AHMEDABAD: Their confidence soaring high after a resounding serieslevelling win, India would look to build on their new approach of batting freely and fearlessly when they take on England in the third Twenty20, here on Tuesday. The Men in Blue were off to a horrible start in the T20 series, suffering a demoralising eight-wicket loss […]
KOLKATA: Gokulam Kerala FC dropped two vital points in their quest for ILeague silverware as the Malabarians were held to a 1-1 draw by Real Kashmir FC here on Monday. Basit Ahmed Bhat’s first-half goal was cancelled by Dennis Antwi’s 24thminute penalty kick as both teams shared the points. With this draw, Gokulam (23 points) […]
NEW DELHI: The government has released Rs 13.73 crore for the disabled sportspersons till date under the Khelo India Scheme, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Despite sports being a ‘state subject’ under the Indian Constitution, the union government has been allocating funds scheme-wise since 2016-17, Rijiju said in a written […]
PANAJI: Artysh Lopsan may be a tall rival but he is still a “kid” India’s professional boxing star Vijender Singh said on Monday, exuding confidence of extending his unbeaten streak when he trades punches with his Russian opponent on Friday. Vijender and Losan will square off in a super middle-weight (76kg) showdown, dubbed as ‘Battle […]
Sadia Tariq wins gold medal SRINAGAR: living up to the expectations Sadia Tariq and Sana Basharat won gold and Bronze medals respectively in the 19th Junior National Wushu Championship held at Haryana Fatehabad earlier this week. Sadia Tariq from J&K won Gold medal by defeating Haryana in final fight under under 52 Kg categry. Speaking […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) will be a 10-team affair from 2022 as the BCCI has decided to auction two new teams in the month of May during the final phase of upcoming edition. The BCCI top brass including president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah on Saturday had a meeting on execution of […]
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant “changed the course” of three Test matches with his fearless batting approach, something which most players aren’t able to achieve in their entire career. Pant’s 97 nearly changed the Sydney Test which India managed to draw while his 89 not out at Brisbane won them the series Down Under. Then to […]
SRINAGAR: J&K Shootingball Association is conducting selection trials for the upcoming 39th Senior (Boys & Girls) National Shootingball Championship 2020-21 on 15th March. The Selection trials will be held at Gindun Ground, Raj Bagh, at 11 am sharp. Interested players are asked to come along with two passport size photograph and age proof certificate. For […]
AHMEDABAD: Left shaken by a bunch of world-class operators, the Indian team’s white-ball stars will be aiming to put up an improved batting effort in the second T20 International against England here on Sunday. It was India’s first white-ball game in three months and the rustiness of some of the premier shorter format players like […]
AHMEDABAD: India will continue to play with more freedom but need to focus on executing the plans properly as they look to tick all the boxes in the run-up to the T20 World Cup, young batsman Shreyas Iyer said on Friday. On the eve of the first T20I, India skipper Virat Kohli had said that […]