Nagoya: She was not even in the initial team but as fate would have it, Naorem Roshibina Devi won her third Asian Games medal on the trot as she clinched a silver after losing to Zhang Xiaoyu in the women’s 60k wushu final here on Thursday. The 25-year-old Roshibina lost 0-2 in the final bout…
Guwahati: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia on Wednesday said the board has “sufficient time” till October 4, when the contract of the incumbent chairman of the selection committee, Ajit Agarkar, ends, and any decision on it would be taken after that. Agarkar had on September 18 conveyed to the BCCI that he does not wish to…
Online Sports Desk Asian Games 2026: T20 World Cup champions Team India will open their campaign in the Asian Games 2026 with a quarterfinal clash on September 28, a week after India women’s team has retained their gold medal. After a nervy-clash against Japan this week where Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a golden duck,…
New Delhi: Mohammad Kaif has put a timeline on what he believes is fast becoming an unavoidable selection dilemma for India. In his view, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will force his way into the first-choice T20I side within six months, and the consequence could be severe for either Tilak Varma or Shivam Dube. “I understand that Tilak…
London: The younger brother of England’s reinstated Test captain Joe Root, Billy Root, has announced his retirement from professional cricket. Billy had played just two games in the ongoing County Championship Division One 2026. The Glamorgan left-handed batter made his final appearance in professional cricket earlier this month, registering scores of 11 in both innings….
Hyderabad, Sept 23: Unlike some so-called national media outlets, your e-paper has been reporting the developments unfolding in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), including the allegations surrounding age fraud. Amid these developments, the Chairman and members of the HCA Junior Selection Committee met and selected the following players for the Hyderabad U-19 team for the…
Nagoya: India secured its sixth shooting medal at the Asian Games as the women’s skeet team comprising Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won a bronze with a combined score of 331 here on Wednesday. The skeet event has each shooter trying to get the maximum of 125 allocated points. Parinaaz and Raiza both…
Wellington: New Zealand picked seven frontline pace bowlers, including a fit-again Adam Milne for their upcoming five-match T20 International series against reigning World Champions India starting October 22 in Christchurch. White-ball captain Mitchell Santner will lead an expanded 16-man T20I squad for the action-packed five-game series spread across 11 days in four cities. According to…
Sano (Japan): Seasoned spinner Axar Patel choked the inexperienced Japanese batters just in time as India survived a scare to win the rain-curtailed one-off T20 International between the two mismatched sides by a mere two runs here on Tuesday. With the match being reduced to five overs-a-side due to inclement weather and the underlying moisture…
Nishin (Japan): The Indian women’s cricket team reasserted its continental dominance by clinching a second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, thrashing familiar foes Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final here on Tuesday. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side’s gold was India’s first of the ongoing edition and was shaped by a brilliant batting…
