Hyderabad: Telangana mountaineer Padamati Anvitha successfully scaled Mount Denali (6,190 metres), the highest peak in North America, on June 19, taking a giant step towards completing the prestigious Seven Summits Challenge. With this achievement, Anvitha has now conquered six of the seven highest peaks across the world’s continents and is on the verge of joining…
New Delhi: Premier batter Virat Kohli was on Sunday named in India’s squad for the three-match ODI series against England next month, subject to fitness clearance, as the BCCI announced the team for the upcoming white-ball assignment. The selection committee picked a 15-member squad for the ODI series, to be led by Shubman Gill, with…
New Delhi: Far from being disappointed with his fourth place finish in the Doha Diamond League, Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra said that he merely wanted to reach the competition stage and he did not put any extra effort in the prestigious event in the Qatar capital. The 28-year-old Chopra produced a best of…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Saturday lodged a formal complaint with the Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID), urging an immediate and comprehensive probe into alleged financial irregularities surrounding the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) controversial TG20 League. An official press statement issued by TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy claimed that a complaint was…
New Delhi: India leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi doesn’t want to be known as a man of comebacks in his stop start international career that saw him missing the last three T20 World Cups despite being on the selectors’ radar. Back in the side again after the completion of another World Cup cycle, the 25-year-old from Jodhpur…
New Delhi: The legendary Jeev Milkha Singh is confident India can return with multiple medals from the Asian Games, urging the country’s golfers to stay focused and trust their short game while backing the women’s team to challenge for gold. A six-member Indian team will compete in the Asian Games scheduled to be held from…
New Delhi: The deliberations on India’s roadmap for the 2027 World Cup are “not meant for public consumption”, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said in an interview to PTI, refusing to be drawn into any discussion on individual players and their much-speculated future in the team. Veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli dominate the chatter whenever…
Chennai: Along with a dominance-extending series clean sweep, India will eye substantial runs from KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the third and final ODI against Afghanistan here on Saturday. While Rahul’s spot in the one-day squad has never really been in doubt, Jaiswal would welcome a heavy knock to stake his claim for a…
Leeds: In a major blow to India, off-spinner Shreyanka Patil has been ruled out of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup due to an ankle injury, with uncapped legspinner Prema Rawat named as her replacement. The 23-year-old Patil sustained the injury during India’s 95-run victory over the Netherlands here on Wednesday. The incident occurred in…
New Delhi: A 15-year-old schoolboy needs to be eased into a senior team set-up, said BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia as he explained the Board’s decision to allow Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s parents to accompany him on the white-ball tour of Ireland and England later this month. The big-hitting Sooryavanshi, who has earned his maiden call-up in the…
