DHAKA: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Dhaka on Saturday. Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten 57 off 51 balls as Pakistan reached 109-2 in 18.1 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 108-7 in 20 overs. Najmul Hossain earlier top-scored with […]
JK Water Sports Men, Women teams clinches highest medals SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, Water Sports Centre, Nehru Park, Srinagar, has brought laurels to JKUT by clinching highest medals in the 9th National Dragon Boat Championship held at Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. Pertinently, J&K Water Sports teams of both men and women have made […]
BHUBANESWAR: India skipper Vivek Sagar Prasad believes unity and team bonding is his side’s greatest strength going into the FIH Junior World Cup which kick-starts on November 24. Highlighting the junior team’s improvement since he first played with it in 2017, Prasad said, “The team performed better in 2018 and 2019, but in 2020, the […]
BALI: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament after suffering a straight game defeat in the semifinals against Japanese top seed Akane Yamaguchi, here on Saturday. Even though Sindhu had a superior 12-7 head-to-head record against the Japanese shuttler going into Friday’s tie, having won both the […]
AUCKLAND: Denying claims that New Zealand have a “phobia “of facing their Trans-Tasman rivals, former coach Mike Hesson said Australia are simply good at countering swing bowling, something that India struggle with. New Zealand lost the T20 World Cup final to Australia last week. It was reminiscent to their 2015 ODI World Cup final’s defeat […]
JOHANNESBURG: One of contemporary cricket’s greatest batters, South African legend AB de Villiers on Friday announced his retirement from all forms of the game, which he dominated for 17 years with his 360 degree batting. The 37-year-old versatile cricketer’s decision has effectively ended his association with his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore He made the […]
JOHANNESBURG: Tributes poured in for AB de Villiers after the South African batter on Friday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, with Indian maestro Virat Kohli aptly summing up his greatness by calling him the “best player of our times”. One of contemporary cricket’s greatest batters, de Villiers has brought an end to […]
BALI: Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu registered a dominant straight-games win over Turkey’s Neslihan Yigit to enter the women’s singles semifinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Friday. Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded third, scripted a convincing 21-13, 21-10 win over the unseeded Yigit in 35 minutes to extend […]
RANCHI: India will look to clinch the series albeit with a more impactful batting performance from the middle-order in the second T20 International against New Zealand here on Friday. For coach Rahul Dravid and skipper Rohit Sharma, there couldn’t be a better start than a series win against an old nemesis, which help them hit […]
PAMPORE: Government Degree College Pampore on Wednesday organised a cycle race. The race was organised on theme “Say yes to sports and no to drugs”. The race was flagged off by Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din and District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) Dr Mukhtar Ahmad in presence of college principal Dr Seema Naz and other senior […]