New Delhi: Former India skipper Virat Kohli says he was labelled a “failed” captain by a section of experts and fans for not winning an ICC trophy. Under Kohli’s captaincy, India failed to win the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 World Cup, the 2021 World Test Championship final against New Zealand, besides suffering a premature […]
Anantnag: A Kashmir-based cricket bat manufacturing company has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with various international boards and leagues, in order to help them to scout young talent in the valley. The company, ‘Gr8 Sports’, is the first bat manufacturing company to introduce the Kashmir willow bats in international cricket. Bats manufactured by the company […]
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry is apparently livid with country’s top wrestlers for opting out of international events in the wake of their ongoing stand-off with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik and Sangita […]
Kulgam: Police in Kulgam inaugurated ‘Martyr Shri Aman Kumar Thakur Memorial Cricket Tournament-2023’ in a cheerful and mesmerizing ambience at Mini Stadium Kulgam. During the inaugural ceremony of the tournament, the ‘martyr memorial parade’ was also held to commemorate the 4th anniversary of martyrdom of DySP Aman Kumar Thakur at DPL Kulgam. On the occasion, […]
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has extended by two weeks the deadline given to the Oversight Committee to submit its report on sexual harassment allegations against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The Committee, led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, was formed on January 23 to investigate into the claims made by country’s top […]
London: The Yorkshire County Cricket Club has confirmed that documents related to allegations of racism and its responses to those charges had been “irretrievably deleted”, which could be prejudicial to the interest of the game in the country. Pakistan-born cricketer Azeem Rafiq, who played for Yorkshire for more than 10 years, had claimed that racism […]
Wellington: World’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes won’t allow Indian Premier League (IPL) come in the way of national duty, saying he would prefer to fly back and lead England against Ireland in the build-up Test ahead of the high-stakes Ashes series even if his franchise makes the final. Stokes had missed the last edition of […]
New Delhi: Sania Mirza bowed out of international tennis after she and her American partner Madison Keys lost 4-6, 0-6 to the Russian pair of Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova at the WTA Dubai event on Tuesday. Last month, playing in her last Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open, she had ended as the […]
Leh/Jammu: The Union Territory of Ladakh has created history by successfully conducting its maiden 21-km trail running event in sub-zero temperature at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso, which was registered in Guinness world record as the world’s highest frozen lake half marathon. Spread across the border of India and China, the 700-square kilometer Pangong Lake […]
Dubai: Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first round defeat at the WTA Dubai Duty Free Championships, losing the contest in straight sets along with American partner Madison Keys here Tuesday. Sania and Keys lost 4-6 0-6 to the formidable Russian pair of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in exactly one hour. The […]