New York: There will be the usual favourites, the mavericks, the chokers and also the unpredictable minnows — the script is familiar for a World Cup but the scale would be unprecedented when the T20 showpiece, featuring a record 20 teams, spearheads cricket’s audacious charge into the American market starting here on Saturday. While India…
Chennai: The pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Andre Russell caused devastation with a magical performance as Kolkata Knight Riders dismantled Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in a lopsided final to clinch their third IPL trophy here on Sunday. In a season of start-to-finish domination, KKR’s bowling unit was inch perfect on a helpful pitch…
Antwerp (Belgium): The Indian women’s hockey team on Saturday lost to Belgium 1-2 — its back-to-back defeat to the home side — as its European leg of the FIH Pro League further slipped into chaos. The Indian women’s team, under new coach Harendra Singh and captain Salima Tete, were beaten 0-2 by Belgium on Thursday…
Kuala Lumpur: Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu on Saturday earned a shot at the USD 420,000 Malaysia Masters crown after entering the women’s singles finals with a come-from-behind win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan here. Fifth seed Sindhu, who has not won a title in two years, rallied to prevail 13-21 21-16 21-12 against world…
Chennai: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins said on Friday that it was a gratifying experience to see the team turn around its fate and reach the IPL final after a disastrous 2023 season. SRH had finished at the last spot in 2023 but Cummins, who was roped in for a whopping Rs 20.50 crore, scripted…
Bhubaneshwar: Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac expects fans from all over the country to throng the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata during the country’s World Cup qualification match against Kuwait on June 6, which will also be the last international match for talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri. The match against Kuwait will mark the…
Dubai: Pakistan legend Shahid Afridi has been named as a tournament ambassador for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and the United States of America (USA). He has joined Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh and Usain Bolt in the list of ambassadors. Afridi won the Player of the Series award in the inaugural…
Mumbai: BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Friday rejected claims that the Board has approached any former Australian cricketer to take over the job of India’s head coach, a position which will be left vacant by the exit of Rahul Dravid after the T20 World Cup next month. While Dravid has reportedly told the board that…
Jamshedpur: Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old mountaineer, has become the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest from Nepal side, the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) said on Thursday. An official of the TSAF, which supported her endeavour, said Kaamya was accompanied by her father, Commander S Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy, during the journey to the…
Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Olympic-medallist PV Sindhu survived a scare before prevailing over Korea’s Sim Yu Jin but the highlight of the day was Ashmita Chaliha’s stunning win over third seed Beiwen Zhang of USA in the second round of the Malaysia Masters here on Thursday. World No. 15 Sindhu, a former world champion, saw off…
