Hyderabad: K.R.V. Shyam Sunder(extreme right in the picture), long-time national tennikoit champion, coach, and Yoga guru, was elected as general secretary of the newly-formed Indian Ring Tennis Federation at its general meeting in Lucknow last week. Representing the undivided Andhra Pradesh, Shyam Sunder had won the singles title at the national tennikoit tournament for more…
Rajgir (Bihar): Chief coach Craig Fulton termed India’s Asia Cup-winning campaign as a “good squad performance” and said the boys had fulfilled his desire by becoming the champion team in Asia. Dilpreet Singh scored a brace as India produced a clinical performance to outplay defending champions South Korea 4-1 and lift their fourth Asia Cup…
Rajgir (Bihar): Dilpreet Singh scored a brace as a dominant India defeated defending champions South Korea 4-1 to win the men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament after a hiatus of eight years and qualify for next year’s FIH World Cup, here on Sunday. With four titles in their bag, India have become the second-most successful team…
Bengaluru: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s sparkling fifty remained a mere personal landmark as Central Zone advanced to the Duleep Trophy final by virtue of their first innings lead in the drawn match against West Zone here on Sunday. Central Zone will now face South Zone in the final, which is scheduled for September 11. Jaiswal (64) peppered…
Liverpool: Star Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain endured contrasting outings on their international return, as the two-time champion advanced while the Tokyo Olympics medallist made an early exit from the World Boxing Championships here on Saturday. Nikhat’s win was the only silver lining for India on the third day of competition as three…
Hangzhou (China): Navneet Kaur struck from a penalty corner seconds before the final hooter as India came from behind twice to hold defending champions Japan 2-2 in their second pool match of the women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament here Saturday. In a pulsating pool B match, Hiroka Murayama gave Japan the lead in the 10th…
Mumbai: The BCCI’s annual general meeting will be held here on Sept 28 with elections for several posts, including the Board’s president and the IPL chairman, being among the top agenda. The post of the BCCI’s president has been vacant following the exit of former India cricketer Roger Binny earlier this month, while the Indian…
New York: India’s Yuki Bhambri ended a semifinalist at the US Open men’s doubles event with partner Michael Venus, marking his deepest run at a Grand Slam tournament. Bhambri went down 7-6 (2) 6-7(5) 4-6 in a thrilling contest against the experienced sixth seed British pair of Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury, but not before…
New Delhi: Indian cricket fans, who love turning up for IPL matches across the country, will have to shell out more for tickets next season with the government raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on admission to these games from 28 per cent to 40 per cent. According to a Ministry of Finance release…
New Delhi: Veteran India leg-spinner Amit Mishra on Thursday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, ending a career spanning more than two decades. Having last played for India in 2017, the 42-year-old Haryana cricketer continued to feature in the IPL till the 2024 edition. Mishra confirmed his retirement to PTI over the phone….
