New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran “personally” feels that the I-League needs restructuring so that smaller clubs can survive by cutting down their players’ travel and accommodation cost. Prabhakaran said he will propose a dialogue between the top brass and other stakeholders. He said if the money spent on logistics is…
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has approved the foreign training camp for Target Olympic Podium Scheme athletes Mirabai Chanu and Bindyarani Devi, who will head to the USA in the Asian Games build-up. The approval was given during the Mission Olympic Cell’s (MOC) recent meeting. Olympic medallist Mirabai and Commonwealth Games medal winner Bindyarani would…
London: Consistency has been the hallmark of the Indian Test team over the past five years but after its second successive failure in a WTC final, has it lost its best shot at attaining greatness? Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Aswhin and Mohammed Shami have contributed to the team’s success…
Bengaluru: Virat Kohli. Cheteshwar Pujara. Rohit Sharma. The ‘holy trinity’ has given Indian fans joyous moments over the years but how future ready is India’s Test batting as the trio is ready for their last dance. The seismic defeat during the WTC final at the Oval made it mandatory for the bigwigs to search for…
Jakarta: In-form HS Prannoy will be in the spotlight as India’s top shuttlers gear up for some tough opening round matches at the Indonesia Open, a BWF Super 1000 tournament, beginning here on Tuesday. Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, looks promising to go deep into the tournament, where the creme-de-la-creme…
London: India’s poor show in ICC events continued as Australia won their maiden World Test Championship title with a crushing 209-run victory on the fifth day of the summit clash here on Sunday. This was India’s second defeat in successive WTC finals after losing to New Zealand in 2021 in the inaugural edition. Chasing an…
Kakamigahara (Japan): India put up a collective show to stun four-time champions South Korea 2-1 and clinch their maiden Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup here on Sunday. Annu and Neelam scored for India while Park Seo Yeon was the lone goal scorer for Korea. After a barren first quarter, India got going with a 22nd…
Pune: Odisha reigned supreme in the women’s National Rugby 7s, winning the junior and senior titles at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi here. They thrashed hosts Maharashtra 31-7 in the final to clinch the Senior National Rugby 7s title, on Saturday. Despite a spirited performance by Maharashtra, Odisha were hard to catch…
Bengaluru: Mohith Shashikumar was an impenetrable presence under the bar when India recently clinched the Junior Asia Cup hockey title and now the young custodian has set his sights on achieving greater glory during the Junior World Cup scheduled in Malaysia in December, this year. India beat Pakistan 2-1 in the final in Oman’s Salalah…
New Delhi: The Asian Cricket Council, headed by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, is expected to approve PCB’s proposed ‘hybrid model’ for conducting four non-India Asia Cup games in Pakistan while the rest of the matches will be played in Sri Lanka’s Galle and Pallekele. The ACC is likely to make a formal announcement on Tuesday and…
