Yeosu (Korea): Star Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the final of Korea Open super 500 badminton tournament with a thrilling straight-game win over world number two Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang here on Saturday. The world number three Indian pair notched up a 21-15 24-22 win over the…
New Delhi: The Indian men’s and women’s 25m standard pistol team picked up two more bronze medals at the ongoing ISSF World Junior Championship in Changwon, Korea on Saturday. With the two medals on day seven of competitions, India maintained second place on the standings behind China, with four gold, five silver and five bronze medals….
Mirpur: Eyeing a series-clinching victory, India would expect a better show from its top order when it takes on Bangladesh in the third and final women’s ODI here on Saturday. Following a disastrous start, where the Indian women’s team crashed to its first-ever defeat to Bangladesh, the visitors levelled the series with a commanding 108-run win…
New Delhi: The decision to exempt Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat from the Asian Games trials is “unfortunate” and will hurt wrestling in India, outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing sexual harassment charges by women grapplers, said on Wednesday. IOA’s ad-hoc panel on Tuesday handed direct Asian Games entries to Bajrang Punia…
Port of Spain: India skipper Rohit Sharma has high expectations from young wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan and indicated the 25-year-old limited-overs specialist will get more opportunities in Tests to harness his potential. Ishan made his Test debut against the West Indies in the first Test at Roseau, which India won by an innings and 141 runs, and…
New Delhi: The quarterfinal loss at the US Open has “left a significant emotional impact” on PV Sindhu but the premier Indian shuttler has vowed to finish the season on a high. Sindhu has looked off colour this season after returning from a five-month long injury layoff following a stress fracture on her ankle. With…
Mirpur: The Indian women’s team continued its embarrassing batting show to suffer its first-ever ODI defeat against Bangladesh following a 40-run loss in the opening game here on Sunday. Debutant seamer Amanjot Kaur’s four-wicket haul and an impressive bowling performance of restricting the hosts to 152 in 43 overs was completely undone by the batting unit…
Roseau (Dominica): The world’s top-ranked bowler R Ashwin was too good for an ill-equipped West Indies batting line-up as his second five-wicket haul of the game set up India’s innings and 141-run victory in the opening Test here on Friday. After India declared their first innings at 421 for five midway into the afternoon session, an…
New Delhi: The BCCI reaffirmed its status as the financial powerhouse of world cricket as the ICC unanimously pas:ed the revenue distribution model at its all-powerful board meeting in Durban on Thursday. In another important development, the ICC has put a cap on overseas cricketers plying their trade for teams in various leagues, keeping it…
Roseau (Dominica) Debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal showed remarkable temperament while skipper Rohit Sharma eschewed his natural flair as their twin tons in a record opening stand put India in complete control of the first Test against the West Indies here on Thursday. India galloped to 245 for two at tea against at the final break of the…
