PM congratulates World Archery Championships gold medallists

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Indian women’s compound team for winning the country’s first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Championships, saying their hard work and dedication led to the outstanding outcome. The Indian women’s compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur on Friday created history […]

Basketball match held at BOMIS Pampore

DPS beats BOMIS in the inaugural match Pampore: With an aim to promote sports among students, Birla Open Minds International School Pampore on Saturday organised a Basketball match on the school premises between BOMIS Pampore and Delhi Public School Athwajan Srinagar. The match was organised in view of the upcoming first annual BML Welfare Trust […]

Red FM introduces Red 11 yeam to Jammu & Kashmir Premier League

Srinagar: 93.5 Red FM, India’s leading private radio and entertainment network has announced its participation in this year’s Jammu & Kashmir Premier League (JKPL) with its cricket team – ‘Red 11’. The tournament is set to kick off from 16th August onwards. The Jammu & Kashmir Premier League is a celebration of sports and the […]

ICC fines India, WI for slow over-rate in first T20I

Dubai: India and West Indies have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first T20 International of the five-match series at Tarouba, Trinidad. While India were fined five per cent of their match fee for falling one over short of the minimum over-rate on Thursday night, West Indies have been docked 10 per […]

Gukesh becomes India’s No.1 chess player, ends Anand’s 36-yr-long reign

New Delhi: Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh posted a win over home favourite Misratdin Iskandarov in a second round match of the World Cup here on Tuesday and overtook his idol Viswanathan Anand in live world (FIDE) rankings. The 17-year old Gukesh outclassed Iskandarov of Azerbaijan in 44 moves in the second game of their second-round […]

Divorce of Sania-Shoaib subject of speculation again

Mumbai: The celebrity couple — Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik — has possibly separated if the recent activity on their social media accounts is any indication. The rumours about their divorce have been going around since last year but the two reputed athletes have not made any public comment on […]

‘Virat Kohli is still young and has a lot of time’: Chaminda Vaas

New Delhi: In the last few years, Indian cricket team talisman Virat Kohli has experienced a dip in form. The former India captain recently scored a century against the West Indies in the ongoing series in the Caribbean. But, tellingly, it was his first international century overseas since December 2018. Former Sri Lanka bowler Chaminda […]

Misbah to head Pak’s Cricket Technical Committee featuring Inzamam, Hafeez

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the formation of a Cricket Technical Committee (CTC) to be headed by former captain Misbah-ul-Haq. Besides Misbah, former skippers Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez will be the members of the committee. It also includes the head of the PCB’s domestic cricket department and a representative of the chairman of […]

With Broad retiring, Anderson’s experience will be required in India: Hussain

London: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain expects pace bowler James Anderson to tour India for the gruelling five-Test series early next year, saying that with pacer Stuart Broad and all-rounder Moeen retiring, the experience of the 41-year-old will come in handy in sub-continental conditions. Anderson, the highest wicket-taking quick in Test cricket, would be more […]

Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt passes away

Lahore: Former Test cricketer and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt passed away in Lahore on Thursday at the age of 85. The cricket board said it was saddened by the news of Butt’s demise and extended heartfelt condolences to his friends and family. In a statement, PCB Management Committee Chairperson Zaka Ashraf said: […]