Bhubaneswar: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra is expectedly not competing but all the other top athletes of the country, led by long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, will look to seal Asian Games berths when the National Inter-State Championship begins here Thursday. Chopra is recovering from an injury but he would have got exemption even if he was fit…
New Delhi: There is no imminent threat to Rohit Sharma’s Test captaincy but the stylish Mumbaikar will need to rake up some significant numbers in West Indies to prevent a question mark over his leadership in the traditional format. Rohit will lead Indian in the two-Test series in the West Indies and then perhaps sit with…
Mong Kok (Hong Kong): Rising all-rounder Shreyanka Patil decimated an inexperienced Hong Kong side with impressive figures of 5/2 as Indian U-23 women’s team opened its campaign in the Women’s Emerging Asia Cup with a comfortable nine-wicket victory, here on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Shreyanka, one of the finds of inaugural edition of WPL having put…
Jakarta: Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu roared back to form ousting home favourite Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in straight games in the opening round of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event, here on Tuesday. The double Olympic medallist and former world champion, who made first round exits from the last two events, took 38 minutes…
New Delhi: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, one of the country’s track and field legends, on Tuesday said he has resigned as the chairman of the Athletics Federation of India’s selection committee owing to his “advancing age”. The 84-year-old, who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon and finished a creditable fifth in 110-metre…
New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran “personally” feels that the I-League needs restructuring so that smaller clubs can survive by cutting down their players’ travel and accommodation cost. Prabhakaran said he will propose a dialogue between the top brass and other stakeholders. He said if the money spent on logistics is…
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has approved the foreign training camp for Target Olympic Podium Scheme athletes Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani Devi, who will head to the USA in the Asian Games build-up. The approval was given during the Mission Olympic Cell’s (MOC) recent meeting. Olympic medallist Mirabai and Commonwealth Games medal winner Bindyarani would…
London: Consistency has been the hallmark of the Indian Test team over the past five years but after its second successive failure in a WTC final, has it lost its best shot at attaining greatness? Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Aswhin and Mohammed Shami have contributed to the team’s success…
Bengaluru: Virat Kohli. Cheteshwar Pujara. Rohit Sharma. The ‘holy trinity’ has given Indian fans joyous moments over the years but how future ready is India’s Test batting as the trio is ready for their last dance. The seismic defeat during the WTC final at the Oval made it mandatory for the bigwigs to search for…
Jakarta: In-form HS Prannoy will be in the spotlight as India’s top shuttlers gear up for some tough opening round matches at the Indonesia Open, a BWF Super 1000 tournament, beginning here on Tuesday. Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, looks promising to go deep into the tournament, where the creme-de-la-creme…
