J&K best in the country in terms of modern water sports equipment: LG Women Football league in offing to promote sports among women folks in the region: Rijiju SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, along with Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju Saturday inaugurated Khelo India Centre of Excellence, “Water […]
SRINAGAR: Reaching out to athletes of J&K, minister of state for youth affairs and Sports today interacted with athletes, players and coaches from varied sports backgrounds and felicitated them on their recent achievements in national and international events, a statement issued by the Sports Council said. While felicitating the achievers, Kiran Rijiju appreciated the athletes […]
ANANTNAG: Burhan Wani (Semester III), Adil Hussain (Semester V) and Muneer Aslam (Semester V) bagged first, second and third positions respectively among the male students, while as Ulfat Shareef (Semester II), Shazia Rashid (Semester II) and Suraya Farooq (Semester II) respectively got 1st, second and third positions among the female students in the l road […]
ALMATY (Kazakhstan): India’s young wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sonam Malik produced impressive performances in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers here on Saturday to qualify for the Tokyo Games. Anshu, 19, and Sonam, 18, making a steady transition from the junior to the senior circuit, joined senior pro Vinesh Phogat (53kg) in making the Olympics cut. India […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s travel ban from India starting Sunday could impact its cricketers playing in the IPL and force them to fly straight to the UK for the two-Test series against England in May-June, followed by the World Test Championship final. Captain Kane Williamson, pacers Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson are among the 10 New […]
MUMBAI: The presence of seasoned campaigners in the Delhi Capitals side is a blessing for a young captain like Rishabh Pant, who can bounce off ideas from players such as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane. Pant, one of the youngest captains of an IPL outfit having taken over from an injured Shreyas Iyer, feels that […]
CHENNAI: By the time she was 12, Nethra Kumanan had tried her hand at tennis, cycling, basketball and even some Bharatnatyam but it was in sailing that she found her true calling in life, a choice she justified by becoming the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics. The Chennai-based 23-year-old spoke to […]
Washington: Data, which is used in statistics-driven cricket to help in strategy and player selection, should drive a good contest, legendary Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said. Cricket has always been statistically-driven like baseball, but over the past 15 years we have moved beyond comparing averages and now use data to help in strategy and player […]
NEW DELHI: India’s leading Test stars will be busy with their IPL engagements but the BCCI is ready to help them out by providing Dukes balls in case they want to sneak in a few red ball net sessions during the course of the T20 tournament. This probably will be done keeping in mind that […]
CHENNAI: The confidence gained from their exploits for India will help youngsters like Washington Sundar and Mohammed Siraj when they represent Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, feels skipper Virat Kohli. On the eve of their IPL-14 opener against defending champions Mumbai Indians, Kohli spoke about how his confidence after playing at the international level […]