RANCHI: It would have been a dead rubber but with valuable World Test Championship points on offer, India would be eyeing victory while South Africa would be desperate for some consolation in a wretched tour when the third and final Test starts here on Saturday. There are 40 points on offer and a 3-0 series […]
GOHANA (HARYANA): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was focussed on identification of merit and eliminating nepotism in sports, whereas the previous Congress-led regimes only “harvested the produce of scams”. Addressing a rally here in Sonipat district in the run-up to the October 21 Haryana Assembly polls, he said, “Our jawans and […]
PUNE: Tail-enders Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander set an example of gutsy batsmanship as South Africa fought hard against a quality attack but could not stop India from taking a massive 326-run lead on the third day of the second Test here. While a total of 275 in 105.4 overs is far from India’s mammoth […]
GUWAHATI: Head coach Igor Stimac on Saturday named a 23-member Indian football squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh to be played in Kolkata on Tuesday. Defenders Sandesh Jhingan and Anwar Ali (Jr) were ruled out the match to be played at VYBK Stadium due to injuries, while Halicharan Narzary, Farukh Choudhary and […]
Pune: India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday proposed that points for an away victory in the World Test Championship should be doubled while reiterating that the ongoing inaugural edition has raised the standards in the five-day format. Currently, a team gets 120 points for a series clean sweep, irrespective of whether it’s a two-match series […]
India A speedster Ishan Porel bowled brilliantly to grab six-wickets while Shreevats Goswami made an unbeaten 86 to guide Bengal to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir in a Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy match here on Monday. Porel (6/34) came up with a devastating opening spell that sent Jammu and Kashmir reeling […]
LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to bat away controversy over comments he made about women’s cricket, saying he had been quoted out of context. The big-hitting 34-year-old came under fire this week after TV interview footage circulated of him commenting on women’s cooking skills in response to a question about women’s cricket. […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced the final itinerary for its ‘home’ series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates in October. A PCB official said that the series had been finalised after consultations with Cricket Australia who have agreed to play in the UAE. “We have no option right now but to […]
DUBAI: Television coverage of the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh is set to break all previous International Cricket Council (ICC) events’ broadcast records, the sport’s world governing body claimed on Friday. That coverage, produced and distributed by the ICC’s global media rights partner and host broadcaster, Star Sports, will have a potential reach of more […]
MUMBAI: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar wants Rahul Dravid to take up the highly challenging job of India coach but the former captain is not ready as yet to assume the mantle from under-fire incumbent Duncan Fletcher because of “time constraints”. “I am happy that he (Gavaskar) said I am capable of doing the job. But […]