Vinay Rao, Sports desk Hyderabad: The cricketing season in Hyderabad has begun with renewed energy and expectation as teams across age groups strive to restore the city’s lost dominance in domestic circuits. From the Under-19s to the senior Ranji squad, the early signs point to progress, purpose, and potential. Under-19 Team Sets the Benchmark The…
Manama (Bahrain): Teenage wrestler Yashita dug deep into her reserves of energy to overcome a gritty Kazakh opponent and clinch the girls’ 61kg gold on a day when six Indian boxers sailed into the final to assure the country of half a dozen medals in the Youth Asian Games here on Tuesday. In an extremely…
Mumbai: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are a “generational combo” of talent, and cricket fans should celebrate the remainder of their glorious careers, says AB de Villiers, while terming the critics of the two Indian superstars as “cockroaches”. Facing intense scrutiny since the last few months, which saw both Kohli and Rohit retiring from Test…
New Delhi: India’s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, who suffered a ruptured spleen and rib cage injury during the third ODI against Australia, has been shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Sydney hospital and is now in a stable condition, easing concerns over his health. “He has been shifted out of ICU…
Panjim: International chess federation president Arkady Dvorkovich on Monday called India a “modern powerhouse” in the sport and said the upcoming FIDE World Cup was being organized in Goa because the country had become the “central pillar in the global structure of our sport”. As many as 206 top chess exponents from 80 countries will…
Navi Mumbai: Incessant rains forced the abandonment of India’s match against Bangladesh but the hosts suffered a major injury scare as opener Pratika Rawal hurt her ankle and knee while fielding in an inconsequential Women’s World Cup match here on Sunday. In a rain-truncated 27 overs per-side contest, India were 57 for no loss in…
Visakhapatnam: England rode on their spinners’ fine effort to register a dominating eight-wicket win over New Zealand in their final group match of the Women’s World Cup here on Sunday. It was the final ODI appearance of New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine, and there was no fairytale ending as her side could only last 38.2…
As promised, this e-paper opens its columns to all stakeholders of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) — players, parents, administrators, and even critics — to air their views fairly and freely, but supported by facts and documentary evidence. In that spirit, we present the account of one aggrieved parent whose talented son was allegedly denied…
Bhopal: In a shocking incident, two Australian women cricketers visiting India for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup were allegedly stalked and molested by a motorcycle-borne man in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Acting on the matter, the Indore Police, after registering an FIR on the complaint of the Australian team’s security manager, Danny Simmons, tracked and…
Riffa (Bahrain): India’s athletics contingent ensured a steady flow of medals, grabbing four podium finishes, including two silver through Edwina Jason and Oshin, to maintain the country’s fifth position at the ongoing Asian Youth Games, here on Friday. With two silver and two bronze from the track and field events, India’s overall tally rose to…
