PARIS: In a battle between the top two men’s doubles badminton pairs in the world, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty overpowered Korea’s Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae in the French Open semi-finals in Paris. Rankireddy and Shetty, No. 1 in the BWF rankings, got the better of the reigning world champions by a 21-13, 21-16 scoreline to […]
NEW DELHI: Walking the talk about giving highest priority to Test cricket, the BCCI has decided to increase the match fee to up to Rs 45 lakh from the existing Rs 15 lakh for all those who play at least seven long-form games per season, Board secretary Jay Shah announced on Saturday. A Test player, […]
NEW DELHI: England’s James Anderson became the first seamer to take 700 Test wickets. Anderson dismissed Kuldeep Yadav on Day 3 of the fifth Test match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium to reach the feat. The 41-year-old is only behind Shane Warne (708) and Muttiah Muralitharan (800). Anderson has reached the milestone […]
NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill’s centuries bolstered India’s dominance in the final Test against England, propelling them to a commanding 255-run lead on Friday. At the close of day two, the hosts reached 473-8, with Kuldeep Yadav (27) and Jasprit Bumrah (19) holding the crease amidst the breathtaking backdrop of the Dharamsala […]
SRINAGAR: The Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports (JIM & WS) successfully concluded two skiing courses, namely the Basic Skiing Course – 64 (BSC-64) and the Advance Skiing Course 18 (ASC-18), held from February 22, 2024, to March 6, 2024. A total of 83 enthusiastic trainees from various parts of the country participated in […]
NEW DELHI: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that it will withdraw its February 26 circular about the selection trials for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 and Asian Olympic Games Qualifier, paving the way for the Indian Olympic Association-appointed ad-hoc committee to conduct the trials. The High […]
NEW DELHI: India veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved another milestone in his career when he becomes the 14th Indian player to play 100 Tests. Ashwin joined an elite list of players with his 100th appearance in Test match for India during the fifth Test against England at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Dharamsala […]
NEW DELHI: Former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards celebrated his 72nd birthday on Thursday. Richards, considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time, played a key role in the West Indies’ victory in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. Born in Antigua on March 7, 1952, to Malcolm and Gretel Richards, Vivian developed a passion […]
NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra’s rival on the field and close friend off it, Pakistan’s javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem on Thursday said that he hasn’t been able to acquire a new international standard javelin for many years, adding that he had just one javelin and had been using it for the past seven to eight years. […]
NEW DELHI: BCCI president Roger Binny on Thursday said that England skipper Ben Stokes as well as the team was responsible for their downfall in the ongoing Test series as well as in the 5th and final Test in Dharamsala. “Well, the captaincy of Ben Stokes so far he has been more aggressive, and I […]