In a unique and remarkable CSR initiative under the aegis of ICC Cricket For Good and Team Swachh, players from the 16 participating ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 men’s and women teams will engage with children and adolescents on sanitation and toilet use, as one essential step towards ending open defecation in India. As the […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Super 10 Group 2 match between India and Pakistan has been relocated from Dharamsala to Kolkata. The evening match will take place as scheduled on Saturday 19 March and will start at 19h30local time. Announcing the decision, ICC Chief Executive David […]
In a Commonwealth Games first, Beach Volleyball has scored a spot in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) sports program. The historic agreement between the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the Queensland Government and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) will extend the GC2018 sports program for the first time from 17 to […]
· Only 18 points separate Dhoni’s side from eighth-ranked defending champion Sri Lanka · Host side aims to become the first team to lift the silverware in front of home crowd; South Africa hopes to end 18-year title drought; Australia targets missing trophy in its collection · Equally talented, matched and resourced sides […]
India’s Virat Kohli has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s Asia Cup T20 match against Pakistan in Mirpur on Saturday. The player was found to have breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player […]
Mirpur (Bangladesh), India rode on a strong bowling performance to defeat arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets in their Twenty20 International clash of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Saturday evening. Both teams struggled to bat on a greenish wicket with uneven bounce. The Indian bowlers justified their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s […]
Hyderabad, India defeated China 3-2 in the men’s category of the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram and H.S. Prannoy won their respective singles matches to give the hosts victory. India lost the two doubles matches. India’s men’s and women’s teams have already made it […]
An Australian-based company will broadcast the television feed of all the sporting action from Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games to an estimated audience of 1.5 billion people around the world and deliver 1,200 jobs in Queensland. Expert broadcasters NEP Australia (formerly Global TV Australia) will beam high-definition television coverage to Channel Seven in Australia […]
Los Angeles, The 58th Grammy Awards ceremony saw rapper Kendrick Lamar win big with five trophies for his album “To Pimp a Butterfly” here on Monday. The gala, attended by the who’s who of the global music industry, also saw Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia win the golden gramophone for his film “Amy”. Kapadia’s “Amy”, a […]
Ranchi, India beat Sri Lanka by 69 runs in the second T20 International at the Jharkhand International Stadium here on Friday to level the three-match series 1-1. Opener Shikhar Dhawan (51) scored a quickfire half century as India scored 196/6 in 20 overs. In reply, the visitors scored 127/9 in 20 overs. India earlier lost […]