Kolkata: Indian Super League side FC Goa claimed their maiden Durand Cup football tournament title after a 1-0 win over local giants Mohammedan Sporting in the summit clash here on Sunday. Captain Eduardo Bedia scored the all important goal from a set piece in the 105th minute after the final match went into the extra […]
Sharjah: Mumbai Indians’ mega-stars will be making one last ditch effort to put their derailed Indian Premier League campaign back on track when they take on a confident Rajasthan Royals in their penultimate league match on Tuesday. The five-time champions were aiming for a hat-trick, which would be a first in the tournament’s 14-year-history, but […]
DUBAI: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan is the first one to admit that he has been woefully short of runs throughout the IPL but is confident of finding some form with the tournament hitting the business end. KR are currently placed fourth with 12 points from 13 games and with a positive net run-rate […]
DUBAI: India’s white-ball vice-captain and batting mainstay Rohit Sharma has no idea about the status of last month’s abandoned fifth Test against England in Manchester but he is quite clear in his mind that his team “won” the hard-fought series 2-1. The fifth Test in Manchester was abandoned after Team India’s junior physio Yogesh Parmar […]
NEW DELHI: The two Indian pairs of Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar, earned bronze medals in the men’s doubles of the 2021 ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships on Monday. In the first semi-final, the eighth-seeded Harmeet and Manav stretched South Korean fifth seeds Woojin Jang and Jonghoon Lim before bowing out […]
LONDON: FIFA has offered direct encouragement for footballers to get vaccinated. The first clear statement of its kind from world football’s governing body came as players were flying to countries for men’s World Cup qualifiers. “We encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and endorse the World Health Organization’s position: safe, fair, and equitable access is critical in all […]
DUBAI: Former champions Chennai Super Kings will look to quickly recover from their loss in the previous match when they take on a formidable Delhi Capitals in a battle between the two top teams in the IPL here on Monday. CSK and DC have been the two most dominating teams in the UAE leg, having […]
NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin is one of cricket’s leading spin bowlers and a superstar in India, but more than once, he has been accused of flouting the spirit of the sport. The 35-year-old all-rounder, who is not short of confidence or afraid to say what’s on his mind, was again at the centre of a […]
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Sunday said that two sport climbing walls of international standard would soon come up in twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar. The Advisor announced it during a function organized by Tawi Trekkers J&K to honour 11 mountaineers from Jammu who have scaled Mount Everest. Advisor Farooq Khan, who […]
LIMA (Peru): Manu Bhaker shone bright as India claimed four gold medals out of the six on offer, along with two silvers, to surge to the top of the medal standings at the ISSF Junior World Championship here on Sunday. India swept the 10m air pistol medal events, including the mixed, women’s and men’s team […]