Paris : Lionel Messi won a record sixth men’s Ballon d’Or award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday evening, while USA World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe claimed the women’s prize. Rapinoe was not at the Chatelet Theatre in the French capital, unable to make the trip back to the country where she led the […]
Kolkata : The BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that there’s enough time to decide on Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future and things will get clearer in a few months time. When Ganguly was asked to comment on India head coach Ravi Shastri’s reported remarks that IPL 2020 will give a clear picture of Dhoni’s […]
Bangkok : Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat won the gold and silver medals respectively in the women’s individual recurve event of the 21st Asian Championships here on Thursday. Deepika defeated Ankita 6-0 in the one-sided final. The duo had earlier secured an individual Olympic quota for the country by storming into the semifinals […]
Lucknow : Third seed K Srikanth sailed past Russia’s Vladimir Malkov in straight games to set up a second-round clash with fellow Indian P Kashyap in the Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament here on Wednesday. Srikanth prevailed 21-12 21-11 in his 36-minute opening round clash, while Kashyap got a walkover from Frenchman Lucas Corvee. Among […]
Indore : Indian captain Virat Kohli played ‘gully (street) cricket’ with children during a shoot in the Bicholi Mardana area here. Kohli, who was rested for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh which India won 2-1, will lead the side for the two-match Test series beginning here on Thursday against the visitors. The second match […]
New Delhi : India’s first badminton world champion P V Sindhu was welcomed exuberantly on her return to the country and promised to work harder to clinch more medals. The Olympic silver-medallist, who out-played Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in a lop-sided final of the big event in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday, was mobbed at […]
Edgbaston : India lost their first match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup when they failed to chase down 338 against England at Edgbaston on Sunday. India’s 31-run defeat has also made the race for the semi-finals interesting. For starters, Pakistan did not want India to lose to England. Meanwhile, India and New Zealand have […]
Manchester: India made it seven wins out of seven against Pakistan at the cricket World Cups with a convincing 89 run (DLS method) win in Manchester on Sunday. India were heavy favourites going into the match and that showed in all facets of the game as India completely outplayed their neighbours in all facets of […]
New Delhi : Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the 2019 Cricket World Cup for 3 weeks with a fractured thumb. He had been hit on his left thumb during India’s match against defending champions Australia at The Oval on Sunday. Dhawan had sustained the injury on Sunday but went on to score a […]
England : Sri Lanka observed the dramatic batting collapse by imploding from 144-1 to 201 all out against Afghanistan in a rain-affected match at Sophia Gardens. Still, the Island of Dharma recovered from the huge loss over Afghanistan for 152 and registered a 34 – run victory for its debut triumph at the Cricket World […]
