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…
Special Correspondent On 24 April 2026, the Telangana High Court reconfirmed Justice (Retd.) P. Naveen Rao as the Single Member Committee overseeing the Hyderabad Cricket Association, and did more than renew a tenure — it sharpened one. The Court defined an eight-point scope of authority, directed the Apex Council to work in coordination with the…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), alleging that even the selection of state teams continues to be compromised by arbitrary choices, despite claims of bringing professionalism into the system. TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy questioned whether the appointment of former India and…
Nagoya: If confidence, process and camaraderie have become the defining traits of India’s new generation of shooters, Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane offered another compelling demonstration of it by clinching the men’s 10m air rifle team silver at the Asian Games here on Monday. The young trio combined with poise and consistency to…
Tokyo: Reigning champions India stormed into the women’s cricket T20I final at the Asian Games for a second successive edition on Sunday, confirming at least a silver medal and taking India’s medal tally to four at the continental showpiece. India already have won two silver medals in shooting and an assured bronze in mixed martial…
New Delhi: Key players including Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj are likely to miss the last two ODIs in Mount Maunganui to focus on red-ball preparations. In Gill’s absence, vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is expected to lead the ODI side, continuing his leadership role from…
Nagoya: India’s Elavenil Valarivan added an individual silver to the team silver she won earlier in the day, finishing runner-up in the women’s 10m air rifle event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games here on Sunday. The 2025 world championship bronze medallist shot 252.4 points in the final to finish behind Japan’s Hinata Taichi, who won…
New Delhi: Payal Mehta, a senior journalist with CNN-News18, passed away in the early hours of Sunday in Mumbai. Mehta (46) was on a visit to Mumbai when she developed uneasiness early in the morning. She was rushed to a hospital, where she later passed away. In a post on X, senior journalist Sheela Bhatt…
Kakamilgahara (Japan): Deepika slammed as many as eight goals as the Indian women’s hockey team thrashed lowly Uzbekistan 19-0 in their opening Pool B match at the Asian Games, here on Sunday. It was expected to be a one-sided affair, and it turned out exactly that way as Uzbekistan’s defence had no answer to India’s…
Toyota: India began their women’s team table tennis campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a dominant 3-0 win over Indonesia in their opening Group F fixture, here on Sunday. Sreeja Akula put India ahead in the opening rubber, beating Ni Maharani 3-1. After dropping the second game 8-11, Sreeja bounced back to win the…
