New Delhi: The doughty Cheteshwar Pujara hit the ground running and batted in the middle a day after being dropped from the Indian Test team for the upcoming West Indies tour, taking the axing in his stride. Pujara uploaded a nine-minute video clip of him batting in a ground and playing few shots. The senior Indian…
Bengaluru: Head coach Igor Stimac will return to the India dug out in the game against Kuwait on Tuesday after serving one-match ban for his red-card offence against Pakistan in the home side’s SAFF Championships opener here. South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) General Secretary Anwarul Huq told PTI that Stimac’s offence was not serious enough to…
New Delhi: Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara and senior pacer Umesh Yadav were on Friday dropped from India’s Test squad for the West Indies tour starting July 12 while three players got maiden call-ups. Young batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad as well as seamer Mukesh Kumar were named for the first time in the 16-member team….
New Delhi: Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Friday said the wrestling world will remember Yogeshwar Dutt for being a spineless lackey of outgoing WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, hours after the London Olympic medallist questioned the exemption granted to her and five others from the Asian Games and World Championships trials. Phogat also alleged…
New Delhi: Most of them were raw, some hadn’t even held a leather ball in their hands before, forget about knowing the variations of grip. The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), with an aim to create ‘pace bowling bank’, tried out more than 1000 bowlers in open trials between June 10-21 to tap into village talent. PCA…
Bengaluru: India head coach Igor Stimac on Thursday defended his actions during the team’s 4-0 win over Pakistan in its SAFF Championship opener here, saying he “will do it again” to protect his players against “unjustified decisions”. Stimac was shown a red card for interrupting with the actions of an opposition player deliberately at the Sree…
New Delhi: The Wushu Association of India will conduct the selection trials for the 19th Asian Games on June 23 and 24 in Srinagar, the sports body said on Thursday. The national coaching camp is in progress in Srinagar from June 6 and will conclude on August 3. The number of campers for the first phase…
Taipei: Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy waltzed into the quarterfinal of the Taipei Open after recording a comfortable straight-game win over Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto here on Thursday. Prannoy, the country’s top-ranked men’s singles player, took 36 minutes to dispatch former world championship bronze medallist Sugiarto 21-9 21-17 in the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament. The…
Mumbai: The Wankhede Stadium will soon get a facelift with new set of LED floodlights set to be installed along with refurbished hospitality boxes ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup, scheduled in October-November this year. Along with one India game, there is a semi-final also slated to be held at the iconic ground. The…
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed concern over the Indian Olympic Association’s “unfortunate” delay in the appointment of CEO/secretary-general while also urging the IOA to address the issue affecting the country’s wrestling federation by “working closely” with the sport’s world body. The IOC issued the strongly-worded statement during its executive board meeting on…
