An impressive bowling effort helped Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) restrict Mumbai Indians at 176/7 in their Indian premier League (IPL) clash at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium here on Saturday. Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen and Andrew Tye scalped two wickets each but leaked runs, while Murugan Ashwin impressed with figures of 2/25 from his four […]
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his fourth Laureus World Sportsman of the Year here on Monday, and American record-holding gymnast Simone Biles bagged the World Sportswoman of the Year Award thanks to her dominant world championship performance last year. Djokovic triumphed in tough competition against football star duo of Kylian Mbappe […]
Former international wrestler and Arjuna awardee Jagdish Bhola was on Wednesday convicted by a CBI court here in a multi-crore drugs racket, busted by the Punjab Police in 2013. Bhola had served as Punjab’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) but was dismissed from service in 2012 after his links with the drugs racket were revealed. […]
Mount Maunganui (New Zealand) Pacer Mohammed Shami starred with the ball taking three wickets helping India overcome veteran Ross Taylor’s defiant 93 and restricting New Zealand to a below-par 243 in the crucial third ODI at the Bay Oval here on Monday. The former New Zealand skipper stood out with a 106-ball 93, laced with 9 […]
Praising the upcoming generation of kabaddi players, veteran star and national captain Ajay Thakur has asserted that the ‘desi’ sport will be the most popular game in the country within a decade. On Friday, Thakur, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, was named for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, on the occasion of […]
New Delhi, The Indian womens football team completed back-to-back victories over hosts Hong Kong, with the second coming thanks to a well fought 1-0 win on Wednesday. The only goal of the game was scored by forward Pyari Xaxa, as the Indian eves now set off for Indonesia for a couple of more preparatory friendlies. […]
Virat Kohli has become the first player in history to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards following an extraordinary 2018. Not only is Kohli the first player to win these three major […]
New Delhi, Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar led the congratulatory wishes for skipper Virat Kohli and his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who starred in India’s 6-wicket series-levelling win in the second One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Sachin highlighted Kohli’s continued love affair with the Adelaide Oval, where he struck his 39th ODI ton […]
Adelaide, India rode skipper Virat Kohli’s magnificent century followed by stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s unbeaten half-century as India defeated Australia by six wickets to level the three-match rubber 1-1 at the Adelaide Oval here on Tuesday. Chasing a competitive 299 for victory, the tourists banked on a collective batting effort from the top order, before […]
New Delhi, All-rounder Hardik Pandya and opener Lokesh Rahul were on Friday asked to go home from the three-ODI series against Australia starting in Sydney on Saturday after being suspended for their controversial comments during a television talk show. The BCCI, in a statement, said the tainted pair would be barred “from playing any form […]