New Delhi: Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George feels that her protege Shaili Singh can “conquer” the world in four or five years just like Neeraj Chopra is doing currently in javelin throw, going by her performances at the age of 19. Earlier this year, Shaili had logged 6.76m at the Indian Grand Prix, the…
New Delhi: Virat Kohli will be among the first batch of India players to leave for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia in London, departing in the wee hours of Tuesday. Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Mohammad Siraj will also board the same flight, a day after their team was knocked out of the…
New Delhi: Ian Chappell feels the potency of Australia’s pace attack in English conditions will give them the edge in next month’s World Test Championship final against India, who could be “badly affected” by the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant. Shreyas Iyer and K L Rahul are another two Indian players who…
Kolkata: Rinku Singh may have been the solitary talking point for Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL season gone horribly wrong, but the 25-year-old prefers to stay grounded and not thinking about a Team India push. Having made headlines hitting fives sixes in a row in their win over Gujarat Titans earlier this season, Rinku…
West Palm Beach (Florida): Three of the four Indian women, including Aditi Ashok, are sure to make the cut at the Aramco Team Series Florida here. Making the final round of the 3-round event are Aditi (75-76) and Diksha Dagar (73-79) at T-39, while Amandeep Drall (79-73) was T-50 at 8-over. Vani Kapoor (78-79) at 13-over…
Longwood: It was not the best of debuts for India’s Pranavi Urs, who is likely to miss the cut at the IOA Golf Classic on the Epson Tour. Pranavi, who opened with 73, repeated the effort in the second round to take her total to four-over 146 to lie Tied 94th. The other Indian in the…
Shanghai: Recurve archers returned empty-handed to take some sheen off their spectacular show in non-Olympic compound section, as India finished second behind Korea with two gold and one bronze medals in the World Cup Stage 2, here on Sunday. Making a comeback after skipping the season-opener Antalya leg, recurve heavyweights Korea grabbed four gold, two silver…
New Delhi:Indian football team midfielder Lalengmawia Ralte feels playing more international matches, as has been promised by the national federation, will improve understanding among the team-mates but can also lead to more injuries. All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey had recently said that the national team is expected to get 20-25 international matches…
Mumbai: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will be desperate for a victory by a big margin over wooden spooners Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday, in what could also be their last outing in this year’s Indian Premier League. While SRH are already ruled out of the race to the playoffs, Mumbai Indians, who have one last chance…
Bengaluru: Playing this IPL’s last league stage match, Royal Challengers Bangalore would know what exactly is required of them to qualify for the playoffs, when they face table-toppers Gujarat Titans here on Sunday. With batting maestro Virat Kohli back at his absolute best and skipper Faf du Plessis leading from the front with 600-plus runs…
