The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association announced the squad on Sunday (December 18) after the third day’s play of the final Test between India and England in Chennai. Indian Test opener Murali Vijay and offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin were named in Tamil Nadu’s 16-man squad for their Ranji Trophy quarter-final…
In the Semi Final played at the Maior Dhyanchand Stadium in Lucknow on Friday, the Indian colts defeated their Australian counterparts in the Shoot Out, by 4 goals to 2. Belgium won the other Semi Final beating 6 time Champion Germany 4 goals to 3. India’s Junior Hockey Team re-creates History after a long wait of…
India advanced to the semifinal of Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2016, notching up a thrilling 2-1 win against Spain, at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday. Meanwhile, the juniors set up a semifinal clash against Australia in Lucknow on Friday. Spain took the lead in the 22nd minute as Marc…
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu made a winning start to her maiden appearance at the prestigious BWF World Super Series Final, defeating higher-ranked Japanese Akane Yamaguchi 12-21, 21-8, 21-15 in an entertaining opening women’s singles Group B match in Dubai on Wednesday. “It was a good match and a long…
New Zealand women captain Suzie Bates became the first player to win both the ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Player-of-the-Year awards. Bates had won the women’s ODI Player-of-the-Year award in 2013 but has been named the T20I Player of the Year for the first time. She scored 472 runs in eight ODIs for an…
Pakistan Cricket Board’s head of Executive Committee Najam Sethi rules out any possibility of Indo-Pak bilateral series in near future. He says that looking at the current scenario of relation between the two nations, it seems almost impossible to have a bilateral series in the year 2017. Political tensions…
India beat Canada 4-0 in their opening Pool D match of the Junior Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium, in Lucknow on Thursday. India were by far the better side on display and scored through Mandeep Singh (35th minute), Harmanpreet Singh (46th), Varun Kumar (60th) and Ajit Pandey (66th) to…
The 51-year-old Mukesh Kumar became the oldest golfer to win an Asian Tour title in New Delhi on Sunday after bad weather truncated the game with 54 holes. “I am very proud of myself. I have waited 32 years for this. This means a lot to me. It feels different from the 123 wins that I have had on the domestic Tour…
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo could have “hidden 150 million euros in tax havens in Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands”, according to claims in German newspaper Der Spiegel. According to 12 different European newspapers who accessed leaked documents, Ronaldo, Manchester United manager Jose…
The Indian women’s team beat Sri Lanka by 52-runs in the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament at Bangkok on Thursday. Opting to bat, India posted a modest total of 121 for four in their allotted 20 overs and then managed to restrict Sri Lanka to 69 for nine. Opener Mithali gave India a solid platform with a…