New Delhi: Star batter Virat Kohli on Saturday refuted reports that floated in social media, claiming that he earned a mindboggling Rs 11.4 crore per single sponsored post through Instagram. A report by instagram scheduling tool Hopper HQ, tagged as Instagram Rich List 2023, placed Kohli’s income from per post on the meta platform over […]
London: Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Marco Verratti were all left out of the squad for Paris Saint-Germain’s season opener against Lorient later Saturday. Mbappe is mired in a contract standoff and was widely expected not to be in the squad after having been left out of the pre-season tour to Japan and South Korea. He […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Friday appointed veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as their ODI captain for both the Asia Cup and the 2023 World Cup. Apart from the two marquee events, Bangladesh will also face New Zealand in a white ball series in late September before travelling to India for the World Cup beginning October 5. […]
Awantipora: Registrar IUST, Prof. Naseer Iqbal Inaugurated the tournament interdepartmental Volleyball tournament here on Friday in the presence of other officers of the University including Finance Officer, Mr. Sameer Wazir, Controller examination, Dr. Waseem Bari. Prof Naseer Iqbal encouraged the students to take active part in the sports and said that sports teach us discipline, […]
Baramulla: The Department of Youth Services and Sports, Zone Dangerpora, of Sub Division Sopore today held an exhilarating inter-school sports finals and prize distribution ceremony at Government High School Brate e Kalan. The event showcased remarkable talent and sportsmanship as students from various schools competed in Kabbadi, Kho Kho, and Volleyball tournaments. The response to […]
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday retained the coaching and management staff for the men’s team ahead of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, followed by the Asia Cup. The decision implies that Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur, head coach Grant Bradburn and team manager Rehan Ul Haq will continue in their respective roles. […]
Chennai: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday said it has decided to “abandon” the trial of the new penalty corner rule as it doesn’t want to tinker much with the existing set piece regulation, a glamour aspect of the sport. “FIH has decided to put on hold and abandon the new penalty corner rule […]
New Delhi: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) collected more than 900 dope samples from athletes of various sports, with a whopping 199 coming from track and field, in June and July ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. The national anti-doping watchdog collected 914 samples, mostly urine though few are of blood, from June 1 to […]
Srinagar: In a remarkable display of courage and determination, a team of mountaineers led by Col Rajneesh Joshi of Garhwal Rifles achieved a historic feat by conquering Mount Kun (7103m) and Mount Nun (7135m) despite facing the harshest of weather conditions. The team embarked on this daring expedition on Defence PRO in a statement said, […]
Srinagar: The 20th District Water Skiing Championship organized by J&K Water Skiing Association under the banner of J&K Sports Council was inaugurated on Thursday at the Water Sports Center Nigeen Lake Srinagar, here. During the opening session, the participants presented the demos for water surfing, water skiing, mano water skiing, waterboarding, double skiing, zigzag skiing, […]