Mohali: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians’ class and pedigree will once again be tested when they take on an unpredictable Punjab Kings in a crucial Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. A win will give MI the much-needed push on the points table, while a loss will see them slip further and chart a familiar…
Dubai: India have overtaken Australia to regain the number one position in the ICC men’s Test team rankings following the annual update that drops results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all series completed since May 2020. India’s rating points have moved up from 119 to 121 as their 2-0 defeat to New Zealand in…
Bengaluru: Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai will return to defend their men’s and women’s crowns, respectively at the Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru here on Sunday. The two had won the prestigious World Athletics gold label road race with course records last year. Kimeli scorched the course in a time of 27:38…
Tashkent: Indian archers made a flying start to their campaign in the Asia Cup Stage 2 World Ranking Tournament, advancing to the finals of all four team events in the recurve and compound sections, here on Tuesday. The top-seeded Indian men’s recurve team of Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Shelke and Jayanta Talukdar eliminated hosts’ Uzbekistan’s Chen Yao…
Tashkent: Tokyo Olympian Ashish Chaudhary advanced to the 80kg pre-quarterfinals with a split decision win over Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran at the Men’s World Boxing Championships here on Tuesday. Ashish secured a hard-fought 4-1 victory against the former Asian Championships silver medalist. The 28-year-old from Himachal Pradesh displayed his attacking intent from the word go…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his plea for stay of conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, saying it will pass its final order post-summer vacation. Counsel for Gandhi (52), Abhishek Manu Singhvi, cited “extreme urgency” to request…
Mumbai: Springing a surprise, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he is stepping down as the chief of NCP, the political outfit he founded and helmed since 1999. Pawar made the announcement at the launch of his revised version of the autobiography which was met with protests by party workers and leaders who…
Washington: There is no plan to add new members to the Quad now, the White House has said, emphasising that the relatively young grouping welcomes opportunities to work with a wide range of Indo-Pacific partner countries on issues like maritime security, infrastructure and climate change. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan…
New Delhi: Gold price declined Rs 225 to Rs 60,075 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid a fall in precious metal prices internationally, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had ended at Rs 60,300 per 10 grams. Silver also went lower by Rs 380 to Rs 75,600…
New Delhi: Around 39 per cent of families in a survey claimed to have experienced financial fraud in the last three years and only 24 per cent of them got their funds back, LocalCircles said in a report on Tuesday. The largest group of 23 per cent respondents in the survey indicated to have experienced…
