Colombo: Their home Test run in the recent past may not have been particularly impressive but India head coach Gautam Gambhir has asserted that his team will be ready with all the answers when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka gets underway here from August 15. In a short address to the team before a…
Melbourne: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is just one wicket shy of equalling Indian great Kapil Dev in the list of all-time highest wicket-takers in Test cricket and says it would be humbling to be placed in that star-studded top-10. Starc has 433 wickets in 105 Tests, one less than Kapil. The two-Test series against Bangladesh…
New Delhi: Opening up about the fitness issues that he has been battling for close to a year, Indian javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra said the last 10 months have tested him in ways that he never expected. The 28-year-old two-time Olympic medallist, who added a Commonwealth Games silver to his crowded cabinet last week,…
Melbourne: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has revealed that his team will not play any practice match before its high-profile Border-Gavaskar Trophy away Test series against India next year as a short preparatory camp in conditions similar to the sub-continent would be more useful. The much-anticipated five-Test series is scheduled to start on January 21…
New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Games medallists barely had time to celebrate their success before shifting their focus to next month’s Asian Games as they returned to a rousing welcome in the national capital in the early hours of Tuesday. Even as the athletes walked out of the airport to a rousing welcome, they spoke in…
Our Sports Reporter Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has strongly opposed the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) recently announced district expansion programme, alleging that the exercise violates judicial directives, the BCCI Constitution and established governance norms. In official press release issued here on Tuesday, TCA General Secretary Dharam Gurva Reddy alleged that the district committees…
New Delhi: Pullela Gopichand still remembers the disruption caused by badminton’s scoring overhaul during his playing career and as the sport gears up to embrace another “tactical shift”, the India coach believes a few players will be “wiped off”. The 15×3 system (three games of 15 points each) will replace the current 21×3 format (three…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and co-accused Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar acquitted ex-BJP MP Singh and Tomar, former WFI assistant secretary, in the case. Speaking to reporters outside…
Army contingent wins 16 of India’s 39 medals, accounting for 41% of national tally New Delhi/Glasgow: Indian Army athletes emerged as the backbone of India’s impressive campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, contributing a staggering 16 of the country’s 39 medals and reaffirming the Armed Forces’ pivotal role in nurturing elite sporting talent….
Kolkata: West Bengal Sports Minister Dr. Indranil Khan has welcomed the enhanced financial support to National Sports Federations under the Khelo India Scheme, saying it will help nurture the next generation of athletes and strengthen India’s sporting ecosystem. He said the Khelo India programme would provide a major boost to sports in West Bengal, with…
