New Delhi: India U-20 men’s football team will participate in the Mandiri U-20 Challenge Series 2025, a four-nation friendly tournament, in Indonesia from January 24 to 30. Syria, Jordan and hosts Indonesia are the other teams. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Biby Thomas as the coach, with Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran as his…
Kolkata: Dynamic keeper-batter Rishabh Pant was on Monday named the captain of Lucknow Super Giants for the upcoming IPL and he vowed to give his “200 percent” to win the team’s maiden title. Pant was picked at the mega auction for an IPL record Rs 27 crore by the franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka. “I will…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian women’s team on winning the first-ever Kho Kho World Cup and said the triumph brought more spotlight to one of India’s oldest traditional sports. The Indian women’s team won the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup with a dominant 78-40 victory in the summit clash…
Hyderabad: In a notable development, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Secretary R Devraj as the Manager of Team India for the ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament is set to begin on February 19 in Dubai. The HCA hailed this appointment as a significant milestone for…
Joondalup (Australia): We’re nearing the halfway point of this year’s Australian Open and players like the United States’ Reilly Opelka (ranked 170th in the world ) and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (ranked 30th) captured plenty of attention despite early-round exits. These two players caught the eye of the tennis world for not only their towering…
Mumbai: Rohit Sharma seems to have reservations about certain clauses in the 10-point disciplinary guidelines prepared by the BCCI at the behest of head coach Gautam Gambhir and the India skipper is set to discuss the issue with the Board secretary Devajit Saikia. The BCCI has not officially announced the guidelines but the media has…
Mumbai: Chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Saturday said Jasprit Bumrah may not get fit for the first two ODIs against England, forcing them to name Harshit Rana as a replacement as they await an update from the medical team on the lead pacer. The peerless fast bowler though was named in the squad for the…
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and the three-match ODI series against England. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in Dubai, with Jasprit Bumrah also getting the nod for the global tournament. The speedster was injured during the fifth and final Test…
New Delhi: Mandatory domestic cricket, restriction on the presence of families and personal staff on tours and a bar on individual endorsements during series were among a slew of measures that the BCCI unveiled on Thursday in a 10-point policy to promote “discipline and unity” in the embattled national cricket team. Non-compliance would invite sanctions,…
New Delhi: “Who wouldn’t want it, Bhaiyya?”. It was all that a shy Akash Deep could blurt out when Virat Kohli asked if he would like to own one of his bats ultimately scripting a rare happy memory in an otherwise devastating tour of Australia for Team India. The newest pace bowling workhorse in the…
