Kakamigahara (Japan): The Indian junior women’s hockey team confirmed its spot in the semi-finals of the Asia Cup by mauling Chinese Taipei 11-0 in its last pool match here on Thursday. The win also cemented India’s position atop Pool A. India finished the group stage of the tournament unbeaten, having won three games and drawn one….
Austin: Arkansas’ Carey McLeod completed an NCAA indoor/outdoor long jump sweep and Arizona’s Jordan Geist accomplished the feat in the shot put Wednesday night at the outdoor track and field championships. Arkansas took the top two spots in the long jump behind McLeod’s mark of 27 feet, 1 1/4 inches on his first attempt, followed…
London: Disappointed by India’s defensive approach, former head coach Ravi Shastri has said Rohit Sharma did not show a “positive mindset” by electing to bowl in the World Test Championship final against Australia here. India left out veteran offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin and preferred a four-pronged pace attack to go with left-arm spin bowling allrounder Ravindra…
Eindhoven: A profligate India squandered a one-goal lead to go down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands in the FIH Hockey Pro League here. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11’) scored India’s lone goal despite the visitors being awarded as many as five penalty corners and a penalty stroke. Pepijn Reyenga (17′), Boris Burkhardt (40′) and Duco Telgenkamp (41′,…
New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Wednesday agreed to suspend their protest for a week after the government asked them to wait till police complete its probe into sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by June 15. The wrestlers, after a nearly five-hour meeting with Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, said the government…
London: India and Australia teams as well as match officials were seen wearing black armbands ahead of the start of the 2023 World Test Championship final at The Oval to pay respect to victims of the Odisha train tragedy, which happened earlier this month. Before the national anthems, everyone at the ground offered a minute…
Bengaluru: The USA Cricket (USAC) on Wednesday asserted that the T20 World Cup 2024 will not be taken away from them due to concerns around lack of proper cricketing infrastructure in the nation, saying a successful conduct of the Major League Cricket (MLC) will remove all the doubts. It has been reported that the International Cricket…
Colombo: The High Commission of India organised the first India-Sri Lanka Defence Seminar and Exhibition here on Wednesday to promote and identify newer areas of cooperation and collaboration between the two countries in the defence sector. The event will witness participation from the Indian Defence Industry, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police and…
London: Veteran England all-rounder Moeen Ali has come out of his Test retirement to join the squad for the five-Test Ashes series against Australia beginning on June 16 at Edgbaston. The 35-year-old had announced his Test retirement after the 2021 tour of India, saying that he ‘just felt like I was not in it’, having also…
London: The IPL being the “envy of the world” delights former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer but he also wants the stakeholders to pull Test cricket out of “danger” zone, saying the traditional format can’t be sacrificed for the sake of prospering slam-bang version of the sport. While financially strong nations like India, England and Australia remain…
