Young boxers Payal, Nisha and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions at the 2023 IBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia as India concluded their impressive campaign with 17 medals. Payalhanded India its first gold at the meet when she outclassed local favourite Petrosyan Heghine by a unanimous decision in the girls […]
NEW DELHI: Sam Curran‘s three wickets and Jos Buttler‘s half-century propelled England to a convincing six-wicket win over West Indies in the second one-day international, drawing the three-match series level at 1-1.Chasing a target of 203 in North Sound, Antigua, England cruised to victory in under 33 overs, setting the stage for a series decider […]
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir is not the type to remain silent if provoked. Following ex-India fast bowler S Sreesanth’s video message expressing disappointment over Gambhir’s conduct, the left-handed batsman responded humbly on Twitter without directly addressing Sreesanth by name.“Smile when the world is all about attention!,” Gambhir wrote on his X handle (formerly Twitter). A […]
KOCHI: It’s been 50 days since the state government announced cash rewards to the medallists of the Asian Games but the ten Kerala athletes, who stood on the podium in Hangzhou, are yet to receive the promised amount.It was only after some of these medallists had threatened to leave the state citing the step-motherly treatment […]
NEW DELHI: Arrogant, utterly classless individual were among some harsh words used by former cricketer Sreesanth as he slammed Gautam Gambhir‘s alleged on-field ‘fixer’ remark and behaviour during a Legends League Cricket game in Surat on Wednesday.Asking Gambhir if he was above the Supreme Court of the country, Sreesanth said that the former India opener […]
NEW DELHI: Rafael Nadal on Thursday expressed uncertainty about confirming 2024 as his final season before retirement, stating that it “makes no sense” to impose a deadline on the conclusion of his career.The 22-time Grand Slam champion, set to return from a nearly year-long injury hiatus at the Australian Open warm-up event in Brisbane next […]
NEW DELHI: In anticipation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction, former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan has offered advice to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), urging the franchise to secure Rachin Ravindra to bolster their squad.Speaking to Star Sports, Pathan emphasised the need for a proficient spinner in the Hyderabad-based team, suggesting that while they have […]
NEW DELHI: Experienced India speedster Mohammed Shami, who had a phenomenal ODI World Cup has been nominated for ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for November, the world cricket governing body said on Thursday. Along with Shami, Australia’s World Cup winning duo of Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell have also been shortlisted for the […]
NEW DELHI: Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers made a shocking revelation about his early retirement from international cricket saying he played the last two years of his career with an eye injury.De Villiers, who retired from international cricket in 2018 at the age of 34, disclosed that his kid accidentally kicked him in […]
NEW DELHI: Colin Munro, the powerful New Zealand batsman, played a stellar innings by scoring an unbeaten 99, guiding Brisbane Heat to a dominant 103-run victory over Glenn Maxwell‘s Melbourne Stars on the opening day of Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League.In front of a crowd of 20,000 at the Gabba, Stars’ captain Maxwell won the […]