Indian men’s recurve team storm into World Cup final

To face China in gold medal clash Antalya: India stormed into the final of the men’s recurve team event for the first time in nine years after registering three wins in the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1, here on Thursday. The trio of Atanu Das, B Dhiraj and Tarundeep Rai will face China in […]

YS&S Department organizes Sports Conclave 2023 at SKICC

Sarmad emphasizes sports as potent tool towards restraining youth from drug abuse, other social evils SRINAGAR: The Department of Youth Services & Sports (YS&S), on Wednesday organized a one day Conclave 2023 at SKICC with the goal of creating a roadmap for optimal performance besides discussing strategies for developing sports talent in a big way. […]

Suryakumar continues to lead ICC T20 rankings

Dubai: Swashbuckling Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav continued his stay at the the top of the latest ICC Men’s T20I Batters Rankings released on Wednesday. Suryakumar, who has endured a lean run of late, remained static on the ICC list with 906 rating points, and is over a 100 points ahead of the second placed Mohammad […]

‘Siraj reported corrupt approach to BCCI ACU before Australia tour’

New Delhi: India pacer Mohammed Siraj had reported a “corrupt approach” to BCCI’s Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) from an unknown person, who wanted “inside news” about his team before Australia arrived in the country for a full-fledged tour in February this year. The India pacer, who is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing […]

Prannoy, Sindhu to lead Indian team at Sudirman Cup

New Delhi: World No. 9 HS Prannoy and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will lead the Indian challenge at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, scheduled in Suzhou, China, from May 14-21. The senior national selection committee, which met here on Tuesday, picked a “balanced” squad with an aim to clinch a first-ever medal in the mixed […]

Indian mountaineer Baljeet Kaur rescued from Mt. Annapurna in Nepal

Kathmandu: Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old prominent Indian woman climber was rescued on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said. Kaur, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen on Monday, was rescued from […]

Director, senior officers take stock of arrangements for YSS Conclave 2023

Srinagar: The Department of Youth Services and Sports J&K is organising the maiden sports conclave on Wednesday at the SKICC here. Director of the Department Subash C Chhibber along with Joint Director Kashmir Waseem Raja and other senior officers of the department took stock of the arrangement being made for the successful conduct of the […]

Kohli fined 10 % of match fee for IPL code of conduct violation

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the team’s eight-run loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. A statement said that Kohli had breached the rules under Article 2.2 of […]

Asian Champions Trophy a litmus test for Asian Games: Harmanpreet Singh

Bengaluru: Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday said the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai will be a “litmus test” for the side ahead of the Asian Games to be held in September-October later this year. The seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held from August 3 […]

There hasn’t been a captain like him and will never be one in future: Gavaskar on Dhoni

New Delhi: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has named Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the best captain in the Indian Premier League history, saying “there hasn’t been a captain like him and will never be one like him in future”. Dhoni completed 200 matches as captain of CSK in the match against Rajasthan […]