Sadiq shortlisted for Wushu championship SRINAGAR: Sadiq Tariq has been shortlisted by the technical committee of Wushu Association of India for the Moscow Wushu Stars Wushu championship scheduled to be held from February 22 at Moscow. Sadiq Tariq is based from Srinagar and has recently secured Gold medal in the 20th Junior National Wushu championship […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir start their Ranji trophy campaign with a victory by trouncing Pondicherry by eight wickets at SSN ground on Sunday. Veteran spinner Parvez Rasool finished with a six-wicket haul, dismissing the last Pondicherry batsman to star in Jammu and Kashmir’s win. Parvez for his outstanding bowling performance was adjudged man of the […]
DHAKA: Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law was on Saturday named as the interim coach of the Afghanistan team ahead of its tour of Bangladesh for a limited over series. The 53-year-old Law will take over from South African Lance Klusener, who had ended his association with the Afghanistan team in September last year after deciding […]
Srinagar: District Srinagar boxing championship held at Indoor stadium concludes here on Saturday. Around 80 Amateur boxers in different weight and gender category participated in the championship. The championship was inaugurated by manger indoor stadium Maqsood Khan Later Khan distributed medals among winners in presence of Boxing coach Farooq Ahmad Khan at the closing ceremony. […]
KOLKATA: With the series in their bag, India will have the liberty to experiment in the third and final T20I against the West Indies here on Sunday. With Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant given a 10-day break, the home team is set to finally include the gifted Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad in the playing […]
NEW DELHI: White-ball skipper Rohit Sharma was on Saturday officially named captain of the Indian Test team for the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting March 4. Senior batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, who are battling poor form, were dropped. Senior wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha and experienced pacer Ishant Sharma were also left out […]
NEW DELHI: The BCCI has given Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant a 10-day break, following which they left the Indian team’s bio-bubble for their respective homes before Sunday’s third T20 international against the West Indies in Kolkata. Both Kohli and Pant hit attractive half-centuries in Team India’s series-clinching win in the second T20I in Kolkata […]
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand claimed a rare victory over South Africa on Saturday, wrapping up the first Test by a comprehensive innings and 276 runs in just seven sessions in Christchurch. It is only the fifth time in 46 Tests since 1932 that New Zealand have beaten South Africa with their last victory coming in 2004. […]
DUBAI: India continued to remain in the fifth spot in the latest World Test Championship standings released by the ICC on Saturday. India, the runners up of the inaugural edition of the WTC, are currently placed fifth in second cycle with a 49.07 percentage of points won (PCT), which is taken into account rather than […]
LONDON: Delighted to find takers at the IPL auction, England pacer Mark Wood said receiving a contract was similar to playing a computer game like ‘Football Manager’ – “almost not real”. Wood was bought by new franchise Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 7.50 crore on the first day of the IPL auction last week. “As […]