All India Intervarsity 6-A-Side Cricket Tournament Felicitates winners on lifting trophy, securing gold medals SRINAGAR: The Kashmir University (KU) Thursday felicitated the 6-A-Side cricket teams (Men and Women), who secured gold medals at the prestigious ‘All India Intervarsity 6-A-Side Cricket Tournament’ held at Suresh Gyan Vihar University (SGVU), Jaipur, Rajasthan. KU Vice Chancellor, Prof Nilofer […]
NEW DELHI: Showing no mercy on Hardik Pandya following his homecoming in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, a packed Wankhede Stadium booed the Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper in his first home game of the new season. Hardik received a hostile reception in Mumbai when the star all-rounder walked out for the traditional coin toss […]
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer. “I have no doubt whatsoever, including in terms of information,” Macron said in response to a reporter’s question about whether he thought that Russia would try to target the Olympics. Macron’s comments, delivered […]
CHANDIGARH: Indian Super League side Punjab FC will play its last two games at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium behind closed doors due to “unforeseen circumstances”, the club announced in a statement on Thursday. The club stated that the matches against Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan SG and East Bengal on April 6 and 10 respectively will […]
YSS promotes sports culture, drug-free society: Director SRINAGAR: The Department of Youth Services and Sports in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is actively promoting sports and other activities among students and youth across all 20 districts throughout the year. Director Subash C Chhibber highlighted the crucial role of Zonal and District level offices […]
CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand have named experienced all-rounder Michael Bracewell as their captain for the five-match T20I series against Pakistan, scheduled from April 17 to 27 in Rawalpindi and Lahore. Bracewell, who will skipper the team for the first time, has been side-lined since his most recent international appearance in March last year, firstly with a […]
MOSCOW: Russia accused Inter¬national Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Tuesday of taking part in a “conspiracy” with Ukraine to exclude its strongest athletes from this year’s Paris Games. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the allegation after two Russian pranksters known as Vovan and Lexus published a recording of a conversation with […]
NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya’s captaincy saga with the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 has gotten off on the worst possible start. Returning to the franchise of his formative years after a fruitful two-year stint with Gujarat Titans, Pandya’s takeover as captain from MI’s most successful skipper Rohit Sharma has irked fans of the five-time champions. […]
MUMBAI: About 10 years after its last edition was played, “active conversations” are taking place between cricket boards of India, Australia and England to revive the Champions League, a club-based international T20 competition. The last edition of the CLT20 was held in India in 2014 with Chennai Super Kings winning the title after defeating Kolkata […]
LONDON: England’s star player Ben Stokes on Tuesday pulled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup, saying the “sacrifice” will help him focus on regaining his fitness to bowl full throttle and be the “all-rounder I want to be for the foreseeable future”. The country’s Test captain has informed the England & Wales Cricket Board […]