In a major development, the BCCI has terminated the central contracts of India cricketers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. BCCI on Wednesday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2023-24 season (October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024). “Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts...
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scored five times as the FA Cup holders ran riot in a 6-2 rout of Luton in the fifth round on Tuesday. Aided by Kevin De Bruyne’s trio of assists, Haaland completed his treble inside the first 40 minutes at Kenilworth Road. Jordan Clark struck twice to briefly reduce Luton’s deficit to...
India held their nerve to beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test to seal their 17th straight series win at home in Ranchi on Monday. India have now taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series with the final game to be played in Dharamsala from March 7. This is also the...
In a remarkable achievement, India’s star spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has equalled legend Anil Kumble’s record of taking the most five-wicket haul for India in Test cricket history. Ashwin achieved this milestone during Day 3 of the series’ fourth Test match against England in Ranchi on Sunday. Ashwin matched Kumble’s record by taking the 35th...
Despite losing their pre-quarterfinal matches at the ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan on Wednesday, both the Indian men’s and women’s teams will qualify for the Olympics for the first time ever by taking the last world ranking spot. It’s the first time that India will qualify for the team event of an...
Bayern Munich slumped to a shock 3-2 loss at lowly Bochum on Sunday, suffering a third successive defeat for the first time since 2015 and leaving them eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race. The result followed a 3-0 league defeat to Leverkusen last weekend and a 1-0 loss against Lazio in...
The Indian cricket team created history on Sunday as it secured its largest victory in Test cricket. India defeated England by a whopping 434 runs to take a strong lead against the hosts at Rajkot. Skipper Rohit Sharma (131 & 19) and Ravindra Jadeja (112) slammed beautiful centuries to lay strong foundations for India’s innings,...
Jadeja was unable to carry on from his knock and debutant Dhruv Jurel managed to put in a decent contribution just about missing out on his first half-century. Ravi Ashwin also supported him in the innings with 37 runs as India finished their first innings with 445 on the board. England has come out firing...
India will be playing the T20 World Cup 2024, to be organised in the Caribbean and the USA, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, said BCCI secretary Jay Shah at an event here on Wednesday. “In 2023 (final) at Ahmedabad, even though we did not win the World Cup after 10 straight wins, we won hearts. I want...
United World Wrestling, the international governing body for amateur wrestling, has announced its decision to lift the ban imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect. The decision was announced on Tuesday (February 13). “UWW had placed the WFI under provisional suspension on August 23 last year after the Indian body failed...