Warsaw: Olympic-bound Indian wrestler Deepak Punia on Tuesday pulled out of the Poland Open here to avoid aggravating his left-elbow injury that he carried into the last Ranking Series event before the Tokyo Games. Punia was to take the mat for the 86kg event but forfeited his quarterfinal against American Zahid Valencia. It has been […]
NEW DELHI: The BCCI brass is exploring the option of using the full window of Indian Premier League by pushing the final back to October 15 in order to reduce the number of double headers in the UAE’s searing September heat. As PTI had first reported, the tournament will start on Sunday, September 19 and […]
ABU DHABI: Star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan feels the reason behind Virat Kohli’s batting success is that the Indian skipper never deviates from his process, irrespective of the quality of delivery bowled at him. The leg-spinner feels Kohli’s strong suit is that he has faith in his batting abilities and is not compelled into playing […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s hockey team would be a strong medal contender in the Olympic Games thanks to the self-belief it has acquired over the past decade by raising its game against top teams, feels former forward Tushar Khandker. “I feel the way the team is doing right now, they are a strong contender […]
NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh feels the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand should have been a three-match tie as the current schedule puts Virat Kohli’s men at a “slight disadvantage”. The Indian team, which landed in England on Thursday, goes into the game starting June 18 in Southampton with […]
NEW DELHI: The Asian Hockey Federation will organise three virtual education workshops exclusively for Hockey India coaches, umpires and technical officials this month. The AHF had successfully organised such workshops once every 30 days in the last 11 months. A group of 12-30 coaches and umpires will attend the AHF-HI Exclusive Online Education Workshops this […]
NEW DELHI: The marquee T20 World Cup in October-November is set to be shifted to the UAE and Oman with the BCCI having internally intimated the ICC to go ahead with its preparation due to a tricky COVID-19 situation in India. While the UAE was always the first back-up option, Oman’s capital Muscat has been […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Wasim Khan said on Saturday that experienced left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir could still play for the national team and efforts are on for a rapprochement between him and the coaches, including head coach Misbah-ul-Haq. Khan disclosed that Amir had met him in the UK and he had poured out his […]
DOHA: The fighting loss to Qatar done and dusted with, the Indian football team now looks forward to its next match against Bangladesh in the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers. Playing with 10 men for a major part of the match, India went down 0-1 to Asian champions and FIFA World Cup […]
DUBAI: Former Australian pacer Brett Lee believes New Zealand might have an advantage over India in the eagerly-awaited World Test Championship final in Southampton as the Black Caps are more accustomed to conditions favourable for swing bowling. India and New Zealand will fight it out from June 18 in the marquee clash for which the […]