NEW DELHI: In 2007, when 20-year-old Rohit Sharma hit his first international half-century against South Africa on a bouncy Kingsmead track, everyone knew that there was a talent in town. Even as one was appreciative of Rohit’s phenomenal talent, little did one know that a team with an average age of around 26 would conquer […]
PAMPORE: Islamic Scientific Model Institute Pampore bagged 40 medals and secured first position followed by, DcodeFuture Pampore with 30 medals and Hajjad Public School, Awantipora got third position with 25 medals in the 23rd Sqay Championship held at Islamic Scientific Model Institute Pampore. Around 300 both boys and girls of different schools and clubs of […]
New Delhi: Outgoing BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly will be back as the president of his state unit, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), the former India captain said. Ganguly, who had to step down from the BCCI president’s post as there is no precedence of anyone continuing in the top job for more than three […]
New Delhi: Manish Sureshkumar and Vaidehi Chaudhari on Sunday clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here. At the DLTA complex, where the cool weather provided the competitors with the right ambience to play good tennis, both Vaidehi and Manish played solidly to clinch their finals. Vaidehi […]
Sylhet: India maintained their dominance in the Women’s Asia Cup with an eight-wicket demolition of a self-destructing Sri Lanka in the final here on Saturday for their seventh title in eight editions. Sri Lanka, who were playing their first tournament final in 14 years, imploded after opting to bat on a slow and turning pitch. […]
MELBOURNE: General chit-chats about families and cars are how players from India and Pakistan defuse the hype that surrounds a contest between the bitter neighbours, rival captains Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam said on Saturday. Bilateral cricket between the arch-rivals remains suspended, thanks to their soured political relation, and emotions run high on both sides […]
MELBOURNE: South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma feels there is not a lot of expectation from his side but it’s not all “doom and gloom” for the Proteas at the T20 World Cup despite their recent woes. South Africa, who will head to the marquee event on the back of their white-ball series loss to India, […]
MELBOURNE: As Pakistan gear up to begin their T20 World Cup campaign with the highly-anticipated clash against India on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, skipper Babar Azam said that star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi is fully fit. Shaheen had missed the Asia Cup and the seven-match T20I series due to an injury. It would […]
Bhubaneswar: Hosts India conceded three goals in the second half to suffer a humiliating 0-3 defeat to Morocco in their second Group A match and crash out of the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup here on Friday. Debutants Morocco scored through El Madani (50th minute), Yasmine Zouhir (61st) and Cherif Djennah (90+1) to script their […]
Sylhet: A ruthless Indian team would look to reassert its supremacy and aim to win an unprecedented seventh Asia Cup title when it clashes with Sri Lanka in the final here on Saturday. The tournament brought to fore India’s depth as the younger crop of players has shouldered the burden of taking the team to […]