. His compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze medal the same event. While Thangavelu made a leap of 1.89 metres, Bhati jumped his personal best of[Read More…]
Khel nahi khata reham, Maidan nhi padhta naram Sangharsh na hota hai kam, Toh taaliyan kyu kam? (The game doesn’t pity; the ground isn’t softer Struggle isn’t any less, then why are the praises fewer?) Our Paralympic champions have long been ignored, despite having put up some commendable performances. India’s[Read More…]
Serena Williams’s dream of winning her seventh US Open Grand Slam came to a halt after she lost the semi final match against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova at Flushing Meadows. The 10th seed Pliskova defeated Williams in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (5). This defeat also ended Williams’ 3-year reign as[Read More…]
Defending champion Novak Djokovic booked a 10th straight US Open semi-final appearance when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired trailing 6-3, 6-2 in their marquee quarter-final on Tuesday. It was the third time in five matches that an opponent’s injury has worked to Djokovic’s advantage, after his walkover into the third round where[Read More…]
World No. 1 Serena Williams on Monday registered her 308th Grand Slam win against 52-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova in the US Open, thereby breaking Roger Federer’s record by winning the most Grand Slam matches in her career. Serena had earlier tied her score of grand slams wins with Martina Hingis when she defeated Russia’s Yaroslava[Read More…]
World No 1 Serena Williams is now at par with Roger Federer with 307 wins in a Grand Slam after she defeated Johanna Larsson in the third round of US Open by 6-2, 6-1. With this win, Serena has broken Czech-American player Martina Navratilova’s record with her 307th win in a Grand Slam[Read More…]
Brazilian Felipe Massa announced on Thursday that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season. The 35-year-old Williams driver, who won 11 races for Ferrari between 2006 and 2008 and finished overall runner-up to Lewis Hamilton in the 2008 world championship, is out of contract at[Read More…]
Raefal Nadal and Andreas Seppi got themselves etched in history as they became the first tennis players to have played under closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. To avoid any delay in matches due to rains, the US Tennis Association (USTA) has spent $150 million on the retractable roof at[Read More…]
