YSS promotes sports culture, drug-free society: Director SRINAGAR: The Department of Youth Services and Sports in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is actively promoting sports and other activities among students and youth across all 20 districts throughout the year. Director Subash C Chhibber highlighted the crucial role of Zonal and District level offices […]
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand have named experienced all-rounder Michael Bracewell as their captain for the five-match T20I series against Pakistan, scheduled from April 17 to 27 in Rawalpindi and Lahore. Bracewell, who will skipper the team for the first time, has been side-lined since his most recent international appearance in March last year, firstly with a […]
MOSCOW: Russia accused Inter¬national Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Tuesday of taking part in a “conspiracy” with Ukraine to exclude its strongest athletes from this year’s Paris Games. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the allegation after two Russian pranksters known as Vovan and Lexus published a recording of a conversation with […]
NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya’s captaincy saga with the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 has gotten off on the worst possible start. Returning to the franchise of his formative years after a fruitful two-year stint with Gujarat Titans, Pandya’s takeover as captain from MI’s most successful skipper Rohit Sharma has irked fans of the five-time champions. […]
MUMBAI: About 10 years after its last edition was played, “active conversations” are taking place between cricket boards of India, Australia and England to revive the Champions League, a club-based international T20 competition. The last edition of the CLT20 was held in India in 2014 with Chennai Super Kings winning the title after defeating Kolkata […]
LONDON: England’s star player Ben Stokes on Tuesday pulled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup, saying the “sacrifice” will help him focus on regaining his fitness to bowl full throttle and be the “all-rounder I want to be for the foreseeable future”. The country’s Test captain has informed the England & Wales Cricket Board […]
NEW DELHI: India has a new number 1 in the latest chess rankings: Arjun Erigaisi was the top-ranked Indian in the latest FIDE rankings released by the world governing body of chess on Monday. With a standard rating of 2756, Erigaisi is ranked ninth in the world. Following him is five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, […]
NEW DELHI: Led by ace drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh India Hockey Team left here for Australia for an intense five-match Test series. The series is scheduled to kick off on 6th April in Perth, marking an important phase in the team’s preparations for the Olympic Games Paris . Having last showcased their prowess during the Bhubaneswar […]
NEW DELHI: MS Dhoni batted for the first time in IPL 2024 in Sunday night’s blockbuster clash against the Delhi Capitals. It was the first time IPL fans were seeing Dhoni bat for the first time since last year’s final. When Dhoni walked out at Vizag, CSK needed 72 runs off 23 balls as the […]
New Delhi: The BCCI has invited owners of the 10 IPL teams for an informal meeting in Ahmedabad on April 16 and there could be discussions on potential increase in auction purse for the franchises and player retention. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the game between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans […]