After Monday’s victory, as KKR tops IPL list, team member Yusuf Pathan, on the thrilling four-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in their IPL clash claimed that his team had largely succeeded in their base plan to score a boundary in every over and rotate the strike during their chase at[Read More…]
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All-Indian final at Singapore Open 2017 after Srikanth’s victory
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the second semi-final of Singapore Open 2017. Kidambi swept a 21-13, 21-14 win in a match. Srikanth will be facing B Sai Praneeth in the final. Praneeth beat Lee Dong-keun of Korea, 21-6 21-8, in the first semi-final earlier on Saturday. This[Read More…]
Misbah-ul-Haq retires from Test cricket
PV Sindhu wins Indian Open Super Series title
Indian women’s hockey team beat Uruguay 4-2
Indian Women Hockey team started their Women’s World League campaign on a winning note defeating Uruguay 4-2 in the penalty shootout. Both the ends were at equal score 2-2 at the end of the regulation play time when Rani, Monika, Deepika and Navjot Kaur took a lead on scoring in a[Read More…]
Kohli needs a short break, says Brad Haddin
Delhi will not host Under-17 Football World Cup for poor air quality
Due to Delhi’s poor air-quality after it celebrated Diwali, it will not host any matches of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup as officials are concerned about the ill effect which the pollution will have on the player’s health. The eight matches are scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru[Read More…]
Mary Kom eyes comeback at Asian Championship
Five-time world champion and London Olympics bronze-medallist woman boxer MC Mary Kom is eyeing a comeback to the ring at this year’s Asian championship in Vietnam before deciding her future course of action. The Rajya Sabha MP, who has not competed since last year’s World Championships, ruled out retirement for[Read More…]
Virat Kohli unsure about the final Test against Australia
Indian cricket team is in a real time fix regarding the captain’s participation in the final match of the test series between India and Australia. Virat Kohli might not be playing for the final match of the series in Dharamsala and will have to pass a fitness test. Kohli admitted that[Read More…]
IPL 10 schedule to change due to MCD elections
Djokovic & Rafael Nadal out of Indian Wells
PCB suspends Mohammad Irfan
Bopanna and Cuevas knocked out at the Indian Wells
Serena Williams out of Indian Wells due to injury
2nd Test: Spinners keep Aus in control at tea
Manager Claudio Ranieri sacked by Leicester
Kiradech to participate in the Hero Indian Open
BCCI General Manager RP Shah resigns from his post
SC appointed panel sacks BCCI media manager
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 bags gold in the Asian Junior Squash Championship
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…]
Federer qualifies for Aus-open semi-finals
War of words in India’s tennis arena, Sania and Bopanna hit back to Paes
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…]
Olympics then and now
The first recorded Olympics were held in 776 B.C. at Olympia in Western Peloponnese.