India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign begins with high expectations following last year’s ODI triumph. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s squad faces a tough Group 1, including Australia and South Africa. (Photo/IANS) More than 48 years since India contested its first ICC World Cup match, on Jan 1, 1978, the side arrives in England for the Women’s…
Nikhil Chaudhary, an India-born cricketer, has achieved a historic feat by being selected for Australia’s T20I team.(Photo/IANS) During this year’s IPL, 30 year-old Nikhil Chaudhary was travelling with Delhi Capitals as a net bowler, with an outside chance of landing a contract. He took a few days off to visit his family and childhood coach…
PM Narendra Modi and Jaspal Rana (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday led the nation in mourning the death of renowned shooting coach and former Asian Games gold medallist Jaspal Rana, describing his passing as “a profound loss to the world of Indian sports.”Rana, who was serving as the high-performance coach…
Terrible moment for Indian shooting and Indian sport. Renowned former shooter Jaspal Rana breathed his last on Thursday night, just days before his 50th birthday. Sad day for Indian sport! Jaspal Rana was a true champion! (PTI) Rana, who underwent a medical procedure last week after he fell ill on the flight back home from…
File Pic: FC Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas (AP Photo) The story starts at Camp Nou. Long before 91,553 people would chant her name in awe and reverence in equal parts, a starry-eyed six-year-old girl walked into the stadium with her father. The journey from her home took less than an hour in the car. Her eyes…
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu continued her impressive run at the Australian Open Super 500 tournament, cruising into the women’s singles semi-finals with a commanding straight-game victory over Chinese Taipei’s Chen Su Yu on Friday.The third seed dismantled Chen 21-6, 21-9 and booked her place in the last four for the second time this year….
South Korea came from behind to stun the Czech Republic in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A encounter at the Guadalajara Stadium in Mexico on Friday. Hwang In-beom and Oh Hyeon-gyu got on the scoring board as South Korea outclassed Czechia 2-1 to register a win in their opening match of the tournament. The…
It’s the ultimate symbol of American politics under Donald Trump a blood-soaked cage match on the lawn of the White House for the US president’s 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Mr. President: Trump to turn 80 with cage fight A giant arena dubbed “The Claw” has been built on the famed South Lawn for Sunday’s tournament…
Auckland Blues coach Vern Cotter is confident his side can upset the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday and book a spot in the Super Rugby final, but the odds are stacked against them. Blues face uphill task in Hurricanes Super Rugby semi The Blues are boosted by the return from injury of veteran All Blacks playmaker…
Serena Williams with her doubles partner Victoria Mboko. (AP Photo) Serena Williams’ much-anticipated return to professional tennis lasted just one match after her doubles campaign at Queen’s Club came to an abrupt end on Thursday due to an injury suffered by her partner Victoria Mboko.The 44-year-old American had marked her comeback in style on Tuesday,…
