NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Tuesday declared Rishabh Pant fit to play as a wicketkeeper-batter in the upcoming IPL, brightening his prospects of a national comeback in the T20 World Cup after suffering multiple injuries in a harrowing car crash 14 months ago. Pant, who will once again be back as Delhi Capitals skipper, has […]
DHARAMSALA: India’s premier pacer Mohammed Shami, who is recuperating from an ankle surgery, is expected to make his comeback with the home Test series against Bangladesh later this year, BCCI secretary Jay Shah told PTI. Shami missed the five-match Test series against England and will also sit out of the IPL after having undergone surgery […]
SRINAGAR: HQ 31 Sub Area of Chinar Corps organised women Badminton and Table Tennis Tournament at Srinagar to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event was aimed at promoting sports amongst women and also to encourage young girls from remote areas of Kashmir to explore and participate in sports. The event was organized from March 09 […]
Owais Yaqoob emerges triumphant, highlights Kashmiri talent on global MMA stage PULWAMA: In a historic moment for Indian and Kashmiri sports, Owais Yaqoob, the rising star of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) from Pulwama district in south Kashmir, showcased his exceptional skill by securing a unanimous decision victory in the 70 kg category against his Afghan […]
NEW DELHI: “It doesn’t always work out as you want to, but you back your best players, pick your best players … look at what we managed to do over the last two years. We ain’t, I ain’t, going to let the last two years go to waste over this series in isolation.” Shortly after […]
NEW DELHI: After a 4-1 humbling in the five-match Test series against India, head coach Brendon McCullum has said that England’s Test team were ‘exposed’ by India in their recently concluded tour. “Sometimes you can get away with things, but when you’re exposed in the way we have been in the back end of this […]
Amad-e-Ramadhan Cricket Tournament Srinagar: In an exciting display of sportsmanship, Students XI of Kashmir University (KU) clinched victory against the Non-Teaching XI, emerging as the winner of the first-ever ‘Amad-e-Ramdhan Cricket Tournament’. The match was played Saturday at the university’s Main Ground. KU Vice Chancellor, Prof Nilofer Khan, commended both the teams for their exemplary […]
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 […]