Chennai: The astute tactician in Mahendra Singh Dhoni will dig deep into his reserves to counter Indian cricket’s new ‘Crown Prince’ Shubman Gill as four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will meet their match in current title holders Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-1 of the IPL here on Tuesday. Gill, who almost single-handedly knocked out a star-studded Royal…
Valencia (Spain): The first and lone Indian in the FIM World Championship JuniorGP, Geoffrey Emmanuel, put in an improved performance as he finished P19 and P25 in the second round double-header at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo here on Sunday. Geoffrey, the 18-year old from Chennai, representing the famous Cuna De Campeones team, looked far more confident…
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia on Monday accepted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s challenge of undergoing narco-analysis test to ascertain the truthfulness of wrestlers’ sexual harassment allegations against the WFI president. The WFI chief in a Facebook post on Sunday said that he is ready to appear for a narco-analysis or polygraph test to prove…
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday charged Bhatinda-based umpire Jatin Kashyap for breaching its anti-corruption code following an investigation into “international matches in 2022”. The ICC did not specify the incidents related to the breach. Kashyap has officiated in district level matches in Punjab but is not on the BCCI panel. Kashyap has not…
New Delhi: Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George feels that her protege Shaili Singh can “conquer” the world in four or five years just like Neeraj Chopra is doing currently in javelin throw, going by her performances at the age of 19. Earlier this year, Shaili had logged 6.76m at the Indian Grand Prix, the…
New Delhi: Virat Kohli will be among the first batch of India players to leave for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia in London, departing in the wee hours of Tuesday. Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Mohammad Siraj will also board the same flight, a day after their team was knocked out of the…
New Delhi: Ian Chappell feels the potency of Australia’s pace attack in English conditions will give them the edge in next month’s World Test Championship final against India, who could be “badly affected” by the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant. Shreyas Iyer and K L Rahul are another two Indian players who…
Kolkata: Rinku Singh may have been the solitary talking point for Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL season gone horribly wrong, but the 25-year-old prefers to stay grounded and not thinking about a Team India push. Having made headlines hitting fives sixes in a row in their win over Gujarat Titans earlier this season, Rinku…
West Palm Beach (Florida): Three of the four Indian women, including Aditi Ashok, are sure to make the cut at the Aramco Team Series Florida here. Making the final round of the 3-round event are Aditi (75-76) and Diksha Dagar (73-79) at T-39, while Amandeep Drall (79-73) was T-50 at 8-over. Vani Kapoor (78-79) at 13-over…
Longwood: It was not the best of debuts for India’s Pranavi Urs, who is likely to miss the cut at the IOA Golf Classic on the Epson Tour. Pranavi, who opened with 73, repeated the effort in the second round to take her total to four-over 146 to lie Tied 94th. The other Indian in the…
