Category: Sports

India women’s team failed to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup 2022 after losing their must-win crossover match 0-1 to Spain. India will play in the 9th to 16th placing match on July 12. Former India men’s team captain Viren Rasquinha on Monday expressed his disappointment after the national women’s hockey team failed to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup 2022. India women’s team suffered a heart-break as they lost to Spain 0-1 in their must-win crossover match on Sunday. A disappointed Rasquinha came out in support of…

ENG vs IND, 2nd T20I: Virat Kohli didn’t play the first match of the series at Rose Bowl in Southampton, but is available for the last two games. Veteran fast bowler Ishant Sharma reckoned that Virat Kohli is a sure-shot selection in the Indian team if the latter is available for the second T20I against England to take place on Saturday, July 9 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Kohli didn’t play the first game at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, where India won by 50 runs after bowling the Three Lions…

Sanjay Manjrekar has claimed that the absence of KL Rahul will be a big blow for India ahead of the rearranged Test against England. Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has claimed that KL Rahul‘s absence from the team will be a huge blow for India ahead of the upcoming Test match against England. Rahul was in good form for the Indian team last year as he scored 315 runs in the four matches he played and his highest score was 129. However, a groin injury has ruled him out of…

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur was the chief guest at the Dharamshala stopover of the first-ever Chess Olympiad torch relay ceremony on Wednesday morning. The historic torch relay was launched by Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the IG Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday June 19. The Chess Olympiad torch will be relayed across 75 cities in India, commemorating the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav – celebrating 75 years of India’s independence. “Chess in India has a long heritage and…

Virat Kohli-led India thrashed Pakistan by 89 runs (target revised according to DLS method) in Manchester to make it 7-0 against arch-rivals in the ODI World Cup. Rohit Sharma scored a magnificent 140 to guide a clinical India to a comprehensive 89-run win over Pakistan in a group game in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Old Trafford in Manchester on June 16, 2019. The Manchester clash will always be remembered as a lopsided match where a dominant Indian team dismantled a poor Pakistani side in a high-octane game…

Maharashtra reaffirmed their primacy in athletics, clinching three out of four sprint titles on Thursday to throw open the race for the Khelo India Youth Games championship. Their impressive haul of eight gold, three silver and a bronze medal in track and field has narrowed the gap at the top of the table, with their 29 gold just one short of Haryana’s 30 after the day’s morning session. Sudeshna Shivankar led from start to finish to clock 24.29 seconds to clinch the Girls 200m gold in style, well ahead of…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Indian men’s team members and coach for the spectacular victoryin Thomas Cup 2022. India won this coveted cup for the first time in the history of the championship since its inception in 1948-49. Apart from Hockey and Cricket, this is the only third sporting event where India became the world champion in a team event. Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand, Players Kidambi Srikanth, Dhruv Kapila, Pronoy HS, Priyanshu Rajawat, Vishnuvardhan Goud, GK Prasad, Arjun MR, Chirag Chandra Sekhar Shetty and Rakkireddy Satwik Sairaj were…

Sadanand Kumar has had an interesting journey from Chandol Barkagaon village in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district to becoming a repeat winner of the men’s 100m crown in the Khelo India Youth Games at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex here on Tuesday. He bested the National Junior record with a time of 10.63 seconds. Born 25km south-west of Hazaribagh, over the past two years he has been training in the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence in Kolkata. Sadanand Kumar, who will turn 19 on October 5, has not…

The largest cricket jersey was put on display at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemdabad during the IPL 2022 final between eventual champions Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals. As the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to an end on Sunday, the cash-rich tournament took a giant leap and entered the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest cricket jersey. During the IPL final match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemdabad, a giant jersey was put on display. The…

Shane Watson hailed the decision to name Faf du Plessis as RCB skipper, opining that it was the right move after Virat Kohli had stepped down as skipper after the end of the 2021 season. Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Shane Watson hailed the decision to appoint Faf du Plessis as RCB skipper, saying it was the right move after Virat Kohli had stepped down after the end of the 2021 season. Watson acknowledged that RCB was one of his favorites even before the competition started, thanks to their fantastic…