SRINAGAR: Aiming to reach and engage the maximum number of youths in sports, the J&K Sports Council has launched summer activities for the Kashmir division under the banner of ‘My Youth My Pride 2024-25’ from Tral in south Kashmir. The activities were inaugurated at the Indoor Sports Hall, Tral, by Divisional Sports Officer, Kashmir, Divisional […]
LONDON: Lionel Messi faced calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina’s players after they won the Copa America. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social media showing members of Argentina’s […]
NEW DELHI: All eyes will be on BCCI secretary Jay Shah during the four-day ICC Annual Conference in Colombo, starting on Friday, where there might be serious discussions about when he will take over from New Zealander Greg Barclay as the chairman of the global body. The ICC conference that starts with the board meeting […]
NEW DELHI: After his stellar performances against Zimbabwe, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal rose up 4 places to occupy the 6th place in the latest ICC T20I batters’ rankings. His captain for the series Shubman Gill who was the leading run scorer in the Zimbabwe series moved up 36 places to be ranked 37th. Jaiswal scored 141 […]
PARIS: The French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with FIFA over “racist and discriminatory remarks” by Argentina players in post-match chants about France’s team after their Copa America title win. Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday at Miami Gardens, Florida. A video posted on Instagram by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, who plays for […]
Chhavi Sharma clinches bronze medal for India SRINAGAR: Chhavi Sharma, a promising athlete of Khelo India State Centre of Excellence, Jammu and Kashmir, has made the nation proud by securing a bronze medal in the Sabre Girls team event held at the 2024 Commonwealth Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship, Christchurch, New Zealand. The other team […]
LONDON: Just 11 months before the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in men’s soccer, FIFA invited bids for rights to broadcast the 63-game tournament to be staged in the United States. FIFA on Monday published an “invitation to tender in the Americas, Asia, and Middle East and North Africa” weeks after talks with tech giant […]
CANBERRA: David Warner announced his retirement from the T20I format following Australia’s exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, marking the end of his international cricket career after retiring from ODIs and Tests earlier this year. However, a couple of weeks later, the explosive southpaw indicated in a social media post that the […]
LONDON: England were thrashed 4-0 in 2021/22 Ashes. Skipper Joe Root and Head Coach Chris Silverwood were criticized heavily at the time for the selection calls and tactics used in the games. The team also had to deal with quarantines because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the management to counter mental fatigue rested and rotated […]
BERLIN: He only played half the game, but Spain midfielder Rodri called it the best day of his career. Spain looked to have suffered a major blow when Rodri went off with an unspecified injury at halftime in the European Championship final against England on Sunday with the score at 0-0. Rodri said he felt […]