India tour of Sri Lanka: Opener Kusal Perera to miss ODI, T20I series due to shoulder injury

HIGHLIGHTS Sri Lanka will play 3 ODIs and as many T20Is against India in Colombo Wicketkeeper Kusal Perera’s injury a huge setback to struggling Sri Lankan team Sri Lanka are yet to announce their squads for the series against India Sri Lanka have suffered a big setback ahead of their limited-overs series against…

Tokyo Olympics: Sumit Nagal eligible for men’s singles tennis, Yuki Bhambri misses berth after injury

HIGHLIGHTS Sumit Nagal is eligible to take part in the men’s singles event at Tokyo Olympics Yuki Bhambri also made the cut but he declined the berth due to an injury Only Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina are confirmed entries from India for the Games India tennis player Sumit Nagal has qualified for the men’s…

Olympics: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu departs for Tokyo from her training base at St Loius, USA

Indian Weighlifter Mirabai Chanu has departed for Tokyo 2020 after completing her final bit of preparation here at St Louis, United States of America. The 49 kg category-weightlifter will be accompanied by her coaches Sharma, Kumar, and Pramod Sharma along with physiotherapist Aalap Javadekar for the mega event.…

Fortunate to have Rahul Dravid as coach, says uncapped trio of Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya

HIGHLIGHTS 6 uncapped players are part of the India squad for Sri Lanka series NCA chief Rahul Dravid is head coach for the Sri Lanka tour India will take on Sri Lanka in the limited overs series, starting July 18 India’s uncapped trio of Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya are all praises head coach…

Tokyo 2020: Sushila Devi overcame depression, injuries to become India’s lone judoka at the Olympics

HIGHLIGHTS Judoka Sushila Devi will be participating in her first Olympics Sushil won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Sushila and her coach Jiwan Sharma will leave for Tokyo on July 17 Growing up, Sushila Devi had just one dream. She always wanted to become the best judoka in her family. Her…

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes walking into a Covid bomb, says former Australian hockey star Kieran Govers

HIGHLIGHTS Govers said that welfare has to be put above everything else Tokyo reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost six months on Wednesday A cluster of Covid-19 cases had emerged in a hotel hosting the Brazil Olympic team London Olympics bronze medal winning former hockey player Kieran Govers…

India tour of England: India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant tests Covid-19 positive

Indian cricketer, who has been tested for Covid-19 positive ahead of their five-match Test series against England, is wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. The Test series against England is scheduled from August 4. Pant was at the Wembley Stadium to watch England’s Round of 16 clash against Germany on June 30. As per…

Euro 2020: Jadon Sancho sorry for penalty miss, says hate will never win after suffering racist abuse

HIGHLIGHTS Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed penalties for England in Euro 2020 final against Italy The trio were subjected to racist abuse on social media and were targeted online I’m not going pretend that I didn’t see the racial abuse, says Sancho England winger Jadon Sancho has apologised for missing his…

India cricketer tests positive for Covid-19, players were told not to go to Wimbledon and Euro

A player of the Indian cricket team in England has tested positive for Covid -19 virus. The player who tested positive will not be travelling to Durham, where the Indian team is scheduled to assemble on Thursday afternoon and prepare for a three-day warm-up game against a County Championship XI team from July 20.…

ICC ODI Rankings: Babar Azam Consolidates Position At Top, Virat Kohli At No.2

West Indies spinner Fabian Allen on Wednesday moved into the top 10 of the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after featuring in his team’s fine showing in the ongoing five-match series against Australia. The 26-year-old left-arm spinner has gained 16 spots to reach 10th position in the bowlers’ list…