Screening of Senior Pencak Silat teams held at Indoor Stadium,

SRINAGAR: The Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council Saturday conducted the screening of the J&K Pencak Silat Teams for Men and Women probable’s in the Senior National Pencak Silat Championshi. The four day championship is scheduled to be held at GHG Khalsa College, Ludhiana Punjab from March 11. The screening committee of the J&K Sports Council […]

Wriddhiman Saha ‘tells all’ to BCCI probe committee

NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who has alleged that he was intimidated by a journalist for not giving an interview, on Saturday said he has revealed all the details to a BCCI committee probing the matter. A three-member committee on Saturday met Saha here on Saturday to probe into the 37-year-old’s allegations against […]

India’s mixed and women’s doubles pairs win silver medals at WTT Contender Muscat

NEW DELHI: The Indian mixed doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath clinched a silver medal after losing their final match, as did the women’s doubles duo of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee at the WTT Contender tournament in Muscat on Saturday. The Thakkar-Kamath duo lost 3-11, 3-11, 6-11 to the Chinese pair of […]

Indai vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 1: Pant makes a statement in Kohli’s landmark 100th Test

MOHALI: Indian cricket’s rapidly-rising box-office draw Rishabh Pant owned the centre-stage in Virat Kohli’s landmark 100th Test, hammering Sri Lankan bowlers into submission with an enthralling 96 as the hosts reached a commanding 357 for 6 on the opening day of the first Test here. The 5000 odd spectators, who had come to watch Kohli […]

In times of three formats, I played 100 Tests; next generation can take that from my career: Kohli

MOHALI: Basking in the glory of becoming only the 12th Indian cricketer to play 100 Tests, Virat Kohli on Friday said he wants the “next generation” to take inspiration from the fact he could achieve the milestone despite playing in all three formats through a gruelling international schedule. Indian cricket’s reigning superstar was felicitated by […]

Wushu Gold Medalist Sadia Tariq calls on DGP

Jammu: Gold medalist Wushu sports star Sadia Tariq called on Director General of Police J&K, Dilbag Singh here on Friday at Police Headquarters. She has won a gold medal in the recently held Wushu Star Championship-2022 held in Moscow Russia. The DGP while praising her achievements at such a young age said she is making […]

Split captaincy won’t work in India, says Karthik

MOHALI: Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has vouched for one captain across all three formats for the Indian team, saying the concept of split captaincy won’t work here. Karthik hailed Rohit Sharma’s elevation as Indian team’s captain across all formats on the eve of the Mumbai batter’s Test captaincy debut against Sri Lanka in the game […]

Indian paddlers assured of at least 2 silver medals in WTT Contender

NEW DELHI: Indian mixed doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath and women’s doubles duo of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee entered the finals of their respective table tennis events, assuring the country of at least two silver medals in the ongoing WTT Contender Muscat 2022. Manav and Archana reached the mixed doubles final […]

Stimac names 38 probables for India’s two friendlies in Bahrain, match against Belarus ‘on as of now’

NEW DELHI: Eight new faces figured in Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac’s list of 38 probables named on Friday for the preparatory camp ahead of the two international friendly matches to be played in Manama, Bahrain later this month. Goalkeepers Prabhshukhan Gill and Mohammad Nawaz, defenders Deepak Tangri and Roshan Singh, and midfielders […]

Credit goes to Kohli for India’s Test success, says Rohit Sharma

MOHALI: India captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday lauded former skipper and batting mainstay Virat Kohli ahead of his landmark 100th Test, saying he deserves all the credit for putting the team in a good position in the format. Rohit will start his Test captaincy journey when he steps out to lead India against Sri Lanka […]