Amstelveen (The Netherlands): The Indian women’s hockey team will treat Sunday’s second-round clash against Australia as a virtual quarterfinal, with a win potentially taking the side into the FIH World Cup semifinals after an encouraging campaign so far. India went down 0-2 to world No. 1 and defending champions Netherlands in their opening second-round match…
Colombo: Substantial knocks from skipper Shubman Gill and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal will fill the remaining blank columns as India push for their first overseas Test series victory in three years during the second and final match against Sri Lanka, starting here on Sunday. India’s last Test rubber win abroad was against the West Indies in…
Lausanne: Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra produced his best performance in more than a year but was pipped to the post by the rising Sri Lankan star Rumesh Pathirage for the top spot by a mere nine centimetres in the Lausanne Diamond League meet here on Friday. The 28-year-old Chopra’s 88.05m throw in the second…
A Concerned Parent of a Women Cricketer For nearly two decades, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been through controversies, internal disputes, court interventions and repeated attempts at administrative correction. Yet, for those watching the game from the stands rather than the corridors of power, one uncomfortable question remains: when will the promised reform actually…
New Delhi: National Anti-Doping Agency director-general Anant Kumar has said that the incidence of athletes resorting to shortcuts by taking banned substances can be reduced if all stakeholders work with a common intent. He called upon those in the Indian sports ecosystem to come together to create greater awareness about the importance of clean sport….
Galle: Manav Suthar notched his maiden ten-wicket haul in Tests to guide India to a 165-run win over Sri Lanka in the first Test here. Going 1-0 up in the two-match ICC World Test Championship series, India are currently fifth, rising one place in the WTC Standings with a PCT of 53.33. Having lost their…
Special Correspondent If Hyderabad cricket genuinely wants to restore its lost glory, it must have the courage to examine not merely who occupies the offices of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), but how the entire talent-to-selection pipeline functions. It is easy to speak about systemic reform in abstract terms. It is considerably harder to identify…
Portland (USA): India’s middle and long-distance runner Ankita Dhyani clocked a personal best time to finish second in the women’s 1500m race at the Stumptown Twilight event here. The 24-year-old Ankita clocked 4:06.75s in the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger level meet (Category D) on Saturday. She improved upon her previous personal best by more…
Watching Bharat’s ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka, I cannot help asking a rather uncomfortable question: is this really the best way for Bharat to construct a Test team? I have nothing against Rishabh Pant. He is an exceptional cricketer and, on his day, can change the complexion of a Test match. But when Pant…
Amstelveen: August 15 India captain Harmanpreet Singh on Saturday expressed satisfaction on his side’s 3-1 victory over Wales in the men’s Hockey World Cup opener here, saying that it was important to win the first match by a good margin and get full three points. “We played very well. Our aim was to create chances…
