New Delhi: Former India women’s hockey striker Vandana Katariya on Friday said she decided to quit the game earlier this year after feeling neglected, but she is ready to reverse her decision if the team management wants. The 33-year-old two-time Olympian announced her retirement from international hockey in April this year, bringing down the curtains…
Warangal: Undeterred by its ongoing legal battles with the BCCI and the Hyderabad Cricket Association, the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Saturday launched the fifth edition of the Telangana Gold Cup 2025–26 tournament at the Kakatiya University Grounds here. The matches being played are part of the East Zone League of this prestigious tournament. The…
How Current Policies Are Derailing Hyderabad Cricket By Vinay Rao The decision to place Hyderabad’s Under-23 team under junior selectors has caused serious and lasting damage to Hyderabad cricket. This move was neither cricket-driven nor aligned with established best practices. Instead, vested interests within the Hyderabad Cricket Association appear to have misled the Court-appointed Administrator,…
Thiruvananthapuram: Renuka Singh Thakur and Deepti Sharma dazzled with the ball before Shafali Verma’s pyrotechnics powered India to a commanding eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, clinching the five-match series in the third women’s T20I here on Friday. With the win, India have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, underlining their complete dominance…
Jaipur: Mumbai opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi was rushed to the hospital on Friday after a heavy fall while attempting a difficult catch left him with an injury just below the neck and a concussion during his team’s Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Uttarakhand here. The 21-year-old has since been discharged and returned to the team hotel…
Bengaluru: Star batters Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant made solid fifties, while Gujarat batters pressed the self-destruction button as Delhi eked out a tight seven-run win in their Elite Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here Friday. Player of the match Kohli (77, 61 balls) and Pant (70, 79b) carried Delhi to a…
New Delhi: The 14-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has taken the cricket world by storm with his audacious stroke-play, and seven-year-old chess prodigy Vaka Lakshmi Pragnika were among a host of children who were on Friday conferred with the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu here. Swimming sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu…
Doha: Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen didn’t hide behind the veneer of niceties and asserted that he was here to win the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, and that fatherhood or the emergence of youngsters hadn’t diminished his hunger for success. Carlsen has continued to remain the undisputed king of chess for another year and…
Thiruvananthapuram: A dominant India will look to seal the five-match series with another ruthless display when they take on a low-on-confidence Sri Lanka in the third women’s T20 International here on Friday. India has been outstanding with both the bat and the ball in the first and second T20Is, registering comprehensive eight-wicket and seven-wicket wins…
Jaipur: Rohit Sharma was doing Rohit Sharma things on a balmy December afternoon. He played the swivel pull, the effortlessly lofted six down the ground, and swept the pacers from Sikkim for a good measure, as ‘Hitman’ lovers in the Pink City got the best present on Christmas Eve. On a weekday, around 20,000-plus people…
