Almaty: Ganemat Sekhon won silver while Darshna Rathore claimed bronze as India bagged two senior individual medals for the first time in women’s skeet at an ISSF World Cup here on Tuesday. Local favourite Assem Orynbay of Kazakhstan won gold through a shoot-off after both Ganemat and herself ended the 60-shot final with 50 hits each….
Dubai: The upcoming inaugural edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) will feature the sport’s icons such as Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan and Ding Liren. GCL is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and the international chess federation FIDE. The complete list of players was announced on Tuesday. The first season of the Global…
Hyderabad: The inaugural edition of the Indian Taekwondo Premier League (TPL) will take place from June 22 to June 26 at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. “The men’s League will be followed by an international league in Doha, Qatar. Thereafter, we will have a League for women and then for kids, becoming the first…
Mumbai, May 23 (PTI) Mumbai City FC on Tuesday announced that Spanish midfielder Alberto Noguera has signed a new one-year contract, extending his stay with the club until the end of the 2023-24 season. The 33-year-old played a vital role in Mumbai City’s successful campaign last season, which saw the Islanders secure the 2022-23 Indian…
Bengaluru: Virat Kohli sustained a niggle on his right knee during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s last league match against Gujarat Titans, said head coach Sanjay Bangar, who asserted that there is nothing to worry about. RCB were knocked out of the IPL after going down to Gujarat Titans by six wickets in their must-win game on Sunday….
Bengaluru: Gujarat Titans’ batting mainstay Shubman Gill feels that his recent success in international and franchise cricket is primarily due to a thorough understanding of his own game and knowing the player that he is. The Gujarat Titans opener’s 52-ball-104, studded with eight sixes knocked Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the IPL as the…
Chennai: The astute tactician in Mahendra Singh Dhoni will dig deep into his reserves to counter Indian cricket’s new ‘Crown Prince’ Shubman Gill as four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will meet their match in current title holders Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-1 of the IPL here on Tuesday. Gill, who almost single-handedly knocked out a star-studded Royal…
Valencia (Spain): The first and lone Indian in the FIM World Championship JuniorGP, Geoffrey Emmanuel, put in an improved performance as he finished P19 and P25 in the second round double-header at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo here on Sunday. Geoffrey, the 18-year old from Chennai, representing the famous Cuna De Campeones team, looked far more confident…
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia on Monday accepted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s challenge of undergoing narco-analysis test to ascertain the truthfulness of wrestlers’ sexual harassment allegations against the WFI president. The WFI chief in a Facebook post on Sunday said that he is ready to appear for a narco-analysis or polygraph test to prove…
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday charged Bhatinda-based umpire Jatin Kashyap for breaching its anti-corruption code following an investigation into “international matches in 2022”. The ICC did not specify the incidents related to the breach. Kashyap has officiated in district level matches in Punjab but is not on the BCCI panel. Kashyap has not…
