New Delhi: On Tuesday, India’s pace spearhead Mohammed Shami was amongst the group of athletes awarded with the Arjuna Award, conferred every year for outstanding achievement in sports and games. Shami had been part of the Indian team that ended runner ups in the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup. The 33-year-old was […]
Ganderbal: In a momentous event today, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shyambir, inaugurated the newly constructed playground at Baghi Surfraw. The inauguration ceremony witnessed the presence of distinguished guests, including DDC member Gund, Norani Ahmad Jara, BDC member Gund, Rafeeq Ahmad Poswal, Sarpanch Ghulam Qadir Khatana, DYSSO Ganderbal, Tehsildar Gund, SDPO Kangan, and SHO Gund. […]
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday revealed that it had rated the Newlands pitch for the second Test match between India and South Africa which had ended in two days as ‘unsatisfactory’. The Cape Town Test had wrapped up in 642 balls overall, thereby earning the game the title of the shortest completed […]
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are all set to play their first-ever T20I match after 14 months, having prioritised the ODI World Cup and the ongoing World Test Championship over the duration, after being picked in the 16-man squad for the three-match contest against Afghanistan, which begins from January 11 onwards in Mohali. […]
‘Board and players will turn towards more money’ Cape Town: Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has criticized Test series being shortened, such as the recently concluded two Tests between India and South Africa. Speaking on his YouTube channel, de Villiers, who donned the Proteas cap across 114 Tests, pressed that for the longest […]
Sydney: Usman Khawaja’s appeal against the sanction for him wearing a black armband during the first Test between Australia and Pakistan in Perth, mourning the lives of the children lost amid conflict between Israel and Palestine going on since October last year, has been denied by the International Cricket Council (ICC) according to the reports. […]
Ganderbal: The inaugural Ice Skating camp at Sonamarg, initiated on December 24, 2023, marked its successful conclusion on Saturday. Organized by the District Administration Ganderbal in collaboration with local stakeholders, the event witnessed the participation of approximately 20 local boys who received expert training from Mohd Ashraf Dijoo of the Ice Skating Association of Jammu […]
Cape Town: Their eyes trained on the big-ticket T20 World Cup in the Americas in June, the national selectors aren’t finding it easy to pick just one among Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the upcoming Afghanistan series. As of now, there are chances that both the stalwarts will be kept in the squad but […]
Mumbai: Six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom feels the new generation of athletes is not hungry enough like her to achieve success and gets satisfied with just one big achievement. The Olympic bronze medallist also said that she is “super fit” at 41 years of age and hungry to “achieve more and more”. “I […]
New Delhi: The riveting cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan will reach planet’s biggest show city New York on June 9 when the arch-rivals go against each other there in a Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The schedule for the showpiece was revealed on Friday, and India are clubbed with […]