Chennai: Top golfers from across Asia will take part in the India Cements Pro Golf championship 2023 to be held here from August 16 to 19. The leading professionals to play from India include Om Prakash Chouhan (the PGTI Rankings leader), Aman Raj, Karan Pratap Singh, Sachin Baisoya and Gaurav Pratap Singh among others. The […]
Guwahati: Star Indian doubles player Chirag Shetty wants to retire with a room full of medals from big tournaments and his ‘mantra’ is to play “best badminton” which would take care of the results. Chirag and his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who won the Commonwealth Games gold medal last year, have been simply sensational this season […]
Chennai: Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad on Monday came down heavily on the Hardik Pandya-led team following its T20I series loss to a flagging West Indies, dubbing it a “very, very ordinary limited overs side” that is “living in illusion”. With an eight-wicket thrashing in the fifth T20I, the West Indies humbled India in the […]
New Delhi: Tokyo Olympian and 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist wrestler Seema Bisla has been handed one-year ban by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) of the NADA for “whereabouts failure”. The ADDP passed the order of banning the 30-year-old Seema on July 21. Her ban period began on May 12 this year, according to the […]
Dubai: Star left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi has signed a three-year contract with Desert Vipers for the second season of the UAE’s ILT20, and will become the first Pakistan player to play in the league in January next year. “I am excited to join the Desert Vipers. I know there are many Pakistan cricket fans in […]
Guwahati: Chennaiyin FC became the first team to qualify for the knockouts of the 132nd Durand Cup when they beat Nepal’s Tribhuvan Army FC 3-0 in a Group E fixture here on Monday. The match was played here at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Farukh Chaoudhary (22nd minute) opened the scoring for Chennaiyin while Rahim […]
Srinagar: With the announcement of ‘Meri Maati, Mera Desh’ campaign by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi last week ahead of the 77th Independence Day celebrations to pay glowing tributes to martyrs, several special sports activities under ‘Azadi Ka Khel Utsav’ were organized by J&K Sports Council since 9th day of the current month. While multiple sports […]
New Delhi: Giving them a big boost ahead of the Asian Games, India on Sunday rose to third in FIH rankings following their Asian Champions Trophy triumph. India (2771.35 points) jumped one place to third and went past England (2763.50 points) behind top-ranked Netherlands (3095.90 points) and Belgium (2917.87 points). This was the second time […]
New Delhi: India has said the Pakistani cricket team will be treated just like any other squad participating in the upcoming ICC World Cup in the country. India is hosting the tournament from October 5. “The Pakistan cricket team will be treated just like the cricket team of any other country participating in the ICC […]
New Delhi: Star batter Virat Kohli on Saturday refuted reports that floated in social media, claiming that he earned a mindboggling Rs 11.4 crore per single sponsored post through Instagram. A report by instagram scheduling tool Hopper HQ, tagged as Instagram Rich List 2023, placed Kohli’s income from per post on the meta platform over […]