NEW DELHI: India’s seven-wicket loss to South Africa in the series-deciding third Test has cost them a top four spot as Virat Kohli and his men slipped to the fifth position in the World Test Championship standings. India, the runners up of the inaugural edition of the WTC, are currently placed fifth in the second […]
NEW DELHI: World championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen entered his maiden World Tour Super 500 summit clash on Saturday with a come-from-behind win over Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open. Third seed Sen, ranked 17 in the world, will face reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the summit clash […]
FATORDA: With a surge in COVID-19 cases inside the bio-bubble here, ATK Mohun Bagan’s Indian Super league match against Bengaluru FC was postponed, hours before their kickoff here on Saturday. This was their second successive fixture to be postponed. It was only last Saturday that ATKMB’s match against Odisha FC had to be postponed after […]
MUMBAI: At 16 years and 2 months, Indian defender Shilky Devi is the youngest player in the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup and the teenager feels the experience of playing with the senior team will hold her in good stead at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Shilky is among 15 players in the Indian squad […]
CAPE TOWN: A South African team going through one of its toughest transition phases embarrassed a star-studded Indian team with a clinical seven-wicket victory in the third Test to clinch a memorable 2-1 series triumph on Friday. The target of 212 wasn’t a tough ask and starting the day at 101 for two, young pretender […]
NEW DELHI: Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun has now taken up the same role at Kolkata Knight Riders, the IPL franchise announced on Friday. Making the announcement of his appointment, Venky Mysore, CEO & MD of KKR said, “We are very excited to have someone of the calibre of Bharat Arun joining us as […]
NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen registered contrasting wins to advance to the women’s and men’s singles semifinals, respectively, at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton on Friday. Top seed Sindhu, a former world champion, got the better of compatriot Ashmita Chaliha 21-7, 21-18 in 36 minutes, while […]
HOBART (Australia): Travis Head scored a magnificent century to put Australia in command at stumps on the first day of the fifth and final Ashes Test against England as rain forced an early close in Hobart on Friday. At the close of play, Australia were 241-6, with Alex Carey on 10 and Mitchell Starc on […]
NEW DELHI: A few days back, after their umpteenth failure, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were trending on social media with the hashtag being ‘PuRane’ (Old). Now, social media is a platform for outrage almost 24×7 and it is very easy to call the latest trend as the “proverbial outside noise”, which the Indian cricket […]
NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals but Sania Nehwal’s campaign ended at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open on Thursday. Former champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina suffered a 17-21, 9-21 straight game loss to compatriot Malvika Bansod. Malvika, ranked 111th, took 34 minutes to see off […]