Right-handed opening batsman, Wasim Jaffer turns forty today. Born in Bombay, Maharashtra on 16th February 1978, Jaffer from his youth days became a cricketing sensation. Jaffer who is often compared to Mohammed Azharuddin for his batting style began his international career against South Africa in 2000, facing the prime bowling[Read More…]
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Assam: Prime athelete Hima Das gives her class 12th exam after flying back from Turkey
India’s champion athlete Hima Das has just flown back from Turkey Hima Das after her undergoing practice following the Asian Games to give her Class 12th exam. When on Tuesday Das reached to give her first higher secondary final examination after a year gap. Earlier she was appointed as The[Read More…]
Significant Sports to manage Former Indian Cricket Captain Mohammed Azharuddin
Significant Sports has represented sportspersons such as Amit Mishra, Chris Gayle, Siddharth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Imran Tahir, Darren Sammy, Biker Alisha Abdullah, Lisa Stahlecker, Michael Warne & Michael Slater.
India Vs Australia, 2nd ODI, Live Commentary and Match Updates: Dhoni, Karthik wins it for India
India 299-4 (49.2 Overs) Dinesh Karthik 25(14) MS Dhoni 55(54) After Kohli was dismissed it felt that the target might still be too stiff. But Dhoni donned the responsibility and gave glimpses of the finisher the fans are used to watch. Couple of boundaries by Karthik here and there, helped[Read More…]
Year Ender 2018 | What made news in Sports this Year?
Oh, an even-numbered year! What a delight it is for every sports fan, if the Euro Cup or the FIFA World Cup set the ball rolling, Olympics or the mouth-watering occurrences of Commonwealth and Asian Games always introduce stories which have a lifetime impact on the viewers. Like every year,[Read More…]
Know Bhaichung Bhutia: India’s pride in the most popular sport
In India, Football and Bhaichung Bhutia are synonymous to each other. The ever-so-accurate with his shorts, Baichung is not only a national legend but is also one of the greatest players Asian football has ever seen. Instrumental in turning the eyes of the Indian sports followers to football, Bhutia has a[Read More…]
Live Breaking News Headlines & Latest Updates, December 14, 2018: Rahul Gandhi reiterates demand for JPC in Rafale deal
Get your daily dose of the hottest and latest news. Newsd provides you all breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos to ensure you don’t miss anything important. Internet, Twitter, Facebook are abuzz with breaking news and news alerts from India and around the world. You can find here all breaking news alerts and[Read More…]
Cricketer Chris Gayle awarded AUD 3,00,000 as damages in defamation suit
A year after Chris Gayle won a defamation case against Fairfax Media, the West Indian batsman has been awarded AUD 3,00,000(INR 1,55,40,656) as damages by an Australian court. Earlier, in October 2017, Fairfax Media had failed to establish its accusations in front of the jury. In January 2016 the company had[Read More…]
Indian equestrian’s unending saga of controversies continues
Bengaluru: Despite the historic twin silver medal feat by the Indian equestrian team as well as in the individual event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, controversies refuse to take back seat in the system that governs the sport in the country. One of the most surprising Asiad medallists for[Read More…]
Women’s World Boxing Championship: Mary Kom bags her sixth gold
Mary Kom, India’s legendary boxer has added another yellow coloured metal to her already heavy kitty. The Commonwealth gold medallist first defeated North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi in the Semifinals. In the finals, she was pitted against Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota. The same Hanna Okhota whom she had beaten not so[Read More…]
Mary Kom enters World Championship Semis, medal assured
Mary Kom registered a thumping victory of 5-0 against China’s boxer, Wu Yu. With this win, the Padma Bhushan winner Olympic medallist has assured at least a medal in the World Boxing Championship. She will compete in the Semi-Finals against North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi with the hope clinching yet[Read More…]
BCCI announces 12 man squad for 1st T20I against Australia
BCCI, the governing body for cricket in India, has just announced the 12 man squad for the 1st T20 Internationals, a day ahead of the game. The Indian squad is as follows: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma(Vice Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(Wicket Keeper), Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep[Read More…]
Pullela Gopichand: A player, a coach, everything Indian Badminton ever needed
What Pullela Gopichand could not achieve as a player, he did so as a coach, 2 Olympic medals! Winner of the All England Open, 2001, Pullela did not always want to become a badminton player. He started the game as a hobby when he was 11 years old. Pullela Gopichand[Read More…]
Jharkhand Day Special: Sportstars from India’s 28th state who lit the world
Whether it is Archery, Football, Cricket or our most successful Olympic sport, Hockey, Jharkhand players have made their mark at national as well as the international level. Here we list four of the most prolific players, the state or for that matter our country has witnessed reach the highest heights[Read More…]
Live Streaming Cricket, ICC Women’s World T20, Sri Lanka Women Vs South Africa Women: Where and how to watch SLW vs SAW T20I on Hotstar and Star Sports Network
When and what time will the Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women T20I take place? Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women T20I will start at 05:30 IST (5:30 AM) on November 13 at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia. The toss will take place[Read More…]
Live Streaming Cricket, India vs West Indies: Match updates IND vs WI 2nd T20I | India eye series sweep
After sweeping Windies in the Test series and thrashing them further in the ODI version of the game, the blue brigade will try to seal the T20 series as well at Lucknow. As we enter the last phase of the Windies tour of India, we bring you all the latest[Read More…]
India vs West Indies: Andre Russell ruled out of T20I series against India
Andre Russell will not be featuring in the Windies team for the T20I series against India. A day before the game in Kolkata, Cricket Windies released a later saying that Russell was injured. Russell has been a top T20 pick all around the world. He scored the fastest Caribbean Premier[Read More…]
Live Streaming Cricket, India vs West Indies: Where and how to watch IND vs WI 5th ODI Live Match
At the Brabourne Stadium India thrashed the Windies, making sure that the team in blues would be the only one to have a chance at clinching the series. Windies looked off-colour in all the three departments in Mumbai. They would hope their luck to shine at the Greenfield International Stadium[Read More…]
Pak vs NZ, 1st T20I: Pakistan beat New Zealand by 2 runs in a thrilling match
LIVE: Pakistan hold on to win by 2 runs in the first Twenty20 math. New Zealand 96/4 off 15 overs Pakistan have succesfully put the break on the New Zealand innings. OUT! de Grandhomme run out, New Zealand 89/4 Direct hit by Shadab Khan and they lose De Grandhomme. OUT![Read More…]
International standard sports stadium for the differently-abled to be established in Meghalaya
The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, announced the creation of an international standard sports stadium for the differently-abled people in Meghalaya. The stadium is said to be created ahead of the National Games 2022, which the state will host. While speaking during the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir[Read More…]
Mangalore: Tanvi wins laurels by becoming India’s first woman stand-up Paddleboarder
Mangalore dweller Tanvi Jagdish became the pride of India by winning the National Stand-up paddleboarding competition for six consecutive times and becoming part of the first Indian team to participate in an international Paddleboarding contest. She is also the first professional female paddleboarder in the Country. “My mother is proud[Read More…]
How India’s sports stars overcame tough personal odds to achieve success
Ever since she was a kid, Hima Das woke up every morning before the crack of dawn and would go to the local grazing ground in a remote Assam village. With no proper gear or even a playground, she practiced running at this grazing ground, around 50 metres from her[Read More…]
National Sports Day: PM Narendra Modi salutes sportsperson
Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded sportspersons on National Sports Day on Wednesday. He also paid tribute to the Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. India celebrates National Sports Day on 29 August to mark the birthday of legend Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who bagged[Read More…]
50% school syllabus to be reduced by 2019, know why?
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…]
Serena Williams makes ‘discrimination’ claim after drug test
Serena Williams, who made it to the Wimbledon final a little more a week ago, has accused the doping authorities of “discrimination” after being subjected to a random drugs test. 36 year old Williams, who already had been drug-tested five times earlier this year, believes that she is being specifically targeted[Read More…]